Andra Nasrie – Have you ever experienced a situation where you wanted to buy a product from a store, but the salesperson tried to persuade you to buy a more expensive or upgraded versio
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May 22, 2023
May 17, 2023
Bambang Soesatyo, the Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), has been pushing for regulations that would allow civilians to own and carry guns for self-defense.
May 9, 2023
Antara, Jakarta – A total of 150 firefighters and 35 fire trucks were deployed to extinguish the huge blaze burning a paint factory in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, at 14:15 on Monday, Ma
May 3, 2023
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The operator of Kualanamu International Airport in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, has dismissed five members of staff following the death of a 43-year-old woman w
April 27, 2023
Fikri Harish, Jakarta – Marking the comeback of a vinyl-record pressing plant in Indonesia after a nearly 50-year hiatus, PHR Pressing is set to resume domestic vinyl production in the
April 13, 2023
Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – The month of Ramadan is a time when millions of Indonesian Muslims give back to the community by organizing charity events or giving alms to those in need.
April 12, 2023
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – At least two people were killed and 13 others injured on Tuesday afternoon when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in the Lake Toba tourism area in Nainggola
April 11, 2023
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia is looking for other potential fraudsters after a man had been caught on camera misusing the Indonesian QR code payment system or the QRIS t
BTV, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have arrested a man who allegedly applied stickers of quick response codes on donation boxes at a Jakarta mosque and was caught in a video that has gon
Antara, Jakarta – The management of Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta found at least 50 stickers of fake QRIS (Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard) placed on a number of points in the mosq
April 10, 2023
We may have our differences when it comes to the pronunciation of QRIS, but hopefully we can all agree that using the electronic transaction tool to steal from a mosque is an abominatio
March 29, 2023
Suherdjoko, Semarang – Dozens of teenagers have been arrested for engaging in a sarung fight, a typical Ramadan pastime for adolescents, in various areas in Central Java.
March 28, 2023
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A 16-year-old boy died and two others were injured after being beaten by vigilantes for throwing lit firecrackers into a mosque compound while a Quran recital w
March 27, 2023
Jakarta – At least 12 people were injured when part of a mosque's dome collapsed in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
February 22, 2023
A man who was arrested for assault has come under even more public scrutiny after people learned that he has been living large as the son of a tax official.
February 20, 2023
Jakarta – A police helicopter carrying five passengers and three crew members crashed in the jungles of Jambi on Sunday, an accident that the National Police blamed on bad weather.
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Ahmad Munasir Rafie Pratama, a missing lecturer who teaches at the Indonesian Islamic University (UII), has been detected in Boston, the university announc
BTV, Jakarta – A huge explosion allegedly caused by illegal firework production activities in a house killed at least four people and damaged dozens of houses in the East Java regency o
February 3, 2023
A fresh scandal may be brewing in Indonesia with a very multi-layered single-vehicle accident in the city of Jambi.
A pedicab driver named Gufron has become a hero in his hometown of Lamongan, East Java, after he went out of his way to fix potholes in the regency that the government had long failed t
January 18, 2023
As one of Depok's main roads, traffic jams have long been an issue on Jalan Dewi Sartika.
December 16, 2022
Nur Janti, Jakarta – A fire broke out on Thursday afternoon in one of the buildings at the Home Ministry in Central Jakarta.
November 26, 2022
Jakarta – When a family of four in Kalideres, West Jakarta, was found dead in their house in October, the incident sparked many questions.
November 18, 2022
BTV, Bali – An unidentified woman triggered members of the presidential security force to take action after she disrupted President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's motorcade and reach out her ha
November 17, 2022
If you've been on the Indonesian internet over the past week, you might have seen a viral video depicting a supposedly dead man in an open casket coming back to life.
November 15, 2022
Antara, Jakarta – The West Jakarta City Government is evaluating the leaders of neighborhood and community units (RT and RW) in Kalideres, after a family of four was found dead in their
October 25, 2022
Beritasatu, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police ruled out terror allegations after a woman was arrested for pointing a gun at a security officer guarding the State Palace or the office of Pres
Jakarta – Indonesian authorities detained on Tuesday a woman carrying a gun outside the presidential palace in Jakarta, though the country's leader was not there at the time and there w
October 21, 2022
Jakarta – The large dome of a grand mosque in Indonesia's capital Jakarta has collapsed after a major fire, without causing any casualties.
October 5, 2022
Baim Wong's latest wrong won't keep him and his wife Paula Verhoeven away from police questioning, it has been reported, after they posted a distasteful and possibly illegal video.
September 28, 2022
Idris Boufakar, Solo – Residents of the Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) dormitory located in Sukoharjo, Central Java, were stunned by a loud bang caused by an explosion, which severely i
August 25, 2022
A member of the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD) in Palembang, South Sumatra may be booted out of his party and face criminal charges after he was filmed assaulting a wom
August 18, 2022
Did Indonesian singing megastar Lyodra call for Papua's sovereignty in front of President Joko Widodo and other state officials during yesterday's independence day morning ceremony at t
August 15, 2022
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesian internet users reacted with rage to a video showing a female employee of retail company Alfamart forced to apologize to a woman who was previously
August 9, 2022
Citayam Fashion Week has undoubtedly lit the flames inside many fashionistas in Indonesia, but one official said she lost her job after the youth subculture movement inspired her to str
August 5, 2022
As Bali gears itself to host the G20 Summit this November, the local administration has announced that it will shut down the biggest landfill in the province just before the inter-gover
July 28, 2022
Moh. Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria ensured that Citayam Fashion Week would never be closed and banned.
June 23, 2022
A 3-year-old boy tragically shot to death his 5-year-old brother, in what police have described as an accident.
May 19, 2022
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – A 100-year-old Portuguese Jesuit priest who has spent more than half his life working in Timor-Leste has been awarded the country's highest honor.
May 10, 2022
Aisyah Llewellyn, Medan, Indonesia – Indonesian influencers Indra Kesuma and Doni Salmanan lived the kind of lives most people can only dream of.
April 18, 2022
Jakarta – The CEO Clubs Network, a corporate-membership-based international business organization, has honored Rusmin Lawin, vice president of Real Estate Indonesia, or REI, and deputy
March 31, 2022
IDR5 million (US$348) was up for grabs when 32 gravediggers from Bogor Regency, West Java came together in celebration of the pandemic's unsung heroes.
March 30, 2022
Rimar Andhika, Jakarta – A video showing an unidentified man in Palembang being questioned by police after reporting having been sold fake marijuana went viral on Tuesday.
February 13, 2022
Jember, East Java – At least 10 people died after tidal waves swept away a group of people meditating on a beach during Sunday's early hours, police in East Java said.
February 10, 2022
A male tourist from the West Kalimantan capital of Pontianak died after falling from the third floor balcony to the second floor at a hotel where he stayed during his trip to West Bandu
February 7, 2022
Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – The head of a Tangerang market who resigned over a viral TikTok clip showing him with piles of money has claimed that the video was "an accident" and that the
February 4, 2022
Alexander Loen, Jayapura, Jubi – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has designated 36,003 hectares of land in Papua as a Social Forest area on Thursday, February 3, 2022.
January 24, 2022
Jakarta saw a horrifying incident of extreme road lawlessness that led to the death of an 89-year-old man on Sunday.
January 14, 2022
Anne Grace Savitha, Petaling Jaya – An Indonesian couple from Central Java have shocked social media after keeping the corpse of their daughter in their house in hopes that she would ri