Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's open unemployment rate has surged to its highest level since 2011, with the pandemic causing some 2.67…
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November 5, 2020
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia stands to benefit from trade with the United States, regardless of who wins the US 2020 presidential…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto has topped a list of the five best-performing members of President Joko "Jokowi"…
Jakarta – The gap between reality and the lavish promises made by the government widens as time passes.
When President Joko Widodo and the…
Devina Halim, Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) is calling on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to order Attorney General…
Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid has welcomed the ruling by the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN)…
November 4, 2020
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Manufacturing activity declined further in October as manufacturers cut back on production and reduced workforce…
Jakarta – Both the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) and the local independent Humanitarian Team for Intan Jaya reached a more or…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – National COVID-19 task force spokesperson Wiku Adisasmito has noted a drop in coronavirus testing over the past…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The government is set to honor several figures, including former Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gatot Nurmantyo…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has seized assets worth Rp 40 billion (US$2.7 million) in its…
Jessicha Valentina, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has prepared three scenarios to anticipate a spike in COVID-19 cases following the cuti bersama…
Arya Dipa, Bandung – A military officer in West Java, First Lt. I Gusti Ngurah Supriasta Dyana, has been relieved of his duties after a military…
Ardila Syakriah and Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The highly contentious Job Creation Law that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo signed on Monday contains…
Jakarta – In the past few days, the number of COVID-19 infections has shown a downward trend.
At the end of September and early October…
Jakarta – Police in Kudus, East Java, have arrested a 48-year-old man identified only as EG for allegedly killing his daughter after he thought…
Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has revealed that the occupancy rate of hotels used as isolation facilities for asymptomatic patients…
Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – More than 100 media workers have filed reports on alleged violation of labor rights committed by their workplaces…
Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab may finally end over three years of self-imposed exile in Saudi Arabia as the firebrand cleric…
Jakarta – The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) has announced that 161 medical professionals had died of COVID-19 as the country entered its…
Jakarta – The national COVID-19 task force announced that it was currently finalizing the road map for a nationwide vaccination program, which it…
Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) has defended a government circular instructing regions to leave their…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Rizieq Shihab, the controversial leader of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), is due to arrive in Indonesia later this…
November 3, 2020
A number of Islamic groups held a protest in front of the French embassy in Sarinah, Central Jakarta yesterday. In the event dubbed as "Aksi 211…
Dion Bisara, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – The government has acknowledged shocking typos in the 2020 Law on Job Creation but insist on the law…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The total number of active coronavirus cases has been declining significantly by more than 10,000 cases in the last…
Jakarta – In an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19, the National COVID-19 task force and the Health Ministry have teamed up for a strengthened…
Andra Nasrie – President Joko Widodo yesterday signed the hugely controversial Job Creation Law, thus removing numerous bureaucratic barriers to…
It looked like Indonesia finally saw the end of its first wave of the coronavirus outbreak with a recent significant decrease in new daily cases…
Jakarta – The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented business disruption, forcing many companies to cut workers. Tempo.co reported on Monday…
Jakarta – As the number of COVID-19 patients in Bekasi has gradually decreased, the city administration is no longer using The Green Hotel as a…
Jakarta – President Joko Widodo reminded staff and the public to remain vigilant, so that Indonesia would not experience a second wave of COVID-19…
Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – An economist from the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef), Bhima Yudhistira Adhinegara…
Jakarta – Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) chief Jusuf Kalla says the COVID-19 pandemic may impact the country throughout next year.
"Indonesia…
Jakarta – The Supreme Court has acquitted former news anchor Dalton Ichiro Tanonaka of all criminal charges, including fraud, following a judicial…
Jakarta – Indonesia's assumed entry into its first economic recession since the 1998 Asian financial crisis will probably be confirmed by third…
Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has signed the Job Creation Law, allowing it to enter into force nearly a month after it…
Jakarta – Police have arrested a student protester carrying a toy gun during a demonstration against French President Emmanuel Macron near the…
Thresa Sandra Desfika, Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The Confederation of Indonesian Workers' Unions, or KSPI, has filed a judicial review on the 2020…
Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – Indonesian Human Rights Watch (Imparsial) director Al Araf is asking on the government to reevaluate the security…
Devina Halim, Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) monitoring and investigation team has revealed that there have been…
Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Hundreds of academicians joined in the Alliance of Academics have officially filed a request to President Joko "Jokowi"…
Hundreds of people in Bali today took to the streets to protest against Arya Wedakarna (AWK), a member of the Regional Representatives Council (…
Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Following reports of high rates of newsroom layoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International NGO Forum on…
Yulia Savitri, Palembang – The South Sumatra provincial administration has continued to carry out preventive measures against forest and land…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The government has named social media influencer Kristia Budiyarto an independent commissioner for state-…
Jakarta – Prosecutors are seeking a three-year prison sentence for musician I Gede Ari Astina, who goes by the stage name Jerinx, who is on trial…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The State Palace has downplayed typos and errors discovered in the Job Creation Law that was recently signed…
November 2, 2020
Jakarta – Protests against the Job Creation Law have entered their fifth week in Jakarta as workers stage yet another rally near the Presidential…
Jakarta – Indonesia's human rights commission said on Monday that a fact-finding team believed the military had tortured a pastor in the country's…




