Tue, May 7 2013 19:24

Indonesian Youth and Sports Minister Roy Suryo has finally decided to move the venue of the Third Islamic Solidarity Games (ISG) 2013 to Jakarta, ending a controversy about whether Riau Province was appropriate or not to be the next host of the international event..

Mon, April 29 2013 07:31

A number of non-governmental organizations have urged the Indonesian government to extend two-year moratorium on deforestation which will expire in May 2013, to protect the country`s remaining forests and peat lands..

Sun, April 28 2013 20:26

Amid predictions of lower economic growth by international institutions, Bank Indonesia (BI) is still convinced that Indonesia`s economy still can grow by 6.6 percent..

Sun, April 28 2013 12:31

The government, along with analysts, has predicted that if it raises subsidized fuel price hikes next month with a dual pricing system it will not significantly trigger inflation..

Thu, April 25 2013 18:59

Indonesia is currently gearing up for legislative elections which will be held on April 9, 2014, to elect 560 lawmakers to sit in the House of Representatives (DPR)..

Mon, April 22 2013 13:27

As fellow member states of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), Indonesia has always maintained good relations with Myanmar and strongly supported the democratization process in the country formerly called Burma..

Tue, April 16 2013 20:36

The year 2014 will be a "party time for democracy" in Indonesia as the nation will hold direct legislative and presidential elections, which will be the third democratic elections since the political reform that started in 1998. The legislative elections will take place on April 9, 2014, ....

Sat, April 13 2013 18:40

Indonesia is a tropical country having at least 5,590 rivers and 65,017 tributaries with a total length of the rivers at around 94,573 km and broad river basins reaching 1,512.466 km2..

Thu, April 11 2013 17:49

Daeng Nuru from Langkai island, South Sulawesi province, sits for five hours in a small boat to get to Research Center for Lung Health in the province`s capital city Makassar..

Tue, April 9 2013 07:37

As the tension has escalated in Myanmar due to sectarian conflicts between two different ethnic groups, more refugees were flowing out of the country by boats and some of them were stranded in other ASEAN member nations including in Indonesia..