Flight Delayed after Passenger Opens Emergency Window 

Jakarta. Low-cost carrier Wings Air had to delay IW-1248 flight — departing from Deli Serdang to Binaka Airport in Gunungsitoli, North Sumatra — after a passenger opened the emergency exit window when the plane was ready to take off. According to Wings ...

Enhanced 3Ts Helps Indonesia Detect New Covid-19 Variant

Jakarta. Indonesia announced last week that it had identified two new cases of the B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant, which was first detected in the UK late last year. According to Health Ministry’s vaccination spokeswoman Siti Nadia Tarmizi, enhanced Covid ...

Inside the Covid ICU in Bogor Hospital

Jakarta. More than a year since the first confirmed cases of coronavirus were announced by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on March 2, 2020, many Indonesian hospitals have upgraded their emergency response capabilities. A municipally-owned general hospital ...

Bank Panin Implicated in Tax Bribery Case, Vows to Cooperate in Investigation

Jakarta. Bank Pan Indonesia, or Bank Panin, the country's eighth-largest lender by assets, controlled by Indonesian billionaire Mu'min Ali Gunawan, is implicated in the latest tax corruption case Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati dubbed as an act of ...

Democratic Party in Disarray after Disgruntled Members Elect New Leader

Jakarta. The Democratic Party is facing the leadership duality after disgruntled members held an extraordinary congress and elected a presidential aide as their new leader on Friday, challenging current chairman Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, the son of former ...

Conservation Agency Receives Evidence for Sumatran Elephant Hunting Case

The Riau Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BBKSDA Riau) received the skull and ivory tusk of a Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) from the District Court last month. The elephant's carcass were evidences in a hunting case . Last year, the ...

Indonesia’s Palm Oil Exports Enjoy Robust Growth despite Pandemic

Jakarta. Indonesian palm oil producers have recorded higher export sale value in 2020 amid the global coronavirus pandemic than in the previous year thanks to stronger global prices. The country’s palm oil exports were valued at $22.97 billion last year, ...

This Market Merchant is Ready to Spice Up Your Cooking

Jakarta. What better way to spice up your cooking than with Indonesia’s traditional spices. For many years, Indonesian spices are best known for their strong flavor and fragrance. Traders —especially from Europe and East Asia— have sailed across the seas ...

Kimbo Kitchen Donates Food Packages for Disaster Victims in W. Java

Jakarta. Madusari Nusaperdana — Indonesia's processed meat producer with the ready-to-eat meal brand Kimbo Kitchen — recently distributed food packages for disaster victims in three districts in West Java. Last month, Kimbo Kitchen donated 8,000 packages ...