Exclusive: Indonesia to make e-commerce firms collect tax on sellers' sales, sources say
World 17:21 25/06/2025Indonesia plans to implement new regulations requiring e-commerce platforms to withhold tax on their sellers' sales income in a bid to boost revenues, according to two industry sources informed of the move and a document seen by Reuters.
Grab-GoTo merger talks face Indonesian regulatory hurdles, sources say
World 18:10 19/06/2025Singapore-based Grab's plan to acquire Indonesia's GoTo to create a dominant Southeast Asian ride hailing and food delivery company has run into regulatory hurdles, three sources said, casting a cloud over a potential deal.
Indonesia volcano spews colossal ash tower, alert level raised
World 10:22 18/06/2025JAKARTA -- A volcano in eastern Indonesia spewed a colossal ash tower into the sky on Tuesday, after officials raised the alert level to the highest of a four-tiered system.
Indonesian police say two people arrested over fatal shooting in Bali villa
World 16:38 17/06/2025Indonesian police said on Tuesday that two people have been arrested over the shooting death of an Australian man and the wounding of another Australian man in a nighttime attack in a villa on the resort island of Bali.
Indonesia invites foreign stakes in $80 bln seawall to shield coasts from floods
World 11:31 13/06/2025Foreign investors are invited for Indonesia's plan to build a $80 billion seawall hundreds of kilometres long to prevent floods along the north coast of its most populous island Java, President Prabowo Subianto said on Thursday.
Vietnam Airlines launches Ho Chi Minh City-Bali direct air route
Economy 14:03 02/06/2025Vietnam Airlines on Sunday officially launched a direct air route between Ho Chi Minh City and Bali, Indonesia with a frequency of four flights per week, which will increase to seven flights per week starting July.
Search continues for Indonesia quarry collapse victims, death toll at 17
World 14:40 01/06/2025Indonesian authorities will continue searching on Sunday for eight people trapped in a rock collapse at a quarry in West Java, where the death toll has reached 17 with six injured, the search and rescue agency Basarnas said.
Nickel rush for stainless steel, EVs guts Indonesia tribe's forest home
World 11:33 29/05/2025Lelilef Sawai -- Sitting deep in east Indonesia's lush jungle, Bokum, one of the country's last isolated hunter-gatherers, has a simple message for the nickel miners threatening his home: "This is our land."
Landslide at gold mine in Indonesia's Papua kills six; 14 missing
World 15:41 19/05/2025Torrential rains forced a halt on Monday to Indonesia's search for 14 missing in its easternmost region of Papua after a landslide killed six workers at a gold mine and injured four, officials said.
Indonesia raises alert to highest level for Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano
World 11:02 19/05/2025Indonesia raised the alert level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki to the highest after it erupted eight times over the weekend, its volcanology agency has said.
Climate change takes spice from Indonesia clove farms
World 09:30 04/05/2025Colonial powers once sought to wipe out cloves grown by locals on the eastern Indonesian island of Ternate to safeguard their monopoly over the prized crop. Today farmers say the gravest threat to their plants is climate change.
Indonesia books larger-than-expected $4.3bn trade surplus in March
World 17:13 21/04/2025JAKARTA -- Indonesia reported on Monday a $4.33 billion trade surplus in March, more than expected and the widest in four months as shipments beat estimates on strong palm oil and nickel exports as well as a rush to beat the start date for U.S. tariffs.
