Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – Labour groups have criticised the House of Representatives (DPR) for holding a meeting to discuss labour related…
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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 – The actual COVID-19 death toll in Indonesia could be three times the reported figure, which reached 10,105 on Thursday.
Dicky…
Ardila Syakriah and Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Indonesia's coronavirus response has once again become clouded by confusion after the…
Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo reasserted the government's commitment to prioritizing health concerns in containing the…
Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo must take charge in handling the COVID-19 crisis in Indonesia as the country grapples with…
Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has revealed that dozens of its employees have resigned from the agency.
The word on…
Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Garment company PT Sejin Fashion Indonesia, a subsidiary of South Korean footwear manufacturer Parkland Co., Ltd., has…
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…
Kendari – The Ombudsman's South-East Sulawesi representative office says that the regional police's use of a helicopter to forcibly disperse…
Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has appointed six military officers to strategic posts within the Defense Ministry,…
Arlina Arshad, Linda Yulisman and Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesian gravedigger Adang Saputra's heart breaks every time he hears the all…
Fana Suparman & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, responded to recent media reports that tens of…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Three provinces on Sumatra Island have had their total number of confirmed coronavirus cases more than double within…
September 25, 2020
Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated the Pekanbaru-Dumai section of the trans-Sumatera toll road through a…
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…
Jakarta – The Agrarian Reform National Committee (KNPA) says that at least 49 protesters were arrested and are still being held by police around…
Jakarta – As the Jakarta administration extends large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) for another two weeks, Governor Anies Baswedan has claimed…
Nina Loasana, Jakarta – The coronavirus pandemic did not stop agrarian reform activists from staging a protest in front of the House of…
Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Indonesian carmakers are looking at the export market to boost sales and increase factory utilization rates as the COVID…
Jakarta – Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin has revealed that the Attorney General's Office (AGO) has arrested 78 fugitives so far this year…
Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The government has made strides in expanding hospital capacity and improving treatment standards for COVID-19 patients,…
Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – National COVID-19 task force spokesperson Wiku Adisasmito has warned the public about possible infection clusters at…
Jakarta – The House of Representatives and the government agreed to drop provisions on education from the omnibus bill on job creation on Thursday…
Jakarta – The Makassar Police have arrested 20 people who staged a protest in front of the South Sulawesi Legislative Council building in Makassar…
Jakarta – An Islamic boarding school in North Purwokerto, Banyumas, Central Java, has been closed temporarily after 127 students…
Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid says that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has broken the…
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…
Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – Indonesia's coffee producers and farmers are calling for support, including financing and product absorption, to…
Jakarta – Tegal Legislative Council (DPRD) deputy speaker Wasmad Edi Susilo held a dangdut concert in the Central Java city on Wednesday that…
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.…
There are reports from West Papua that Indonesian police have arrested about 200 demonstrators at different locations across Nabire…
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…
Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Jakarta – Indonesia has recently been rewarded for its forest policies.
The government has secured US$124.1 million…
Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has extended large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in the capital – Indonesia's COVID-19…
Yogi Eka Sahputra, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has claimed the…
Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – At least 500 professional health workers signed an open letter for President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo, urging the…
Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – A newly-graduating doctor was arrested on Friday for allegedly harassing a woman during a rapid screening for…
Jakarta – The extraction of sand for the reclamation of Makassar New Port threatens the livelihoods of fishermen. Matters will get worse after the…
Benny Mawel and Budi Sutrisno in Jayapura and Jakarta – The killing of Pastor Yeremia Zanambani in Intan Jaya regency, Papua, last weekend –…
Antara, Jakarta – According to a recent survey by the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent…
Bisnis, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry's Director-General of Air Transport, Novie Riyanto, said his side received information that three…
Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – The North Jakarta government has again found businesses that violated lockdown rules, or Large-Scale…
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…
Jakarta – As many as 290 farmer, fisherpeople, student, labour and environmental organisations have united to reject the Draft Omnibus Law on Job…
Jimmy Daniel Berlianto Oley and Rendy Adriyan Diningrat – The Indonesian government's response to Covid-19 has been ineffective. Public criticism…
Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has said that air pollution is a significant health issue in the capital, causing more than 5 million…
Jakarta – Indonesian activists and workers held rallies across the country on Thursday to protest against President Joko Widodo's flagship Job…
Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) supervisory council has declared the commission's chairman, Firli Bahuri, guilty of an…
Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – Massive flooding has inundated dozens of districts in Central Kalimantan and West Kalimantan over the last 15 days,…




