Jakarta, Sugiharto Purnama, Resinta S – The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) has said that it has filed a lawsuit against 22 companies for triggering forest and land fires in

Nivell Rayda, Tondano, Indonesia – It is the Sabbath, and the parking lot of an otherwise desolate compound on the edge of the Indonesian town of Tondano in North Sulawesi is filled wit

Christian Oliver – Officials in Bali have seized and destroyed dozens of sex toys belonging to tourists arriving at the Indonesian island's airport.

By Peter S. Goodman, Sulawesi – For most of his 57 years on the island of Sulawesi, Jamal was accustomed to scarcity, modest expectations and a grim shortage of jobs.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo said on Friday that the banknotes issued by the central bank in 2022 have been named the best in the world for their

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Yohana Belinda, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has launched a trial to connect its QR-based payment system to Singapore's.

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – The Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) Secretariat, tasked with overseeing the implementation of Indonesia's US$20 billion JETP, has pushed back the launc

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – While President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has spent the past nine years enacting policies to pave the way for Indonesia to become a global power, he said that the nati

Jakarta – United States President Joe Biden has conveyed his well-wishes to Indonesia on the country's 78th Independence Day, which falls on Thursday.

Phnom Penh – Indonesia is looking to Cambodia and other countries to bolster its rice supplies, reinforcing trade ties in the process.

Fuad Iqbal Abdullah, Banjarbaru – Indonesian authorities deployed two helicopters to conduct water bombing operations in burning forests and peatlands across Kalimantan but the efforts

Fuad Iqbal Abdullah, Jakarta – The development of the new national capital, Nusantara, located in East Kalimantan, is poised to take a new milestone with the active involvement of priva

Amelia Rahima Sari, Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo predicted that the country's per capita income would reach Rp153 million in 2033.

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Dicky Kurniawan, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan stressed that the US-based automaker Tesla wanted to invest in Indonesia's l

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno encouraged all tourism and creative economy stakeholders to join efforts to improve Jakarta's air

Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is being asked to stop pursuing political goals and policies that are considered to lean in the direction of liberalism or are

Kornelius Purba, Jakarta – Doesn't it mean something special when even Aboe Bakar Al-Habsyi, secretary-general of the Islamist Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) and one of the fiercest cri

Victoria Milko – A plan for how Indonesia will spend $20 billion to transition to cleaner energy was submitted Wednesday to the government and its financing partners, the planners said.

Koh Ewe – Jakarta and its surrounding cities are shrouded in thick smog this month, and even Indonesian President Joko Widodo, commonly referred to as Jokowi, appears to be no match for

Jakarta – Indonesia has pushed back the launch of a much-anticipated investment plan underpinning a landmark US$20 billion (S$27 billion) climate financing deal struck with United State

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has asked the banking sector to support the country's downstream industries, which the government hopes will boost the country's e

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo rebutted suggestions that the people should be looking to him to decide on the nation's next leaders, as he delivered his penultimate State of t

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Candra Kurnia, Indramayu – A former longstanding employee of the controversial Muslim organization, Al Zaytun, has come forward to assert that the group is closely associated with a bro

Mutia Yuantisya, Jakarta – This year would be the last for Jakarta to hold the national Independence Day ceremony as Indonesia's capital city.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – In response to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's annual address to the House of Representatives on Wednesday, the government has committed to allocating a

Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights granted remissions to 175,510 inmates on the country's 78th Independence Day.

Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian governments will continue efforts to enhance bilateral relations, Prime Minister James Marape said on Thursday, as he announced Jakarta's plans to pr

Stefanno Sulaiman and Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – The speaker of Indonesia's upper house of parliament said on Wednesday it was important for the country to discuss ways to delay electi

Heather Chen, Hong Kong – Indonesia's capital Jakarta is the world's most polluted city, according to a new study, and the country's president may have the cough to prove it.

Medan, Indonesia – A spate of violent muggings by machete-wielding thieves in Indonesia has drawn coded calls from prominent politicians for them to be killed-on-sight by police, in com

Front Row, Jakarta – Cinephiles converged upon The Jakarta Post Building last week for a series of movie screenings and discussions as the newspaper wrapped up the first of two w

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has continued the tradition of wearing customary regional attire while delivering his annual State of the Nation address.

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – Jakarta's Light Rail Transit (LRT) system has once again sparked controversy due to criticism regarding design flaws and the presence of 31 trainsets with

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo claimed on Wednesday that Indonesia is recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic stronger than most countries worldwide as he unveiled more optimist

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Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – As Greater Jakarta struggles to curb its perennial air pollution, the Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry has called for a swift solution to combat the risk tha

Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta – Businesses in Indonesia have urged the government to drop its planned natural gas price hike, saying the policy lacks immediate necessity and carries signific

Jakarta – Japanese carmaker Suzuki is intensifying its efforts to enhance sales of its hybrid models in Indonesia following a promising start in the first half of this year.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government's push for mineral ore processing is set to give a major boost to Indonesia's economy with the country's per capita income predicted to reac

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo used the annual joint session of the People's Consultative Assembly on Wednesday to express his growing apprehension about the persistent barrag

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said Wednesday that the appointment of a presidential candidate had nothing to do with him as he was not the leader of a pol

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, better known as SBY, was not present at the annual joint session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), the cou

Riani Sanusi Putri, Danar Trivasya Fikri, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo emphasized that downstream industry enforced by the government strives to minimize environmental impac

Antara, Jakarta – The Jakarta Provincial Government is determined to implement a work-from-home (WFH) policy of 50 percent for state civil servants (ASN) and distance learning (PJJ) for

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – A quota-based fisheries management system that the Indonesian government introduced earlier this year has already run up against opposition for undermining the

Jakarta – The Capital City Civil Society Coalition held a demonstration in front of the Jakarta City Hall on Wednesday August 16.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said Wednesday that Indonesia's economy would expand by 5.2 percent in 2024 when 204 million Indonesian voters will cast the