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August 4, 2020

Jakarta Post - August 4, 2020

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Indonesian singer/songwriter and YouTuber Erdian Aji Prihartanto, popularly known as Anji, has sparked controversy after…

Kompas.com - August 4, 2020

Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform is urging the government and the House of Representatives…

Tempo - August 4, 2020

Antara, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) ordered to conduct a two-week "wear face mask" campaign on a massive scale throughout Indonesia…

Tempo - August 4, 2020

Rafi Abiyyu, Jakarta – Member of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), Choirul Anam, said his side was still examining the report…

Jakarta Post - August 4, 2020

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) is looking into alleged law violations by a prosecutor who had reportedly made face-to-face contact…

Jakarta Post - August 4, 2020

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Critics have decried the government's recent decision to lift a ban on the recruitment and placement of…

Jakarta Post - August 4, 2020

Jakarta – The State Palace vowed compliance with health protocol on Tuesday after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and several ministers faced…

Mongabay - August 4, 2020

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

Jakarta Globe - 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…

Jakarta Globe - August 3, 2020

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…

Coconuts Jakarta - August 3, 2020

Update: Police have charged Edo Putra and his friend with spreading disinformation and content that violates moral norms, which are punishable by…

CNN Indonesia - August 3, 2020

Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) suspects that an incident in which the director of the East Kalimantan chapter of the…

Tempo - August 3, 2020

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) noted a positive growth in the occupancy rate of Indonesian flights.…

Channel News Asia - August 3, 2020

Jack Board, Dili – An alien structure is humming over the distant lapping of some of the world's clearest and biodiverse waters.

The locals…

Jakarta Post - August 3, 2020

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah said on Sunday that a tripartite forum consisting of labor union groups, the…

Jakarta Post - August 3, 2020

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia continues to disproportionately affect women, exacerbating gender…

Jakarta Post - August 3, 2020

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 Post - August 3, 2020

Jakarta – The government plans to roll out a new education scheme that will simplify the curriculum and address existing hindrances to remote…

Jakarta Post - August 3, 2020

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The government has ordered state-owned electricity giant PLN to waive minimum monthly electricity fees for businesses,…

CNN Indonesia - August 3, 2020

Jakarta – West Papua province has again been recorded as having the worst democracy index. This year (2019), West Papua's Democracy Index (IDI)…

Jakarta Post - August 3, 2020

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives may not conclude the deliberation of the omnibus bill on job creation in August as it is…

Jakarta Post - August 3, 2020

N. Adri, Samarinda, East Kalimantan – Women rights activists have called for authorities in East Kalimantan not to bow to pressure from local…

Jakarta Post - August 3, 2020

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 Globe - August 3, 2020

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

Sydney Morning Herald - 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 Post - August 2, 2020

Jakarta – People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo has proposed that 9-millimeter pistols and ammunition be made legally…

Jakarta Post - August 2, 2020

Jakarta – The Manpower Ministry has announced that it will reopen recruitment and placement of Indonesian migrant workers in a bid to strengthen…

Jakarta Post - August 2, 2020

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Medical workers in Jakarta are concerned about the increasing bed occupancy rates in the city's hospitals and the…

Jakarta Post - August 2, 2020

Jakarta – At least 72 doctors across the country have died from COVID-19, the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) said on Saturday.

"Based…

Jakarta Post - August 2, 2020

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration is amassing a significant amount of money from city residents who seem not to care about…

Jakarta Post - August 2, 2020

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – Mining players are optimistic the central government's take over of environmental licensing and management authorities…

South China Morning Post - August 2, 2020

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

Kompas.com - August 1, 2020

Zakarias Demon Daton, Samarinda – Health officials in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, tried to force three activists to undergo isolation at a local…

Scoop - August 1, 2020

A response to a statement from Jaleswari Pramodhawardani (Vice Deputy for Political, Legal, Security and Human Rights of the Presidential Staff…

CNN Indonesia - August 1, 2020

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – The Indonesian Public Health Experts Association (IAKMI) has criticised the government for failing to involve…

Jakarta Post - August 1, 2020

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The National Police will investigate allegations that a flow of illicit funds allowed graft fugitive Djoko…

Jakarta Post - August 1, 2020

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has demanded that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo evaluate the performance…

Jakarta Post - August 1, 2020

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…

Jakarta Post - August 1, 2020

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The University of Melbourne in Australia has found that Ibrahim Malik, a student accused of sexual assault by…

Jakarta Post - August 1, 2020

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – Authorities are investigating allegations that a student at Airlangga University (Unair) in Surabaya, East Java, sexually…

Jakarta Post Editorial - August 1, 2020

Jakarta – Finally, long-time fugitive Djoko S. Tjandra could no longer evade arrest. Handcuffed and wearing the orange vest for detainees, the…

The Guardian - August 1, 2020

Febriana Firdaus, Ubud – Ni Kadek Erawati, 40, used to work in a villa in her village, Tegallalang, a Balinese district famous for its Instagram-…

Jakarta Post - August 1, 2020

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Indonesia should include youths as one of the priorities in COVID-19 relief efforts, since it is the younger…

Jakarta Globe - August 1, 2020

Kompas, Jakarta – The West Java provincial government decided on Saturday to extend the large-scale social restrictions, or PSBB, in five…

Jakarta Globe - August 1, 2020

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 Portugal News - 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…

Jakarta Post - July 31, 2020

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Ninety-one endangered animals endemic to Indonesia that had been smuggled to the Philippines have returned to…

Jakarta Post - July 31, 2020

I Wayan Juniarta, Denpasar – After a five-month hiatus imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bali was officially reopened for tourism in…

Jakarta Globe - July 31, 2020

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Indonesia have increased by 51,991 in the whole month of July, during which the…

Tempo - July 31, 2020

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – State-owned train operator company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PT KAI) recorded that the number of long-distance…