EAST NUSA TENGGARA, Indonesia: Hundreds of Indonesian tourism workers went on strike this week to protest a sharp rise in ticket prices to see the country's famous Komodo dragons.The Indonesian government claimed the rise in fees, which went up 18 ti...

© Provided by Xinhua JEMBER, Indonesia, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Jember Fashion Carnival, an annual landmark regional fashion carnival, is being held in Jember of Indonesia's East Java with theme "Wonderful Archipelago Carnival Indonesia."

Hyundai has a strong foothold in India and has consistently held the second position in car sales. Give or take, mostly give. When Hyundai's sister brand Kia was introduced in India, it was a runaway success with the "Badass" Seltos and "Wild By Desi...

© Provided by Xinhua NANNING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, as the frontier of exchanges and cooperation between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), has offered an exotic taste featuring...

QINGDAO, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Eleven high-speed electric passenger trains and one inspection train, customized for the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway in Indonesia, rolled off the production line in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, on Friday...

NANNING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, as the frontier of exchanges and cooperation between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), has offered an exotic taste featuring ASEAN cultures for to...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], August 5 (ANI): The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) expressed its concern over the political crisis in Myanmar that has been existing in the country since the 2021 February coup, including the recent execution of...

Southeast Asian ministers Friday condemned the lack of progress on a crisis resolution plan for coup-hit Myanmar, demanding the junta take action before a regional summit later this year.Myanmar has been in chaos since a putsch in February last year,...

JAKARTA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's national narcotics agency BNN has arrested three foreigners suspected to have trafficked cocaine on the country's resort island of Bali. The suspects are Brazilian, British and Mexican nationals. They were arre...

JAKARTA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Police in Indonesia's Southeast Sulawesi province have arrested two university students for selling 5.2 kg methamphetamine and 16 ecstasy pills, who are linked to an international network, a local police official said on F...

JAKARTA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- A fire that broke out at a psychiatric hospital in the city of Surakarta in Indonesia's Central Java province on Friday has killed two patients. Hospital spokesperson Joko Mulyono told local media that the killed patients ...

by Dames Alexander Sinaga JAKARTA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia has planned to produce at least 35 million doses of vaccines by the end of 2023 in a bid to mitigate the re-emergence of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), which is damaging its livestock...

JAKARTA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves at the end of July amounted to 132.2 billion U.S. dollars, dropping by 4.2 billion dollars from the previous month, according to the Indonesian central bank. In June, the forex reserve...

New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): INS Sumedha, which commenced its journey on Thursday, will conclude its visit on Saturday as part of the Indian Navy's Long Range Deployment in the South Eastern Indian Ocean, according to the statement released by ...

© Provided by Xinhua The full sports program for the World Beach Games Bali 2023 has been announced in celebration of one year to go to the beach and water sport event.GENEVA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Association of Nation

JAKARTA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's economy grew 5.44 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of this year as exports surged and commodity prices rose in global markets, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) said on Friday. Head of BPS Margo Yuwono said ...

Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 5 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan administered the oath of office to the newly appointed Judges and Additional Judges of Andhra Pradesh High Court at a programme held in Thummalapalli...

Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 4 (ANI): Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams chairman YV Subba Reddy on Thursday urged the devotees participating in Srivari Salakatla (annual) Brahmotsavams, a mega religious event, to follow COVID protocols. Red...

JAKARTA, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Police in the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi said on Thursday that they have arrested three people for allegedly inter-country child trafficking. Officers in the province's district of Pinrang arrested the three peo...

JAKARTA, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia is reducing 60 percent of the stunting rate in 12 priority provinces, the country's Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said on Thursday. "Our focus on accelerating stunting reduction is in seven provinces with the highes...

JAKARTA, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- The number of weekly COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose remarkably in the past month, spokesperson for COVID-19 task force Wiku Adisasmito said on Thursday. "We have recorded around 38,000 weekly positive cases this week, ve...

JAKARTA, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Police in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh said on Thursday that the police's counterterrorism Densus 88 unit has arrested a suspected terrorist, who is believed to be affiliated with the outlawed Jemaah Islamiyah ...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], August 4 (ANI): Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen said that all ASEAN Member States are deeply disappointed by the execution of opposition activists in Myanmar and noted that if more prisoners are executed, they will be forced...

Jakarta [Indonesia], August 3 (ANI): Amid growing China concerns in the Indo-Pacific, Indonesia and the United States along with other countries have begun joint combat exercises on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, signalling stronger ties amid grow...

PHNOM PENH -- China and Cambodia pledged on Wednesday to carry forward their traditional friendship and actively build the China-Cambodia community with a shared future. When meeting with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi,...

JAKARTA, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- The administration of the Indonesian island of Batam said on Wednesday that its target for international tourists by the end of 2022 could exceed 1 million. The number of international tourist arrivals in Batam, which is s...

JAKARTA, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Anak Krakatau volcano in Indonesia's Sunda Strait has erupted with seven explosions in the last two days, unleashing hot ash by up to some 1,500 meters high into the sky, Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics...

BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Overseas scholars and officials strongly rebuked U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan on Tuesday, saying that the move severely undermines China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, seri...

JAKARTA -- The Indonesian authorities have temporarily unblocked search engine Yahoo, payment firm PayPal, and gaming platforms Steam, Dota and Counter-Strike, following public protests, an official said Tuesday. Previously, the digital platforms wer...

JAKARTA, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian authorities have temporarily unblocked search engine Yahoo, payment firm PayPal, and gaming platforms Steam, Dota and Counter-Strike, following public protests, an official said Tuesday. Previously, the digi...

JAKARTA, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian anti-graft agency (KPK) said it has asked the National Central Bureau (NCB) Interpol to help the agency hunt down a graft suspect who is believed to be hiding in Papua New Guinea, KPK's spokesperson Ali Fikri sa...

New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI): The US Air Force's Boeing C-40C - SPAR19 which is carrying US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan is currently the world's most tracked aircraft. According to flight-tracking website FlightRadar24, around 320,000 u...

JAKARTA, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian police thwarted the smuggling of 10 kg of crystal methamphetamine controlled by an inmate from a prison in South Kalimantan, a police officer said on Tuesday. Director of Narcotics Investigation of the South Kal...

JAKARTA, 29th July, 2022 (WAM) -- Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin received Al-Mahfouz bin Bayyah, Secretary General of the Abu Dhabi For...

JAKARTA, 27th July, 2022 (WAM) -- The Vietnamese sport team arrived in Surakarta, the Indonesian province of Central Java, on Tuesday evening...

Grobogan, Indonesia, 23th July, 2022 (WAM/ANTARA) -- The 2022 ASEAN Para Games torch began today its journey on a relay course after its flam...

ABU DHABI, 13th July, 2022 (WAM) -- Mubadala Petroleum, the Abu Dhabi headquartered international energy company, today announced that the dri...

BALI, 8th July, 2022 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, partici...

BALI, 7th July, 2022 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met with Su...

BALI, 6th July, 2022 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met with Re...

ABU DHABI, 4th July, 2022 (WAM) -- Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, said the comprehensive economic partne...

ABU DHABI, 1st July, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan witnessed the signing of the UAE-Indonesia Compre...

By Binsal Abdulkader ABU DHABI, 1st July, 2022 (WAM) -- The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) signed between Indonesia and t...

By Binsal Abdulkader ABU DHABI, 1st July, 2022 (WAM) -- The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) signed between Indonesia and...

ABU DHABI, 1st July, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received Joko Widodo, President of Indonesi...

ABU DHABI, 1st July, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia, performe...

ABU DHABI, 16th June, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received the Coordinating Minister for Mari...

ABU DHABI, 16th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, Minister of State for Defence Affairs, has received General Luhut Binsar Pa...