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October 19, 2020
Jakarta – Having seen the many people who have lost income and even their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of people in Bekasi, West…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has urged all relevant stakeholders to take anticipatory measures amid concerns over…
Jakarta – The Education and Culture Ministry has announced that 123 college students across the country were tested positive for COVID-19 after…
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Democratic and Islamic values are intrinsically aligned in Muslim-majority Indonesia, experts and activists have…
Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Domestic car wholesales are continuing their upward trend after crashing to the lowest point in May as the government…
Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The government was proud to announce that the Job Creation Law would encourage more applied research, and later…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The government has consulted the country's most prominent Muslim figures regarding the imminent enactment of the Job…
A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – Most residents want the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB), imposed to curb COVID-19 transmission, to end so the…
Tri Indah Oktavianti and A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, the convicted murderer of human rights activist Munir Said…
Dian Erika Nugraheny, Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Commissioner Fatia Maulidiyanti says that that…
M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Head of the 'Solidarity Action Committee for Munir,' Usman Hamid, on Sunday pressed the National Commission…
Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Koalisi Bersihkan Indonesia [the coalition to clean Indonesia] and Fraksi Rakyat Indonesia [Indonesian people's faction]…
Maikel Jefriando, Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – The president of the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, Joko Widodo, called on Monday for…
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – An evolutionary crucible in Indonesia that's given rise to a unique array of primates found nowhere else on Earth is…
October 18, 2020
Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – As if preparing to host elections across Indonesia's vast archipelago during the COVID-19 pandemic wasn't hard enough,…
Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry has started to deliver aid to eight pesantren (Islamic boarding school) in West Java and Central Java…
Jakarta – Eight Bekasi police who were deployed to handle rallies that broke out after the House of Representatives approved the Job Creation Law…
Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo sees the Job Creation Law as a necessary risk despite widespread public rejection of the law,…
Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The convicted murderer of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, died on Saturday…
Jakarta – A recently opened upscale KFC outlet in Senopati, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, has been sanctioned twice for violating COVID-19 health…
Yeremia Sukoyo & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – A majority of Indonesian people still highly trust the government in its handling of the…
Antara, Jakarta – Members of the public, including employers and labor unions, were involved in the process of deliberation on the Job Creation…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – All 1,620 Indonesian volunteers have received trial vaccine against coronavirus provided by China's Sinovac Biotech…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has condemned the Indonesian Military (TNI) for the recent imprisonment and…
Jakarta – Vice President Ma'ruf Amin, who is also the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) chairman, has said Muslims in the country can follow the…
Jakarta – A 5-day-old baby has died of COVID-19 in Jeneponto, South Sulawesi. The baby's mother initially had a reactive rapid test result, which…
Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has stated that the fatal shooting of Pastor Yeremia Zanambani in…
A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – The recent death of Pollycarpus Priyanto, who was convicted of murdering human rights activist Munir Said Thalib,…
October 17, 2020
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – As labor unions, activists and their lawyers prepare to petition the Constitutional Court for a judicial review…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has registered 70,754 coronavirus cases since October 1, up from around 58,000 cases at this point last month…
Ian Lloyd Neubauer – "Like Bali before the tourism boom." That is how I described East Timor – a young country brimming with hope – when I first…
Anisah Shukry – AirAsia X Bhd. is liquidating its Indonesian arm in a bid to survive the virus pandemic that has left the low-cost airline's…
Dian Septiari, Jakarta – Despite concerns over his role in past alleged human rights violations, Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto began his…
Jakarta – Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi and State-owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir visited the United Kingdom and Switzerland earlier…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Watchdogs and a former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) commissioner have criticized the antigraft…
Jakarta – Seven neighborhood units (RTs) in South Jakarta and West Jakarta were inundated after a heavy downpour in the capital on Friday…
Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Thousands of students from the National Association of University Student Executive Bodies (BEM SI) staged another round…
Jakarta – Thirteen lawyers forming an advocacy team are filing a lawsuit against the National Police chief and the Sikka Police chief in East Nusa…
Jakarta – Despite the pandemic, the government is allowing people to travel as long as they comply with COVID-19 health protocols.
However,…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – A recent survey has found that Indonesians are the most optimistic of their regional peers about the speed of…
Novan Iman Santosa, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is currently implementing the third strategic plan (Renstra) of the so-called Minimum…
Jakarta – A Quran teacher who allegedly molested a teenage student in Palembang, South Sumatra, has been released from police detention after the…
October 16, 2020
Jakarta – The national COVID-19 task force says in general COVID-19 handling in 10 prioritized provinces is showing good results, but it…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie and Belseran Christ, Jakarta and Ambon – The National Police have revealed an alleged plot to incite riots by four…
Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Demand for retail space in Jakarta contracted in the third quarter this year, the first time since the first quarter of…
Apriadi Gunawan and Nurni Sulaiman, Medan – The North Sumatra Forestry Agency has closed a hiking trail in a forested public park on Mount Sibayak…
Jakarta – East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Governor Viktor B. Laiskodat has announced that starting Friday the provincial administration will no longer…
Jakarta – Security authorities have deployed 18,000 personnel to beef up security amid the continuing protests against the controversial Job…
James Balowski – Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Indonesia last week in a series of angry and sometimes violence protests…




