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...

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...

Indonesia enforces 'zero defect' policy for free meal program

Jakarta (ANTARA) - National Nutrition Agency (BGN) Head Dadan Hindayana said the Free Nutritional Meals (MBG) program has adopted a strict “zero defect” policy, inspired by the rigorous health control measures implemented during the COVID-19...

Indonesia in talks with ride-hailing firms to ensure fair competition, drivers’ jobs

Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto said on Monday his government had been in talks with two ride-hailing firms operating in the country to ensure job security for their drivers and no harmful competition. In a speech marking his first year in...

Indonesia resumes shrimp exports to US

Jakarta (VNA) – The Indonesian Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) has successfully reached a dispensation agreement with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), allowing thousands of Indonesian shrimp containers to enter the US...

Indonesia reports strong job, investment growth

Jakarta (VNA) – The Indonesian Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs reported strong job and investment growth during the first year of President Prabowo Subianto’s administration, compared with the first year under his predecessor. By the...

Indonesia aims to train 2,000 young experts for strategic sectors

Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has urged Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology Brian Yuliarto to accelerate the readiness of more than 2,000 young professionals to enter the nation's public and private...

Indonesia’s palm oil industry becomes investment magnet

Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia’s palm oil sector attracted 52.7 trillion IDR or approximately 3.2 billion USD in investment during the first nine months of this year, with the money going into enabling the country to capture more value out of its top...

Indonesia steps up anti-corruption drive

Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia has successfully recovered 1.7 trillion IDR (102.5 million USD) in embezzled state funds from corruption suspects during the first year of President Prabowo Subianto’s administration. According to a research report on the...

Indonesia to build giant sea wall, protecting 50 mln people: Prabowo

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto conveyed readiness for the construction of the Giant Sea Wall National Strategic Project along the north coast of Java (Pantura) to protect 50 million people from rising sea levels. Chairing...

Indonesia to repatriate British woman on death row: Government source

JAKARTA: Indonesia will sign an agreement on Tuesday (Oct 21) to repatriate two British nationals, including a grandmother, languishing on death row for drug-related crimes, an Indonesian government source told AFP. "The practical arrangement will...

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 to repatriate British grandmother on death row: govt source

Indonesia will sign an agreement on Tuesday to repatriate two British nationals, including a grandmother, languishing on death row for drug-related crimes, an Indonesian government source told AFP. "The practical arrangement will be signed today....

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...

Indonesia, Brazil highlight TFFF as key climate funding model

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia and Brazil have highlighted the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) as an innovative financing mechanism to safeguard tropical forests, which are essential for maintaining global climate balance and conserving...

Indonesia, South Korea collaborate to advance cell-based food

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesia National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) signed an MoU with South Korea’s Simple Planet to enhance biotechnology research and innovation, focusing on developing sustainable cell-based food systems. According...

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...

GAFI holds 1st promotional visit to boost Indonesian investment in Egypt

Arab Finance: The General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) has carried out its first promotional mission to Indonesia to attract investment and strengthen economic cooperation between the two countries, as per a statement. GAFI CEO...

The Draft! review – entertaining Indonesian meta-horror goes down the Scream route

If you enjoyed Scream and Cabin in the Woods, you’ll want to give this Indonesian horror a spin: it’s a gleefully referential slasher set not in a cabin in the woods, but a villa in the jungle. Said villa has no phone signal, but does benefit from...