Indonesie Forum

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi to immediately finish drafting a governmental regulation (PP) to implement Law No.6/2014 on villages, which would allow budget disbursements to them. “I have asked the home minister to immediately complete this implementing reg...

Residents of Cipinang Besar Selatan in East Jakarta, whose houses have been affected by the kampung deret (village of row houses) program, are complaining that they have been forced to pay Rp 1 million (US$87.52) to “a supervisory consultant” in return for helping them write financial reports. Kampu...

Bandung and its neighboring areas are now under threat of clean water crisis due to the rampant construction of buildings in the northern part of the city. Consequently, those buildings have made rainwater dumped into the river. "Previously, the land absorbed the rainwater," said Presiden...

US-based social media giant Facebook announced on Thursday the opening of a branch office in Jakarta with the expectation of working more closely with the country’s businesses. Indonesia has the fourth-most Facebook users in the world, with around 65 million users. “Setting up an office here will al...

Indonesia has prepared to organize a conference for Asian Muslim and Christian leaders, which is slated to be held from Feb.26 to March 1. The conference is entitled “Bringing a common word to common action for justice.” It is organized by three religious leaders’ organizations, the International C...

Under global economy uncertainty, Owens-Illinois continues expanding its business. The Ohio-based glass container company that has been operating in Indonesia since 1973, under the name of Kangar Consolidated Industries, is optimistic about its business growth. Owens-Illinois Jakarta managing direc...

Hong Kong-based carrier, Dragonair, has announced that it will commence a twice-weekly service to Denpasar, Bali, starting April 27, 2014. “This adds one of the world’s most popular leisure destinations to Dragonair’s growing network and provides a new travel option for its passengers. Denpasar will...

Prosecutors said Thursday they would seek the death penalty and life in prison respectively for a man and his nephew accused of dragging 34-year-old Fransisca Yofie behind a motorcycle by her hair for 500 meters, stabbing her with a machete and leaving her to bleed to death near her home in the Wes...