Jakarta, Indonesia News

Ibu Lestari recalls the killing of her husband and child during Indonesia's communist purge.

An Indonesian court charged a former sports and youth minister in a multimillion-dollar graft case on Monday, one of several which hit the president's party ahead of upcoming elections next month.

Indonesian court charged Monday a former sports and youth minister in a multimillion-dollar graft case, one of several which hit the president's party ahead of upcoming elections next month.

Indonesia's justice minister is yet to receive a report on whether Schapelle Corby should be sent back to jail because of a controversial Australian television program.

Hong Kong-based carrier, Dragonair, has announced that it will commence a twice-weekly service to Denpasar, Bali, starting April 27, 2014.

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The Indonesian government is becoming increasingly concerned over the continuing trend of implementing trade-restrictive measures this year amid the persistent global economic slowdown, which may affect Indonesia's capacity to reach its annual export target of US$180 billion.

Motorists in Pekanbaru, Riau, were forced to travel at a snail's pace and use their headlights during the day to navigate their way through various roads on Sunday as visibility dropped to between 50 to 70 metres due to the thick haze.

JAKARTA/SINGAPORE, March 09 Fitch Ratings will host its annual Indonesia credit briefing on 13 March 2014.

In shock: The family of Firman Chandra in tears while watching television coverage on the missing Malaysia Airlines plane at their home in Medan.

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Mr Aburizal, chairman of the nation's second-biggest political party Golkar and whose family coal business has faced financial probes, said that Indonesia's leaders must focus on building infrastructure and deepening the industrial sector.

SkyTeam, the global airline alliance, has recently welcomed Garuda Indonesia as its 20th member and the second airline from Southeast Asia.

TNI-AL Chief of Staff, Admiral Marsetio said he had contacted the Malaysian Royal Navy commander Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Jaafar on the matter.

Once upon a time there were eight happy princedoms in Mengwi, the regency to the north-west of Denpasar.

The strategic partnership will see the development of 20 Radisson and Park Inn by Radisson hotels within seven years in attractive tourist destinations and top tier cities including Jakarta, Bali, Surabaya and Yogyakarta, as well as emerging cities such as Manado, Makassar, Palembang and Medan.

As we await news from the authorities in China, Malaysia and Vietnam, family members of passengers on board MAS Airlines MH370 have poured into the Kuala Lumpur International Airport and Beijing Airport.

A gaunt, malnourished white tiger died of pneumonia in mid-February. A lion died of strangulation in January when its neck became entangled in the cable that opened and closed the door of its cage.

From Elmi Rizal Elias JAKARTA, March 8 -- The Malaysian government has been urged not to bow to international pressure to accede to the demands of the Coalition of Malaysian NGOs .

Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed at San Francisco International Airport on July 6, 2013.