Australian Tourist and Indonesian Girlfriend Sentenced to 6 years of Prison for Drug PossessionIndonesia ExpatMarch 1, 2019March 2, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatMarch 1, 2019March 2, 201902876Australian Brendon Johnsson and his Indonesian girlfriend, Remi Purwanto, both 43 were sentenced to nearly 6 years of prison by...
Death Toll of Gold Mine Collapse Rises to Seven, Dozens More MissingIndonesia ExpatFebruary 28, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 28, 201901782At least seven people have died and dozens more are still trapped beneath the rubble of an illegal gold mine...
Dozens of Western Songs Banned in West Java for being “Pornographic”Indonesia ExpatFebruary 27, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 27, 20190353185 western pop songs have been deemed pornographic and banned from being played in daylight hours in Indonesia’s West Java...
One Dead, Over 60 Buried In Illegal Gold Mine CollapseIndonesia ExpatFebruary 27, 2019February 27, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 27, 2019February 27, 201902350Indonesia’s disaster agency said on Wednesday rescuers were searching for survivors after more than 60 people were feared buried by...
Terrorist Operative Caught During Routine Traffic StopIndonesia ExpatFebruary 26, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 26, 201903300Triyono Wagimin Atmo, a high-profile terrorist operative who operated under the aliases Andalus and Abu Hilwa, was arrested by local...
Indonesia Prepares for Wild Fires Ahead of El Ni?o SeasonIndonesia ExpatFebruary 25, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 25, 201902830The government has declared 16 provinces across the country as prone to forest and land fires ahead of the upcoming...
Jakarta LRT To Begin Operations in MarchIndonesia ExpatFebruary 25, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 25, 201903033Jakarta’s light rapid transit (LRT) is now scheduled to begin commercial operations at the end of March, pending approval from...
Man Encouraged to Jump by Onlookers Commits SuicideIndonesia ExpatFebruary 24, 2019February 24, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 24, 2019February 24, 201904072A young man, identified as TSR, died after jumping from the roof of a supermarket in Bandarlampung in the Indonesian...
“Best Islands in the World” List Includes Lombok, Bali, Java IslandIndonesia ExpatFebruary 22, 2019February 22, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 22, 2019February 22, 201903828New York-based Travel and Leisure Magazine has included Lombok, Bali, and the Java Islands in its article entitled “The 15...
World’s Largest Bee Rediscovered in IndonesiaIndonesia ExpatFebruary 22, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 22, 201902993The world’s largest bee, last seen by a scientist in 1981 and was thought to have gone extinct, has been...
Indonesia Submits Bid To Host 2032 OlympicsIndonesia ExpatFebruary 21, 2019February 21, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 21, 2019February 21, 201902392Indonesia has submitted a bid to host the 2032 Olympics following the success of last year’s Asian Games. State news...
Convicted Terrorist and Brother of Radical Cleric Abu Bakar Ba’asyir Released from PrisonIndonesia ExpatFebruary 21, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 21, 201902618Indonesian terror convict and younger brother of jailed cleric Abu Bakar Ba’asyir, Noim Ba’asyir, has been released from prison after...
Land Inspection Unearths Mass Grave Containing Hundreds of 2004 Tsunami VictimsIndonesia ExpatFebruary 20, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 20, 201903453A mass grave containing the remains of hundreds of victims of the devastating 2004 tsunami has been unearthed near Banda...
Mount Bromo Erupts, Visitors Told to Stay Outside 1km RadiusIndonesia ExpatFebruary 19, 2019February 19, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 19, 2019February 19, 201902681Mount Bromo in East Java erupted on Monday Morning, emitting a 600-metre-high ash column into the air, the Volcanology and...
Police Find 1,300 Marijuana Plants in a Field in PurwakartaIndonesia ExpatFebruary 18, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 18, 201902176Officers from the Purwakarta and Yogyakarta Police found a 1.5-hectare marijuana field in Sukasari district, Purwakarta regency, West Java, on...
Indonesia Now Recognises Bitcoin as a Trading CommodityIndonesia ExpatFebruary 18, 2019February 21, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 18, 2019February 21, 202001872Indonesia has introduced a new legislation that recognises Bitcoin (BTC) as a trading commodity. Indonesia’s Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency,...
Lion Air Plane Skids Off RunwayIndonesia ExpatFebruary 17, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 17, 201903793A Lion Air passenger plane skidded off a runway outside a city on the Indonesian island of Borneo on Saturday...
Two Children Die After Playing With Old GrenadeIndonesia ExpatFebruary 15, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 15, 201903459Two children died on Thursday from a grenade explosion in Cibungbulang village, Bogor regency, West Java, while a third is...
New Airport in Jakarta to Begin Construction in 2021Indonesia ExpatFebruary 15, 2019February 15, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 15, 2019February 15, 201904990Angkasa Pura II, Indonesia’s largest airport operator is looking to spend billions of dollars to build a new airport in...
Four Arrested For Placing Fake GoJek OrdersIndonesia ExpatFebruary 14, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 14, 201904099Four people have been arrested by the Jakarta Police for allegedly placing fake orders on ride-hailing app GoJek over the...
1kg of Meth Found in Tanzanian Man’s StomachIndonesia ExpatFebruary 12, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 12, 201903746A Tanzanian man was arrested in Bali after more than a kilogram of methamphetamine was found inside his stomach, Indonesian...