Jakarta – The National Police's Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) has questioned Antasari Azhar, former chairman of the Corruption…
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August 21, 2020
Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Experts from various fields are dissatisfied with the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, urging it to…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The National Police's Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) has named six people suspects of an…
Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Indonesia's pediatricians have raised concerns over the government's plan to allow more schools to reopen, given that…
Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The government has urged managers of tourist attractions to strictly enforce COVID-19 health protocols as visitors are…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported 2,197 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, mainly due to surging cases in the…
Jayanty Nada Shofa/Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Jakarta Tourism and Creative Economy Department decided to put off the reopening of movie theaters…
August 20, 2020
Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Hana Puspita never thought that she would become a COVID-19 patient, until she and 20 of her relatives tested…
When Melati Wijsen set out to rid Bali of plastic bags at the age of 12, she could hardly have imagined it would catapult her onto the world stage…
Jakarta – Medical workers treating COVID-19 patients in Jakarta have yet to receive the financial incentives promised by the government since…
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Medical experts have criticised the unsolicited involvement of Indonesia's intelligence unit (BIN) and army in…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration has spent at least Rp 90.4 billion (US$6 million) for digital…
Jakarta – Indonesia has released four new series of special stamps that cover President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin, the…
Tom Allard, Kate Lamb, Jakarta/Sydney – Only last week Luhut Pandjaitan, Indonesia's maritime minister and close confidant of the country's…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – While most of Asian countries have been past their peak in the coronavirus outbreak – despite some of them seeing a…
Dyaning Pangestika and Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has postponed a plan to put a face mask on the landmark…
Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated on Wednesday 17 new members of the Indonesian Medical Council (KKI), albeit to…
Febriana Firdaus, Bali, Indonesia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Housewife Kristina 'Katy' Wambon rarely serves rice for breakfast. Her people,…
Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan is once again considering pulling the emergency brake to stop the gradual reopening of the…
Jakarta – Deputy Defense Minister Wahyu Sakti Trenggono says that the wars being waged at the moment are not always in the form of military or…
Charles Maniani, Jayapura – On Wednesday August 19, officers from the Abepura sectoral police (Polsek) forcibly broke up a Papuan People's…
Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced on Wednesday that the government will disburse Rp 2.4 million (US$161) in cash aid to micro and…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has said potential COVID-19 remedies being developed by Airlangga…
Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – To celebrate Independence Day on Aug. 17 at the Presidential Palace, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo wore an indigenous…
Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The National Federation of Trade Unions (KSPN) has responded to an accusation that the tripartite team formed by the…
August 19, 2020
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded the biggest trade surplus in nine years in July as exports rose for a third consecutive month…
Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Papua – Musa Heselo, a resident of Jayapura, Papua, was not aware that he had frequently been discriminated against on…
Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – Indonesian urban consumers are more optimistic than their global peers despite more consumers being impacted…
Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has named three prosecutors in Indragiri Hulu regency, Riau suspects for allegedly extorting Rp 650…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The majority of Indonesians find distance learning costly, especially among those with a lower socioeconomic status, a…
Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The government is turning to the power of storytelling to promote the country's major tourist destinations, which will…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives and labor unions have formed a team to discuss labor provisions in the controversial omnibus…
Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – The Bengkalis Police in Riau arrested last Wednesday four residents of Rupat Island on suspicion of illegal logging.…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has received 894 complaints pertaining to social aid in less than…
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The 2020 simultaneous regional elections are shaping up to be unpredictable competitions that will feature…
Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The Indonesian government should focus on reducing the risks associated with infrastructure projects and prioritize…
Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Indonesian State civil servants will enjoy many long weekends until the end of the year, according to…
Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have arrested six medical workers for allegedly facilitating illegal abortions at a clinic in the Raden Saleh area in…
Heru Andriyanto, Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Jakarta crossed 30,000 while the total number of Covid-19 deaths also…
Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – A woman believed to be the wife of terror fugitive Ali Kalora has been arrested in Central Sulawesi as she planned to…
Jayapura, Jubi – Abepura Sector Police of Jayapura Municipality dispersed fundraising activity by Papuan Student Solidarity for Veronica Koman in…
Jakarta – The Medan Police in North Sumatra arrested 45-year-old Joniar Nainggolan and 41-year-old Benni Eduward Hasibuan for allegedly spreading…
A 15-year-old girl, who was sexually abused by people close to her, has been sentenced to two years in prison after she was found guilty for the…
Hendartyo Hanggi, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Pandjaitan said the government supported the…
Andreas Harsono, Jakarta – Kate Walton wanted to cook klepon and she tweeted it – showing a bag of flour, pandan, coconut etc. – and Indonesians…
Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – Indonesian Human Rights Watch (Imparsial) says that the government is overly simplifying the phrase "low level of…
Jakarta – Deputy Defense Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono has said the planned national defense education program, which will allow civilians to…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has named Coordinating Legal, Political and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government is pinning its hopes on a growth rate of around zero percent this year as it struggles to spend a Rp…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The government is mulling over a plan to develop "medical tourism" in the country in a bid to provide high quality…




