Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia is heading to the polls in February next year to elect a new president, with political parties starting to rev up their machinery to prepare for a show

Anastasia Ika, Fadhlan Aulia Akbar. Jakarta – This Sunday marks the celebration of the Cap Go Meh festival for 2.8 million Chinese-Indonesians.

Apriadi Gunawan, Central Tapanuli, North Sumatra – The Environment and Forestry Ministry is looking to designate North Sumatra coastal areas for reforestation location in an effort to r

Jakarta – A Sumatran tiger believed to have attacked and injured farmers in Aceh was captured on Saturday after a days-long hunt.

Jakarta – Indonesia told major powers not to use Southeast Asia as a "proxy" for their rivalries Friday at the start of two-day talks between regional foreign ministers, while also call

BTV, Jambi – The parents of Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat are holding out for tougher sentences for all the defendants accused of murdering their son ahead of the sentencing hearing, afte

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – President Director of State Logistics Agency (Bulog) Budi Waseso a.k.a.

Beritasatu, Jakarta – The Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency, or Bappebti, is under the suspicion of maladministration in its process of building the country's crypto ecosystem

Oliver Dixon, Jakarta – The Polish embassy has sent a team to the site of Indonesia's yet-to-be-built new capital city Nusantara in East Kalimantan to get a better understanding of the

Anita Permata, Raka Adji, Jakarta – From as many as 2,522 cases of online lending recorded in 2021, most of the victims are women, according to an official from the Ministry of Women's

Kate Newsome, Jakarta – Australia has an Indonesian language problem; or rather, the lack of it.

BTV, Jakarta – Two men in their 60s accused of killing at least nine people in West Java gave the gruesome details on Thursday of how they eliminated some of their victims, including a

BTV, Tangerang – Affordable cooking oil brand Minyakita, initiated by the Trade Ministry last year to cope with nationwide shortage, has gone scarce in some public markets across the co

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said on Friday that the 2023 state budget had earmarked Rp 25.01 trillion (US$1.7 billion) to fund the election process leading up to th

Xinhua, Jakarta – At least two people were reportedly killed in floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rain in the eastern Indonesian province of South Sulawesi, an official s

Muhammad Farrel Fauzan, Jakarta – The Indonesian Labor Party in a statement on Thursday announced a plan to hold massive simultaneous demonstrations at the House of Representatives (DPR

Dicky Kurniawan, Jakarta – Bambang Soesatyo, chairman of the Indonesian Motor Association (IMI), said that the government's plan to incentivize electric vehicles, or EV, could boost sal

Investor Daily, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry is drafting a new incentive program for electric vehicles and supporting industries including companies that provide

Jakarta – As expected, the torching of a copy of the Quran by Swedish far-right activist Rasmus Paludan in Stockholm, Sweden, has ignited anger across the Muslim world.

Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Panjaitan has said the government will be making a deal with Tesla very soon as negotiations have entered their fin

Douglas Kammen – Nothing grabs headlines quite like the announcement that a country intends to build a new national capital.

A pedicab driver named Gufron has become a hero in his hometown of Lamongan, East Java, after he went out of his way to fix potholes in the regency that the government had long failed t

A fresh scandal may be brewing in Indonesia with a very multi-layered single-vehicle accident in the city of Jambi.

Zara Powell, Jakarta – Influential waria (transgender) figure and founder of the Al-Fatah Waria pesantren (Islamic boarding school) in Yogyakarta, Shinta Ratri died on Wednesday.

Wisma Atlet in Kemayoran, North Jakarta has served many useful purposes.

Ibnu Budiman – Despite a 2013 pledge by major palm oil firms to maintain environmentally friendly operations, a recent report by environmental group Earthqualizer revealed that more tha

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) is suspicious of the move by the Environment and Forestry Ministry (KLHK) to accelerate the determination of 100 percent of In

Jakarta – It is hard to believe that in this day and age, the state is opposed to and obstructing any plans by two individuals of different faiths of getting married.

Billy Adison Aditijanto, Jakarta – The government is looking for ways to bring the international film industry home, following a series of movies having their Indonesia scene shot elsew

Nur Janti, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court on Tuesday upheld ambiguous provisions in the Marriage Law that often hinder interfaith marriages and make it hard for couples of different

Whisnu Bagus Prasetyo, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Wednesday night made an impromptu visit to Balinese locals in Keingetan hamlet in Singakerta, Gianyar.

Lily McCure, Jakarta – Two cities starkly different in their appearance, Melbourne and Jakarta share a large commonality, coffee.

Amelia Rahima Sari, Jakarta – Head of the New Capital or IKN Authority Bambang Susantono stated that more than 100 investors expressed interest in investing in the new capital city in E

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Thursday inaugurated the Tamblang Dam located in Buleleng, Bali.

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in a statement on Thursday pledged to evaluate Indonesia's corruption eradication system after the country's corruption per

Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in his opening speech at the Mandiri Investment Forum on Wednesday asserted that exports of bauxite ore, copper, and tin

Jakarta – Following a meeting with Golkar Party chairman Airlangga Hartarto on Wednesday, founder of the NasDem Party Surya Paloh expected that he could also sit down with Indonesian De

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo is confident Tesla will finalise a deal to invest in a production facility in Indonesia, having offered the US electric car maker incentives ranging from

Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore/Jakarta – Indonesian presidential contender Anies Baswedan is headed to Australia to burnish his international standing before voters elect a

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In case you haven't heard, Indonesia slipped a few places in Transparency International's latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI), and that doesn't seem to be a wake up call for intros

Shinta Ratri will forever be missed as somebody who fought for religious inclusivity on behalf of those who may have felt deserted and alone.

Theresia Sufa, Bogor, West Java – Two captive-bred Javan hawk-eagles, a female and a male, were released into the wild on Monday at the foot of Mount Gede Pangrango in West Java.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) predicts that the issuance of mining and palm oil plantation permits will increase during the political year in the lead up to

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo dropped a hint on Tuesday that a cabinet reshuffle could be announced on Feb.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Sunday kicked off Indonesia's 2023 ASEAN chairmanship in Jakarta, the second-largest international forum he chaired after the Group of 20 pre

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – When President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo demanded that the House of Representatives complete deliberations on the domestic worker protection bill earlier this

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has instructed the Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry and the Transportation Ministry to focus specifically on attracting touri

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto have come a long way since their erstwhile bitter rivalry in the 2014 and 2019 elections.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government on Wednesday said the 2023 healthcare budget would put a greater emphasis on non-Covid issues such as stunting, a chronic malnutrition probl