Jakarta – Indonesia reported a trade surplus of $2.9 billion for August, marking the 52nd consecutive month of surplus, up from the $2.04 billion surplus in July, the Central Statistics

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Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The United Kingdom agreed to help Indonesia embrace sustainable development in a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on Tuesday.

Whisnu Bagus Prasetyo, Jakarta – The government will raise the tax on private house construction from 2.2 percent to 2.4 percent starting next year, a Finance Ministry advisor announced

Thomas Rizal, Jakarta – Almost everyone in Indonesia has their eyes glued on the upcoming election that will decide who will lead the country's largest city Jakarta for the next five ye

Jakarta – If Prabowo Subianto had said that he would not intervene in the regional head elections before Constitutional Court ruling No.

Arie Firdaus and Tria Dianti, Jakarta – While appearing at the anti-corruption agency Tuesday, the Indonesian president's youngest son denied allegations of misconduct for using a priva

Surabaya – Dozens of residents in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya held a declaration in front of the Surabaya Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) building on Tuesday S

Arif Ferdianto, Jakarta – The government has officially reopened the sea sand export tap after a 20-year moratorium.

Rezwan – On February 14, 2024, the Indonesian general elections took place, marked by a high voter turnout.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reports that Indonesia has imported 3.05 million tons of rice, worth $1.91 billion, from January to August 2024 – this

Whisnu Bagus Prasetyo, Tangerang – Chief Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan recently met with two of the world's wealthiest families in Bali to discuss plans for establishing f

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – As Prabowo Subianto prepares to assume the presidency next month, he faces a critical decision in selecting a finance minister, a position crucial to s

Jakarta – For decades, Indonesia's protected wildlife such as songbirds and orang utans have been traded illegally and even smuggled out of the country, to the detriment of the species.

Teguh Adi Prasetyo, Mita Amalia Hapsari, Jakarta – The power struggle within the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) escalated on Monday as both the newly-appointed chai

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Ridwan Kamil aims to reduce Jakarta's air pollution in five years, if he is elected to lead.

Antara, Jakarta – Air quality in Jakarta on Monday morning, September 16, 2024, fell into the unhealthy category.

Zulkifli Mangkau, Pohuwato, Indonesia – Lukman Ahmad managed in the end to drag himself down from the slopes of Mount Pani toward the southern coast of Indonesia's Pohuwato district.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Golkar Party is expecting to have a bigger number of cabinet members under the Prabowo Subianto presidency than in the current government.

Jakarta – The Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) will have limited representation in the upcoming cabinet, despite its chairman, Prabowo Subianto, set to assume the presidency ne

Arif Ferdianto, Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) believes that the government's decision to reopen the tap of sand sea mining will bring with it financial loss

Heru Yustanto, Jakarta – A 56-year-old woman died while returning from a tourist resort in Bogor, West Java, after the bus carrying her group became stuck in heavy traffic on Sunday eve

Antara, Jakarta – The 5th President of Indonesia, Megawati Soekarnoputri, introduced the ideology of Pancasila to the public of St. Petersburg, Russia and Samarkand, Azerbaijan.

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's West Kalimantan Provincial Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) revealed that from January 1 to August 30, 2024, land and forest fires have burned an area of

Panji Satrio, Jakarta – A viral video on social media recently exposed inadequate and poorly nutritious meals provided to athletes at the 21st National Sports Week (PON) in Aceh and Nor

Sella Rizky Deviani, Jakarta – After initially considering extending Heru Budi Hartono's term as acting governor, the Jakarta Legislative Council has decided to propose three new candid

Stefanno Sulaiman and Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – President-elect Prabowo Subianto plans to launch a green economy fund by selling carbon emission credits from projects such as rainforest

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – The government's plan to differentiate the pricings of Commuter Line (KRL) tickets based on commuters' identity card numbers (NIK) has sparked widespread

Jakarta – Indonesia must be delighted that during his three-day visit last week, Pope Francis lauded the interfaith harmony it has endeavored to preserve since independence, as evident

Nazarudin Latif, Jakarta – Triana Rahmawati, a mother of two, lost her publishing job in Jakarta earlier this year, forcing her family to cut back on spending drastically.

Rafi Adis Subarna – Indonesia has emerged as the leading force in the nickel industry, holding over half of the global market share in 2023.

Sella Rizky Deviani, Nusantara – President-Elect Prabowo Subianto pledged to continue the construction of Indonesia's new capital, Nusantara, during an emotional cabinet meeting on Frid

Heru Andriyanto, Monique Handa Shafira, Jakarta – Renowned business executive Anindya Bakrie was appointed chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) on Saturda

Han Revanda Putra, Jakarta – State Logistics Agency (Bulog) has announced that it will continue to import rice to support the Free Nutritious Meal program initiated by President-elect P

Wawan Kurniawan, Jakarta – Aditec Cakrawiyasa, the manufacturer of Quantum brand gas stoves and regulator hoses, has been officially declared bankrupt.

Jakarta – Bali has deported 378 foreigners throughout the third quarter of 2024 as of September 9, government data showed.

Indah Ayu Pujiastuti, Jakarta – According to Ahmad Heri Firdaus, a trade researcher at think-tank Indef, the government needs to be more selective when imposing import duty policies for

Indah Ayu Pujiastuti, Jakarta – Local petrochemical businesses are urging the government to reimpose the 2023 Trade Ministry Regulation 36 on Import to save the domestic industry – be i

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is letting his ministers come up with new regulations as long as these rules can lead to a more effective government transit

Yulia Savitri, Palembang – Marda Ellius is always stressed out and worried about her and her children's health whenever flames engulfs a forest located near her house in Bangsal village

Jakarta – A business jet became the first jet aircraft carrying passengers to land at the airport in the future capital Nusantara in East Kalimantan on Thursday.

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) sprang a surprise in the final hours of candidate registration for the Jakarta gubernatorial election,

Jakarta – The 2024 National Games (PON), cohosted by Aceh and North Sumatra, have so far been a remarkable display of Indonesia's sporting talent.

Nusantara – Indonesia's President Joko Widodo ordered his Cabinet to maintain stability and avoid implementing any abrupt policy changes ahead of the leadership transition in October.

Jakarta – A proposal to replace cow's milk with "fish milk" in Indonesia's upcoming free meals programme for students has fed online debate among Indonesians and caused a stink with som

Jakarta – The Indonesian government will review the plan for National Identification Number or NIK-based subsidized tickets for the KRL commuter line.

Han Revanda Putra, Jakarta – The Indonesian Manpower Ministry has responded to Singapore's recent ratification of a law governing informal workers, including online ojek drivers.

Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is investigating allegations of corruption related to the use of corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds from B

Jakarta – The Commission VI of the House of Representatives has approved the 2025 budget plans for BP Batam, the city's development agency, earlier this week.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi announced Friday that she got picked as the UN special envoy on water – a role that she would assume after she steps