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Agencies required to brief domestic workers on immigration regulations and arrangements for changing employers, according to new code of practice.
PDI-P chief Megawati has slammed the administration of outgoing President Joko Widodo and ‘widespread’ fraud during February’s presidential election.
The Chinese internet has been left astounded by a man in Indonesia who was tricked into marrying a man even after a year of dating his future bride.
Survivors of the 1998 riots that killed hundreds and destroyed Chinese homes and businesses continue to press for accountability and a settlement.
Activists argue the bill is being fast-tracked to protect the interests of the political elite.
Some Indonesians have voiced support for the drug traffickers to be executed. As of October last year, Indonesia had 509 death row inmates.
Whether Indonesia can maintain friendship with China amid ‘dramatic geopolitical changes’ will require ‘superb political wisdom’, Beijing-based foreign policy group says.
Indonesia has been mulling controversial legal revisions in recent weeks, including changes to a law that would give the government more power to remove sitting judges.
The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla was in Bali to launch Starlink’s satellite internet services in Indonesia.
Breakthroughs at the Asian Cup, Olympic qualifiers and the World Cup, have woken up a football-mad country led by the ‘Asian Mourinho’ and able FA president.
When tech billionaires attempt fashion diplomacy, it brightens everyone’s day – here’s why Elon Musk rocked a uniquely Javanese look for his trip to Bali this weekend
Initial reports linked Friday’s ‘lone wolf’ attack on a police station in Johor Bahru to al-Qaeda affiliate Jemaah Islamiah, but extremism experts say young Southeast Asians prefer pro-Islamic State groups.
After a young Indonesian woman married a much older man who had wed twice before, she realised they had met at one of his other nuptials when she was a child.
Indonesia is the third country in Southeast Asia where Starlink will operate. Starlink was launched at three Indonesian health centres on Sunday.
Mount Ibu erupted on Saturday evening, sending ash 4km (2.5 miles) high, and authorities recommended that a 7km radius be cleared.
A Chinese high-speed railway line in Indonesia has been open for six months – and is popular enough that new trips have been added – but high debt levels are raising questions about its long-term utility.
A favourite of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, Balinese roast pork, known as babi guling, was once served only at religious celebrations and weddings, but is now sold in restaurants across Bali.
Five people have been detained over the attack at a police station including the suspect’s father and a couple who were at the station.
The government is working on changing the law to allow dual citizenship, a minister has said, even as lawmakers express mixed views about the idea.
An accident that killed 11 people in West Java has prompted calls on the authorities to tighten regulatory oversight and enforcement.
But there are limits to the former leaders working together with the president, such as the grievances they hold for one another, analysts say.
Dressed in a black headscarf and dress, Ummu Hani held signs calling out the ‘derelict’ conditions of roads in southern Sumatra’s Merbau Mataram.
Indonesia’s President-elect Prabowo Subianto’s comments come amid a protracted US-China trade war that’s heightened as the Biden administration is set to quadruple tariffs on Chinese EVs.
The volcano on the remote island of Halmahera erupted at 9.12am for about five minutes, projecting ash 5km into the sky.
Hours of heavy rain caused flooding and swept volcanic ash, rocks and sand – so-called cold lava flow – down Mount Marapi on the archipelago’s Sumatra island.
Surabaya and East Java have what it takes to ‘carve out an important art scene’ given the right conditions, says artist and activist Syska Liana.