Despite having the ability to increase subsidized fuel prices without first discussing it with lawmakers next year, the Indonesian government is unlikely to do so and instead has urged the country's regulator to tighten its control over the distribution of fuel.

Indonesia's Manpower and Transportation Minister Muhaimin Iskandar said Wednesday that the Indonesian government has planned to stop sending domestic helpers to foreign countries beginning in 2017, the Central News Agency reported yesterday from Jakarta, citing a Wednesday report by Antara News.

Human error caused a Russian-made passenger jetliner to crash into an Indonesia volcano seven months ago during a demonstration flight, killing all 45 people aboard, the National Commission on Safety Transportation announced Tuesday.

The roar of chainsaws has replaced birdsong, the once-lush, green jungle scorched to a barren gray. The equivalent of six soccer fields of forest is lost every minute in Indonesia.

Indonesia's sports minister resigned Friday after becoming the country's first active cabinet member to be named as a suspect in a multimillion-dollar corruption case.

Potbellied police in Indonesia's capital have been ordered to exercise, exchanging their uniforms twice a week for sweats and sneakers as they line up for aerobics and push-ups to try to drop a few pounds.

The Indonesian subsidiary of British oil giant BP on Monday said a US$12.1 billion deal to expand its liquid natural gas operations in the country had been given final approval.

Indonesia has certified a Russian-made passenger jetliner as safe to fly in the country six months after the same model crashed into a volcano during a demonstration flight, an official said Wednesday.

Unidentified gunmen stormed a remote police station in Indonesia's Papua province Tuesday, killing three policemen, police said.

Thousands of Indonesian workers protested in the capital Jakarta on Thursday demanding better wages nationwide and free health care as the economy in Southeast Asia's biggest nation booms.