Jakarta – Papuan human rights activist Veronica Koman is questioning the attitude of the Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) which she says…
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August 14, 2020
Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – The Labour Movement with the People (Gebrak) has asserted that there will be no compromise with the government or…
August 13, 2020
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government is pushing for digital transformation in a bid to boost efficiency and cut operational costs as it…
Annisa Nurul Aziza – Indonesian human rights activist and lawyer Veronica Koman said in a statement on Tuesday, August 11, that the Education…
Irfan Kamil, Jakarta – National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) Commissioner for Study and Research, Sandrayati Moniaga, says that the…
Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The urban transportation system in Greater Jakarta should be better integrated in order to increase convenience for…
Jakarta – National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has spent thousands of dollars to repair aircraft damaged by kites flown around Soekarno-Hatta…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has awarded posthumous honors to 22 medical workers who lost their lives in the fight…
Jakarta – Residents in Greater Jakarta will not be able to commemorate Indonesia's 75th Independence Day with big and festive celebrations as in…
Djemi Amnifu, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – For Gadrida Rosdiana Djukana, the editor-in-chief of East Nusa Tenggara-based daily publication KURSOR…
Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Indonesia, the biggest palm oil producer in the world, saw production and exports of the commodity contract in the…
Jakarta – Thirty medical and non-medical staff working for community health centers (Puskesmas) in Bogor city, West Java, have tested positive…
James Massola – One of Australia's most important strategic allies, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, is "interested in attracting investment…
Jakarta – For D, a 25-year-old nurse who works at Wisma Atlet Kemayoran temporary COVID-19 hospital in Central Jakarta, treating patients with…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The Indonesian education sector – a core element of national development – has overcome numerous challenges over…
Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on local administrations to accelerate their regional budget spending…
Agus Rahmat and Eduward Ambarita – Postings by artists and influencers on social media supporting the Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation (RUU…
Lenny Tristia Tambun, Dion Bisara, Vento Saudale, Jakarta – The World Health Organization has warned that Indonesia may risk increasing local…
Laras Susanti – Indonesia is experiencing a surge in child marriages. By June, 24,000 applications for permission to marry underage had been…
Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo set aside differences when he issued state awards to two politicians widely…
Jakarta – Deputy National Police chief Comr. Gen. Gatot Eddy Pramono has been appointed a deputy head of the national economic and COVID-19…
Facebook has been urged by media freedom advocates to restore an article it pulled ostensibly because the piece violated its rules on nudity.…
August 12, 2020
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The transmission rate of coronavirus has been picking up the pace in Jakarta and East Java since the beginning of the…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia raised another Rp 22 trillion (US$1.48 billion) on Tuesday from government bonds to fund the country's…
London – Surveillance, intimidation and harassment, protest dispersals, torture, arbitrary arrests and extra-judicial killings continued in the…
Mariyah L. M. and J N – Amidst a global wave of pandemic, widespread dispossession, and mass uprising, numerous states have seized the moment to…
Pacific Media Watch – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Facebook to restore an article that was censored for violating its rules on…
Jakarta – The Bali Police have named musician I Gede Ari Astina, better known as Jerinx, a suspect for defaming the Indonesian Medical…
Tim Mann – Indonesia is still struggling to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. Its fatalities are the worst in Southeast Asia, but so far the most…
As a trans woman, Hendrika Kelan overcame social barriers in conservative Indonesia to win the support of her community. Active in the Catholic…
New potential COVID-19 clusters have reportedly been identified following the central government's decision to allow schools located in…
A 20-year-old woman in West Jakarta staged a dramatic discovery of a newborn baby, authorities said, only to later own up that the baby was hers…
Jakarta – Papuan activist and former political prisoner Filep Karma says there are differences in how demonstrations proceed in Papua and Jakarta…
Jakarta – Attorney General ST Burhanuddin has revoked his newly issued guideline, which had required authorities to seek his permission to…
Jakarta – The human rights based community Papua Is Us (Papua Itu Kita) has launched a fund raising campaign to assist human rights activists and…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Nine cities across the country have more than 1,000 active COVID-19 cases, the national COVID-19 task force…
Norman Harsono and Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – More than 33 million Indonesian homes, businesses and public services are poised to see…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The State Palace has given an assurance that the change in the status of Corruption Eradication Commission (…
Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Health authorities are demanding that Jakarta's satellite cities follow the capital's lead in increasing the testing…
Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – With accusations mounting against her, Indonesian human rights lawyer Veronica Koman has said she is being forced…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry has closed one of its buildings at the ministerial compound in Setiabudi,…
Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Data discrepancies have continued to be a problem for Indonesia five months since it announced its first COVID-19…
Belseran Christ, Ambon, Maluku – The flow of the Nalbesi River was getting stronger as the rain flushed Buru Selatan regency in Maluku on a…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Retail sales in Indonesia fell 17.1 percent year-on-year (yoy) in June, marking a slight improvement when compared…
Jakarta – A man in Way Kanan, Lampung, allegedly murdered his own baby after his wife refused to have sex with him, local police said.
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Jakarta – Family members of a detainee who reportedly died at the Balerang Police station in Batam, Riau Islands, on Saturday have accused…
Friski Riana, Jakarta – Human rights advocate Veronica Koman admitted that the Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) warned her to return to…
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Several local members of the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) have expressed their disapproval of…
Gunawan and Ronna Nirmala, Balikpapan, Indonesia, and Jakarta – The last of seven Papuan activists was released from a detention center in…
Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has arrested prosecutor Pinangki Sirna Malasari for allegedly accepting bribes in connection with…




