Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Indonesian singer/songwriter and YouTuber Erdian Aji Prihartanto, popularly known as Anji, has sparked controversy after…
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August 4, 2020
Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform is urging the government and the House of Representatives…
Antara, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) ordered to conduct a two-week "wear face mask" campaign on a massive scale throughout Indonesia…
Rafi Abiyyu, Jakarta – Member of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), Choirul Anam, said his side was still examining the report…
Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) is looking into alleged law violations by a prosecutor who had reportedly made face-to-face contact…
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Critics have decried the government's recent decision to lift a ban on the recruitment and placement of…
Jakarta – The State Palace vowed compliance with health protocol on Tuesday after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and several ministers faced…
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Lifting people out of poverty in Indonesia has also helped slow the country's rate of deforestation, a new study…
August 3, 2020
Fana Suparman, Jakarta – The Supreme Court has issued a regulation encouraging judges to deliver a life sentence against any graft convict who…
Dina Fitri Anisa, Jakarta – At least 72 doctors have died from Covid-19 in the five months the health workers battling with the increasing number…
Update: Police have charged Edo Putra and his friend with spreading disinformation and content that violates moral norms, which are punishable by…
Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) suspects that an incident in which the director of the East Kalimantan chapter of the…
Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) noted a positive growth in the occupancy rate of Indonesian flights.…
Jack Board, Dili – An alien structure is humming over the distant lapping of some of the world's clearest and biodiverse waters.
The locals…
Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah said on Sunday that a tripartite forum consisting of labor union groups, the…
Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia continues to disproportionately affect women, exacerbating gender…
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Oil and gas companies in Indonesia may now choose to either use a cost recovery or gross split-based production sharing…
Jakarta – The government plans to roll out a new education scheme that will simplify the curriculum and address existing hindrances to remote…
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The government has ordered state-owned electricity giant PLN to waive minimum monthly electricity fees for businesses,…
Jakarta – West Papua province has again been recorded as having the worst democracy index. This year (2019), West Papua's Democracy Index (IDI)…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives may not conclude the deliberation of the omnibus bill on job creation in August as it is…
N. Adri, Samarinda, East Kalimantan – Women rights activists have called for authorities in East Kalimantan not to bow to pressure from local…
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The number of foreign tourists arriving on Indonesia's shores plummeted 59.96 percent to 3.09 million in the…
Jakarta – Inflation in Indonesia has slowed down in July to the lowest level in more than two decades, as consumer demand has yet to recover…
August 2, 2020
James Massola and Amilia Rosa – Indonesia's famous holiday island, Bali, has officially re-opened to domestic tourists.
Five months after…
Jakarta – People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo has proposed that 9-millimeter pistols and ammunition be made legally…
Jakarta – The Manpower Ministry has announced that it will reopen recruitment and placement of Indonesian migrant workers in a bid to strengthen…
Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Medical workers in Jakarta are concerned about the increasing bed occupancy rates in the city's hospitals and the…
Jakarta – At least 72 doctors across the country have died from COVID-19, the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) said on Saturday.
"Based…
Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration is amassing a significant amount of money from city residents who seem not to care about…
Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – Mining players are optimistic the central government's take over of environmental licensing and management authorities…
Randy Mulyanto – The spectre of communism still looms large in two of Southeast Asia's most vibrant democracies. In the Philippines, the army is…
August 1, 2020
Zakarias Demon Daton, Samarinda – Health officials in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, tried to force three activists to undergo isolation at a local…
A response to a statement from Jaleswari Pramodhawardani (Vice Deputy for Political, Legal, Security and Human Rights of the Presidential Staff…
Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – The Indonesian Public Health Experts Association (IAKMI) has criticised the government for failing to involve…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The National Police will investigate allegations that a flow of illicit funds allowed graft fugitive Djoko…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has demanded that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo evaluate the performance…
Jakarta – More than half of the people tested for COVID-19 at houses of worship were found to have the disease, health authorities have revealed…
Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The University of Melbourne in Australia has found that Ibrahim Malik, a student accused of sexual assault by…
Nina Loasana, Jakarta – Authorities are investigating allegations that a student at Airlangga University (Unair) in Surabaya, East Java, sexually…
Jakarta – Finally, long-time fugitive Djoko S. Tjandra could no longer evade arrest. Handcuffed and wearing the orange vest for detainees, the…
Febriana Firdaus, Ubud – Ni Kadek Erawati, 40, used to work in a villa in her village, Tegallalang, a Balinese district famous for its Instagram-…
Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Indonesia should include youths as one of the priorities in COVID-19 relief efforts, since it is the younger…
Kompas, Jakarta – The West Java provincial government decided on Saturday to extend the large-scale social restrictions, or PSBB, in five…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Central Java surpassed South Sulawesi to join the top three provinces with the most cases of coronavirus on Saturday,…
July 31, 2020
The Timorese government is evaluating options to allow Portuguese teachers who left the country in April, due to the Covid-19, to return to Timor…
Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Ninety-one endangered animals endemic to Indonesia that had been smuggled to the Philippines have returned to…
I Wayan Juniarta, Denpasar – After a five-month hiatus imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bali was officially reopened for tourism in…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Indonesia have increased by 51,991 in the whole month of July, during which the…
Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – State-owned train operator company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PT KAI) recorded that the number of long-distance…




