Finance Ministry: Economic Grow 5-5.15 per cent in Second Quarter of 2019Indonesia ExpatJune 22, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJune 22, 201902776Suahasil Nazara, Chief of the Fiscal Policy Agency of the Finance Ministry, has predicted that economic growth in the second...
Matchstick Factory Fire in North Sumatra killed at least 30 Including ChildrenIndonesia ExpatJune 22, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJune 22, 201902182A private home in North Sumatra, which also operates as a matchstick factory, was reportedly hit by a fire that...
Lion Air Announces 50 Per Cent Discount on Ticket PricesIndonesia ExpatJune 21, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJune 21, 201902085The Lion Air group has announced a 50 per cent reduction in the upper limit tarriff of their plane ticket...
Sri Mulyani: Corporate Tax Rates to be Cut to Attract InvestmentIndonesia ExpatJune 21, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJune 21, 201902391Finance Minister Sri Mulyani has said that the government is currently prioritising revisions to the corporate income tax law in...
Powerful 6.3 Quake Hit Papua Early Morning, 20th JuneIndonesia ExpatJune 20, 2019June 21, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJune 20, 2019June 21, 201901459According to the US Geologic Survey (USGS), a powerful earthquake hit the eastern province of Indonesia at 248 kilometres west...
Jakarta Fair Kemayoran Attracted Four Million Visitors by 19th JuneIndonesia ExpatJune 20, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJune 20, 201901845The Jakarta Fair Kemayoran, which is held annually by PT. JI Expo to commemorate Jakarta’s anniversary, has received about 4...
Man Spreading Hoax News about Jokowi and KPU ArrestedIndonesia ExpatJune 19, 2019June 21, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJune 19, 2019June 21, 201901351Wahyu Nugroho, the man who allegedly spread rumours and hoaxes about the KPU’s server being rigged to favour the incumbent...
American Tourist Missing after Paddleboarding in BaliIndonesia ExpatJune 19, 2019June 21, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJune 19, 2019June 21, 201903132An American tourist has reportedly gone missing in Nusa Lembongan area, Bali. Avi Meshil, a 23-year-old tourist from the USA...
ACG School Jakarta Graduating Students Take Their Places at World UniversitiesIndonesia ExpatJune 19, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJune 19, 201902831Year 13 students graduating this year from ACG School Jakarta have been accepted to top universities around the world. Six...
Yusril to Constitutional Court: Too Many Hoaxes During 2019 ElectionIndonesia ExpatJune 18, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJune 18, 201901475During today’s trial at the Constitutional Court (MK), Joko Widodo and Ma’ruf Amin’s legal team claimed that the 2019 presidential...
Bali Orphanage Director Found Sexually Abusing Kids for YearsIndonesia ExpatJune 18, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJune 18, 201902274An orphanage director who has allegedly sexually abused children under his care for years, is currently being investigated by the...
Poor Quality Fuels in Indonesia may cause PneumoniaIndonesia ExpatJune 17, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJune 17, 201901536Ahmad Safrudin, director of the Leaded Fuel Eradication Committee (KPBB) has said that the high levels of sulphur contained in...
Never Miss Ennichisai 2019Indonesia ExpatJune 17, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJune 17, 201903142Japanese Festival (Matsuri) Little Tokyo Ennichisai, which brings more than 300,000 visitors, will be held again in 2019 on 22-23rd...
Tom Tom Traffic Index: Traffic in Jakarta Sees Great Improvement since 2017Indonesia ExpatJune 17, 2019June 17, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJune 17, 2019June 17, 201902830Jakarta’s traffic has improved in the last two years, and has shown the biggest improvement last year according to the...
Indonesia Returns Five Containers of Rubbish to the USAIndonesia ExpatJune 16, 2019June 17, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJune 16, 2019June 17, 201902450Indonesia has become the latest Southeast Asian country to return imported waste from abroad. Five containers of rubbish have been...
Two Died, Eight Missing as Ship Capsizes in NTTIndonesia ExpatJune 16, 2019June 17, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJune 16, 2019June 17, 201901832A ship with 30 people on board has sunk in the waters off Mageta Cape, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) on...
Prabowo’s Lawyers Urge Constitutional Court to Declare him PresidentIndonesia ExpatJune 15, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJune 15, 201901931Prabowo Subianto’s group of lawyers have demanded that the constitutional court disqualify the winning candidates, incumbent Joko Widodo and Ma’ruf...
Setya Novanto Caught in Bandung, Transferred to Gunung Sindur PrisonIndonesia ExpatJune 15, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJune 15, 201902053A photo of graft convict Setya Novanto hanging out with his wife in West Bandung has been circulating online over...
Indonesia to Block Online Smoking Ads as Teenaged Smoking IncreasesIndonesia ExpatJune 14, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJune 14, 201901531Although the world’s fourth largest producer of cigarettes, Indonesia aims to block all online tobacco advertisements targeting youthful smokers. Communication...
Confused Passengers Found Travelling to Wrong Yogya Airport over Eid HolidaysIndonesia ExpatJune 14, 2019June 17, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJune 14, 2019June 17, 201902114The new Yogyakarta International Airport (YIA) began its operations just before the Eid holidays. However, many passengers remain confused and...
Environment Minister: Permanent Moratorium on Deforestation for Palm PlantationsIndonesia ExpatJune 13, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJune 13, 201901818The Indonesian Environment Minister has confirmed that the moratorium on new forest clearing for palm plantations or logging operations will...