Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will reopen some of its waters to fishing with seine and trawl nets, drawing criticism over the…
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December 17, 2020
Jakarta – A joint security team consisting of 8,179 people from the National Police, the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the Jakarta administration…
December 16, 2020
Jakarta – The Jakarta Employment Agency (BKD Jakarta) is reportedly set to issue a circular stipulating that local government agencies operate at…
Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo announced on Wednesday (Dec 16) that he will be the first recipient of a Covid-19 vaccine in…
Devika – "My family is religious. They do not have much knowledge of mental health problems. They asked me to pray more often, and even try…
Fathin Ungku, Bernadette Christina, Singapore/Jakarta – Violent protests by hundreds of workers at one of Indonesia's biggest nickel smelters on…
Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia has received 1.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from China's Sinovac Biotech on Dec 6 and is set to receive…
Jakarta – Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto has handed over awards in the form of medals and National Defense Patriot certificates to 11,485…
Lenny Tristia Tambun, Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has decided that the Covid-19 vaccine would be free of charge for…
Indonesia's COVID-19 Task Force has told hospitals in the country to refrain from taking pre-orders for vaccines amid reports that the practice…
Jakarta – President Joko Widodo must establish an independent fact-finding team to investigate the killings of six members of the Islam Defenders…
Joniansyah (Contributor), Tangerang – Tangerang Regency Government has allowed several entertainment venues and tourist attractions to reopen…
Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Jakarta Environment Agency has managed 1,213 kilograms of disposable face mask waste from households from…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded 6,725 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, the second-highest daily total since the outbreak began…
Jakarta – The Central Java administration is searching for at least another 914 nurses and 26 doctors to work at COVID-19 hospitals in the…
Jakarta – The national COVID-19 task force has conducted a study into the COVID-19 mortality risks based on age and comorbidity factors.
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Alfath Asmunda (AFP) – Sumini gets up at dawn to do her household chores – then leads a team of women into the jungles of Indonesia's Sumatra…
Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has once again listed among the world's top 20 most influential Muslim figures according…
Ainurrahman Rabu – The Attorney General's Office has responded to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's instruction to resolve past gross human rights…
December 15, 2020
Jakarta – Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) chief Jusuf Kalla has asked regional branches of the organization to collect convalescent plasma for COVID-19…
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The Indonesian Workers Union Confederation (KSPI) said international labor organizations supported its struggle…
Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Bali provincial government has issued circular No. 46 of 2020 which requires domestic airline passengers…
Charles Maniani, Manokwari – Mobile Brigade (Brimob) paramilitary police, national police intelligence officers (intel) and the army's special…
The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has responded to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo request for the institution to resolve cases of past human…
Jakarta – Residents of Tambrauw regency in West Papua province are opposing the establishment of the Tambrauw 1810 District Military Command (…
Members of the Jakarta Regional Legislative Council (DPRD) walked out of a plenary session yesterday in an apparent show of displeasure against…
Jakarta – Burials in the Indonesian capital were 61% higher in the first 10 months of 2020 than in the past five years, according to a new study…
Julian Millie – Over the last 2 years, the ABC's news website has featured at least six stories focussing on cruelty to animals in Indonesia. The…
Erwida Maulia and Ismi Damayanti, Jakarta – Things were looking good back in January for Suryanti, an employee at a small travel agent in Bogor, a…
Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – The government will limit restaurants', movie theaters,' and shopping malls' operation hours and ban crowds and…
Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – The government has decided to ban crowd-pulling events and New Year's Eve celebrations from Dec. 18 to Jan. 8 in a bid…
Jakarta – Authorities in Jakarta and Palembang, South Sumatra, are still considering the school reopening plan.
Jakarta deputy governor…
Jakarta – The Indonesian Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has announced that it will extend the monitoring stage of a phase three clinical…
Jakarta – National COVID-19 task force head Doni Monardo has asked regional health agencies to ration their polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to shrink by 2 percent at worst or grow by 0.6 percent at best…
Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – An online survey carried out by the Health Ministry has found that only one third of Indonesians wanting to get COVID-…
Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesia has kept its trade balance in the black for the seventh month in November, posting a $2.62 billion…
Jakarta – The National Police's Densus 88 antiterror squad has apprehended a fugitive wanted in connection to the first Bali bombing who was on…
Jakarta – The government has required residents to register at a health facility before paying for the COVID-19 vaccine or receiving it for free…
Jakarta – The Supreme Court has accepted a case review filed by the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) over its dealings with former party stalwart…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign debt rose to US$413.4 billion in October driven by higher borrowings by the private sector and…
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesia's abundant nickel reserves and the Job Creation Law may help the country attract investment from…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has recorded more than 90,000 new cases of coronavirus in the first half of the month in another confirmation…
December 14, 2020
Jakarta – Authorities in East Java have prepped 2,400 staff for the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.
"The East Java administration has…
Jakarta – As COVID-19 case figures keep rising, hospitals need to restructure their health services to help curb virus infection and survive the…
The police have offered an updated chronology of events related to the killing of six Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) members on Dec. 7, which came…
The Bogor Police will close the route leading to Puncak, West Java, in the latest attempt to hinder year-end vacationers from crowding…
Jakarta – Sleman regency is one of five regencies/cities in Yogyakarta with red zone status in all of its subdistricts.
Therefore, the…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – More than 2,000 Covid-19 patients have died since December 1 as Indonesia is entering the worst period of the outbreak…
Jakarta – The government has raised its target of providing the Covid-19 vaccine for free to 53.5 million people from just 32 million people…




