Niniek Karmini

• At Least 68 Dead After Plane Crash in Indonesia

By Niniek Karmini The Associated Press

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• May 20, 2009

• Converse Parent Nike Admits Abuse of Workers in Indonesia

SUKABUMI, Indonesia - Workers making Converse sneakers in Indonesia say supervisors throw shoes at them, slap them in the face and call them dogs and pigs. Nike, the brand's owner, admits that such abuse has occurred among the contractors that make its hip high- tops but says there was little it could do to stop it. Dozens of workers interviewed by The Associated Press and a document released by Nike show that the footwear and athletic apparel giant has far to go to meet the standards it set for itself a decade ago to end its reliance on sweatshop labor.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• July 14, 2011

• Sandals a Symbol of Injustice in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesians have found a new symbol for their growing frustration at uneven justice in their young, democratic nation: cheap, worn-out flip-flops. They have been dropping them off at police stations all over the sprawling archipelago to express outrage over the arrest and trial of a 15-year-old boy for lifting an old pair of white sandals from outside a boarding house used by police in northern Indonesia.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• January 04, 2012

• Lady Gaga Cancels Indonesia Date After Death Threats

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Lady Gaga canceled her sold-out show in Indonesia after Islamist hard-liners threatened violence, claiming her sexy clothes and provocative dance moves would corrupt the youth. The controversy was a blow to the predominantly Muslim country's reputation for combining free speech and democracy with a mostly moderate brand of the faith.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• May 29, 2012

• Indonesians Scramble to Keep Hollywood Films

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesians are fighting to keep Hollywood films in local theaters after the Motion Picture Association of America warned that a new tax on foreign-made movies could lead to studios pulling out of the country. Indonesian authorities see the tax as a way to protect the domestic film industry.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• February 22, 2011

• Fugitive Terrorist Is a Suspect in Indonesia, Other Bombings

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The mangled faces of two suspected suicide attackers may be the main clue linking the bombings of two luxury American hotels in the Indonesian capital with a notorious al-Qaida- linked militant network that has struck many times before. Investigators worked with medical teams Saturday to reconstruct the remains of the culprits believed to have set off explosions that tore through the restaurants of the J.W. Marriott and Ritz-Carlton at breakfast time the day before. Seven were killed, plus the two suspected attackers, and 50 wounded, many of them foreigners.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• July 19, 2009

• Fugitive Terrorist a Suspect in Indonesia Bombings

JAKARTA, Indonesia - The mangled faces of two suspected suicide attackers might be the main clues linking the bombings of two luxury American hotels in the Indonesian capital with a notorious al-Qaida- linked terrorist network that has struck many times before. Investigators worked with medical teams Saturday to reconstruct the remains of the suspects believed to have set off explosions that tore through the restaurants of the J.W. Marriott and Ritz-Carlton at breakfast time the day before. Seven civilians were killed by the two attackers and 50 were wounded, many of them foreigners.

• Sunday Gazette-Mail
• July 20, 2009

• Indonesian Quake Toll at 1,100; Thousands Missing

PADANG, Indonesia - As rescue workers searched for survivors in the wreckage of a four-story school Thursday, Mira Utami's mother clawed away, too - looking for the shoes missing from her daughter's body. Mira was taking a high school English final when the quake hit, flattening the school in seconds and killing her a week before her 16th birthday.

... Press writers Ali Kotarumalos and Niniek Karmini in Jakarta contributed to this report. (Co...

• Charleston Gazette
• October 02, 2009

• Indonesian Volcano Shoots New Blast

MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia - Evacuees cringed and fled for cover Monday as an erupting volcano - one of 22 showing increased activity in Indonesia - let loose booming explosions of hot gas and debris, the latest blast in a deadly week. No new casualties were reported. The new blast from Mount Merapi came as Indonesia also struggles to respond to an earthquake-generated tsunami that devastated remote islands. The twin disasters, unfolding simultaneously on opposite ends of the seismically volatile country, have killed nearly 500 people and severely tested the government's emergency response network. In both events, the military has been called in to help.

... Achmad Ibrahim in the Mentawai islands and Niniek Karmini, Irwan Firdaus, Ali Kotarumalos and Kriste...

• Charleston Daily Mail
• November 04, 2010

• Obama Statue Slammed On Facebook

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A statue of President Barack Obama as a boy erected in a Jakarta park has been targeted in a Facebook campaign by thousands who say it should be removed. The Indonesian-language Facebook group named "Take Down the Barack Obama Statue in Taman Menteng Park" had attracted more than 15,000 members by Tuesday since the 43-inch statue of 10-year-old Obama dressed in shorts and a T-shirt was unveiled in the downtown park on Thursday last week.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• December 16, 2009