Indonesia posted another quarter of slowing growth Tuesday, its weakest pace in two years, as Southeast Asia's biggest economy feels the sting of…
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November 5, 2019
Karlis Salna, Rieka Rahadiana and Viriya Singgih – Indonesia's economic growth has barely moved in three quarters, prompting some analysts to…
Beh Lih Yi, Kuta, Indonesia – Standing on her surfboard as it was lifted by a wave, Zahwa Ardika Utami is one of a small but growing number of…
Jakarta – Civil freedoms under the administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo are seen as having declined. Based on the results of a Saiful…
Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The government plans to build more than 5,000 kilometers of new roads in the next five years to improve…
Jakarta – Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has banned employees of the ministry from wearing niqab at the office,…
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia's economic growth reached 5.02 percent in the third quarter, the lowest level in more than two years…
Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – A volunteer for former presidential and VP candidates Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno, Lieus Sungkharisma…
Medan, Indonesia – Two men have been arrested in connection with the brutal murder of a pair of Indonesian activist journalists who were…
M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Senior Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan firmly denies the Twitter allegation accusing…
Jakarta (Bisnis) – Retail businesses have voiced concerns about involving Bekasi's minimarket parking service management woes, which allegedly is…
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The reappointed Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H. Laoly announced the ministry's plan to evaluate…
Andita Rahma and Friski Riana, Jakarta – The police stated that they did not set a deadline for the investigation of the attack on…
November 4, 2019
Ayat S. Karokaro, Medan, Indonesia – Two Indonesian journalists who had reported on an illegal oil palm plantation in Sumatra while also…
Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – Indonesia has reasserted its stance to reject shipments of hazardous and toxic waste from abroad and called for its…
A new report alleges officials across Indonesia's West Papua have inflated population figures for personal gain.
The Institute for Policy…
A second and final term can free a leader, as Joko Widodo has acknowledged. The question is how he will use his new liberty. Five years ago, he…
A story about a girl's sexual naivete prompted a discussion about the importance of sex education in Indonesia recently, because apparently she…
Officials in the conservative Indonesian province of Aceh are outraged over a brazen protest against their religious ideals by a man, who appears…
Jakarta – Two journalists who mediated a protracted land dispute between local residents and an oil palm plantation were found dead in Labuhan…
Bangkok – Human Rights violations by one of the world's biggest palm oil suppliers, Wilmar International, and its subsidiaries and suppliers in…
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for an independent investigation to identify the perpetrators and instigators of the brutal murders of two…
Eva Fitriani, Jakarta – Indonesia and Australia are committed to speeding up the ratification of a bilateral free-trade agreement signed early…
Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – Fish stocks in a marine national park in Indonesia increased significantly in the years after a ban on the use of coral-…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's economic growth is expected to slow to 4.9 percent in the third quarter of this year as weak global…
Jakarta – A group of allegedly illegal miners are being accused of attacking Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) officers during a raid on a tin…
Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court has cleared Sofyan Basir, the former president director of state-owned electricity…
Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia campaigner Arifsyah Nasution assessed that the government had failed to tackle lead or metal…
Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – A poll done by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) found that the country's Pancasila (five state ideologies) together…
Vindry Florentin, Jakarta – The IHS Markit report on the Indonesian manufacturing industry's Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) showed a…
Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – The newly-inaugurated Chief of the National Police, General Idham Azis, visited the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK…
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) asserted it would not meddle with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's decision on…
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Golkar Party senior politician Agun Gunandjar Sudarsa was openly worried about his party's internal…
Jakarta – The 2019 Press Freedom Index in Papua is still in the lowest position out of Indonesia's 34 provinces. The Press Freedom Index for…
Jakarta – The Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) says that civil freedoms under the administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo have tended…
November 3, 2019
Nur Yasmin, Nusa Dua – Djoko Siswanto, secretary general of the National Energy Committee, said Indonesia is developing green fuel as an end-…
Yulida Medistiara, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will personally select the members of the new Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK…
Nur Yasmin, Nusa Dua – Indonesia's B30 biofuel plan, which will become effective at the beginning of January next year, will further increase…
Jakarta (Antara) – The Jakarta Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded a decrease in the number of foreign tourists visit to Jakarta from 253,176…
Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Local and international storytellers gathered together to entertain children and educate parents about the importance of…
Muhammad Fida Ul Haq, Jakarta – State Secretary Pratikno says that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo respects the judicial review of the new…
November 2, 2019
Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) is disappointed with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo because he has failed to issue a government…
Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – As soon as a group of customers walked in, Mr Boy Alfian, 55, swiftly lifted a piece of red cloth covering two large…
Jakarta – University of Indonesia (UI) lecturer Ade Armando has been reported to the police for allegedly circulating an insulting meme of…
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Fachrul Razi has triggered a debate about Muslim attire after saying that the…
Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – The head of Jakarta's Regional Development Planning Agency, or Bappeda, Sri Mahendra Satria Wirawan, and the head…
Ramadani Saputra, Jakarta – Comr. Gen. Mochamad Iriawan of the National Police was elected on Saturday as the new chief of the Indonesian Soccer…
Antara, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – A police general was elected chairman of the Indonesian Football Federation, or PSSI, in a heated "…
M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – State Administrative Law expert Bivitri Susanti expressed her disappointment when President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo stated…
November 1, 2019
Farid Firdaus, Jakarta – The central bank has assured businesses that it is committed to deploying all monetary and macroprudential instruments…




