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Jakarta Bay reclamation project might marginalize urban poor

The Jakarta Bay reclamation project has become controversial after a bribery case concerning the mega project came to ...

Biotech/GM crops planted on two billion hectares from 1996 to 2015

- Today, the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) released its ...

Indonesian govt to simplify regulations to realize one million houses program: Senior Minister

The government will soon ease regulations that hinder the implementation of the one million houses program for the ...

Arfak mountain residents rely on herbal medicine

The people of Arfak Mountain District in the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua have, since generations, relied ...

Jakarta Reclamation Affects Thousands of Fishermen

Fishermen in Muara Angke in North Jakarta are the most affected by the ambitious giant sea wall and reclamation ...

President chairs cabinet plenary meeting

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) chaired a cabinet plenary meeting at the ministry/state secretariats main building here ...

Debate on tax amnesty bill to start soon: Finance minister

Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro said parliamentary debate on the tax amnesty bill would start in the next ...

President focuses on deregulation and infrastructure anticipating global changes

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, also known as Jokowi, underlined the need to focus on three aspects in anticipation ...

Counterterrorism Actions Must Uphold Human Rights

The Indonesian government has been working to strengthen its Special Detachment (Densus) 88 counterterrorism squad by ...

Indonesian volunteers distribute 1.5 tons of strawberries among Gaza children

Indonesian volunteers spent part of the money donated by the countrys people to buy 1.5 tons of strawberries for the ...

No Indonesian was on board crashed Flydubai flight: Foreign ministry

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that no Indonesian was aboard Dubais flydubai airlines flight that ...

Westinghouse CEO refutes Bloomberg report

- Today Westinghouse President and CEO Danny Roderick issued the following statement to refute the ...

More signs of all-out war against drug abuse

The governments plan to upgrade the National Narcotics Agencys (BNNs) status is an indication of its all-out efforts ...

Fishermen protection bill passed into law

The House of Representatives (DPR), during its plenary meeting here on Tuesday, passed the bill on protection and ...

United States delivers first payment to Global Climate Fund

The United States has paid $500 million into the United Nations Green Climate Fund, the first tranche of the $3 ...