Indonesia, Pak business forum urges finalisation of PITGA, direct flight

The Indonesia and Pakistan Business Forum has urged for finalisation of the Pakistan Indonesia Trade and Goods Agreement (PITGA) and started direct flight between both of the countries. The Indonesia-Pakistan Trade and Goods Agreement will prove...

Dikha, Indonesian Boy Behind Aura Farming Sensation Gets Bollywood Breakthrough

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Earlier this year, the world was charmed by 11-year-old Indonesian boy Rayyan Arkan Dikha, famously known as "Dhika Aura Farming." His rise to fame was marked by the viral 20-second clip of him dancing nonchalantly during...

Soeharto, Gus Dur, Marsinah proposed as new Indonesian national heroes

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Former presidents Soeharto and Abdurrahman Wahid and labour activist Marsinah are among 40 national figures proposed to be named Indonesian National Heroes, the Social Affairs Ministry has announced. Social Affairs Minister...

Microplastics Detected in Rainwater Worldwide, Not Only in Jakarta

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Microplastics are not just polluting rain in Jakarta; they are a worldwide phenomenon. The contamination of Jakarta's rainwater by plastic was recently confirmed by research conducted by the Indonesian National Research and...

From pledges to policy: Indonesia’s Prabowo marks 1 year in office

As Prabowo Subianto marks his first year as Indonesia’s president, the former general is grappling with the challenge of turning his populist campaign promises into lasting policy. While early initiatives such as free meals for children have drawn...

Indonesian Church Resumes Worship Following Complaints from Local Muslims 

Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — A few months ago, the church led by Pastor “Matias” in South Kalimantan, Indonesia, was shut down after 16 years of operation due to complaints from local Muslims. The official demand to stop the...

The Foreign Ministers of Turkmenistan and Indonesia Discussed Bilateral Cooperation by Telephone

20 October 2025 356 The Foreign Ministers of Turkmenistan and Indonesia Discussed Bilateral Cooperation by Telephone On October 20, 2025, a telephone conversation was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and...

Papuk Indonesia raises fertilizer stocks

State-owned fertilizer producer Pupuk Indonesia has prepared around 1.2 million t of subsidised fertilizer stocks for the October-March planting season for registered domestic farmers as of 20 October 2025, the company said. This volume is nearly...

Turning rubbish into electricity: Indonesia to build huge incinerators to shrink landfill needs

BEKASI, West Java – Indonesia is planning to build large waste incinerators in 34 places over the next two years to rid the nation of the mountains of rubbish thrown daily into giant landfills. One of the first waste-to-energy (WTE) incinerators,...

AJI Indonesia Urges Minister Amran to Withdraw Lawsuit Against Tempo

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Alliance of Independent Journalists or AJI Indonesia has requested Indonesian Minister of Agriculture, Amran Sulaiman, to halt the civil lawsuit against PT Tempo Inti Media Tbk. Tempo is being sued for Rp200 billion over a...

Prabowo: Indonesian-made Cars to Become a National Strategic Project

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita stated that his ministry has proposed the national car program requested by President Prabowo Subianto to become a national strategic project or PSN (National Strategic...

MBG program reaches 36.7 million Indonesians in first year: govt

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia’s Free Nutritious Meal (Makan Bergizi Gratis, or MBG) program has reached more than 36.7 million beneficiaries in its first year, the government said on Tuesday. Launched on January 6, 2025, under the Prabowo...

AI-generated image circulates after meteor sighting in Indonesia

A meteor passed over Indonesia's West Java on October 5, with residents hearing and seeing explosions and lights overhead, but an image of a large, round object that apparently crushed a building circulating on social media is AI-generated. The...

H.E. Khuong Sreng Receives Courtesy Call from Indonesian Amb...

AKP Phnom Penh, October 21, 2025 -- H.E. Khuong Sreng (R, Pic. 1), Governor of the Phnom Penh Municipality, poses for a photo with H.E. Dr. Santo Darmosumarto, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the Kingdom of Cambodia, at heir courtesy...

Ngalik people in Indonesia receive complete Bible after nearly 50 years of translation by three generations of missionaries

The Ngalik people can now read, sing, and share Scripture in their own language MAF A small tribe in the Papua Province in Indonesia have a reason to celebrate following the release of the first complete Ngalik Bible that took nearly 50 years of...

High-speed rail debt must not delay Jakarta-Surabaya expansion: AHY

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) stressed that debt issues in the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail (HSR) must not impede the system expansion to Surabaya in East...

Indonesia: Accelerating its Nationwide Digital Education Drive

Indonesia is taking a major step to enhance digital learning in schools with the distribution of 288,000 interactive flat panels (IFPs) to approximately 50,000 schools nationwide. Announced during a plenary cabinet meeting at the State Palace in...

Japan follows US in ordering radiation checks on Indonesian shrimp

TOKYO, Japan -- Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has ordered stepped-up radiation inspections on shrimp imports from Indonesia, following reports that US authorities found traces of radioactive cesium-137 (Cs-137) in frozen shrimp...

North East drug mule set to return to UK after 12 years on death row in Indonesia

09:16, 21 Oct 2025 Lindsay June Sandiford was sentenced to death in 2013 after cocaine worth $2.14million was found in her suitcase when she arrived in Bali from Thailand a year earlier(Image: AFP/Getty Images) A North East grandmother who has...

British grandmother who has spent 12 years on death row in Indonesia is to be sent back to the UK

A British grandmother who has spent the last 12 years on death row in Indonesia for drug-related crimes will be sent back to the UK. Lindsay Sandiford, alongside fellow British citizen Shahab Shahabadi, will be repatriated back to the UK as part...