Jakarta governor completes blasphemy term
Jakarta’s Christian former governor has been released from prison, nearly two years after his blasphemy conviction reinforced an image of Indonesia as an increasingly...
Report due on AirAsia crash
The Airbus A320: Source: Wikimedia
Indonesia is set to release the findings of its probe into last year's Indonesia AirAsia plane crash, the first official...
Jakarta steady as rupiah slides
Indonesian consumers are beginning to feel the effect of Donald Trump. Source: Wikimedia
The Indonesian central bank concluded a policy meeting shortly after the US...
Papuans poised to boycott Indonesia election
Papuan representatives have called for an Indonesian election boycott and a referendum on independence instead.
It is hardly a surprise as successive Indonesian elections...
Indonesia unveils $400bn investment plans
Indonesia has unveiled plans for more than US$400 billion in building projects, from constructing 25 airports to developing power stations in an attempt to...
Indonesia set to ban gay sex
Under pressure from religious conservatives, Indonesia is moving toward outlawing gay sex and possibly premarital relations, further undermining traditions of tolerance in the Muslim-majority...
Ahok suffers heavy defeat
Jakarta's Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, commonly known as Ahok, has conceded defeat in his attempt to secure re-election, ending a campaign fuelled by...
Oxfam highlights Indonesia wealth gap
Jakarta’s poor. Source: Wikimedia
Indonesia’s four richest men have more wealth than the 100 million poorest residents of the archipelago, Oxfam claims, although inequality statistics can...
Poor equipment hampers Lombok rescue
About 20,000 people have been moved to unaffected areas of the Indonesian island of Lombok since the 6.9-magnitude quake on Sunday left 98 dead,...
Indonesia mulls free-trade deal
Australian sugar exporters will now be able to compete on Asean terms.
Australia is pinning its hopes on sugar to boost exports to Indonesia,...
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Singapore property chiefs warn of property glut
Singaporean property developers say an oversupply of apartments and a stagnating economy are set to suppress housing prices.
The president of the Real Estate Developers Association of...
Masatsugu Asakawa is new ADB head
Masatsugu Asakawa is the new president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Asakawa, who is currently serving as a special advisor to Japan’s prime minister...
Essex tragedy: last of ashes and bodies sent home to Vietnam
Cremated remains and bodies of victims of the Essex deaths have finally returned in full to Vietnam.
Seven had been cremated in the UK before...