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August 3, 2021

CNN Indonesia - August 3, 2021

Jakarta – The director of the Bali Legal Aid Foundation (LBH), Ni Kadek Vany Primaliraning, has been reported to the Bali regional police for…

August 2, 2021

Jakarta Globe - August 2, 2021

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced on Monday the current social restrictions have been extended by another week, citing their…

Mongabay - August 2, 2021

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A court in Indonesia has acquitted six villagers in a dispute against a tapioca factory, ruling that the criminal…

Mongabay - August 2, 2021

A pair of Sumatran tigers are recovering from COVID-19 after testing positive for the disease at a Jakarta zoo in mid-July, Indonesian officials…

Tempo - August 2, 2021

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Kyoto University's Center for Southeast Asian Studies researcher and environmentalist Cypri Jehan Paju Dale on…

Tempo - August 2, 2021

Antara, Jakarta – A specimen study has shown that the highly-contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus has spread almost evenly throughout…

Reuters - August 2, 2021

Indonesia's devastating second coronavirus wave, which saw the South-East Asian country become the epicentre of Asia's COVID-19 outbreak, has…

Jakarta Globe - August 2, 2021

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Moderna Covid-19 booster shots are exclusively for health workers, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said.…

Bangkok Post - August 2, 2021

Bloomberg – Most Indonesians cited a lack of available doses as the reason why they're not vaccinated against Covid-19.

Among those who…

August 1, 2021

Tempo - August 1, 2021

Antara, Jakarta – The number of active COVID-19 cases in Jakarta has dropped to 19,656 as of Saturday, July 31, 2021, according to data provided…

SBS News - August 1, 2021

Abbie O'Brien – The idle streets, vacant shops and deserted beaches across Bali are a sobering reminder of how the island has been devastated by…

Channel News Asia - August 1, 2021

Nivell Rayda, Bogor, Indonesia – The sun was blazing hot when four volunteers from the local COVID-19 task force, draped in full personal…

Jakarta Globe - August 1, 2021

Herman, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Japanese auto giant Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has recently announced that Indonesia became its…

Tempo - August 1, 2021

Antara, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD has called for religious leaders support to' expedite…

Jakarta Globe - August 1, 2021

Jakarta – Indonesia on Sunday received 3.5 million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from the US government, bringing the total doses donated…

July 31, 2021

Jakarta Post Editorial - July 31, 2021

Jakarta – After chairing a Cabinet ministers meeting on July 13, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said the 20th National Games (PON) in Papua would…

Straits Times - July 31, 2021

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesian mother Ekarina resorted to private tutors to teach her only daughter, Athira, from February this year as…

ABC News - July 31, 2021

Erwin Renaldi – Santi Nigro has been running to raise money for oxygen supplies in Indonesia.

Every now and then she has to stop running and…

Asia Pacific Report - July 31, 2021

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on the international community to immediately suspend Indonesia from the UN Human…

July 30, 2021

Tempo - July 30, 2021

Antara, Jakarta – The number of passengers at MRT Jakarta declined by 80 percent or 4,450 people on average per day in July 2021, during the…

Coconuts Jakarta - July 30, 2021

Indonesians are not only uniting to cheer the country's representatives at the 2020/2021 Tokyo Olympics, but they've also come together to lambast…

Radio New Zealand - July 30, 2021

Johnny Blades – As with much of Indonesia, the country's eastern-most provinces of Papua and West Papua are struggling to contain the spread of…

UCA News - July 30, 2021

Katharina R. Lestari, Jakarta – Prosecutors in Indonesia have sought the death penalty for eight people accused of smuggling crystal…

UCA News - July 30, 2021

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Timor-Leste is witnessing a significant increase in new cases of Covid-19 as the epicenter of the pandemic has shifted south…

Straits Times - July 30, 2021

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia's President Joko Widodo said the country still can't resort to a full lockdown even as it tops the world's daily…

AsiaOne - July 30, 2021

Abdallah Naem and Aisyah Llewellyn – As the Delta variant sweeps through Indonesia, causing a record 2,069 deaths on Tuesday (July 27), regions…

Tempo - July 30, 2021

Jakarta – The Indonesian government allegedly is not being honest in the provision of pandemic data for political reason.

Doctoring data on…

Tempo - July 30, 2021

Dewi Nurita, Antara, Jakarta – Legal adviser to Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko, Otto Hasibuan, rebuffed the statement made by the…

Tempo - July 30, 2021

Friski Riana, Jakarta – The Association for Education and Teachers (P2G) asked the Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Nadiem…

Vietnam News (VNA) - July 30, 2021

Hanoi – The 11th meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Council Working Group on Timor-Leste's Application for ASEAN Membership was held on July 29 via…

Jakarta Globe - July 30, 2021

Jakarta – The Justice and Human Rights Ministry is donating 46,614 food packages for pandemic-affected communities across the archipelago.

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Business Insider - July 30, 2021

Benjamin Brimelow – Tensions continue to rise in the Indo-Pacific, where China's economic growth and military modernization have drawn the…

July 29, 2021

The Diplomat - July 29, 2021

Luke Hunt – Timor-Leste is emerging as an unlikely regional diplomatic player amid a renewed push to gain membership of the Association of…

East Asia Forum - July 29, 2021

Muhammad Beni Saputra – Indonesia's illegal gold mining problems reveal deeper issues with local level corruption and economic inequality. In…

Jakarta Post - July 29, 2021

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Indonesia needs to invest US$312 billion to reach its target for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030,…

Agence France-Presse - July 29, 2021

Medan – Indonesia's Mount Sinabung erupted on Wednesday, spewing a massive column of smoke and ash into the sky.

The eruption of the volcano…

Coconuts Bali - July 29, 2021

A couple who have not received the COVID-19 vaccine are facing banishment from a Bali village, and are seeking legal action over the alleged…

Tempo - July 29, 2021

Egi Adyatama, Maudey K. Setyakusuma (Intern), Jakarta – Violent acts against a Papuan was again caught on camera, on Wednesday, July 28. This time…

Tempo - July 29, 2021

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Acting Secretary of the Jakarta Regional Legislative Council (DPRD) Augustinus clarified that there was no injection…

Tempo - July 29, 2021

Antara, Mega Safitri, Jakarta – Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology Director, Amin Subandrio, stated that the Covid-19 Delta Plus variant (B.1…

Radio Free Asia - July 29, 2021

Indonesia – Some residents of an Indonesian island where a world-class luxury resort and motor-racing circuit is being constructed with China-…

CNN Indonesia - July 29, 2021

Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) has again created controversy over a plan to provide special three-star hotel facilities for…

Asia Pacific Report - July 29, 2021

Yamin Kogoya – Shocking video footage showing a brutal and inhumane assault on a deaf Papuan teenager named Steven has emerged from the Merauke…

TAPOL Statement - July 29, 2021

TAPOL strongly condemns the conduct of two airforce personnel who severely beat a disabled man, Steven Yadohamang, in Merauke, West Papua province…

Jakarta Globe - July 29, 2021

Heru Andriyanto & Maria Fatima Bona, Jakarta – Indonesia has been enduring its worst period yet of the Covid-19 pandemic with the highest…

Jakarta Globe - July 29, 2021

Natasia Christy Wahyuni, Jakarta – The Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry predicts that the world is moving toward a new norm in which vaccine…

July 28, 2021

Tabloid JUBI - July 28, 2021

Victor Mambor, Jayapura – Two air force military police have reportedly racially tortured an 18-year-old Papuan in Merauke on Monday, July 26,…

Coconuts Jakarta - July 28, 2021

A street seller in West Jakarta may have had the shock of his life after finding out that COVID-19 patients were among his recent customers.

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Coconuts Jakarta - July 28, 2021

As the dust settles on the outrage surrounding a proposal for a dedicated COVID-19 hospital for members of the House of Representatives (DPR), the…

Global Voices - July 28, 2021

Sydney Allen – Indonesia is facing a "COVID-19 tsunami" that is affecting families throughout the archipelago. While all of Southeast Asia has…