Ahmad Shoim, Surabaya – Indonesia is grappling with a shortage of religious marriage officiants, a pressing issue given the millions of wedding…
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September 14, 2023
Jakarta – The state civil service bill is expected to bring some major changes to the annual recruitment process, among others, according to…
Moh. Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto ensured that the National Strategic Projects (Proyek…
Antara, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan targeted Indonesia to manufacture its own…
Moh. Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said that the national strategic projects…
Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Thursday that the electric vehicle (EV) battery plant, owned by South Korean…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government on Thursday promised faster promotion for civil servants willing to serve in remote areas to address…
Jakarta – Protesting workers have begun leaving the Horse Statue area in Central Jakarta after holding a brief demonstration for around two hours…
Jakarta – The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Movement (TPNPB-OPM) has confirmed that the Susi Air pilot from New Zealand, Philip…
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – U.S. food giant Kellogg's is the latest major consumer brand to suspend its purchases of palm oil from Indonesian…
Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta Acting Governor Heru Budi Hartono said the city administration will soon revitalize 16 rivers, lakes, dams, and…
Moh. Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi said the government has completed 161 national strategic projects (PSN) in the past…
Riri Rahayu, Antara, Jakarta – Head of the Batam Concession Agency (BP Batam) Muhammad Rudi suspected that there were many provocateurs who…
Antara, Jakarta – The West Java Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has declared an emergency alert status for drought in Bogor…
Antara, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry's Directorate General of Sea Transportation implements the digitization of ship and goods services…
Eka Yudha Saputra, Yogi Eka Sahputra, Jakarta – National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo said the police would add four company-level…
Moh. Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – Light Rail Transit or LRT Jabodebek is set to add more train travel schedules from Saturday, September 16, 2023, in…
September 13, 2023
Theressia Silalahi, Jakarta – Prosecutors on Wednesday recommended a prison sentence of 10 and a half years for former Papua Governor Lukas Enembe…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia is planning to remind the Group of 77 at its upcoming Cuba summit to not become a proxy of major powers'…
Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – The government has proposed state capital injections (PMN) of Rp 24.6 trillion (US$1.59 billion) to continue work on toll…
Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Indonesian Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia ensured that the government will proceed with Rempang Eco-City development…
Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Japan appears less than keen to join a project to extend the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail (HSR) link to Surabaya, East…
Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy has spoken out about the poverty rate in Papua…
Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – A public policy observer from the National Development University or UPN Veteran Jakarta, Achmad Nur Hidayat, lamented the…
Antara, Yogi Eka Sahputra, Jakarta – Deputy for Special Child Protection at the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA), Nahar…
Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta Acting Governor Heru Budi Hartono claimed that all programs and policies to tackle air pollution and improve the city's…
Antara, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Planning or Head of the National Land Agency (ATR/BPN) Hadi Tjahjanto stated that…
Jakarta – TikTok on Wednesday criticised calls by the government to ban social media transactions, as officials rails against what it says are…
Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia is urging the government to reinvestigate the gross human rights violations that occurred during the…
Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Former Indonesian Military Chief General (ret.) Andika Perkasa has been appointed as the deputy chairman of the campaign…
Jakarta – Pertamina New Renewable Energy, the renewable sector sub-holding of the state-owned oil and gas firm, was recently placed third globally…
Helmut Timothy & Vinnilya Huanggrio, Jakarta – Indonesia has what it takes to be among the world's largest economies by 2042, but this calls…
Lynda Hong, Singapore – The increased number of hot spots in Kalimantan and Sumatra this week has raised the risk of transboundary haze returning…
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has backtracked on his comments that PNG had no right to comment on human rights abuses in West Papua…
Jayapura, Jubi – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has accumulated pending tasks related to its investigation of alleged civilian…
Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Soaring pollution in the capital city Jakarta has left 35-year-old Asep Muizudin Muhamad Darmini hooked up to breathing…
Kanti Pertiwi – More than twenty years ago, Indonesia launched a determined crusade against corruption, collusion, and nepotism. However, the…
Yohana Belinda, Jakarta – Regardless of the outcome of the upcoming presidential election, business and investment relations between Indonesia and…
Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – In early September, a whale shark washed up on a beach in the Indonesian province of West Java. Within hours, locals had…
Jakarta – Indonesia's defence ministry said on Wednesday it has signed an agreement to buy a submarine rescue vessel for $100 million from a…
Nazarudin Latif and Pizaro Gozali Idrus (BenarNews), Jakarta – Police said Tuesday they had arrested 43 people for alleged violence while…
Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – Five state-owned corporate venture capitals (CVCs) have formally launched the Merah Putih Fund, raising US$300…
Jakarta – Many may be surprised to hear that Indonesia, the world's largest nickel producer, is also importing the commodity. Incoming shipments…
Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Several provinces in Sumatra and Kalimantan have been blanketed with haze from raging forest fires that worsened in…
Jakarta – The Riau Island Police have arrested 43 people accused of causing a riot and attacking police during a protest over a plan to relocate…
September 12, 2023
Aswin Lin, Deasy Simandjuntak – Notwithstanding his high popularity in recent polls, Prabowo Subianto's uneven track record as defence minister…
Jakarta – State-owned oil company Pertamina says it is adopting carbon capture storage (CCS)/carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS)…
BTV, Makassar – The General Election Commission (KPU) has confirmed that no action will be taken against presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo,…
Jakarta – Former police general Ferdy Sambo, who was convicted of murdering a subordinate, has been transferred from Salemba prison in Jakarta to…
Cindy Layan, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will revise the nomenclature used in national holidays commemorating key events in…




