Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$500 million loan to support Indonesia's effort to expand access to…
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December 10, 2020
A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – The Islam Defenders Front (FPI) has recovered the bodies of six members who were recently killed during an alleged…
Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have named Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab and five other people suspects for holding crowd-pulling…
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has set Indonesia's coal production target at 550 million tons for next year,…
Yohanes Sulaiman, Bandung, Indonesia – Nine months into the pandemic, Indonesia is still in what has been dubbed an "endless first wave".
As…
Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) researcher Arif Nur Fikri has reported the group'…
Anne Barker – With its first shipment of China's experimental CoronaVac vaccine arriving this week, Indonesia still faces a mammoth task to combat…
Jakarta – COVID-19 testing capacity in Indonesia has slightly increased on a weekly basis as the country aims to test 267,000 people per week, as…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The National Police have taken over an investigation into the fatal shooting of six members of the Islam Defenders…
Jakarta – The administration of Surakarta, Central Java, is seeking to require travelers coming into the city for the year-end holidays to enter…
Jakarta – Indonesia, the world's largest cigarette market, has announced on Thursday to increase the cigarette excise by an average of 12.5…
Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Firebrand cleric Muhammad Rizieq Syihab was named a suspect on Thursday for violation against the health protocols in…
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Several candidates affiliated with political dynasties are predicted to win in the 2020 Regional Head Election or…
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in the commemoration of the world human rights day held virtually by the…
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has given virtual greetings to mark International Human Rights (HAM) Day during an event held by the National Human…
Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police (Polri) criminal investigation department (Bareksrim) in commemoration of the…
Heru Andriyanto, Dina Manafe, Jakarta – Indonesia has added 60,050 coronavirus cases since the beginning of the month with the country's four most…
Jakarta – An epidemiologist has warned of a potential surge in COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks as the polls closed yesterday for the 2020…
Yolanda Pandjaitan and Roni – A key achievement of Indonesia's democratisation was the implementation of regional autonomy. New laws on regional…
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The national Covid-19 mitigation task force spokesman Wiku Adisasmito published critical evaluations related to the…
Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) researcher Danu Pratama has spelled out critical…
December 9, 2020
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesian police have obtained hard evidence confirming that the bodyguards of Islamic Defenders' Front (FPI)…
Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The shooting of Papuan Pastor Yeremia Zanambani is not an independent incident but part of the most recent and most…
Stanley Widianto, Yuddy Cahya Budiman, Jakarta/Depok, Indonesia – Indonesians streamed into polling stations to vote in regional elections on…
Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – The eldest son of Indonesian President Joko Widodo is set to become the new mayor of Solo, a position that propelled his…
Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders says that the human rights situation has worsened during the…
Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has urged people voting in the simultaneous regional elections to adhere to health…
Jakarta – The Supreme Court has reduced the sentence of graft convict Fahmi Darmawansyah in its case review decision for a bribery case involving…
Yogyakarta – Further discussion is needed regarding the reopening of schools to decide on the right steps so as not to further spread the…
Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – The first gay policeman to sue the country's police force for wrongful dismissal due to sexual orientation was back in…
Jakarta – A total of 1,762 traders in traditional markets across the country have tested positive for COVID-19 in recent months, with 68 of the…
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The General Election Commission (KPU) reported problems in distributing the logistics of the 2020 Regional…
Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has once again been included in Forbes list of the 'world's 100 most…
Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Deputy coordinator of Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) Feri Kusuma on Tuesday worries that…
Friski Riana, Jakarta – Head of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) Miftachul Akhyar on Wednesday urged police to reveal the facts and…
Lily Wakefield – A former policeman in Indonesia is suing the country's police force for wrongful dismissal over his sexuality, in a landmark case…
Indonesians have headed to the polls to vote in regional elections as health experts warn of the risk of new coronavirus clusters emerging across…
Fadli, Batam – The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry's Hiu Macan Tutul 02 patrol boat captured Malaysian-flagged fishing vessel KF 5152…
Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan's decision to extend the transitional large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) policy for another 14 days…
Jakarta – The Indonesian Teachers Association (PGRI) of Bogor has requested the central government to vaccinate teachers prior to school reopening…
Bandung – State-owned pharmaceutical company PT Bio Farma has allocated 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine final product made by China's Sinovac…
Andi Hajramurni and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Makassar – The exposure of a number of regional election candidates and current leaders to COVID-19 has…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded the highest daily death toll in the coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday, when the country also…
Jakarta – The son and son-in-law of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo won mayoral elections in their respective city on Wednesday, according to quick…
December 8, 2020
Rizki Fachriansyah, Budi Sutrisno and Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – Divergent accounts between the police and the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) over…
Jon Afrizal, Jambi – The residents of two villages in Jambi who have suffered recurring fire disasters have welcomed La Nina's arrival to the…
Jakarta – The government must check the readiness of each school throughout the country before embarking on the controversial school reopening…
Jakarta – National COVID-19 task force chief Doni Monardol has advised the public to remain at home during the year-end holidays due to potential…
Riska Rahman and Arya Dipa, Jakarta/West Java – The Financial Services Authority (OJK) expects the newly passed Job Creation Law to help spur the…
Jakarta – Hundreds of polling station officers across 12 regencies and cities in South Sulawesi have shown reactive results after taking COVID-19…




