Jokowi Officially Meets Russian President Vladimir PutinIndonesia ExpatJuly 2, 2022July 2, 2022 by Indonesia ExpatJuly 2, 2022July 2, 20220185 Indonesian President Joko Widodo arrived at the Kremlin on Thursday 30th June and immediately held a meeting with President Vladimir...
Indonesia’s Opportunity to Enter Endemic 17th AugustIndonesia ExpatJune 12, 2022June 12, 2022 by Indonesia ExpatJune 12, 2022June 12, 20220308 Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has advised President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to wait for the development of...
World Businessmen Attending B20 Summit in BaliIndonesia ExpatMay 24, 2022 by Indonesia ExpatMay 24, 20220297 The global dialogue forum, B20 Summit, which will take place in Bali in November 2022 will be attended by a...
Breaking News: President Jokowi Allows No Masks Outdoors Indonesia ExpatMay 17, 2022 by Indonesia ExpatMay 17, 20220806 President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has responded to the reduction in COVID-19 statistics in Indonesia by loosening up rules and allowing...
Indonesia Invites Russia and Ukraine to Attend G20 Summit in BaliIndonesia ExpatMay 1, 2022 by Indonesia ExpatMay 1, 20220265 Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has invited both the Russian President Vladamir Putin and the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to...
Student Masses Protest Against 2024 Election Postponement Indonesia ExpatApril 11, 2022 by Indonesia ExpatApril 11, 20220529 Masses of the All-Indonesian Student Executive Board (BEM SI) have swarmed the House of Representatives parliament complex in Senayan, Jakarta...
MotoGP 2022: Foreigners in Mandalika Monitored, Racers Parade Jakarta with PresidentIndonesia ExpatMarch 16, 2022March 16, 2022 by Indonesia ExpatMarch 16, 2022March 16, 20220779 The Foreigner Oversight Team (PORA) will be monitoring the arrival of foreigners in Mandalika, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara to detect...
Indonesia Governors Bringing 1 Litre Water and One Jug of Land To Nusantara.Indonesia ExpatMarch 12, 2022 by Indonesia ExpatMarch 12, 20220389 Governors from all 34 provinces in Indonesia will gather at the national capital city at Sepaku, East Kalimantan and take...
No COVID-19 Tests to Travel Domestically, Jabodetabek Reenters PPKM Level 2Indonesia ExpatMarch 7, 2022 by Indonesia ExpatMarch 7, 202201605 The government has relaxed conditions for people who want to travel by removing the requirements for COVID-19 tests, both PCR...
Umrah and Overseas Travellers Quarantine Reduced to One DayIndonesia ExpatMarch 7, 2022 by Indonesia ExpatMarch 7, 202201273 President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has given a directive that the quarantine period for Indonesians going to and returning from Umrah...
Indonesia Denounces ‘Unacceptable’ Attack on UkraineKenneth YeungFebruary 25, 2022February 25, 2022 by Kenneth YeungFebruary 25, 2022February 25, 202201201 Indonesia has issued a formal statement condemning Russia’s military attack on Ukraine but stopped short of actually mentioning Russia. Separately,...
European Investment Bank (EIB) Opens Representative Office in JakartaIndonesia ExpatFebruary 18, 2022 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 18, 20220615 The European Investment Bank (EIB) has decided to open a representative office in Jakarta to be the focus of EIB’s...
Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Train: Operations, TicketsIndonesia ExpatFebruary 8, 2022 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 8, 20220567 The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train can start operating as of June 2023, said the PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC). The...
Indonesia Enters Third COVID-19 WaveIndonesia ExpatJanuary 21, 2022 by Indonesia ExpatJanuary 21, 202201003 Indonesia has entered its third wave of the pandemic, with a significant increase in COVID-19 cases in the last few...
40 International Foundations Write to JokowiIndonesia ExpatJanuary 19, 2022January 19, 2022 by Indonesia ExpatJanuary 19, 2022January 19, 20220620 President Joko Widodo has received dozens of letters from various international foundations asking for permission to participate in the G20...
An Expat’s Isolation Experience in JakartaIndonesia ExpatJanuary 19, 2022 by Indonesia ExpatJanuary 19, 202209356 Disclaimer: The following is the opinion and experience of one person and doesn’t reflect the views of the Indonesia Expat. ...
New State Capital to be Called NusantaraIndonesia ExpatJanuary 18, 2022 by Indonesia ExpatJanuary 18, 20220855 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 2022Indonesia ExpatJanuary 17, 2022 by Indonesia ExpatJanuary 17, 20220463 Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said that the government has placed an order for a COVID-19 drug, Paxlovid in...
Jokowi: Free COVID-19 Booster VaccineIndonesia ExpatJanuary 11, 2022January 11, 2022 by Indonesia ExpatJanuary 11, 2022January 11, 20220724 President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has decided that booster vaccines for COVID-19 will be provided free of charge for all Indonesians....
Supreme Court Rejects Presidential Regulation on Unvaccinated SanctionsIndonesia ExpatJanuary 8, 2022 by Indonesia ExpatJanuary 8, 20220790 The Supreme Court has rejected the judicial review of mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations that were included in Presidential Regulation number 14...
President Jokowi Officially Extends COVID-19 Pandemic StatusIndonesia ExpatJanuary 3, 2022 by Indonesia ExpatJanuary 3, 202201385 President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has officially extended the status of the national COVID-19 pandemic as a follow up to the...