Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian said on Thursday that Indonesia would need to upgrade its civil registry data center as the country tries to adopt e-g

Ima Dini Shafira, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) Commission VII urged the government to immediately dismiss the Head of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN)

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The National Research and Innovation Agency, or BRIN, is committed to providing support for businesses and producing new entrepreneurs across the country thro

Toong Tjiek Liauw, Surabaya – When it comes to sharing research, Indonesia is a world leader.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – A recent government study showed that Indonesians – even those living in the country's most advanced province Jakarta – are not making good use of digital

Investor Daily, Cikarang – The Indonesian government on Wednesday broke ground for the first national data center facility in the Jakarta outskirt of Cikarang to support the e-governmen

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia would need 17 million technologically literate workers, or workers who are able to use and manage technology, stated State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister

Ayesha Nadya Muna, Jakarta – Biotechnology is looking to surpass the shares of chemically derived drugs and dominate the global pharmaceutical industry by 52 percent in 2027, according

Kholis Kurnia Wati, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is currently in the process of growing its electric vehicle ecosystem with the development of lithium-ion batteries handled by th

Jakarta – During a recent visit to Mimika, Papua, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, with much pride, launched the use of fifth generation (5G) technology for mining giant PT Freeport Indo

Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – A global report from security company Fortinet shows that cyberattacks in Asia mostly take place because of the countries' shortage of specialists.

Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – Indonesia's government is facing criticism from some top scientists and lawmakers that a sweeping restructuring bringing together the country's

Dyna Rochmyaningsih – On 3 January, Isabella Apriyana grabbed her phone to take a picture of her lab bench and post it on Twitter.

Aprianus Doni Tolok, Jakarta (Bisnis.com) – The Narrative Institute along with academics who are part of the Children of the Nation Concern Alliance for Research and National Progress h

Jakarta – The government's recent move to centralize all its research institutions under the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has been met with a barrage of criticisms, bu

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The government fully supports the development and monetization of video games by local players to tap into the rapidly growing market in the region, the infor

Jakarta – Huawei Indonesia, the local arm of the Shenzhen-based tech giant Huawei, pledged continuous support for Bandung Institute of Technology, or ITB, in technology sharing, as the

Andree Surianta – Despite initial worries about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into Indonesia, the country did well to woo foreign investor

Robertus Robet – Scientific knowledge may be universal but the organisation of knowledge is always political.

Sophie Chao – In December 2020, the Indonesian government had offered the Papuan island of Biak, home to some 100,000 inhabitants, to the centibillionare Elon Musk as a potential launch

Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir – New BRIN chief Laksana Tri Handoko said that, according to a yet-to-be-published presidential regulation, the chair of the state ideology body, the Agency for P

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo separated the National Research and Innovation Agency from the ministry of research and technology.

Jakarta – Recreating Silicon Valley is not as easy as turning the back of one's hand.

Bisnis.Com, Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil called for people to avert from hastily lauding the Algorithm Hill project in the province's Sukabumi are

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) said the benefits of the country's first spaceport in Biak, Papua, are greater than the downsides

Prodita Sabarini – An assessment system that predominantly evaluates research performance based on journal output and citations is steering academics from developing countries like mine

Jakarta – American tech giant Microsoft announced a plan to build its first data center in Indonesia, marking its "most significant" investment in the country in the past 26 years, that

Jakarta – N219 Nurtanio, an aircraft produced by state-owned aerospace company Dirgantara Indonesia, has completed its final test flight successfully on Friday, clearing the way for its

Antara, Jakarta – The Research and Technology Ministry has disseminated Law No.

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The government was proud to announce that the Job Creation Law would encourage more applied research, and later innovation, but scientists said it would n

Dasapta Erwin Irawan, Bambang Priadi, Lusy Tunik Muharlisiani, Sandersan Onie and Zulidyana Dwi Rusnalasari – Indonesia is a world leader in the number of free-to-read published researc

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Poor digital infrastructure and a lack of human capital are hampering gaming industry growth in Indonesia despite opportunities to expand during the COVID-19 p

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government is pushing for digital transformation in a bid to boost efficiency and cut operational costs as it lags behind other countries in implement

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Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Indonesia is striving to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak with domestically produced innovations, but researchers say the government may face roadblocks in t

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The National Research and Innovation Agency's (BRIN) COVID-19 research consortium launched nine new inventions to support Indonesia's advanced pandemic co

Yuddy Cahya Budiman, Johan Purnomo, Bandung – A team of Indonesian engineers working around the clock says it has produced in two months a compact ventilator to sell at a fraction of t

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Researchers say they see themselves walking a long, winding road in helping the government battle the COVID-19 outbreak, as broader research is needed to

Antara, Jakarta – Google Indonesia predicts the country's digital economy will be worth around Rp1.7 quadrillion or $124.1b by 2025, more than triple the Rp 548.2 trillion it recorded

Dyna Rochmyaningsih – After living and working in Indonesia for about 15 years, French landscape ecologist David Gaveau suddenly left the country on 28 January.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will speed up mutual works with the House of Representatives in the deliberations of the bill on personal data protection to make u

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Former president Megawati Soekarnoputri called on Thursday for the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) to prioritize Indonesian researchers

Prashanth Parameswaran – On December 30, in a notable first, Indonesia unveiled a prototype of an indigenous medium-range strike capable drone.

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Theresia Sufa, Bogor, West Java – The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) is set to allocate Rp 10 billion (US$712,000) to Rp 20 billion per year starting next year to support expl

Jakarta – Indonesia plans to construct its first spaceport in Biak, Papua, to serve as the location of the country's rocket test launches, the National Institute of Aeronautics and Spa

Theresia Sufa, Bogor, West Java – The Indonesia Biodiversity Index (IBI) was launched on Tuesday to provide a comprehensive database on the diversity of the archipelago's flora and fau

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Abdul Muslim, Jakarta – Tech giant Google and Singaporean wealth fund Temasek have updated their projection for Indonesia's internet economy to reach $133 billion in total value by 202

Soumik Roy – Analysts believe that Indonesia's economy is accelerating its journey to digital, paving the way for economic success for stakeholders across the board.