Jakarta, Indonesia News

Indonesian demand for liquefied natural gas is expected to double to 56 cargoes in 2015 compared to this year, said a senior official with state electricity utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara .

In an attempt to address the boat people issue, Indonesia has invited 13 countries to meet and seek ways to prevent asylum seekers from embarking on perilous journeys by sea.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa has questioned the Abbott government's boat turn-back policy.

Those who wonder why sensitivity radars failed over the misnaming of an Indonesian frigate - despite decades of close ties between neighbours - need look no farther than the flip-flop apology of Indonesia's armed forces commander, General Moeldoko.

Getting a foothold in Indonesia: Ikea will be investing US$100 million in its first store in the country, due to be opened in September.

In his recently published memoir, Ou Ji Ye, pen-name Shan Shan, recalls the whiff of his cousin's unique scent as she climbed over him to get into bed.

The expansion and renovation of Ngurah Rai International Airport in Badung regency, Bali, Indonesia, which has cost 3 trillion rupiah , is scheduled to be completed by the end of June.

Publicly listed bread maker Nippon Indosari Corpindo has set a lower sales growth target this year amid a decline in the country's economic activities, which had suppressed the company's bottom line last year.

For the first time in history, the Central Statistics Agency issued late on Wednesday a survey that measured the level of happiness among Indonesians.

The mayor of South Tangerang, an independent city in Banten province in Indonesia, is once again in the spotlight after the Corruption Eradication Commission confiscated a Jaguar registered under her name, which is believed to be tied to money laundering activities.

The cost of living in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta is considered very high compared to other major cities in the world, according to a recent study by a market research firm.

I am invited back to my old alma mater, the University of Sydney, to give a lecture on Majapahit Style to the Asian Art and Archaeology Society.

About thirty years ago, while researching a book on Balinese architecture, I stumbled upon a late 19th century Dutch lithograph of a distinctly Balinese-looking temple on the banks of a broad river in the West Javanese regency of Banten.

It was a skulking monitor lizard who greeted us at the little-known Pangandaran National Park, in West Java, Indonesia.

The National Commission on Violence against Women called on the government to raise the legal minimum age for marriage from 16 to 18 years old for females.

In the wake of the alleged sexual abuse case at Jakarta International School in South Jakarta, Indonesia, where a six-year-old kindergarten student was supposedly gang raped by several members of the school's cleaning staff, questions have been raised about safety at schools, in particularly at JIS.

Indonesia's National Police deployed tens of thousands of well-equipped personnel across the country to safeguard the celebration of Easter from Thursday through Sunday.

Former general Prabowo Subianto, who has struggled to shake off accusations of human rights abuses, received the backing of Indonesia's oldest Islamic party on Friday, bringing him close to being able to run in the July 9 presidential election.

By Elmi Rizal Elias JAKARTA, April 18 -- At least seven people drowned after a boat carrying dozens of Christian worshippers for a Good Friday sea ceremony in Indonesia's Flores waters sank when hit by strong waves Friday afternoon.

In October 2002, one of the worst terror attacks of the post-9/11 era killed 202 people and wounded 240 more at two nightclubs on the Indonesian island of Bali.