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December 21, 2020

Jakarta Post - December 21, 2020

Jakarta – Prominent Catholic scholar and author Bernardinus Herry Priyono died of cardiac arrest on Monday morning. He was 60 years…

Jakarta Post - December 21, 2020

Jakarta – As Indonesia seeks ways to reopen schools in January, an expert has reminded the government and the public that such an approach carries…

Jakarta Post - December 21, 2020

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has extended the transitional period of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) for another two weeks until…

December 20, 2020

Reuters - December 20, 2020

Maikel Jefriando, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated the Patimban sea port in West Java on Sunday, saying the new…

Jakarta Globe - December 20, 2020

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded 221 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday, the highest daily death toll since the outbreak began and…

Jakarta Post - December 20, 2020

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo hopes the national COVID-19 vaccination program will begin in January 2021.

"Insya Allah [God…

Jakarta Post - December 20, 2020

Jakarta – National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) head Suharso Monoarfa has been appointed chairman of the United Development Party (PPP)…

Jakarta Post - December 20, 2020

Usman Hamid, Jakarta – This year Indonesia witnessed a rollback of important reforms in human rights. President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's security…

Jakarta Globe - December 20, 2020

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has issued a circular calling city departments and municipally-owned businesses to…

Jakarta Post - December 20, 2020

Jakarta – Provinces in Java have imposed strict health restrictions for the year-end holidays in an attempt to prevent the further spread of COVID…

Jakarta Post - December 20, 2020

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang – As the year draws to a close, several regional administrations across the country have taken steps to prepare public order…

Jakarta Post - December 20, 2020

Jakarta – As Indonesia gears up to launch its first COVID-19 vaccination drive, several experts have shared their thoughts on possible disruptions…

Tirto.id - December 20, 2020

Haris Prabowo – The total number of people who used their right to vote in the December 9 election of regional heads was low in several parts of…

Jakarta Post - December 20, 2020

Bandung – West Java COVID-19 task force head Daud Achmad has admitted that the province saw a decreasing recovery rate in all 27 regencies and…

Jakarta Post - December 20, 2020

Jakarta – The government has set the price ceiling for individually requested COVID-19 antigen tests at Rp 250,000 (US$17.73) in Java and Rp 275,…

December 19, 2020

Jakarta Post - December 19, 2020

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) will seek further confirmation from experts regarding the gunshot wounds that…

Jakarta Post - December 19, 2020

Jakarta – Home Minister Tito Karnavian has called on regional leaders to issue regulations banning large crowds and to restrict the number of…

Jakarta Globe - December 19, 2020

Ester Nuky, Sanya Dinda, Jakarta – Indonesia's and South Korea's $9.1 billion electric car battery joint venture project has gotten a boost after…

CNN Indonesia - December 19, 2020

Padang – The family of Tan Malaka want more roads named after him in areas which were once a basis for his struggle. Not just in West Sumatra, but…

Tempo - December 19, 2020

Jakarta – The detention of two ministers in the last month shows that there is still widespread corruption in Jokowi's administration. It is the…

Tempo - December 19, 2020

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – State airport operator Angkasa Pura II will implement the pre-order system for passengers intending to take…

Jakarta Post - December 19, 2020

Jakarta – Officials should refrain from engaging in public spats to avoid sparking already inflamed tensions amid the prolonged COVID-19 health…

Jakarta Post - December 19, 2020

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Medan administration in North Sumatra will proceed with Christmas and New Year celebrations while urging residents to…

December 18, 2020

Tempo - December 18, 2020

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – Senior economist Faisal Basri during a webinar on Friday criticized the reduced healthcare budget the…

Jakarta Post - December 18, 2020

Jakarta – The National Police have said 20,068 alms boxes in 12 regions were used to raise money and fund activities for the Jaamah Islamiyah…

Jakarta Post - December 18, 2020

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The Public Works and Housing Ministry is offering 25 infrastructure projects worth Rp 278.35 trillion (US$19.7…

Jakarta Post - December 18, 2020

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police are teaming up with groups of ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers working with ride-hailing services to curb health…

Jakarta Post - December 18, 2020

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – The Indonesian government and authorities in Thailand and Malaysia have brought 11 Sumatran orangutans back to…

Jakarta Post - December 18, 2020

Jakarta – A total of 1.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine produced by China's Sinovac Biotech are currently stored in a warehouse of state-owned…

Associated Press - December 18, 2020

Fadlan Syam and Niniek Karmini, Jakarta, Indonesia – Supporters of a detained firebrand cleric marched in Indonesia's capital on Friday to demand…

Tempo - December 18, 2020

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The Islamic Defenders Front's (FPI) plan to stage the 1812 demonstration in front of the State Palace today, Dec.…

Jakarta Post - December 18, 2020

Jakarta – In order to prepare for the forthcoming vaccination drive across the country, the Indonesian Military (TNI) is preparing its personnel…

Fulcrum - December 18, 2020

Max Lane – As Covid year 2020 ends, so too does the first year of the second and final term of the presidency of Joko Widodo. One year in, all the…

Jakarta Globe - December 18, 2020

Yustinus Paat, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan was still self-isolating at his official residence as daily number of…

Jakarta Post - December 18, 2020

Jakarta – Hundreds of protestors from the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and a group calling themselves the National Anti-Communist Alliance (Anak)…

Jakarta Post - December 18, 2020

Jakarta – The Health Ministry announced 7,354 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the total number of infections nationwide to 643,…

Jakarta Post - December 18, 2020

Jakarta – Numerous experts have expressed appreciation for the government's decision to make COVID-19 vaccines free of charge for all in a move…

Jakarta Post - December 18, 2020

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesia officially kicked off on Thursday the development of the Rp 1.8 trillion (US$127.24 million) Cirata floating…

Jakarta Globe - December 18, 2020

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has recorded more than 2,500 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 18 days and is bracing for more deaths in…

December 17, 2020

Jakarta Post - December 17, 2020

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government is planning to reallocate some of this year's remaining stimulus funds to pay for mass vaccination in…

Jakarta Post - December 17, 2020

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has issued a gubernatorial instruction and decree ordering his subordinates to implement stricter…

Jakarta Post - December 17, 2020

Jakarta – As countries around the world continue the long struggle to contain the spread of COVID-19, the Baduy tribe, which lives in a remote…

Jakarta Post - December 17, 2020

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has reiterated that the responsibility of reparations for the victims of past gross…

Jakarta Post - December 17, 2020

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Despite rising to rank among countries with high human development in the 2019 Human Development Report (HDR) of the…

Jakarta Post - December 17, 2020

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Railway developer PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC), a joint venture between Indonesian and Chinese companies, has…

Jakarta Post - December 17, 2020

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Low-cost carrier AirAsia Indonesia and the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) have inked an…

Jakarta Globe - December 17, 2020

Hotman Siregar & Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Starting on Friday, anyone entering and leaving Jakarta on public transportation must first…

Tempo - December 17, 2020

M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – The Metro Jaya Police launched a new branch from its established 'Covid-19 Hunters' that will utilize…

Tempo - December 17, 2020

Bisnis, Jakarta – The Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) chairman Hariyadi Sukamdani lamented the government policy which obliged…

Mongabay - December 17, 2020

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A coalition of NGOs has documented rampant labor abuses in five oil palm plantations in Indonesia, the world's…