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Ministry asked to review ferry service standardization

The Indonesian Consumers Institution (YLKI) has urged the Ministry of Transportation to review safety standards and ...

Ahok cries at first trial

Incumbent non-active Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) became tearful while reading his statement at the ...

Indonesian govt sets gradual increases to attract 20 million tourists

President Joko Widodos (Jokowis) administration has set a target of attracting 20 million foreign tourist arrivals in ...

Blasphemy case needs to be free from pressure: Expert

The legal process in the on-going blasphemy case should not be forcefully pushed either by the masses or by political ...

"United Nusantara" celebrates "unity in diversity" of Indonesia

Indonesia, the worlds largest archipelagic country, is blessed with more than 17 thousand islands, 700 tribes, and ...

Governor Zainul Majdi denies reports that he calls for rejection of Ahok

West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Governor TGH M Zainul Majdi denies social media report saying that he has called for the ...

Megawati urges mass media to help create peaceful situation

The fifth President of Indonesia, Megawati Soekarnoputri, urged mass media to help create peaceful situation in the ...

Non-active Jakarta Governor questioned as suspect on Tuesday

The Indonesian police have confirmed that non-active Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama would be summoned on ...

Non-active Jakarta Governor Ahok named suspect

The Indonesia national police here on Wednesday named non-active Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) as a ...

Fighting for food self-sufficiency

As an agriculture country, Indonesia was once self-sufficient in the production of rice, the staple food for its ...

Indonesia gathers supports for non-permanent UN-Security Council

Director General of Multilateral Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hasan Kleib, said the government ...

East Nusa Tenggara to hold its own version of Tour de Timor

East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Province has decided to organize the Tour de Timor (TdT) biking and touring event of its own ...

President Jokowi opens Sail Karimata 2016 main event

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on Saturday opened the main event of Sail Karimata 2016 which took place at Pulau Datuk ...

Minister discusses peaceful elections with religious leaders

Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin invited a number of national and religious leaders on Friday to ...

Magnitude 4.8 aftershock jolts Bintuni, West Papua

An aftershock measuring 4.8 on the Richter Scale jolted Bintuni District in West Papua Province on Wednesday at 13.30 ...