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September 27, 2020

Kompas.com - September 27, 2020

Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – Labour groups have criticised the House of Representatives (DPR) for holding a meeting to discuss labour related…

East Asia Forum - September 27, 2020

Greg Fealy – Over the past four years, the government of Indonesian President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo has been conducting a concerted and systematic…

September 26, 2020

Jakarta Post - September 26, 2020

Jakarta – The actual COVID-19 death toll in Indonesia could be three times the reported figure, which reached 10,105 on Thursday.

Dicky…

Jakarta Post - September 26, 2020

Ardila Syakriah and Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Indonesia's coronavirus response has once again become clouded by confusion after the…

Jakarta Post - September 26, 2020

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo reasserted the government's commitment to prioritizing health concerns in containing the…

Jakarta Post - September 26, 2020

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo must take charge in handling the COVID-19 crisis in Indonesia as the country grapples with…

Jakarta Post - September 26, 2020

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has revealed that dozens of its employees have resigned from the agency.

The word on…

Jakarta Post - September 26, 2020

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Garment company PT Sejin Fashion Indonesia, a subsidiary of South Korean footwear manufacturer Parkland Co., Ltd., has…

Nikkei Asian Review - September 26, 2020

Ian Lloyd Neubauer – COVID-19 and the global collapse in oil and gas prices appear to have put the final nail into the coffin of East Timor's long…

CNN Indonesia - September 26, 2020

Kendari – The Ombudsman's South-East Sulawesi representative office says that the regional police's use of a helicopter to forcibly disperse…

Jakarta Post - September 26, 2020

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has appointed six military officers to strategic posts within the Defense Ministry,…

Straits Times - September 26, 2020

Arlina Arshad, Linda Yulisman and Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesian gravedigger Adang Saputra's heart breaks every time he hears the all…

Jakarta Globe - September 26, 2020

Fana Suparman & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, responded to recent media reports that tens of…

Jakarta Globe - September 26, 2020

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Three provinces on Sumatra Island have had their total number of confirmed coronavirus cases more than double within…

September 25, 2020

Jakarta Post - September 25, 2020

Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated the Pekanbaru-Dumai section of the trans-Sumatera toll road through a…

Jakarta Post - September 25, 2020

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – For the third day in a row, Indonesia has logged a record daily high number of coronavirus cases as the Health Ministry…

CNN Indonesia - September 25, 2020

Jakarta – The Agrarian Reform National Committee (KNPA) says that at least 49 protesters were arrested and are still being held by police around…

Jakarta Post - September 25, 2020

Jakarta – As the Jakarta administration extends large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) for another two weeks, Governor Anies Baswedan has claimed…

Jakarta Post - September 25, 2020

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – The coronavirus pandemic did not stop agrarian reform activists from staging a protest in front of the House of…

Jakarta Post - September 25, 2020

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Indonesian carmakers are looking at the export market to boost sales and increase factory utilization rates as the COVID…

Jakarta Post - September 25, 2020

Jakarta – Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin has revealed that the Attorney General's Office (AGO) has arrested 78 fugitives so far this year…

Jakarta Post - September 25, 2020

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The government has made strides in expanding hospital capacity and improving treatment standards for COVID-19 patients,…

Jakarta Post - September 25, 2020

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – National COVID-19 task force spokesperson Wiku Adisasmito has warned the public about possible infection clusters at…

Jakarta Post - September 25, 2020

Jakarta – The House of Representatives and the government agreed to drop provisions on education from the omnibus bill on job creation on Thursday…

Jakarta Post - September 25, 2020

Jakarta – The Makassar Police have arrested 20 people who staged a protest in front of the South Sulawesi Legislative Council building in Makassar…

Jakarta Post - September 25, 2020

Jakarta – An Islamic boarding school in North Purwokerto, Banyumas, Central Java, has been closed temporarily after 127 students…

Kompas.com - September 25, 2020

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid says that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has broken the…

Jakarta Post - September 25, 2020

Jakarta – Akmal Taher has stepped down from his position as head of the health division of the national COVID-19 task force, citing what he said…

Jakarta Post - September 25, 2020

Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – Indonesia's coffee producers and farmers are calling for support, including financing and product absorption, to…

Jakarta Post - September 25, 2020

Jakarta – Tegal Legislative Council (DPRD) deputy speaker Wasmad Edi Susilo held a dangdut concert in the Central Java city on Wednesday that…

ABC News - September 25, 2020

Anne Barker – Bebalang village is best known to tourists as a stop on Bali's Eat, Pray, Love tour for fans of Elizabeth Gilbert's famous memoir.…

Radio New Zealand - September 25, 2020

There are reports from West Papua that Indonesian police have arrested about 200 demonstrators at different locations across Nabire…

Associated Press - September 25, 2020

An invisible workforce of millions of workers from some of Asia's poorest countries toil in the palm oil industry, many of them enduring various…

Jakarta Post - September 25, 2020

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Jakarta – Indonesia has recently been rewarded for its forest policies.

The government has secured US$124.1 million…

Jakarta Post - September 25, 2020

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has extended large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in the capital – Indonesia's COVID-19…

Tempo - September 25, 2020

Yogi Eka Sahputra, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has claimed the…

Tempo - September 25, 2020

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – At least 500 professional health workers signed an open letter for President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo, urging the…

Jakarta Globe - September 25, 2020

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – A newly-graduating doctor was arrested on Friday for allegedly harassing a woman during a rapid screening for…

Tempo - September 25, 2020

Jakarta – The extraction of sand for the reclamation of Makassar New Port threatens the livelihoods of fishermen. Matters will get worse after the…

Asia Pacific Report - September 25, 2020

Benny Mawel and Budi Sutrisno in Jayapura and Jakarta – The killing of Pastor Yeremia Zanambani in Intan Jaya regency, Papua, last weekend –…

Tempo - September 25, 2020

Antara, Jakarta – According to a recent survey by the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent…

Tempo - September 25, 2020

Bisnis, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry's Director-General of Air Transport, Novie Riyanto, said his side received information that three…

Tempo - September 25, 2020

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – The North Jakarta government has again found businesses that violated lockdown rules, or Large-Scale…

September 24, 2020

Jakarta Post - September 24, 2020

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Prosecutors have sought sentences ranging from 18 years to life in prison for former executives of state insurer PT…

CNN Indonesia - September 24, 2020

Jakarta – As many as 290 farmer, fisherpeople, student, labour and environmental organisations have united to reject the Draft Omnibus Law on Job…

Indonesia at Melbourne - September 24, 2020

Jimmy Daniel Berlianto Oley and Rendy Adriyan Diningrat – The Indonesian government's response to Covid-19 has been ineffective. Public criticism…

Jakarta Post - September 24, 2020

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has said that air pollution is a significant health issue in the capital, causing more than 5 million…

Reuters - September 24, 2020

Jakarta – Indonesian activists and workers held rallies across the country on Thursday to protest against President Joko Widodo's flagship Job…

Jakarta Post - September 24, 2020

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) supervisory council has declared the commission's chairman, Firli Bahuri, guilty of an…

Jakarta Post - September 24, 2020

Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – Massive flooding has inundated dozens of districts in Central Kalimantan and West Kalimantan over the last 15 days,…