Major Indonesian news stories of the day

State Secretariat spokesman Sugiri has denied allegations that more than Rp 12 billion (US$1.3 million) had been allocated for the construction of parking facilities at ...

Kalimantan is suitable for the development of nuclear energy as it is relatively free from the threat of earthquakes in comparison to Java, Research and ...

The Australian government will deliver Rp 5 trillion (US$555 million) in aid to disadvantaged areas in Indonesia that have no access to health facilities and ...

Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Linda Gumelar was picked up by a police helicopter on Friday after she became stuck on the Jakarta-Cikampek toll ...

In a heated dispute over minimum wages, thousands of Bekasi workers blocked the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road after noon prayers on Friday to protest a court ...

In an unprecedented move, a messenger from the National Police arrived on the doorstep of the National Commission on Human Rights on Friday with the ...

Fresh testimony at the corruption trial of former Democratic Party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin has painted a picture of the defendant’s wife, Neneng Sri Wahyuni, as ...

Police are calling on activists in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, who fled detention when a mob set fire to a government building and stormed another ...

Denpasar. Swimming has been banned at Bali’s popular Kuta Beach indefinitely due to strong waves measuring three to four meters in height.

Tan Harry Tanoto, 45, former president director of then Sanex Steel, now Power Steel Mandiri, was found dead in room 2701 of Swissbel Hotel in ...

Police in Surakarta, Central Java have detained one of the men suspected of the recent rape on board a C01 minivan in Jakarta.

The National Police’s Water Police division arrested 18 illegal immigrants on early Friday in the waters off Dumai, Riau.

Police are still looking for 50 inmates who escaped from the Bima Penitentiary during a fiery protest on Thursday.

Indonesia and Finland have underscored the importance of renewable energy cooperation between the two countries in the framework of their Energy and Environment Partnership (EEP), ...

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a regulation that 45 percent of Kalimantan island must be used for biodiversity conservation and tropical rainforest vegetation ...

Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) of East Java province has asked to local government to increase the number of renewable energy projects.

A Sumatran tiger injured in a trap in Bengkulu and transferred to Bogor for treatment has died during surgery at the Safari Park Veterinary ...

Bali Safari & Marine Park (BSMP) on Friday established cooperation with PT Garuda Indonesia to conserve the Bali Starling ...

Washington (ANTARA News/Xinhua-OANA) - Scientists at the San Francisco-based Gladstone Institutes, an independent and nonprofit biomedical-research organization, have identified a protein that exacerbates symptoms of ...

National vaccine manufacturer PT Bio Farma here on Wednesday received the prototype of an Avian Influenza (AI) vaccine developed by University of Indonesia ...

Beijing (ANTARA News/Reuters) - China will expand real-name registration for microblog users, the government`s propaganda and information arm said on Wednesday, ...

New York (ANTARA News/Reuters) - One in five adults in the United States, or nearly 50 million people, suffered mental illnesses in the past year ...

Moscow (ANTARA News/RIA Novosti) - A powerful electromagnetic emission from a U.S. radar in the Pacific could have caused the malfunctioning ...

Sydney (ANTARA News/AFP) - A shoe advertised as the one Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard lost when she was bundled to ...

Utah (ANTARA News/Reuters) - "30 Rock" actor Tracy Morgan collapsed at the Sundance film festival over the weekend and is being ...

American singer, songwriter and actress Katy Perry rocked her Indonesian fans and heated up the atmosphere at Sentul International Convention Center (SICC) in her "California ...

Los Angeles (ANTARA News/Reuters) - Actor Mark Wahlberg apologized on Wednesday for saying events may have turned out differently had he ...

Los Angeles (ANTARA News/Reuters) - Johnny Depp`s 14-year romance with French actress and singer Vanessa Paradis has hit the rocks, People ...

The anti-Communist purges of 1965-66, which killed at least 500,000 but had been little discussed, have been ...

Worn-out sandals piled up around Indonesia on Wednesday as part of a protest campaign against the trial ...

Indonesia’s economy grew this year by about 6 percent and more than half of the country’s inhabitants ...

One person was injured and police said a motive for the attack by the unidentified gunmen remained unknown.

As the labor force has watched certain sectors grow fat on rising commodity prices and booming domestic ...

The Federal Opposition has dismissed speculation its asylum seeker policy will damage relations with Indonesia.

Indonesian rights groups say a decision by state-run rail operator PT Kereta Api to hang concrete balls above tracks to deter train surfers "risks lives" ...

About 30 asylum seekers have escaped from an Indonesian detention centre by digging a tunnel under the wall.

Indonesian police say there is mounting evidence military personnel were involved in arranging the boat which capsized last month, killing around 200 asylum seekers.

A Brisbane judge has jailed an Indonesian fisherman for three years for trying to smuggle 20 asylum seekers into Australia.

Joint Indonesian-Australian mining venture halted after string of violent protests at which two were killedIndonesia has revoked permits for a ...

(Riverboat)Indonesian music has had little exposure in the UK, but next month there's an ambitious 12-date tour of major venues ...

The woman was reportedly dressed in white, with hair covering her face, and moving slowly 'in a weird way'A 38-year-old ...

Species has lost half its population and 69% of its habitat through deforestation in the past 25 yearsThe Sumatran elephant ...

Researchers announce 60-day suspension to allow debate about security of their attempts to prevent spread of virusScientists trying to prevent ...

A | State Secretariat spokesman Sugiri has denied allegations that more than Rp 12 billion (US$1.3 million) had been allocated for the construction ...

A | The Australian government will deliver Rp 5 trillion (US$555 million) in aid to disadvantaged areas in Indonesia that have no access ...

The Bima regent's office was set on fire by locals demanding that officials revoke a decree granting exploration rights to mining companies. Photograph: ...

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Joint Indonesian-Australian mining venture has been put to a stop after string of violent protests at which two were killed The Bima regent's office was ...

Jan 27, Colombo: During the Joint Commission meeting of Sri Lanka and Indonesia held Thursday the two countries have resolved to increase the bilateral trade ...

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesia's president, has faced renewed pressure to stem corruption after a party official came under investigation for bribery last year.

MANILA, Philippines - Due to the downturn of the economic conditions in Europe which has not shown any improvement in this current time and has ...