Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Gay activist Hartoyo has had to overcome both physical and virtual curbs on his movement so that he may continue to feed…
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August 25, 2020
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded a budget deficit of Rp 330.2 trillion (US$22.4 billion), or 2 percent of gross domestic product (…
Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Shipowners Association (INSA) and an industry expert have called on the government to reevaluate…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – A female staff member at a private firm in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, allegedly hired a group of contract killers…
Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Indonesia is seeking to work with the US state of Indiana by importing more soybeans and in turn expanding the market for…
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Four Indonesian strategic upstream gas projects are facing headwinds from pandemic-related restrictions and exiting…
Jakarta – The Indonesian Navy launched on Monday two domestically manufactured Type PC-40 M warships called Karotang-872 and Mata Bongsang-873.…
August 24, 2020
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Indonesia's largest oil and gas company, state-owned Pertamina, booked a US$767.92 million net loss in the first half of…
Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Indonesians' commitment to and satisfaction with democracy has started to trend upward following a steep decline…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court has handed down a six-year prison sentence for former General Elections Commission (KPU)…
Timika, Indonesia – More than 1,000 Indonesian workers blocked access to the world's biggest gold mine on Monday in protest at a company move to…
Health authorities in Batam, Riau Islands are looking for a woman who allegedly smeared her own face with the saliva of a deceased COVID-19…
Kissing or touching one's forehead to the hand of an elder is a traditional show of respect in many parts of Indonesia, but it reportedly led to…
Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – The Committee for the Safety of Journalists (KKJ) says that the hacking of mass media websites is a new threat…
James Massola – The Indonesian island of Bali has bowed to the inevitable and will remain closed to foreign tourists until the end of 2020.
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Jakarta – The police in Central Mamuju regency, West Sulawesi, have launched an investigation into the death of Demas Laira, 28, an online media…
Jakarta – Evi Novida Ginting Manik officially returned to her position as General Elections Commission (KPU) commissioner on Monday after…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has started deliberating the draft revision to the 2011 Constitutional Court Law amid…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Giring Ganesha, the newly appointed Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) acting chairman, has declared his intention of…
Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The sizeable initial investment required to establish a lithium battery manufacturing facility is one of the primary…
Jakarta – Indonesia's response to the COVID-19 outbreak has not been successful, an epidemiologist from Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta…
Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry has begun to transfer Rp 66.5 trillion, or $4.5 billion of cash to 15.7 million workers and…
August 23, 2020
Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The United Federation of Indonesian Teachers (FSGI) has urged the government to do more to protect teachers, school…
Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The government is committed to accelerating a "national digital transformation" through five priority programs,…
Alya Nurbaiti and Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Civil groups have condemned recent cyberattacks on the websites of two prominent institutions and the…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia added 2,037 cases on Sunday to continue a run of more than 2,000 cases per day for the fourth day in a row.…
Jakarta – Prisoners being detained at the Attorney General's Office (AGO) complex on Jl. Sultan Hasanudin Dalam in South Jakarta are…
Jakarta – Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Antasari Azhar has asked where the Rp 546 billion (US$36.5 million) seized as…
August 22, 2020
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Indonesia surpassed the 150,000 mark on Saturday as new cases have been…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration will start enforcing progressive fines for residents who do not wear a face mask…
Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – A recent survey of "opinion leaders" has named three popular governors the best regional respondents to the COVID-19…
Mataram City (West Nusa Tenggara) – An Indonesian woman's baby died in her womb after Covid-19 test requirements delayed the labour care she…
Jakarta – Flames engulfed the Attorney General's Office (AGO) building on Jl. Sultan Hasanudin Dalam in South Jakarta on Saturday…
M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office building was in fire on Saturday, August 22, 2020. Attorney Razman Nasution suspected that…
Andree Surianta – For the past decade, the Indonesian government has stepped up efforts to mandate the use of the Indonesian language in all…
Ben Bland – Indonesian President Joko Widodo isn't a great orator but the former factory owner has a knack for charming listeners with cute…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives and labor unions have agreed not to include several proposed revisions in a disputed labor…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The United Nations joined with Indonesia's Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) on Saturday in a peace…
Dian Erika Nugraheny, Jakarta – The recent hacking of the Tempo.co website has not intimidated Tempo's editors who will continue to take a…
August 21, 2020
Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – News site tempo.co from Tempo Media Group experienced a series of hacks from Thursday midnight to early Friday.
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Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The number of cured or discharged Covid-19 patients in Indonesia crosses the 100,000 mark on Thursday, while confirmed…
Jakarta – A 17-year-old actress and singer has been harassed by internet users after a video allegedly showing her and her boyfriend engaging in a…
Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The World Health Organization (WHO) and a business group have urged local administrations to maintain strict control of…
Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – The government is in a race against the clock to deliver funds to the public to cushion the impacts of the pandemic…
Jakarta – E-wallet platform DANA has officially become the government's latest partner to disburse cash assistance to participants of the pre-…
Jakarta – As many as 162,938 vehicles left Jakarta on the eve of the Islamic New Year holiday on Wednesday, state-owned toll road operator PT Jasa…
Jakarta – The National Police have said that they have punished two officers who reportedly extorted a Japanese tourist for Rp 1…
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government has registered 12 million bank accounts of eligible recipients in its COVID-19 wage subsidy…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Antigraft and human rights activists have raised concerns over the government's use of social media "…
Jakarta – The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) revealed that at least 86 doctors had died of COVID-19 since the new coronavirus began wreaking…




