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People across 17 provinces, 39 cities and 115 districts in Indonesia on June 27 went to the polls to elect heads and deputy heads of the administrative units.

Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and her Japanese counterpart Taro Kono agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in political security, economy, trade and investment at the sixth Indonesia-Japan Strategic Dialogue in Jakarta on June 25.

Six men died in East Cengkareng, West Jakarta of Indonesia after drinking bootleg liquor, East Cengkareng subdistrict head Yuli Ardiansyah said on June 26.

Indonesia saw strong increases year-on-year in goods shipments overseas in May as some global commodities prices rose.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo hosted a reception in Jakarta on June 25 for Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Taro Kono.

Indonesian authorities said on June 25 that they have pinpointed the location of vessel KM Sinar Bangun that sank a week ago in Lake Toba, one of the world’s deepest lakes.

India’s Eastern Fleet ships INS Shakti and INS Kamorta anchored at Indonesia’s Makassar port on June 23 for a three-day visit that aims to strengthen cooperation between the naval forces of the two countries.

Indonesian police have arrested 10 terror suspects during the Edi al-Fitr holiday.

Indonesian police have arrested the captain of the passenger boat which capsized at Lake Toba, North Sumatra, causing the death of three and nearly 200 others go missing, said authorities on June 21.

Indonesian Ministry of Transportation has decided to halt the operation of all tourism boats in Lake Toba in seven days to serve the search for victims going missing in a boat sinking accident on June 18.

The Indonesian National Police said that they will investigate a possible criminal offence in a boat incident that left many people missing at Lake Toba in North Sumatra on June 18.

The number of missing people from a sunk vessel on Lake Toba in Indonesia two days ago climbed to 192, according to the latest report issued by the National Search and Rescue Agency on June 20.

Indonesian police on June 20 revealed that around 180 people are missing after an overloaded ferry sank on popular Lake Toba two days ago, nearly three times higher than initial estimates.

Indonesian rescue workers fought heavy rains and 2m waves in a search for survivors after a boat with at least 80 passengers on board sank in Lake Toba, a popular tourist destination in North Sumatra.