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January 2, 2021

Jakarta Globe - January 2, 2021

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded the highest seven-day average of newly coronavirus cases and related deaths on Saturday as the…

January 1, 2021

Jakarta Post - January 1, 2021

Jakarta – An Instagram user is under fire for offering a service to forge polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results for Indonesians who wish to…

CNN Indonesia - January 1, 2021

Jakarta – The press community is calling on Indonesian police chief (Kapolri) General Idham Azis to revoke Article 2d of Kapolri Decree Number:…

Sydney Morning Herald - January 1, 2021

Rob Harris – The development of a domestic security force in East Timor was a matter of "fundamental importance" to Australia's strategic…

Jakarta Post - January 1, 2021

Jakarta – Islam Defenders Front (FPI) chairman Ahmad Shabri Lubis announced on Wednesday the establishment of a new mass Islamic organization,…

December 31, 2020

Kompas.com - December 31, 2020

Irfan Kamil, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid says that the government's decree banning, disbanding and…

Jakarta Post - December 31, 2020

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has put in place measures to prevent New Year's Eve celebrations in the capital city in a bid to curb COVID-…

Jakarta Post - December 31, 2020

Jakarta – A majority of Indonesians noticed that corruption had become more rampant in the country, according to a recent survey by Saiful Mujani…

Jakarta Globe - December 31, 2020

Adi Marsiela, Dwi Argo Santosa, Jakarta – Indonesia has received the second batch of Covid-19 vaccines of 1.8 million doses from China's Sinovac…

Tempo - December 31, 2020

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) spoke up following the leaked video of singer…

Kompas - December 31, 2020

Haryanti Puspa Sar, Jakarta – The Anti-Sexual Violence Civil Society Coalition (Kompaks) says that the distribution of intimate video content…

Straits Times - December 31, 2020

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesia is set to receive raw materials to produce 15 million doses of vaccine from Chinese firm Sinovac Biotech soon…

Jakarta Globe - December 31, 2020

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia concluded the year amid ongoing surge in newly coronavirus cases and deaths that put December as the worst…

Jakarta Globe - December 31, 2020

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo expressed optimism on Thursday that Indonesia will soon regain lost ground in early…

December 30, 2020

Coconuts Jakarta - December 30, 2020

Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab is facing yet another criminal charge with the reopening of an old and controversial…

Reuters - December 30, 2020

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Indonesia has banned the controversial but politically influential hardline group the Islamic Defender's Front,…

Jakarta Post - December 30, 2020

Jakarta – Experts have urged hospitals to better manage the admission of patients, arguing that most of them were overwhelmed by the constant…

Jakarta Post - December 30, 2020

Jakarta – The government has decided to ban controversial hardline group the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and its activities, saying that it has no…

Jakarta Post - December 30, 2020

Jakarta – The Jakarta and Central Java administrations have encouraged residents to stay home for New Year's Eve.

"We request that everyone…

Jakarta Post - December 30, 2020

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – The Foreign Ministry has said the German embassy staffer who allegedly visited the Islam Defenders Front (FPI)…

Jakarta Post - December 30, 2020

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – City-owned bus operator Transjakarta has an ambitious plan to expand its electric bus (e-bus) fleet to 10,000 units over…

Jakarta Post - December 30, 2020

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have named a woman and a man suspects in a leaked celebrity sex tape case for allegedly violating the 2008…

Jakarta Globe - December 30, 2020

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Adi Marsiela, Jakarta – Indonesia has secured 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines from the British pharmaceutical company…

Jakarta Globe - December 30, 2020

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno unveils his plan to help the pandemic-hit tourism industry back…

Monsters & Critics - December 30, 2020

John Thomas Didymus – Indonesian singer and actress Gisella "Gisel" Anastasia has been charged under the country's anti-pornography law after a 19…

CNN Indonesia - December 30, 2020

Jakarta – Indonesian military (TNI) service personnel who commit immoral acts with the same sex or homosexuals shall be subject to a maximum…

Southeast Asia Globe - December 30, 2020

Klas Lundstrom – Fly River, western Papua New Guinea. The chocolate brown water not only bears its colour due to high concentration levels of…

Jakarta Post - December 30, 2020

Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has warned of another COVID-19 case spike following the Christmas and New Year holiday period.

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Jakarta Globe - December 30, 2020

Jakarta – The Indonesian government announced Wednesday it has included hardline group Islamic Defenders Front, or FPI, into the list of…

December 29, 2020

Al Jazeera - December 29, 2020

Randy Mulyanto, Jakarta, Indonesia – Timor-Leste, formerly known as East Timor, has a creaky healthcare system and is one of the poorest countries…

Jakarta Post - December 29, 2020

Jakarta – Orders have started rolling in after the Indonesian government approved the distribution of a COVID-19 detector developed at a local…

Coconuts Jakarta - December 29, 2020

International travelers packed the Soekarno-Hatta Airport yesterday, several viral social media posts have shown, which was said to be the result…

Jakarta Post - December 29, 2020

Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has revealed that cases of violence against journalists had increased to an all-time high…

Coconuts Jakarta - December 29, 2020

It has become evident that the law couldn't move on from what is arguably the Indonesia's biggest sex scandal of the year after the Jakarta Metro…

Jakarta Post - December 29, 2020

Jakarta – As the government has allowed schools to reopen in January, the National Child Protection Commission (KPAI) conducted a survey to learn…

Jakarta Post - December 29, 2020

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – While the Health Ministry has been given a fresh start ahead of the New Year with a new leader at its helm, concerns…

CNN Indonesia - December 29, 2020

Jakarta – The secretary general of the Agrarian Land Consortium (KPA), Dewi Kartika, has called in a pledge by Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto,…

The Diplomat - December 29, 2020

Tangguh Chairil and Aisha R. Kusumasomantri – In October, news broke about Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel who were dismissed for being a part…

Jakarta Post - December 29, 2020

Medan – The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) has warned health workers nationwide to remain cautious with regard to the surge in COVID-19…

Jakarta Post - December 29, 2020

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) aims to complete its independent probe into the deaths of six members of the Islam…

Jakarta Globe - December 29, 2020

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will distribute coronavirus vaccine to 181 million of the country'…

Jakarta Post - December 29, 2020

Jakarta – The Central Java and Yogyakarta provincial administrations are currently mulling over closing down tourist sites in their areas during…

December 28, 2020

Mongabay - December 28, 2020

Hans Nicholas Jong – As global demand for edible oil keeps growing, palm oil has enjoyed unprecedented growth both in consumption and production.…

Jakarta Globe - December 28, 2020

Dina Manafe, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Government data reveal on Monday that hospital capacity in seven provinces has reached a critical level…

Jakarta Post - December 28, 2020

Jakarta – While most people can't wait to start a new year and leave this tough year behind, an epidemiologist has warned of a possible surge in…

Jakarta Post - December 28, 2020

Jakarta – National Police (Polri) Traffic Corps head Insp. Gen. Istiono has said there has been a significant decrease in tourists traveling to…

Jakarta Post - December 28, 2020

Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – The Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) says 2021 may be a grim year for workers across the archipelago as…

Jakarta Post - December 28, 2020

Jakarta – Hospitals nationwide are being urged to increase their bed capacity in anticipation of a possible COVID-19 case surge following the year…

Jakarta Post - December 28, 2020

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – Indonesia is closing its borders to foreign travelers from all around the world for the first two weeks of 2021, Foreign…

Jakarta Post - December 28, 2020

Jakarta – Experts have urged the government to implement stricter social restrictions to curb COVID-19 transmission as fatality and positivity…