Jakarta (Antara) – President Joko "Jokowi " Widodo targeted to extend the Sumatra toll road construction to reach the Aceh Province as the land acquisition process for the mega project
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November 16, 2019
November 13, 2019
Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The government is looking to develop an amphibious aircraft in the next five years to solve the perennial problem of inter-island transportation in the archipelag
November 12, 2019
Jakarta – A man named Samsul of Bulukumba, South Sulawesi, has completed a decades-long venture to open a road for his fellow villagers through a wild jungle.
November 8, 2019
Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Netizens are having a good laugh at a social media post showing an engineer apparently buying goods while stopping the train at a railway crossing.
Jakarta – The next section of the MRT Jakarta, which will span 8.3 kilometers from the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle to Kota in West Jakarta, will have seven underground stations at S
November 1, 2019
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia posted a $122.42 million profit in the third quarter, in a strong comeback from its $114.08 million loss in the same p
October 29, 2019
Jessica Damiana, Tabita Diela, Jakarta – One year on from the Lion Air plane crash that killed 189, relatives and friends of victims held prayer vigils and cast flower petals into the
Grieving relatives tossed flowers into the sea Tuesday where an Indonesian Lion Air jet crashed a year ago, killing all 189 on board, after a final accident report pointed to plane des
October 25, 2019
Simon Calder – Boeing started the sequence of events that led to the first 737 Max crash by installing an anti-stall system without telling pilots about its existence, purpose and pitf
October 23, 2019
Mechanical and design problems with a Boeing flight control system were key factors in the crash of a Lion Air plane last year, Indonesian investigators told victims' families in a bri
October 21, 2019
Karim Raslan – The Nggapulu – named after a glacier-covered peak in Papua's Jayawijaya range – is a German-built ship that forms part of the fleet operated by Pelni, Indonesia's nation
October 18, 2019
Jakarta – Indonesia has issued regulations to allow authorities to block smartphones purchased on the black market, in a bid to encourage investors to produce mobile phones in the coun
We've been through this before, but this time it's official: cell phones obtained outside of legally recognized means may soon no longer function in Indonesia, as the government today
October 17, 2019
Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia is working hand-in-hand with nine other state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to bring PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines back
October 16, 2019
On Friday, TransJakarta recommissioned buses made by Chinese manufacturers ZhongTong, officials have confirmed, which had previously been mired in scandals related to passenger safety
Jakarta (Antara) – MRT Jakarta, the operator of the city's mass rapid transit train network, has collaborated with Gojek Indonesia, one of the largest ride-hailing companies in the cou
October 10, 2019
Jakarta – Manggarai Station in South Jakarta will serve long-distance trains by 2022, replacing in that function Gambir Station in Central Jakarta, which will be left to serve commuter
October 7, 2019
Bandung was once seen as the ideal weekend getaway destination for Jakartans wanting to escape the capital's maddening macet, but a new study showed that the West Java city has become
September 30, 2019
Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Construction on the 82.7-kilometer elevated section of the China-backed Jakarta-Bandung Fast Train project commenced on Monday.
September 23, 2019
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II has recorded a rise in low-cost carrier (LCC) international flights departing from Soekarno-Hatta Internat
September 22, 2019
Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – The National Police on Sunday introduced an electronic driver's license that can also function as a digital payment card and record traffic violations by it
September 4, 2019
Jakarta – Over 400 Indonesian Go-Jek riders demonstrated outside the Malaysian embassy in Jakarta on Tuesday (Sep 3), demanding a public apology from the founder of a Malaysian taxi co
August 30, 2019
Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Gojek announced that it has temporarily halted operations of its app services in the Papua Province following the massive protests that happened in
Jakarta (Antara) – The Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) Minister Rudiantara announced that the lack of cellular services in Jayapura, Papua, and its vicinity are caused by the a
August 28, 2019
Dias Prasongko, Jakarta – Indonesian Ombudsman official Alvin Lie opined the internet block policy in Papua and West Papua applied because the government failed to implement the user i
August 24, 2019
Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Passenger ship KM Santika Nusantara caught fire in waters off Masalembu Islands en route from Surabaya in East Java to Balikpapan in East Kalimantan on Thursd
August 22, 2019
Toh Ee Ming – President Joko Widodo met with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad earlier this month, one item of discussion was on Jakarta's flight information region (FIR), acco
August 18, 2019
Seven people, including two children, were killed and four others missing after a ferry carrying dozens of passengers caught fire off Indonesia's Sulawesi island early Saturday, police
August 17, 2019
Jakarta – The government's plan to block the use of unlicensed cell phones entering Indonesia is immature and detrimental to the public interest, says the Indonesian Ombudsman.
August 15, 2019
Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – Gojek Indonesia and Grab, the top two ride-hailing companies in Indonesia, are facing a regulatory hurdle that could make a significant dent in their l
August 13, 2019
Jakarta – Railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) is offering discounts for long-distance trips to the elderly, Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel, National Police personnel, I
August 12, 2019
Vela Andapita, Jakarta – In its bid to improve services train operator PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI) has revealed that it has purchased a total of 192 new cars, 64 of which have b
August 8, 2019
Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has signed into effect a presidential regulation that will accelerate the development of electric cars in Indonesia.
Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – People in 88 cities across the country will need to fork out more for hailing ojek (motorbike taxis) through their smartphones starting on Friday, as a po
August 6, 2019
Saurabh Markandeya – Indonesia recently passed a number of incentives for electric car drivers and manufacturers, designed to help the country compete with Singapore and Thailand as hu
Jakarta (Bisnis) – The potential tax losses from the overflowing distribution of illegal mobile phones in Indonesia drove the government to impose a regulation that validates IMEI.
August 2, 2019
Johnny Blades – Papua's provincial government is frustrated over a lack of action by Indonesia's central government to open up direct international flights to Papua.
Jakarta – Emergency services have said they were alerted only three days after a fishing boat carrying 37 people sank on Tuesday off Matasiri Island in Kotabaru regency, South Kalimant
July 31, 2019
Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – To offset the limited state budget allocation for infrastructure development, the government is inviting the private sector to participate in building tra
July 29, 2019
Jakarta – PT Gudang Garam Tbk (GGRM), one of the country's major cigarette producers, will expand into the road construction business to increase the company's sources of revenue, alth
July 26, 2019
Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The revision of its 2018 financial report has revealed that national flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia suffered significant losses after the airline initia
July 21, 2019
Jakarta (Antara) – As the search for Mega Tug Boat's four missing crew members is still under way, the Search and Rescue (SAR) Office in Pontianak, West Kalimantan Province, was report
July 20, 2019
Jakarta – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has made plans to allocate Rp 240 billion (US$17.24 million) to disentangle Depok city's infamous traffic congestion.
July 19, 2019
Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – Garuda Indonesia has dropped its defamation charge against a local vlogger who posted a photo on social media of a handwritten menu he was handed in bu
July 17, 2019
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July 16, 2019
Jakarta – The Depok Administration has pressed ahead with a plan to revise a 2012 bylaw on transportation that includes a mandatory provision for car owners to have a garage and fine t
July 14, 2019
Jakarta – Depok residents have asked their city administration to come up with a concrete solution for worsening traffic congestion instead of just playing music at traffic lights to c
July 11, 2019
Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has signed a government regulation that will give fiscal incentives to airlines after all relevant stakeholders in the aviat
Relatives of people killed in the Boeing 737 Max crash in Indonesia last year have been cheated out of compensation, their lawyers say.
July 9, 2019
Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Aviation observer and member of the Republic of Indonesia's Ombudsman, Alvin Lie, said the government has intervened airlines' businesses too far.