Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The UK on Monday unveiled a #27.2 million (around $33 million) grant to help turbocharge Indonesia's green growth.…
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October 2, 2023
Jayapura, Jubi – Director Latifah Anum Siregar of the Democracy Alliance for Papua (ALDP) emphasized the importance of raising awareness about…
Jakarta – A top court in Indonesia on Monday rejected a petition to review a controversial pro-investment law passed earlier this year that labour…
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia plans to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Malaysia to develop an electric vehicle (EV) battery…
Jakarta – The financial committee of Indonesia's parliament on Monday approved 28.2 trillion rupiah ($1.82 billion) of capital injection for…
Stefanno Sulaiman and Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – Indonesia's annual inflation rate slowed to 2.28% in September, roughly in line with a market…
Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Monday inaugurated a $7.3 billion high-speed railway connecting Jakarta with the city of Bandung, a…
Hundreds of workers held a demonstration near the Arjuna Wiwaha or Horse Statue in Central Jakarta on Monday October 2 to coincide with a…
Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo officially inaugurated Indonesia's first high-speed train on Monday, marking a significant milestone more…
Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's tourism industry is showing signs of recovery from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, as the number…
Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesia's former president Soeharto is included listed among the world's most corrupt state leaders of all time.…
Defara Dhanya Paramitha, Jakarta – State-owned gas and oil company PT Pertamina increased the price of five non-subsidized fuel brands effective…
Daniel A. Fajri, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi responded to criticism voiced by politician Anies Baswedan who said that the National…
Antara, Jakarta – A forecaster at the Pekanbaru Station of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), Moh. Ibnu A., said that at…
Magang Kji, Jakarta – Presidential contender of the Indonesia Onward Coalition, Prabowo Subianto, asserted that Indonesia must achieve self-…
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Swaths of tropical peatland that were supposed to have been restored and protected from burning are among the fire-…
Alfian Kartono, Jayapura, Indonesia – Five Papuan independence fighters were killed in a clash between security forces and a rebel group in…
Jakarta – The Constitutional Court delivered a decisive ruling on Monday, rejecting a motion by labor unions aimed at annulling a government…
October 1, 2023
Ang Qing, Jakarta – Indonesia's Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar announced the birth of a critically endangered Sumatran…
Antara, Jakarta – With the dry season reaching its peak and the mercury shooting up, several parts of Indonesia recorded land and forest fires in…
Jakarta – Firefighters are rushing to extinguish forest and land fires across parts of Indonesia, with the scorching weather in the South-east…
Siti Nurhaliza, Resinta S, Jakarta – As of September 29, 109 tall buildings in Jakarta, including the City Hall, have installed 125 water mist…
Antara, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for economic affairs Airlangga Hartarto, on Friday (September 29), visited Rempang Island, Riau Island…
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Hundreds of forest fires in Indonesia have caused haze that has worsened air quality in parts of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur's…
Hayamuddin – On September 7 residents and security forces clashed on the island of Rempang, Riau province, after local people attempted to stop…
September 30, 2023
Malang – Holding buckets of water, Cholifatul Nur sprinkles flowers planted at her young son's grave and wipes clean the stone slab where a scarf…
Kuala Lumpur (BSS/AFP) – Hundreds of forest fires in Indonesia have caused haze to reach areas of Malaysia where it has worsened air quality,…
Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – A senior member of the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) confirmed on Saturday that presidential…
Keisyah Aprilia, BenarNews/Palu – A cherry tree stands out among the rows of shabby shelters in Petobo, a village in Central Sulawesi's capital of…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – As many as 77 Indonesians on death row in Malaysia might have a chance to serve lighter sentences following some…
Mumbai, India – Three countries comprised of India, Malaysia, and Indonesia, swore to jointly promote the positive benefits of palm oil to the…
Agnes Valentina Christa, Jakarta – Starting this Sunday, the Jakarta government is set to implement elevated parking tariffs for vehicles that…
September 29, 2023
Jakarta – Indonesia plans to start building a light rail transit system in Bali next year to ease roadway congestion from the airport, a senior…
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Medan administration in North Sumatra will impose a fine of up to Rp 10 million (US$642) or three months in jail for…
Jakarta – Politics is not child's play. The leadership of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), the only political party claiming to represent…
Ihsan Reliubun, Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) continued its investigation into the alleged corruption…
Nivell Rayda, Malang, Indonesia – There was a time in a not-so-distant past when for a few hours every weekend, the city of Malang in Indonesia…
Maria Fransisca Lahur, Jakarta – Land and forest fires have covered several Indonesian regions with smog over the past few days. Other than Jambi…
East Timor has not discussed military co-operation with China in its upgrade of diplomatic ties, President Jose Ramos-Horta says, adding Australia…
Kirsty Needham – Timor-Leste has not discussed military cooperation with China in its upgrade of diplomatic ties, President Jose Ramos-Horta said…
Members of Indonesia's Nduga District Police and the Damai Cartenz Police Task Force have raided a residential house and the local head office of…
Dian Erika Nugraheny, Icha Rastika, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan says that the…
Jasmine Floretta V.D. (Magdalene) – A small hut stands alone in the middle of the forest. Gray smoke blows from its chimney. I visited the house…
Agnes Valentina Christa, Jakarta – Acting Jakarta Governor Heru Budi Hartono on Friday addressed recent concerns about the condition of seawalls…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – A senior Indonesian diplomat said Friday that no country raised the issue of Papua at the recent UN General Assembly…
Helmut Timothy & Ilham Oktavian, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) seized a substantial amount of foreign currency…
Jakarta – The Jakarta provincial government has taken action by suspending the operations of four factories for exceeding air pollution limits,…
Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Presidential hopeful Ganjar Pranowo said Friday that he considered President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo as his…
September 28, 2023
Ni Komang Erviani, Jakarta – The Bali administration has said that funds collected from a tax of Rp 150,000 (US$10) per person to be levied from…
Wahyu Suryana, Jakarta – The attendance of presumptive presidential and vice presidential candidates Anies Baswedan and Muhaimin Iskandar at the…