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Gaga saga is final – without permit, say Jakarta Police

The Jakarta Police insisted on Friday that it would stay with its original decision not to recommend the National Police issue a permit for American pop singer Lady Gaga’s planned June 3 ...

High noon for hotels on Jakarta’s outskirts

More people prefer to stay and do business in the hotels located in Jakarta’s satellite cities than in Jakarta, the newest Coldwell Banker research has revealed. The occupancy rate of hotels in ...

Promoter accepts cancellation of Gaga show: Police

The Jakarta Police have dashed any chance of lobbying or negotiations over their decision to not issue a permit for the much anticipated concert of US pop diva Lady Gaga, saying that their decision ...

Singapore willing to return Riau Islands airspace

Indonesia’s efforts to take control of the airspace above Riau Islands, controlled by Singapore since 1946, have been unsuccessful since 1993. Singapore says it is willing to hand over control of ...

Din urges Indonesia to recognize Kosovo

Din Syamsuddin: chairman of the Muhammadiyah. (JP/Wendra Ajistyatama)Din Syamsuddin, chairman of the Muhammadiyah, Indonesia’s second largest Islamic organization, said the organization supported ...

Filadelfia church congregation to file report with the National Police

(Tempo.co/Eko Siswono Toyudho)The Congregation of Batak Protestant Churches (HKBP) Filadelfia branch will file a report to the National Police headquarters in Jakarta following Thursday’s mob ...

Increased security in capital for long weekend

The police are tightening security in places like Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII) in East Jakarta and Ragunan Zoo in South Jakarta for the four-day long weekend that began with the Ascension Day of ...

Sukhoi’s CVR to be downloaded today

The National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) will download and transcribe the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the black box of the ill-fated Sukhoi Superjet 100, senior air safety ...

Police identify 15 victims of the Sukhoi plane crash

The National Police say that a total of 15 victims of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 that crash into Mt. Salak in West Java on May 9 have been identified by the disaster victim identification (DVI) ...

Korean agency offers $700,000 for green school project

Marking its first ever joint cooperation with the Education and Culture Ministry and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Korea International Cooperation ...