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July 17, 2021

Straits Times - July 17, 2021

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia has secured 480 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines of various brands and almost one-third have been…

ABC News - July 17, 2021

Hellena Souisa – It was the news we never wanted to hear. "Father is gone. Please tell the others because I can't," my sister in-law said in a…

Straits Times - July 17, 2021

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia's President Joko Widodo urged for a "sense of crisis" among his ministers as the country overtakes Brazil in daily…

July 16, 2021

Jakarta Globe - July 16, 2021

Jakarta – The Ministry of Health has reached an agreement with Pfizer Indonesia and BioNTech to procure 50 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine…

BBC News - July 16, 2021

Valdya Baraputri – A firefighter hauling the dead from their homes, a lack of access to oxygen and a community banding together during a time of…

UCA News - July 16, 2021

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Many primary and secondary schools forced to close for months in Catholic-majority Timor-Leste's worst-hit Covid-19 areas…

Bloomberg News - July 16, 2021

Jinshan Hong – Indonesia's daily Covid-19 case count has passed Brazil's to become the worst in the world, hitting a record 56,757 on Thursday as…

Jakarta Globe - July 16, 2021

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Natasia Christy Wahyuni, Herman, Kezia Kho, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has provided 600,000 packages of free…

Jakarta Globe - July 16, 2021

Grace Nadia Chandra, Jakarta – AstraZeneca has begun delivering its Covid-19 vaccine to Indonesia, shipping more than one million doses on Friday…

Jakarta Post - July 16, 2021

Nur Janti, Jakarta – The government started on Thursday the distribution of free medicine packages to support self-isolating COVID-19 patients…

CNN Indonesia - July 16, 2021

Jakarta – Lawyer and Papua advocate Veronica Koman has criticised the House of Representatives (DPR) and the government for ratifying the Special…

Straits Times - July 16, 2021

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesia on Friday (July 16) began giving booster shots to its medical workers inoculated with Sinovac's Covid-19…

Radio New Zealand - July 16, 2021

Johnny Blades – Indonesia's House of Representatives has passed a bill that is expected to reshape the future administration of West Papua.

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The Guardian - July 16, 2021

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Every day, before 7am, volunteers gather in front of a house in Yogyakarta. Wearing masks and maintaining distance…

Jakarta Globe - July 16, 2021

Heru Andriyanto, Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has dropped the plan to allow citizens to pay for vaccination against…

Tempo - July 16, 2021

Jakarta – Indonesian health system failed to stem the spread of the pandemic. Stop politicizing the pandemic and entrust the handling of it to the…

CNN Indonesia - July 16, 2021

Jakarta – Indonesian Doctor's Association (IDI) Deputy Chairperson Slamet Budiarto says that the corona virus pandemic in Indonesia is not yet…

CNN Indonesia - July 16, 2021

Jakarta – As many as 714,066 Papuans and 112 organisations which are part of the Papuan People's Petition (PRP) are said to reject the enactment…

Jakarta Post - July 16, 2021

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – The government has banned public celebrations of Idul Adha (Day of Sacrifice), which is set to fall on Tuesday, in…

Tabloid JUBI - July 16, 2021

Jayapura, Jubi – The West Papuan Council of Church (WPCC) has spoken in an online forum organized by the International Coalition for Papua (ICP)…

Tempo - July 16, 2021

Syailendra Persada, Koran Tempo, Jakarta – An epidemiologist from Griffith University, Dicky Budiman, asked the government to extend the…

World Socialist Website - July 16, 2021

Robert Campion – Following months of skyrocketing daily cases and deaths, Indonesia overtook all other countries this week to become the new…

Tabloid JUBI - July 16, 2021

Jayapura, Jubi – The Indonesia House of Representatives has passed the revised Special Autonomy (Otsus) Bill into law despite continuous protests…

July 15, 2021

Coconuts Jakarta - July 15, 2021

Jakartans traveling throughout the city are more likely to bump into roadblocks starting today as the police step up measures to limit mobility in…

Coconuts Jakarta - July 15, 2021

Gibran Rakabuming Raka, President Joko Widodo's eldest son and the mayor of Solo, says that he will continue to carry out his duties remotely…

Jakarta Globe - July 15, 2021

Jakarta – Industri Baterai Indonesia, an electric vehicle battery subsidiary of state-owned largest miners, has estimated that it would need $15.3…

Sydney Morning Herald - July 15, 2021

Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore – Indonesia is making a new appeal for oxygen tanks as it enters its "worst case scenario", surpassing…

Coconuts Jakarta - July 15, 2021

More often than not, a negative PCR test result is desired for ease of mind or as an administrative requirement, that the emergence of criminals…

Jakarta Post - July 15, 2021

Soe Tjen Marching – Perhaps it was about five years ago, I cannot remember. What I still remember clearly is her powerful and determined voice: "…

Radio New Zealand - July 15, 2021

Fresh demonstrations by West Papuans have again been stopped by armed Indonesian police who arrested dozens of people.

The demonstrations…

Straits Times - July 15, 2021

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia is bracing for its Covid-19 outbreak to get worse after a near vertical climb in cases, a senior minister said on…

The Conversation - July 15, 2021

Luthfi T. Dzulfikar, Ella S. Prihatini and Muhammad Fajar – Millennials and Gen Z form more than half the population of Indonesia – the world's…

UCA News - July 15, 2021

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Indonesian police have arrested at least 23 students staging a peaceful protest in Papua province, church and rights group…

Cosmetics Business - July 15, 2021

Becky Bargh – Korean Palm oil giant Korindo has had its trademark license with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) stripped after a BBC…

The Interpreter - July 15, 2021

Eduard Lazarus Teguh Maulana – Since mid-May, Indonesia has faced a massive surge in Covid-19 infections with the number of reported positive…

Coconuts Jakarta - July 15, 2021

Indonesia has added another weapon to assist it in its struggle against COVID-19, and it's a vaccine that has proved to be successful in slowing…

Tempo - July 15, 2021

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Thursday had ordered the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) commander Hadi…

Tempo - July 15, 2021

Fajar Pebrianto, Maudey K. Setyakusuma, Jakarta – Deputy Head of the Covid-19 Handling Committee, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, compared the spread of…

Tempo - July 15, 2021

Tempo.Co, Maudey K. Setyakusuma, Jakarta – In order to maximize the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Minister of Manpower, Ida Fauziyah,…

Tempo - July 15, 2021

Antara, Jakarta – The Social Affairs Ministry explained the controversial remark by Minister Tri Rismaharini, or more known as Risma, about…

Tempo - July 15, 2021

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The civil coalition for proper healthcare access suspected that the government was more concerned about the…

Coconuts Jakarta - July 15, 2021

Footage of Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) officers hitting a married couple during a raid in South Sulawesi has sparked anger across Indonesia,…

Kompas.com - July 15, 2021

Rakhmat Nur Hakim, Jakarta – World Health Organisation Immunization Program Unit Head Ann Lindstrand has criticised the Gotong Royong paid…

Suara Papua - July 15, 2021

Agus Pabika, Jayapura – As many as 40 protesters opposing the extension of Papua special autonomy at the House of Representatives (DPR) building…

Suara Papua - July 15, 2021

Agus Pabika, Jayapura – Earlier this morning on Thursday July 15 Papuan students from the Papua People's and Student Front held a peaceful rally…

Jakarta Post - July 15, 2021

Jakarta (Agencies) – Former maritime affairs and fisheries minister Edhy Prabowo was sentenced by a court on Thursday to five years in prison for…

East Asia Forum - July 15, 2021

I Gede Wahyu Wicaksana – On 18 May 2021, Indonesia opposed a new UN General Assembly resolution to formally embrace the Responsibility to Protect…

July 14, 2021

Tempo - July 14, 2021

Budiarti Utami Putri, Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – An epidemiologist with the University of Indonesia (UI) Pandu Riono on Wednesday commented on the…

CNN Indonesia - July 14, 2021

Jakarta – Around 23 Cendrawasih University (Uncen) students at several different locations were arrested by police when they held a protest action…

Jakarta Post - July 14, 2021

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – Jakarta and Yogyakarta will be the regions hit hardest by the latest COVID-19 wave if authorities fail to contain the…