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January 25, 2021

ABC News - January 25, 2021

Daniel Fitzgerald – The Indonesian Government is reportedly looking to Mexico as an alternate source of live cattle, after Australian cattle hit…

Coconuts Jakarta - January 25, 2021

A man and a woman may be headed for spells in prison after the police arrested them for allegedly having oral sex at a bus stop in…

Coconuts Jakarta - January 25, 2021

Education officials in the city of Padang, West Sumatra are under pressure to review a discriminatory rule after a student at public vocational…

UCA News - January 25, 2021

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – An Indonesian politician has come under fire after making racist comments about a former Papuan member of the country's…

Tabloid JUBI - January 25, 2021

Jayapura, Jubi – Since Dec. 24 last year, 18 Nduga residents who had been taking refuge in Jayawijaya regency in Indonesia's Papua had died after…

Tabloid JUBI - January 25, 2021

Jayapura, Jubi – Merauke District Court in Papua held a pre-trial hearing to judge whether the arrest of 14 West Papua National Committee (KNPB)…

Jakarta Globe - January 25, 2021

Novy Lumanauw & Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo recently announced Indonesia will soon have its largest Islamic…

Jakarta Globe - January 25, 2021

Sienna Curnow & Elena Couper, Jakarta – While Covid-19 numbers explode in Indonesia and settle in Australia, the fate of the international…

Jakarta Globe - January 25, 2021

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The Aceh Provincial Police have arrested five men, including a local civil servant, for alleged role in a series of terror…

Kompas.com - January 25, 2021

Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition is concerned that the newly established national defense reserve component (komcad)…

Jakarta Globe - January 25, 2021

Triyan Pangastuti, Jakarta – Indonesia attracted $7.7 billion in foreign direct investment last year, only down slightly from the year-earlier as…

CNN Indonesia - January 25, 2021

Jakarta – Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH Jakarta) Director Arif Maulana has confirmed the view that the state has played a role in perpetuating…

Tempo - January 25, 2021

Moh Khory Alfrizi, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said that Indonesia had adopted an incorrect COVID-19 testing scheme. He…

Kompas.com - January 25, 2021

Dian Erika Nugraheny, Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) advocacy division head Muhammad Isnur says that the government often tends…

January 24, 2021

Deutsche Welle (DW) - January 24, 2021

Indonesia has decided to prioritize vaccination for people aged 18-59, arguing the workforce needs to be protected first to boost the economy.…

Tempo - January 24, 2021

Antara, Jakarta – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) will provide more emergency shelters for COVID-19 patients in quake-hit West…

Bloomberg News - January 24, 2021

Grace Sihombing and Haslinda Amin – Indonesia sees downside risks for economic growth in the first quarter as the government imposed more…

Jacobin Magazine - January 24, 2021

Michael G. Vann – The massacre of the Indonesian left in 1965-66, backed by Washington, was one of the great crimes of the twentieth century. A…

Jakarta Globe - January 24, 2021

Dina Manafe & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is considering allowing companies to initiate vaccination against…

CNN Indonesia - January 24, 2021

Jakarta – The Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) says that the presence of retired Indonesian military (TNI) and police generals in mining companies…

Tempo - January 24, 2021

Antara, Jakarta – State-run vaccine manufacturer PT Bio Farma (Persero) announced that it had completed the production of four million doses of…

January 23, 2021

Kompas.com - January 23, 2021

Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Jakarta – Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) Coordinator Merah Johansyah has refuted Presidential Chief of Staff (KSP) Moeldoko…

Jakarta Globe - January 23, 2021

Asni Ovier, Jakarta – National Covid-19 Task Force Head Doni Monardo confirmed on Saturday he has tested positive for coronavirus following week-…

Straits Times - January 23, 2021

Jakarta (AFP) – Relatives of 62 people killed when an Indonesian passenger jet slammed into the sea scattered flowers at the crash site on Friday…

Gal-Dem - January 23, 2021

Sabrina Citra – This week, a Twitter thread penned by an American graphic designer named Kristen Gray went viral. No wonder; successive tweets…

January 22, 2021

Reuters - January 22, 2021

National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) investigator Nurcayho Utomo said a problem with the Boeing 737-500's autothrottle system – which…

Associated Press - January 22, 2021

Ben Fox, Washington – After an unexplained delay, the US Defence Department has announced plans to try in a military court three men held at…

ABC News - January 22, 2021

Erwin Renaldi – The year has only just begun, but already Indonesia has been hit with fatal earthquakes, deadly landslides and volcanic eruptions…

Jakarta Globe - January 22, 2021

Jakarta – Indonesia would reach the peak of its demographic dividend this year as the working-age population now account for close to 71 percent…

Mongabay - January 22, 2021

Dian Wahyu Kusuma, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia – In a two-week survey of the thick forest of Sumatra's Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park in the…

Nikkei Asia - January 22, 2021

Antonia Timmerman, Jakarta – Bayu Edmiralda left the congestion of Jakarta seven months ago for the tropical delights of Bali, where he spends his…

Tempo - January 22, 2021

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Trade Ministry's secretary-general Suhanto on Friday, Jan, 22, said beef supplies available in the…

Tempo - January 22, 2021

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Pro-democracy NGO Setara Institute on Thursday disapproved of the step taken by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo who they…

Al Jazeera - January 22, 2021

Jakarta, Indonesia – Investigators are yet to determine the cause of this month's Sriwijaya Air plane crash in Indonesia that killed all 63 people…

Jakarta Globe - January 22, 2021

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has recorded more coronavirus cases and deaths in the first 22 days of the year than the previous monthly…

Kompas.com - January 22, 2021

Devina Halim, Jakarta – The Security sector Reform Coalition says that there are three problems which need to be addressed when the sole candidate…

Kompas.com - January 22, 2021

Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) says that the planned reactivation of the…

Mongabay - January 22, 2021

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has denied that deforestation for oil palm plantations and coal mines contributed to a…

Brookings - January 22, 2021

Natalie Sambhi – Originally touted as a reformer when elected, Indonesian President Joko Widodo has presided over a period of democratic…

January 21, 2021

Jakarta Post - January 21, 2021

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government plans to issue sukuk (sharia-compliant bonds) worth Rp 27.58 trillion (US$1.96 billion) this year to…

Coconuts Jakarta - January 21, 2021

Indonesia may open up COVID-19 vaccine procurement and distribution to the private sector, President Joko Widodo implied, while the country…

World Economic Forum - January 21, 2021

Arip Tirta and Prasanti W. Sarli – Pak Iyus is a hijab producer in Bandung, Indonesia. At the height of his business between 2015 and 2017, he was…

Reuters - January 21, 2021

Jakarta – Indonesia's central bank kept key interest rates unchanged at a record low on Thursday, as expected, holding fire after…

Jakarta Globe - January 21, 2021

Novy Lumanauw, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo congratulates 46th US President Joe…

Tempo - January 21, 2021

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Joko "Jokowi" Widodo administration is attempting to broaden the role of civilians in the nation's military…

Tempo - January 21, 2021

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko has asked members of the public to back the President's Regulation No. 7/2021 on 'the…

Jakarta Post - January 21, 2021

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has asked the central government to take over the COVID-19 response in Greater…

Mongbay - January 21, 2021

Jakarta – Indigenous people in Indonesia's easternmost Papua province are protesting against a company that's preparing to raze their ancestral…

Jakarta Globe - January 21, 2021

Carlos Roy Fajarta & Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesian authorities have officially ended the search and rescue operation for the downed…

Tempo - January 21, 2021

Vindry Florentin, Jakarta – The Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) announced that it is relying on the national food estate program to increase…