Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – The government of Indonesia has stopped the special funding for Covid-19 patients in accordance with Health Minister Regulation No.

Abdul Muslim, Jakarta – Indonesia, while offering some of the lowest rates for 1 gigabyte of mobile data in Southeast Asia, grapples with relatively sluggish internet speeds compared to

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani said Tuesday that Indonesia would need hundreds of billions of American dollars over the next decade to build green buildings

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – The Trade Ministry has derided as "colonialist" an EU investigation into allegations that Indonesian biodiesel is finding its way into the EU market, evading imp

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo arrived late on Sunday in Kenya for a state visit as part of his African sojourn where he is also scheduled to attend the BRICS Summit in Johann

Yohana Belinda, Jakarta – Workers at a local supplier for global brand sportswear brand Adidas say their employment rights are routinely breached, raising concerns about an industry lon

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Jakarta – In the latest dispute regarding palm oil, Indonesia and the European Union have clashed over biodiesel import duties that have been slapped on the Southeast Asian nation's com

Antara, Jakarta – Budiman Sudjatmiko, a high-ranking member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), could potentially face dismissal from the party on Monday due to his

Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – prosecutors of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have filed an indictment against former high-ranking tax official Rafael Alun Trisambodo, who is acc

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin mandated Deputy Attorney General on Intelligence Affairs and Special Crimes Affairs to halt the investigations on pres

Ninda Dwi Ramadhani, Desty Luthfiani, Jakarta – Head of the Criminal Investigation in Penjaringan Sectoral Police Adjunct Commissioner Hari Gasgari said the police discovered thirty you

Muhammad Zulfikar, Raka Adji, Padang, West Sumatra – Indonesia's Foreign Ministry and the New Zealand Government have continued to communicate on efforts to free Susi Air pilot and New

Jakarta – Rescuers have ended their search for a missing crew member one week after a boat with seven on board hit bad weather off Sumatra island, officials said Monday.

Jakarta – To his detractors, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is a "man of contradictions", which is what political analyst Benjamin Bland has called the country's seventh president.

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – The Golkar Party and the National Mandate Party (PAN) have finally decided to ally themselves with the Gerindra Party and the National Awakening Party (PK

Yudith Ho and Faris Mokhtar – Indonesia will temporarily relax rules that have slowed development of solar energy in the coal-dependent country, lifting one of the many regulatory and l

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration will impose remote working for city employees and learning for students ahead of the Asean Summit in September, a move aimed to curb the severe air

Zsazya Senorita, Jakarta – China will likely purchase 8 million tons of Indonesian palm oil in 2024 after imports suffered a decline amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to an associat

Muawwan Daelami, Jakarta – State-owned gas company Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) is set to invest around Rp 50 billion ($3.3 million) in the development of a gas piping network within the

Dipo Negoro – On Sunday August 13, based on data from the IQAir air quality monitoring website at 6 am, the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Jakarta stood at 170 or in the unhealthy category

Fuad Iqbal Abdullah, Jakarta – In preparation for the migration of central government employees to the new capital Nusantara in East Kalimantan from Jakarta, the government is making ar

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Jakarta – In the latest poll conducted by Indikator Politik Indonesia, Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo has retaken the lead as the favored candidate for the upcoming February 2024

Jakarta – We have watched air pollution suffocate our city for months with no sign of abating.

Jakarta, Sugiharto Purnama, Resinta S – The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) has said that it has filed a lawsuit against 22 companies for triggering forest and land fires in

Nivell Rayda, Tondano, Indonesia – It is the Sabbath, and the parking lot of an otherwise desolate compound on the edge of the Indonesian town of Tondano in North Sulawesi is filled wit

Christian Oliver – Officials in Bali have seized and destroyed dozens of sex toys belonging to tourists arriving at the Indonesian island's airport.

By Peter S. Goodman, Sulawesi – For most of his 57 years on the island of Sulawesi, Jamal was accustomed to scarcity, modest expectations and a grim shortage of jobs.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo said on Friday that the banknotes issued by the central bank in 2022 have been named the best in the world for their

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Yohana Belinda, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has launched a trial to connect its QR-based payment system to Singapore's.

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – The Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) Secretariat, tasked with overseeing the implementation of Indonesia's US$20 billion JETP, has pushed back the launc

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – While President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has spent the past nine years enacting policies to pave the way for Indonesia to become a global power, he said that the nati

Jakarta – United States President Joe Biden has conveyed his well-wishes to Indonesia on the country's 78th Independence Day, which falls on Thursday.

Phnom Penh – Indonesia is looking to Cambodia and other countries to bolster its rice supplies, reinforcing trade ties in the process.

Fuad Iqbal Abdullah, Banjarbaru – Indonesian authorities deployed two helicopters to conduct water bombing operations in burning forests and peatlands across Kalimantan but the efforts

Fuad Iqbal Abdullah, Jakarta – The development of the new national capital, Nusantara, located in East Kalimantan, is poised to take a new milestone with the active involvement of priva

Amelia Rahima Sari, Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo predicted that the country's per capita income would reach Rp153 million in 2033.

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Dicky Kurniawan, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan stressed that the US-based automaker Tesla wanted to invest in Indonesia's l

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno encouraged all tourism and creative economy stakeholders to join efforts to improve Jakarta's air

Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is being asked to stop pursuing political goals and policies that are considered to lean in the direction of liberalism or are

Kornelius Purba, Jakarta – Doesn't it mean something special when even Aboe Bakar Al-Habsyi, secretary-general of the Islamist Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) and one of the fiercest cri

Victoria Milko – A plan for how Indonesia will spend $20 billion to transition to cleaner energy was submitted Wednesday to the government and its financing partners, the planners said.

Koh Ewe – Jakarta and its surrounding cities are shrouded in thick smog this month, and even Indonesian President Joko Widodo, commonly referred to as Jokowi, appears to be no match for

Jakarta – Indonesia has pushed back the launch of a much-anticipated investment plan underpinning a landmark US$20 billion (S$27 billion) climate financing deal struck with United State

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has asked the banking sector to support the country's downstream industries, which the government hopes will boost the country's e

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo rebutted suggestions that the people should be looking to him to decide on the nation's next leaders, as he delivered his penultimate State of t

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