Grand Hyatt Jakarta Celebrates the Year of Water Tiger
Grand Hyatt Jakarta welcomes the Year of Water Tiger with various promotions, from special dining experiences to Chinese New Year...
Chinese New Year Celebrations at Gran Melia Jakarta
The year of Tiger is closing in, and with that, the festivity of Chinese New Year has started in Gran...
Saving the Indonesia Environment Together with XSProject
The awareness and concern for the environment in Indonesia, in comparison to other countries, is still generally quite lacking. Yet,...
25 Countries Where You Will Pay a Tourist Tax in 2022
In the wake of struggling tourism sectors across the globe during the pandemic, including travel restrictions and closed borders, a...
New State Capital: Six Countries Show Investment Interest
East Kalimantan Governor Isran Noor has claimed that the new state capital located in East Kalimantan, named Nusantara, is already...
Indonesia Enters Third COVID-19 Wave
Indonesia has entered its third wave of the pandemic, with a significant increase in COVID-19 cases in the last few...
AirAsia Reopens Surabaya-Lombok Route Four Times a Week
AirAsia Indonesia will re-open the strategic Surabaya-Lombok domestic route four times a week, starting February 2022. In addition, the airline...
Bali’s Beaches Hostile to Sea Turtles Laying Eggs
Beaches in Bali are considered hostile for sea turtles wanting to lay eggs due to human interventions at the beaches....
Bali Bombing Mastermind Sentenced to 15 Years Prison
The mastermind behind the Bali Bombing – also known as Arif Sunarso, Zulkarnaen, Daud, and Abdullah Abdurrohman – has been...
40 International Foundations Write to Jokowi
President Joko Widodo has received dozens of letters from various international foundations asking for permission to participate in the G20...
Jabodebek LRT Targets Operations for August 2022
President Director of PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) Didiek Hartantyo has said the Jabodebek LRT project is targeted to be...
Immigration: Entry-Exit Authority Now Under COVID Task Force
The Directorate General of Immigration at the Law and Human Rights Ministry has accepted the decisions about limiting international entry...
An Expat’s Isolation Experience in Jakarta
Disclaimer: The following is the opinion and experience of one person and doesn’t reflect the views of the Indonesia Expat. ...
Indonesia’s Provinces with Most Poverty Population
The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has recorded that the number of people living in poverty in Indonesia has reached 26.5...
New State Capital to be Called Nusantara
The head of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), Suharso Monoarfa, has confirmed that President Joko Widodo’s new capital city...
Paxlovid to Arrive in February 2022
Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said that the government has placed an order for a COVID-19 drug, Paxlovid in...
Amnesty International: Pregnant Refugee from Somaliland Deported at Soekarno Hatta Airport
Amnesty International Indonesia (AII) has revealed that a 35-year-old female refugee from Somaliland was held on arrival by immigration authorities...
Karimunjawa National Park Management Denies Selling Land for Foreigners’s Houses
The Karimunjawa National Park has denied permission for the use and construction of houses for foreigners in an area suspected...
What Should You Spend on Your Children’s Education?
Not many of us have unlimited funds to provide the most elite level of school education with all the bells...
6.7 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Banten
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has reported a 6.7 magnitude earthquake centred on Sumur, Banten. A number of...
Lunar New Year at Raffles Jakarta
Raffles Jakarta is commemorating this Lunar New Year with enticing culinary offers you can enjoy at the hotel and your...