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Indonesia makes great efforts to eradicate illegal fishing: Susi

Indonesia has made a great effort to eradicate illegal fishing, indicated by the success of its lobbying to increase global awareness about illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing ...

Satay features in lunch menu of Jokowi and Prabowo

President-elect Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and former presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto enjoyed satay, Indonesian typical grilled meat, for lunch together at one of the shopping centers in Senayan, ...

Jokowi and Prabowo ride MRT train to go for lunch

President-elect Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and losing presidential candidate in the recent election Prabowo Subianto boarded an MRT train to have lunch together on Saturday, their first meeting after the ...

Kebon Sirih's asylum seekers need food

Hundreds of asylum seekers, who had rallied and set up tents in front of the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee) office in Kebon Sirih, Central Jakarta, are in dire need of ...

Indonesia new capital will not damage Kalimantan forest

The government has assured that the transfer of the capital city to Kalimantan will not damage its preserved forest, Minister of National Development Planning and Head of the National Development ...

KPK summons Emirsyah Satar

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned PT Garuda Indonesia's former president director for 2005-2014 Emirsyah Satar (ESA) as suspect in bribery cases concerning procurement of ...

Indonesia takes firm stand on saying no to foreign trash

Over the past few months, Indonesia has repeatedly shown its objection toward becoming a dumping ground for foreign trash containing hazardous and toxic waste (B3 waste). The Indonesian ...

Millennials still gravitate towards Indonesia e-commerce services

The country's millennials seem to have a penchant for Indonesian digital e-commerce services, according to an independent research group Alvara Research Center. "The current momentum of ...

Small, medium-scale industry absorbs 60 percent of total workforce

The small- and medium-scale industry (IKM) has absorbed 11.68 million workers, or 60 percent of the total workforce in the nation's industry sector, according to the Industry ...

Anies to speak at World Cities Summit in Colombia

Governor of Jakarta Anies Baswedan will speak at the 2019 World Cities Summit and Mayors Forum (WCSMF) to be held in Medellin, Colombia, on July 10-12, 2019. Baswedan, who will be present at the ...