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Development of MRT phase-2 to start in 2018

PT Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) has planned to start extending the route of Jakartas mass rapid transit system phase-2 ...

About 150,000 people expected to perform prayers at Istiqlal Mosque

About 100,000 to 150,000 Muslims are expected to perform Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta on ...

BI provides Rp70 trillion new cash

Indonesian Bank Deputy Governor Sugeng stated that around Rp70 trillion of the new 2016 edition cash would be made ...

25 state firms provide free transportation for home-bound travelers

The State Enterprises Ministry is organizing a free-ride homecoming program, which involves 25 state-owned companies, ...

Jakarta police arrest man threatening to blow up Istiqlal Mosque

Personnel of the Jakarta Police have caught a man identified as Iyus Rusmana who had allegedly threatened to detonate ...

Muslim demonstrators urged to accept judges` verdict in Ahok`s trial

The National Movement to Safeguard the Indonesian Ulema Councils Fatwa (GNPF-MUI) leader Bachtiar Nasir has asked ...

Jakarta governor-elect promises to complete five-year term

Jakarta Governor-elect Anies Baswedan and his running mate, Deputy Governor-elect Sandiaga Uno, have reiterated their ...

Jakarta Election Commission officially announces Jakarta governor-elect

The General Election Commission (KPU) of Jakarta has officially announced the name of Anies Baswedan as the Jakarta ...

US continues cooperation with Indonesia to combat terrorism

The US government continues to cooperate with the Indonesian government to combat the threat of terrorism. "I ...

Indonesia braces for La Nina-induced heavy rainy season

Indonesia was hit hard by the El Nino weather phenomenon last year and has been described by experts as one of the ...

House urges government to evaluate counter-terrorism measures

Chairman of Commission I of the House of Representatives Mahfudz Sidik has urged the government to evaluate the ...

Minister visits Jakarta bomb victims

Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa on Tuesday visited a number of victims of last weeks bomb attacks at ...

Nine victims of terror attack remain in hospital

Nine victims of last weeks terror attacks on a police station and Starbucks Coffee shop near Sarinah Department store ...

Indonesians have own ways to face terrorism

The bomb blasts and shoutout that occurred last Thursday at a Starbucks coffee shop and a police station in Jalan ...

Improvements necessary to eradicate terrorism: VP Kalla

Several improvements are necessary to eradicate terrorism in Indonesia, Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla stated in ...