Jakarta (Bloomberg) – South-east Asia's ride-hailing giant Grab Holdings is setting up drive-through vaccination services in Indonesia in…
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February 28, 2021
February 27, 2021
Yeremia Sukoyo, Fana Suparman, Jakarta – The anti-corruption agency has arrested South Sulawesi Governor Nurdin Abdullah and several others for…
Most teenagers starting at a new school want to fit in. But not Jeni Hia. On her first day at a public high school in Padang, the capital of West…
Andreas Harsono – This week I moderated a discussion with seven courageous Indonesian women – a teacher, a lawyer, an ombudswoman, two…
Sara Niner – Xanana Gusmao's recent contrived jovial participation in the birthday celebrations of "self-professed" paedophile and defrocked…
Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is in discussions with Sinopharm and Moderna about purchasing their COVID-19 vaccines to be…
Dyna Rochmyaningsih, Jakarta – Indonesian scientists are planning to sequence 10,000 samples of COVID-19 this year to detect variants of the virus…
Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria said the capital city administration has injected 214,523 doses…
Jakarta – A tax discount for buyers of automobiles will not be effective in increasing economic growth. A comprehensive stimulus policy package is…
Jakarta – Although banned by law, 22 open waste dumping sites are still operating. The principle of reduce, reuse, recycle is still nothing more…
Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Jakarta – Yesterday, on Friday February 26, the public was surprised to hear the news that all of a sudden Covid-19…
Jakarta – Indonesian health authorities have administered 2.6 million doses of coronavirus vaccine since mass vaccination campaign began on Jan.…
February 26, 2021
The district attorney in Pematangsiantar, North Sumatra has ceased investigation into four male health workers who had been accused of blasphemy…
Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Relatives of four women recently charged with criminal damage after throwing rocks at a tobacco factory in Indonesia's…
Jakarta – American tech giant Microsoft announced a plan to build its first data center in Indonesia, marking its "most significant" investment in…
Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry recorded the government debt stood at Rp6,233.14 trillion at the end of January…
Jakarta – In Pasuruan, East Java, a combat engineer battalion is in dispute with its business partner over the management of a gas station. It is…
Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Head of Jakarta Bina Marga Agency Hari Nugroho said nearly 6,900 roads in five Jakarta areas were damaged…
Microsoft seems to have made enemies in Indonesia after the country came last in Southeast Asia in the Digital Civility Index (DCI). Well, it…
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Former Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. (ret.) Moeldoko was reluctant to respond to the statement of…
Jakarta – The Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SAFEnet) – an institution concerned with freedom of expression in the digital world –…
Fachrur Rozie, Jakarta – Criminologist and policing expert Adrianus Meliala has joined others in criticising Covid-19 vaccination for Corruption…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, or SECO, will provide grants of 65 million Swiss francs, or about…
February 25, 2021
Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has administered COVID-19 vaccines to 39 graft detainees, the anti-graft body confirmed, as it…
Andita Rahma, Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – A watchdog group naming themselves the People's Coalition Against Injustice filed a criminal complaint…
Mind what you post online, because the National Police has launched a Virtual Police division that is out to warn internet users who violate the…
Amnesty International has voiced concern about ongoing deadly conflict in West Papua.
In recent weeks, conflict between the pro-independence…
The indigenous people of West Papua have rejected the extension of special autonomy and the planned expansion of new provinces announced by the…
Jakarta – Indonesia will receive at least two million doses of a coronavirus vaccine produced by China's Sinopharm for use in a private…
Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Police in Indonesia's West Sumatra province have arrested a man on suspicion of raping up to 30 young boys.
The 53-…
Rescue workers are searching for at least five miners buried on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, after an illegal gold mine collapsed on Wednesday…
Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – In a bid to spur both domestic and foreign investment, Indonesia has designated 245 industries as "priority" and will…
Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – An off-duty officer has been named suspect for the deadly shooting at a West Jakarta bar that killed three people,…
Herman, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said that the Indonesian government was still…
Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investments, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, predicted on…
Hendrina DK, Rahmad Nasution, Jayapura – Papua's provincial administration is making efforts to restore normalcy in Intan Jaya district, which has…
Yudha Baskoro, Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry and the Health Ministry have started Covid-19 vaccination for religious…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has vaccinated 1.46 million medical workers since the campaign began on Jan. 13, representing 99.53 percent…
Evarukdijati, Rahmad Nasution, Jayapura, Papua – The Indonesian army will secure the 575-kilometer Transpapua section of the Jayapura-Wamena…
Hans Kapisa, Manokwari – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) had evaluated the governance of licensing and permits related to West Papua…
Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The National Police Internal Affairs (Propam) immediately issued a ban against policemen consuming alcohol following a…
Tsarina Maharani, Jakarta – The Anti-Injustice Social Coalition has reported President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to the police criminal investigations…
Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Aviation observer from Aviatory Indonesia, Ziva Narendra, asked the government to issue a strict policy,…
February 24, 2021
Indonesian netizens might have to learn a thing or two about basic online manners, after the country came last in Southeast Asia in Microsoft's…
Katharina R. Lestari, Jakarta – A group of Indonesian activists have launched an online petition calling on authorities to drop blasphemy charges…
An online registration open to tourism workers in Bali this week has so far attracted over 10,000 people, an official said, as it pools the number…
Jakarta – Police asked participants at a protest action against Special Autonomy (Otsus) in Papua to take Covid-19 rapid tests at the site of the…
Jakarta – Scores of Papuan students held a protest action in front of the Home Affairs Ministry office in Jakarta on Wednesday February 24…
Jakarta – Virtual Police from the Bhayangkara Corps – as the Indonesian police are known – have officially begun operating. The unit, which was…
Chairul Fikri, Banten – At least 15 medical workers in South Tangerang, Banten province, were diagnosed with coronavirus and some of them have…




