Dias Prasongko, Jakarta – Chicken farmers from various regions in Indonesia held a demonstration in front of the State Palace on Tuesday, March 5…
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March 5, 2019
Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – A group of top executives of foreign and local mining firms gathered at a forum held in a five-star hotel at…
James Fair – Environmentalists in Indonesia have vowed to "never stop" in their fight to halt the construction of a hydroelectric project they…
Oktaviani – The "sumpah pocong" challenge thrown up by Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Wiranto to former Army…
March 4, 2019
James Massola, Jakarta – Two of Australia's most prestigious universities are considering opening new campuses in Indonesia following the signing…
Jakarta (AFP) – Indonesian authorities warned on Monday (March 4) that up to 100 people could still be trapped and feared dead inside a collapsed…
Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Anggiasari Puji Aryatie, 39, carries a remarkable spirit as a triple-minority legislative candidate who has no…
Jakarta – The Investment Coordination Board (BKPM) has said that more investors applied for tax holidays after the government relaxed the…
Jakarta – The profits of small banks, which are known as Book I and II banks, have grown slowly since 2015 because they cannot compete with large…
Ian Morse, Makassar, Indonesia – Earlier this month Sajad Jacob, an asylum seeker from Afghanistan who had been living in an Indonesian detention…
Bernadette Christina Munthe, Kanupriya Kapoor, Jakarta – Indonesia and Australia on Monday signed an economic partnership agreement aimed at…
Jakarta – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) welcomed the signing of the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Partnership…
Jakarta – Investors want the government to now repay the funds they had spent to acquire land for toll road projects.
Herwidiakto,…
Winny Tang, Jakarta – Mergers and acquisitions in Indonesia's banking industry are projected to flourish this year as foreign investors, mainly…
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The Agrarian Reform Consortium (KPA) reported its analysis and evaluation results on the agrarian reform program…
Egi Adyatama, Friski Riana, Jakarta – The United Development Party (PPP) admits that they are not worried about the findings reported by pollster…
Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – During a visit by the SMK (vocational high school) Taruna Nusantara at the Bogor Presidential Palace…
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Indonesia's opposition figure and presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto gave praise to the authoritarian New…
Apriadi Gunawan and Kharishar Kahfi, Medan and Jakarta – The Medan State Administrative Court in North Sumatra has rejected a lawsuit filed by…
Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Dressed in simple predominantly white attire, thousands of Balinese Hindus flocked to the beaches across the Island…
Jakarta – A total of 2,282 people in Jakarta have been diagnosed with dengue fever in January this year, with one confirmed death, an…
Jakarta – Members of a joint team comprising the Jakarta Military Police, the National Police and Customs and Excise arrested two…
Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – The police nabbed Democratic Party deputy secretary-general Andi Arief on Sunday for allegedly consuming sabu-…
Christoforus Ristianto, Jakarta – The coordinator and also a victim of the 1989 Talangsari massacre, Edi Hasadad, is asking the National Human…
Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo maintains a comfortable lead over Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto…
Six couples were publicly whipped in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province Monday for relations outside marriage, with at least two women unable…
Dyah Ayu Kartika – "If Jokowi wins, there would be no azan [the Islamic call to prayer], no Qur'an study circle for children, no veil [for women…
Palembang – Around 100 people from the Komering ethnic group "buried themselves" in graves during an action in front of the South Sumatra…
Medan, Indonesia – Environmentalists lost a court challenge Monday to a Chinese-backed dam in Indonesia that will rip through the habitat of the…
March 3, 2019
Jakarta (Antara) – Hasanuddin XIV regional military commander Major General Surawahadi has released 600 TNI (Indonesian military) soldiers to…
Jano Gibson – It's feeding time outside a police station in Dili, where three large saltwater crocodiles are kept as pets.
As an officer…
Juli Hantoro, Jakarta – The director of the Jakarta Alimat Network (Indonesian Family Justice Movement), Maria Ulfah Anshor, says that opposition…
Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho has lamented the theft of a forest and land…
Kharishar Kahfi, Nedi Putra and Arya Dipa, Jakarta, Malang and Bandung – For residents of Malang in East Java, the Supit Urang landfill is bad…
N. Adri, Jakarta and Balikpapan – National Police deputy chief Comr. Gen. Ari Dono Sukmanto said Saturday they had been focusing on the…
Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – A higher court must acquit Saidah Saleh Syamlah, a housewife living in Surabaya, East Java, of all charges of defaming…
A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – To reduce greenhouse gas emissions as part of Indonesia's efforts to meet its nationally determined contribution (…
Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – It is less than a month before election day, yet the Democratic Party is still preoccupied with its own targets…
Andhika Prasetia, Jakarta – Incumbent presidential candidate President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has emphasised that the ideology of the Unitary State…
March 2, 2019
Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo is expected to win a second term in the April 17 presidential election as he leads…
Jakarta – Dozens of neighborhoods across Jakarta were inundated on Saturday morning following heavy downpour in the upstream area of…
Donald Greenlees – Just over 20 years ago, a letter from Australian prime minister John Howard to the president of Indonesia, B.J. Habibie, set…
Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo received support for his re-election bid from several relatives of Sandiaga Uno, the running mate of his…
Jakarta (Antara) – Papua Police Chief Insp. Gen. Martuani Sormin has stated that there is no military operation in conflict-plagued…
Jakarta – Incumbent President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has claimed that rampant fake news and slander has negatively affected his electability and…
March 1, 2019
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded the year's first deflation of 0.08 percent in February, compared to the 0.32 percent…
Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – Douglas was aware of the series of earthquakes that struck Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, six months ago when he decided…
Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The government plans to launch a financial deepening program comprising tax incentives for several investment instruments…
Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) chairman Tulus Abadi said that Aprindo should take more progressive plan…
Starting today, minimarkets AKA convenience stores across Indonesia are charging a nominal fee for every plastic bag customers use to carry their…




