Lies Marcoes – After years of inaction, the Indonesian government is finally acting to prevent state schools from forcing students or staff to…
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February 7, 2021
Dr Socratez Yoman – The Indonesian coloniser has become an ignorant ruler with deaf ears and with evil intention in fighting for the addition of…
Stanley Widianto and Maikel Jefriando, Jakarta – Indonesia has approved Sinovac Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine for use in the elderly, a letter from…
Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia, which is home to one of the world's largest mangrove forests, has set a target of rehabilitating 150,000 hectares (ha…
Antara, Jakarta – As a country located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, Indonesia is prone to natural disasters such as volcano eruption, earthquake,…
Penulis Irfan Kamil, Jakarta – The results of an Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) poll shows that 58.3 percent of respondents believe that there…
Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – The results of an Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) poll shows that 51.1 percent of respondents are dissatisfied…
Hendro D Situmorang, Natasia Christy Wahyuni, Jakarta – Indonesia will start the Covid-19 vaccination on the people aged 60 or older on Monday…
February 6, 2021
Yudha Baskoro, Jakarta – Protesters from Leaders and Organizers of Community Organizations in Asia (Locoa) have held a demonstration…
Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – More than 100 volunteers who helped victims of last month's earthquake in Indonesia's West Sulawesi province have…
Jakarta – A surreal, blood-red river inundated the Indonesian village of Jenggot after floods hit a nearby batik factory on Saturday, causing a…
Jason Hung – Indonesia's mass procurement of Chinese vaccines hints that Beijing and Jakarta may use the public health crisis to strengthen ties.…
Jakarta – The Indonesian government should actively enforce a new decree that bans abusive, discriminatory dress codes for female students and…
Michael Taylor/Thomson Reuters Foundation, Kuala Lumpur – Indonesia's ambitious biodiesel program would increase the risks of deforestation as…
Triyan Pangastuti, Arnoldus Kristianus, Nasori – Jakarta – The government is confident Indonesia's economy would return to an expansion mode in…
Antara, Jakarta – Semarang City in Central Java is widely submerged by floods due to the rain pouring over the city from Friday until…
Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Indonesian government set to implement the Covid-19 restrictions on micro-scale starting on February 9. This is to…
Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia says that the government cannot just issue a joint ministerial decree (SKB) on uniforms in state schools…
Tsarina Maharani, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia is urging Attorney General (JA) ST Burhanuddin to withdraw a appeal against a Jakarta…
Pontianak, West Kalimantan – A critically endangered Sumatran tiger was shot dead on Saturday while another is still on the loose after they…
Jakarta – The New and Renewable Energy Bill must accelerate the endeavor to abandon fossil-based energy sources such as coal. As a precondition,…
February 5, 2021
Antara, Jakarta – The Covid-19 task force on Friday revealed that the provinces of West Kalimantan and Riau can be the references for other…
Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia and Malaysia are committed to working together to combat international discrimination against palm oil, the…
Lusa News, Dili – The Timorese Press Council today asked journalists to avoid being "messenger boys", referring to the publication of a statement…
Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – It was 8pm on one of the busiest intersections in western Jakarta. Three men in metallic paint from head to toe…
We didn't see it coming, but Indonesian shamans and psychics have formally established the Indonesian Shaman Association (Perdunu) in Banyuwangi,…
Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has received the honor of being named one of the world's champions in the advancement of sustainable mobility in…
Dozens of Indonesian terror victims, mainly those from the Bali bombings in 2002 and 2005, were finally granted compensation yesterday, following…
Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) fell slightly more than expected in the fourth quarter, tipping Southeast Asia's largest economy into its…
Kate Lamb, Stanley Widianto and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo received the nation's first coronavirus vaccine…
Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) on Friday has officially introduced the GeNose C19…
Anwar Siswadi, Jakarta – A team of researchers from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) in Bandung has created two robots that are able to…
Bisnis, Jakarta – The Indonesian government through the Finance Ministry's staffer, Yustinus Prastowo, said that the incentives for…
Jakarta – The government needs to carefully study the plan to build a thorium power station in Bangka Belitung. Environmentally friendly energy…
Yance Wenda, Jayapura – Flood victims and an environmental activist in Sentani in Jayapura Regency, West Papua, have identified that poor water…
Sebastian Strangio – Earlier this week, the Indonesian government banned public schools from making religious attire mandatory for teachers and…
Yohanes Sulaiman – Firebrand and head of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) Muhamad Rizieq returned to Indonesia from his exile in Saudi Arabia on…
Jakarta – Scores of people from the Urban Poor People's Network (JRMK) and the Urban Poor Consortium (UPC) held a solidarity action in front of…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Coronavirus has killed 1,204 people in Indonesia in the first five days of the month, despite early indications that…
Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – World's largest palm oil producers Indonesia and Malaysia reiterated their commitment to fighting off negative…
February 4, 2021
Victor Mambor, Jayapura – Papuan Humanity Team on Case of Violence against Religious Figures in Intan Jaya regency, or Humanity Team, has…
Jakarta, Jubi – Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Stef Blok told the Dutch parliament recently that the country considered a visit by United Nations…
Online marketplace giant Shopee apologized after coming under fire over a controversial paid post that made fun of sexual harassment victims,…
Dili (SPS) – The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor Leste, Mrs. Adaljiza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno, has reaffirmed Thursday…
Fransiska Nangoy, Fathin Ungku, Jakarta – Indonesia will no longer permit mining waste to be disposed in the ocean to allay concerns about the…
Friski Riana, Jakarta – The Agrarian Reform Consortium (KPA) Secretary-General Dewi Karika argued that the validation process of electronic land…
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has issued a decree banning state schools from interfering in the religious beliefs of students…
As seriously ill COVID-19 patients are starting to fill up hospital beds in Bali, health officials in the province are bracing for even more…
Those at the very front of Indonesia's fight against COVID-19 may see a reduction in their incentives, as the Finance Ministry seeks to make cuts…
The Indonesian government has issued a decree banning regional governments and public schools from mandating religious elements on student…




