Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Indonesia may face challenging credit conditions in the next two years due to slow GDP growth, according to an outlook…
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December 9, 2019
Victor Mambor, Jayapura – Around 112 people were arrested by police in several towns of Papua and Papua Barat provinces within a week ahead to 1…
Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said he was observing the performance of the Corruption Eradication Commission (…
Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said the government was ready to propose a revision of the corruption law to…
Dias Prasongko, Jakarta – Trade Minister Agus Suparmanto ensured there will be no charge for online trade or e-commerce operators registering…
Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – The West Java administration has launched a mobile application that will enable local residents to engage in a…
Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Commenting on the World Anti-corruption Day, senior investigator of Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)…
Jakarta (Antara) – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) held an anti corruption film festival (ACFFest) 2019 as a part of the series of…
Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – Authorities have arrested five suspected poachers and traders targeting Sumatran tigers, confiscating four fetuses of…
Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – Thousands of students in Central Java took to the streets to declare support for the country's…
Jakarta – The government's export ban on nickel ore, set to take effect in January 2020, will hurt a newly listed nickel mining company,…
December 8, 2019
James Balowski – Surya Anta Ginting, the national spokesperson for the pro-independence Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) – who…
Yustinus Paat, Fana Suparman, Jakarta – The smuggling fiasco at Garuda Indonesia continues with the flag carrier's board of commissioners taking…
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia's Health Minister has caused a stir by proposing that the country promote traditional Indonesian…
Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo introduces a unique anti-corruption campaign targeting his own…
Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat – News about the 165,000 Indonesian domestic workers in Hong Kong dominates coverage of the relationship between the…
Ainur Rohmah – It is early morning in Giriloyo, Yogyakarta, and a group of women are busy drawing motifs on white cloth in an open gazebo. Next…
Muhammad Ridwan – Becoming an activist, especially a human rights defender, often means confronting the law. Human rights defenders are not…
Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Perempuan Berkebaya, or "Women in Kebaya," a community of women in Jakarta who has been preaching the gospel of the…
Jakarta – Indonesian Child Protection Agency (LPAI) head Seto Mulyadi has suggested that the government cut down the school week to three days…
Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – In its previous term, the House of Representatives failed to pass a bill on the elimination of sexual violence…
Jakarta – State-owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir has issued a circular meant to end the notorious practices of distributing souvenirs…
Jakarta (Antara) – A joint team of the police and the Environment and Forestry Ministry has arrested five people over alleged illegal hunting of…
December 7, 2019
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle has addressed President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's disapproval of the…
Arya Dipa, Bandung – Heavy rains in Greater Bandung since Friday afternoon have caused the Cisangkuy River, part of West Java's longest river,…
Donald Greenlees – Joko Widodo begins his second term contemplating the legacy he will bequeath as Indonesia's seventh president and with…
Amy Chew – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has fuelled speculation that he plans a tilt at the presidency by speaking at a rally held by the…
Jakarta – Indonesia has been named the third-most spammed country in the world by Swedish-based smartphone application Truecaller, a significant…
Edward Aspinall and Marcus Mietzner – Indonesia's 2019 elections confirmed both the country's status as a competitive electoral democracy and the…
Fergus Hunter – Australia and Indonesia have jointly declared "serious concerns" about the state of the South China Sea, issuing a warning about…
Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD played down on Friday recent reports from…
Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Minister of State-owned Enterprises (SOE), Erick Thohir, said his office would deactivate four other…
Jakarta (Antara) – A landslide hit railway in the area of Cicewol Village, Sukabumi, West Java, on Saturday, December 7, canceling…
Kathleen Magramo – An Indonesian domestic helper and citizen journalist deported from Hong Kong for overstaying her visa said on Saturday she was…
Jakarta – An exhibition at Darmawangsa Residence in South Jakarta brings the art of Papua's Kamoro tribe to the capital and lets visitors place…
Purwani Diyah Prabandari, Jakarta – A number of regional administrations are striving hard to make human rights the basis of their policies. They…
Dili – How Arsica was reunited with her parents after 41 years. Arsica is one of the thousands of children who were forcibly removed from Timor-…
December 6, 2019
Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo believed the perpetrator of the acid attack against Novel Baswedan, a senior…
We can now put knee-high concrete barriers among the list of things ineffective at controlling the oftentimes out-of-control Jakarta motorists.…
Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman has submitted a report alleging maladministration in a "peace declaration" that sought resolve the 1989…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – New skills are crucial to prepare Indonesia's workforce for the rise of the digital economy, as more and more…
Jakarta – In two separate cases, a woman and a man in Aceh passed out on Thursday after being publicly caned as a punishment for violating the…
Jakarta – Family businesses account for almost all of businesses in Indonesia, employing millions of people and boosting the economy. However,…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Gojek vice president of data science Syafri Bahar has called on Indonesians overseas to return to the country,…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) chairman Hariyadi Sukamdani has welcomed the dismissal of flag…
Jakarta – Tech giants Google and Facebook are considering setting up data centers in Indonesia, Communications and Information Minister Johnny G…
Jakarta – The State Palace has warned critics of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to be careful when throwing criticism at the President, saying…
Jakarta – The Jakarta administration plans to conduct various events next year at Rawabadung Lake in Cakung, East Jakarta, in an attempt to get…
Jakarta – Islamic preacher Jafar Shodik has been named a suspect of defamation by the police after a video showing him insulting Vice President…
Sakib Awan – Bali is expected to have a total of more than 6.7 million foreign visitors in 2019. Such enormous numbers are achieved by reputation…




