Indonesia has temporarily halted its visa-free policy for 159 countries. Of those, travelers from 92 countries can still obtain a Visa on Arrival (VOA) before entering the country.

Vitorio Mantalean, Jakarta – The Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) is being urged to ensure that the General Elections Commission (KPU) reinstate the requirement for candidates to su

Yamin Kogoya – Next month, on July 10, six months will have passed since Papua's Governor Lukas Enembe was "kidnapped" and flown to Jakarta for charges over alleged one million rupiah (

Jakarta – Japanese Emperor Naruhito met President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Monday during his first state trip since ascending the Chrysanthemum Throne in 2019.Naruhito and Empress Masako

Sudibyo Wiradji, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo launched at an event on Thursday the final phase of the 2025-2045 National Long-Term Development Plan (RPJPN), drafted by the M

Agencies, Jakarta – Indonesia has ordered 13 long-range military radars from Thales to boost airspace surveillance efforts across its immense archipelago, the French manufacturer and st

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – The Coalition for Change, a political alliance between the Democratic Party, the NasDem Party and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), is turning heads as

Jakarta – We cannot overstate the severity of the allegations by whistleblower group Indoleaks that the government may have illegally used spyware to snoop on its own citizens.

Yohana Belinda, Jakarta – Businesses have expressed worry that Indonesia's fight to soften the European Union's stance on deforestation may affect negotiations on the comprehensive econ

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – The government has agreed to import 1 million tonnes of rice from India in a move that it says is necessary to ensure a sufficient supply of the staple food amid

Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – The government has revoked the licenses of nearly two dozen universities engaged in fraud over the past week, adding to the hundreds it has shut down in recent

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government is currently drafting the derivative regulations on the personal data protection law, and the document is expected to lay out the details of

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – The Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS) director Bhima Yudhistira gave his opinion on the government's policy on restricting the purchase of subsid

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The Presidential Secretariate's spokesperson Bey Machmudin on Monday revealed that the meeting between President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Defense Minister

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Antara, Jakarta – State-owned oil and gas company Pertamina has secured the rights to operate the Menzel Ledjmet Nord (MLN) oil and gas block in Algeria for the next 35 years following

Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo arrived at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building in Jakarta on Monday morning to give his deposition in

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia on Monday morning Jakarta time officially launched its Satria-1 satellite from the Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida.

Tokyo – Used F-15 fighter jet engines are being considered for export to Indonesia, according to several government sources.

BeritaSatu, Denpasar – Tourism Minister Sandiaga Uno indicated on Sunday that there will be no repeat of his pairing with Prabowo Subianto in the 2024 presidential election.

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia officially complies with the international code for the protection of tourists formulated by the United Nations of World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) as an e

Bill Birtles and Ari Wu in Jakarta – On a balmy evening down a quiet street in the bustling capital of Indonesia, a teenage boy was ordered by a man to do push-ups.

Nivell Rayda, Cianjur, Indonesia – They are seen as wasteful trash by many, but for some residents of a small city in the Indonesian province of West Java, empty plastic bottles are vie

Jayapura, Jubi – According to the leader of the Cartenz Peace Operation, Sr. Comr.

Fajar Widhiyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia's exports fell by 6 percent in the first five months of the year when compared to the same period last year more because of a decline in commodity

Ayos Carlos, Jakarta – The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train conducted another test on Friday in which the speed was increased to 300 kilometers per hour under heavy rain.

Antara, Mirza Bagaskara, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo summoned Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya Bakar to the State Palace to discuss about the poor air qual

Amy Heppy, Jakarta – Mining Advocacy Coordinator of non-governmental organization Mining Advocacy Network (JATAM) Melky Nahar claimed that there are alleged environmental violations acr

Andri Prasetiyo and Nabilla Gunawan – The Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) between Indonesia and its major trading partners is at risk of stifling Indonesia's coal phase-out pr

Jakarta – Indonesia survived yet another test of its hard-won democracy yesterday, when the Constitutional Court almost unanimously rejected a motion that would have essentially revived

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office has named three palm oil companies as suspects in a corruption investigation, alleging misconduct in obtaining export permits at a time when ship

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – A steep rise in exports notwithstanding, Indonesia's trade balance was nearly wiped out in May because of a steeper increase in imports.

Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – From dawn, 53-year-old Muhtar had been sweeping the side of the road in Rawa Belong, West Jakarta.

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo's younger son and social media celebrity Kaesang Pangarep has been widely seen as gearing up to join a mayoral race nex

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia witnessed a 19.2 percent decline in its palm oil exports in April compared to what the country exported the previous month, according to industry

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The National Police's Human Trafficking Task Force in tandem with the North Kalimantan Regional Police and the Nunukan Resort Police arrested 12 people susp

Recha Tiara Dermawan, Jakarta – Jakarta is named the most polluted city in the world based on the data of Swiss air quality technology company IQ Air at 10:14 Jakarta time, June 14, 202

Theresia Sufa, Cianjur, West Java – Officials from the Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park Center and the Raptor Conservation Society have spotted a 10-day-old Javan hawk-eagle in Geger

Herman, Jakarta – New vehicle sales in Indonesia rose significantly in May after the sluggish performance in April when purchases declined amid the Ramadan holidays.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – North Sumatra Police have named Achiruddin Hasibuan, a recently dishonorably discharged police officer, for allegedly accepting protection money from an illegal

Jakarta – Indonesia confirmed on Wednesday (June 14) it had bought 12 Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets previously used by Qatar, defending the nearly US$800 million (S$1.07 billion) deal as a

Jakarta – Indonesia's trade surplus in May narrowed to the smallest in three years amid surging imports, data by the statistics bureau showed on Thursday.

Jakarta – It has been decided that Chinese staff will operate Indonesia's first high-speed rail link, at least for the first year pending the readiness of local employees to take over t

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The Indonesian Constitutional Court on Thursday (Jun 15) rejected a lawsuit that seeks to change the way the country runs its parliamentary election, contrary to

Phusadee Arunmas – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has endorsed a roadmap outlining steps for Timor-Leste to become the bloc's 11th member, a move that will benefit T

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Fikri Harish, Jakarta – An investigation from whistleblower platform IndonesiaLeaks published on Monday uncovered possible evidence that Pegasus, a spyware from Israeli cyber-intelligen

Hariz Baharudin, Jakarta – Indonesia was the biggest online spender in South-east Asia in 2022, with a new study finding that the archipelago accounted for more than half of the purchas

Nabire, Jubi – Mis Murib, representing the Talenta Keadilan Papua Legal Aid Agency (LBH TKP), said his party had reported to the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) about t

Aditya Hadi, Jakarta – After the government enforced a ban on bauxite exports on Saturday, mining firms are calling for a remedy from the government to alleviate the ban's impact, warni