Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has promised to relocate and build new homes for victims of floods and landslides that…
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April 12, 2021
A high-profile legal campaigner has said Indonesians would not be welcome in Thailand who left obscene and degrading comments on the page of a…
Some residents across Indonesia's East Java province spent a second evening yesterday in public halls, temporary shelters, verandas and tents…
Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah has officially issued a circular aimed at each and every Indonesian…
Jakarta – With COVID-19 infections showing no signs of abating more than a year since the global pandemic was declared, at least one community…
Bisnis, Jakarta – The government predicts that Indonesia's latest trade balance will see the surplus trend to continue in the next…
Maharani, Jakarta – Indonesian police (Polri) chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo launched TV Polri and Radio Polri at the national police public…
Tatang Guritno, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid says that if the truth is not revealed, if there is no…
Bisnis.Com, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Trade issued a warning that sanctions will be set in place for retailers caught intentionally…
Jakarta – The Indonesian Supreme Court has acquitted the founder of investment company MeMiles from financial fraud charges more than a year after…
April 11, 2021
Nadia Woodhouse, Jakarta: "I had four children, but two of them died," Karimah said flatly.
"The second child was born at home. When he was…
At least eight people were killed after a 6.0 magnitude quake struck off the coast of Indonesia's main Java island on Saturday, as the country…
Emma Connors, Singapore/Jakarta – A dwindling supply of COVID-19 vaccines has forced Indonesia to slow down its ambitious vaccination program and…
Yudha Baskoro, Jakarta – Activists from the non-governmental organization Greenpeace Indonesia staged a protest in front of the Environment and…
Maria Fatima Bona, Jakarta – At least eight people have died and 39 others injured following a 6.7 magnitude earthquake that shocked East Java on…
April 10, 2021
Jakarta – The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission issued guideline for broadcasting during the fasting month of Ramadan. It turned into a moral…
Istiqomatul Hayati, Jakarta – The documentary 'Pulau Plastik' or Plastic Island will be played limitedly in theaters starting April 22, to…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Singapore reacted strongly on Friday to allegations by an Indonesian anti-corruption official that the city-state has…
Febriana Firdaus, Bali – On Sunday at midnight, Linda Tagie, 29, rested her three-year-old baby on the bed. Linda, who lives together with her…
Christine Rovoi – Already facing the threat of a new coronavirus outbreak, the tiny nation of Timor-Leste has been hit by devastating flooding and…
April 9, 2021
Friski Riana, Jakarta – The Health Ministry and the Indonesian Mosque Council (DMI) introduced Friday a program that designated…
Tatang Guritno, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) believes that the judicial and legal system in Indonesia has yet to create a deterrent…
Indonesia will suspend domestic flights and other modes of transportation for the annual homecoming exodus tradition popularly known as mudik next…
Chris Barrett, Singapore – A state of calamity has been declared by East Timor, whose foreign minister has been asked to seek international…
Stephen Dziedzic and Anastacio Medeira Araujo in Dili – When the floods came, Markus dos Santos lost almost everything. His wife and three…
David Fogarty, Singapore – Indonesia has made significant strides in controlling forest and land fires and aims to reduce their incidence even…
Emanuel Dile Bataona, Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Lembata, Indonesia – Gregorius Hide, a 70-year-old farmer in the eastern Indonesian province of East…
Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Two attacks and the arrest of nearly 100 suspects in recent weeks show that Islamist terrorism remains a substantial…
Lembata, East Nusa Tenggara – A new cyclone was barrelling toward Indonesia and threatened to spark more floods and landslides, authorities warned…
Denpasar, Bali – A French man has been sentenced to eight years in jail for molesting a young boy in Bali, prosecutors on the Indonesian holiday…
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) has officially given a green light for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodoto…
Friski Riana, Jakarta – The data coordinator of the Bogor branch of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), Hadi Saputra, on…
Jakarta – The explosion at Balongan adds to the long list of incidents at Pertamina refineries and depots. Structural changes are necessary to…
Tatang Guritno, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) says that since 2015 the government has formed…
Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan announced Friday that restaurants were permitted to open longer during…
April 8, 2021
With Ramadan just a few days away, we have established by now that getting a COVID-19 shot does not break one's fast, but what about…
Indonesia's Health Ministry said Jakarta has a fresh case involving a new strain of the coronavirus, which has a name that resembles an Indonesian…
Naaman Zhou – Monash University in Melbourne has signed a formal agreement with the Indonesian government to strengthen ties between the two…
Ricko Wawo and Niniek Karmini, Lembata, Indonesia – Two Indonesian navy ships have arrived with aid and medical equipment in the east of the…
Lies Marcoes – Last week, an Indonesian woman opened fire at police at the National Police Headquarters in Jakarta. The woman, who was apparently…
Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – Indonesia is in talks with China on getting as many as 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to plug a gap in deliveries…
Jakarta – A lavish wedding of one of Indonesia's biggest YouTube stars, Atta Halilintar, costing 100 billion rupiah (S$9.2 million), has courted…
Lembata, East Nusa Tenggara – Two Indonesian Navy ships packed with aid arrived Thursday in a cyclone-ravaged section of the archipelago, as the…
Jakarta – Indonesia and the United Kingdom have agreed to improve trade and investment cooperation to boost economic recovery while strengthening…
Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto in Wednesday's press conference strongly urged…
Benny Mawel, Jayapura – The police dispersed a rally where state Cenderawasih University (Uncen) students protested against PT Freeport Indonesia…
Many health workers did not have access to adequate personal protective equipment or COVID-19 tests. The right to freedom of expression was…
Antara, Jakarta – A total of 9,187,757 people in Indonesia have received their first shots of the COVID-19 vaccine as of Wednesday, an increase of…
Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Director General of Land Transportation of the Transportation Ministry Budi Setiyadi said his side will block…
Jakarta – The government has banned mudik, the annual exodus during the Idul Fitri holidays at the end of the Ramadan fasting month. The…




