Be Up to Date With Indonesia’s Latest News

Indonesia is a large country where always something is happening. If you want know what is going on in Indonesia, especially as an expact, you probably want reliable news. Below there is a summary of some of Indonesia’s populary news portal, including ones for specific communities.

Tempo

Tempo.co is an Indonesian news portal both available in Bahasa Indonesia and English. They have been delivering news since 1995 and have re-launch their self in 2008. They have news on all kinds of topics. Their principle is, “Enak dibaca dan perlu, bahkan jenaka pun bisa”. Can be translated as, “Readable and important, even humorous when appropriate”.

Read more here.

Jakarta post

The Jakarta Post is a daily English language newspaper founded in 1983 under the urging of Minister Ali Murtopo and politician Jusuf Wanandi. Since 1991 The Jakarta Post began to take a more vocal pro-democracy point of view. Their main target is foreigners and educated Indonesians, but the middle class Indonesian readership has increased.

The Jakarta Post also has won several awards and been described as beeing “Indonesia’s leading English-language daily”.

Read more here.

Tourism Ministry

Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelago with over 13,000 islands and totals around 18,000 island. This means there is a lot of traveling that can be done. A good place to start learning about destinations and planning your trips is here, owned by the Ministry of Tourism, Republic of Indonesia.

Read more here

Le petit journal

Le Petit Journal is a French language new website aimed at French expatriates outside of France. It is also has a section for French expatriates in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Read more here.

Hanin post

Hanin Post is a weekly Korean language newspaper founded in 2005. It is aimed at for Korean expatriates living in Indonesia.

Read more here.

Indo Indians

For the Indian community in Indonesia there is Indo Indians. It’s the news portal for Indians living in Indonesia. 

Read more here.