Bogor Regent: Only Modest New Year’ Eve Celebrations Allowed
New Year’s Eve celebrations this time around in Bogor will have to be modest, without the blowing of paper trumpets,...
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Car Free Night for New Year’s Eve at Kuta Beach
Head of Traffic Corps of National Police, Irjen Pol. Istiono has said that the officers are ready to hold a...
Last Solar Eclipse of the Decade Passes Over Indonesia
The last solar eclipse of the decade takes place today. The moon is going to pass in front of the...
Stricter Border Checks for Australians Returning from Bali
Residents who return to Australia will face examination by dogs, bio-security officers, and x-ray machines. The announcement of the stricter...
Popular Illegal Streaming Website To Close in 2020
Indonesia’s popular but illegal streaming site, IndoXXI, will shut down its services as of 1st January 2020. IndoXXI claims it...
Dutch Citizen Confesses to Murder in Banyuwangi
A middle-aged woman has been killed in a room belonging to a Dutch citizen in Kalipuro District, Banyuwangi. The victim...
Indonesia’s New Capital Name Announced in 2020
President Joko Widodo has confirmed that he will announce the name of the new capital city, that is relocating to...
Crime Rate Less Than One Every Three Hours in South Jakarta
Chief of South Jakarta Metro Police, Kombes Pol. Bastoni Purnama, has said that every three hours 18 minutes, a crime...
Top 5 Traditional Markets in Indonesia
Indonesia has many traditional markets that you can find in every province. Some of them are very large, unique, inexpensive,...
Indonesian Man Faints After Wife Stomps on His Crotch
A woman in Probolinggo, East Java, had been arrested by local police based on allegations of domestic violence. “Nur Fairda,...
Bali Ranked Among Top New Year’ Destination in Asia
New Year celebrations are getting closer. Have you decided where to go for your holidays at the end of year?...
Social Jakartans
Until I came to Jakarta, social media was a foreign country for this bule. I only had one screen of...
Getting Indonesia to Work
Nigel Carpenter is a serious guy involved in important work. He’s also getting a tad frustrated. For the past three...
How to Fail Successfully
No matter who we are, where we come from, or whatever our age, we have all failed at something at...
Villages that Meet a Rainforest
Driving west from the town of Bogor toward the Mount Halimun-Salak National Park, you cannot miss the changing landscape and...
Prita Kemal Gani, One of Indonesia’s Most Influential Women
Prita Kemal Gani, founder and CEO of the London School of Public Relations (LSPR), is often dubbed one of the...
Mixed Marriages are not All Flowers and Butterflies
Last September, the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia passed Marital Law No. 16 Year 2019, which replaced...
BNPB Warns of Extreme Weather
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) head Lieutenant General Doni Monardo has warned the public to be aware of the...
Take a Look into Salaries in 2020
For this past decade, Indonesia has measured a ten-year average annual GDP growth of 4.8 percent. Indonesia is embracing a...
President Jokowi Inaugurates First Toll Road in Kalimantan
President Joko Widodo has inaugurated the first toll road in Kalimantan; the 58.74-kilometre long Balikpapan-Samarinda toll road, at the section...
FPI Protests Pro-Nightclub Awards
The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) has urged Jakarta’s governor Anies Baswedan to reconsider his decision to award one of the...