Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated three sections of the Balikpapan-Samarinda toll…
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December 18, 2019
Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has said Indonesia will fight the…
President Joko Widodo has issued a stern warning against those thinking of carrying out religiously-motivated raids during Christmas and New Year…
December 17, 2019
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Homegrown technology decacorn Gojek is shutting down the majority of its GoLife services due to a stagnant business…
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Indonesian oil company Medco Energi Internasional is producing an initial 12,900 barrels of oil per day (bopd) from its…
Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named former Supreme Court secretary Nurhadi Abdurachman and two other people suspects…
Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court postponed the trial of six activists accused of treason relating to Papuan antiracism protests…
Vela Andapita, Jakarta – A female gymnast who was pulled from Indonesia's contingent to the 2019 Southeast Asia (SEA) Games in the Philippines is…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati says the government would not protect former executives of a state-owned…
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Jakarta-based renewables company Supreme Energy has commenced operation of its 85-megawatt (MW) Muara Laboh geothermal…
Vela Andapita, Jakarta – Heavy downpour that started at around 1 p.m. on Tuesday caused floods in several areas of the capital.
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Jakarta – Fresh off the controversy surrounding the smuggling of high-end contraband earlier this month, national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia…
Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – The upcoming 70th anniversary of bilateral relations between Indonesia and China in 2020 will be an important…
Jakarta – Five of the Papua activists taking part in the first court hearing in a treason case at the Central Jakarta District Court on Monday…
Muslim-majority Indonesia will deploy nearly 200,000 security personnel nationwide ahead of Christmas to guard against potential terror attacks,…
Ishika Mookerjee and Rieka Rahadiana – Indonesia's property-related stocks are heading for a bumper year of returns, based on analyst predictions…
An Indonesian Instagram influencer couple (locally known by the terrible portmanteau "selebgram," which combines the words "seleb" for celebrity…
Governor Anies Baswedan has reportedly dismissed acting head of Jakarta Tourism Agency Alberto Ali in an ongoing fallout from the provincial…
Heru Andriyanto, Surabaya – The East Java Police have seized fourteen luxury cars worth billions of rupiah for a lack of valid ownership…
Theresia Sufa, Bogor, West Java – Prosecutors at the Cibinong District Court in Bogor, West Java, have demanded eight months of imprisonment for…
Lenny Tristia Tambun, Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration gave a tourism award to a nightclub where visitors had tested…
Novy Lumanauw, Ridho Syukra, Tri Listiyarini, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Tuesday threw his weight behind a controversial plan…
Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD says that Indonesia is entitled to take any and all measures…
Jakarta – The Jakarta Police in the past two months have uncovered two fraud cases involving sharia-compliant housing – offering cheap homes…
Ivo Mateus Goncalves – On 28 November 1975, East Timor's interim government unilaterally declared its independence from all forms of colonialism…
Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's plan to reach a six percent economy growth requires at least Rp35.428 trillion investment for the 2020-2024 period…
Mark Woodward – Prior to the 17 April election, the 2019 Indonesian presidential contest was often described as one pitting progressive against…
Antara, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has urged the regional heads to help facilitate investors who want to invest their capital in…
Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Inward-looking organizational transformation in the military within the last decade may have left Indonesia exposed to…
Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Indonesia will take on more prominent roles in multilateral diplomacy amid growing unilateralism and the popularity of a "…
Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Known as the playgrounds of the rich, casinos may be their piggy banks as well. The state's financial tracking body…
December 16, 2019
Jakarta – Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Edhy Prabowo has announced a plan to allow the export of lobster larvae after a ban was put in…
Jakarta – The terror of creeping cobras continues in the capital as residents of Kembangan district in West Jakarta made the terrifying discovery…
Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The circular economy has been hailed as the best way to solve the ever-piling plastic waste problem in Indonesia, but…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's trade balance fell into deficit in November as imports of consumption goods and raw materials increased…
Jakarta – Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto has embarked on his first working visit to China to discuss cooperation between the two countries in…
Jakarta – As if managing waste on a daily basis was not enough, Public Facility Maintenance Agency (PPSU) officers in Jelambar, West Jakarta,…
Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Just a week after he was named Indonesia's new religious affairs minister, retired army general Fachrul Razi sparked a…
Luthfi T. Dzulfikar, Amin Abdullah and Kamaruddin Amin – In an attempt to offer an alternative Islamic university model to the current dominance…
The 79 member states of the Africa Caribbean Pacific (ACP) group are seeking international action over human rights abuses in West Papua.
A…
Antara, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, formally asks regional leaders to compete in offering investors ease of…
Hardline group the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) has made their displeasure of Governor Anies Baswedan known after accusing the latter's…
Jakarta – The Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has named members of prominent business lobby groups along with…
Made Anthony Iswara, Bali – Indonesia added fuel to its ongoing feud with the European Union last week by filing a lawsuit to the World Trade…
Jakarta – The panel of judges at the Central Jakarta District Court have postponed the first court hearing which was to hear the reading of the…
M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairman Saut Situmorang announced the reason why 12 of his former…
Linda Trianita, Jakarta – The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) on Friday announced the discovery of a number of money…
Eko Wahyudi L Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – President Jokowi's special staff of communications and spokesman, Fadjroel Rachman,…
Andita Rahma (Antara), Jakarta – Indonesian National Police's public relations chief, Grand Commissioner Asep Adi Saputra says there…
Friski Riana, Jakarta – In opening the National Development Planning Conference RPJMN 2020-2024 today, President Jokowi expressed discontent…




