Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's stimulus packages are considered insufficient for households to survive the pandemic, a new survey…
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July 28, 2020
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The management of the preemployment card program is planning to increase the admission intake for future…
Jakarta – National COVID-19 task force head Doni Monardo said on Monday that the government would allow the reopening of schools outside green…
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Civil society actors across Indonesia have laid out a two-phase lawsuit to challenge the controversial Coal and Mineral…
Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – A police general faces multiple charges after being named a suspect for allegedly assisting graft convict and…
Jakarta – Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto's widely publicized plan to purchase a batch of used Eurofighter Typhoon jet fighters from the…
Banda Aceh – Two Indonesian women have been publicly whipped nearly 100 times each for selling sex workers' services online, an official in the…
Jakarta – The Surabaya Police in East Java and the Bengkayang Police in West Kalimantan have arrested two suspects in two separate…
Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Jakarta city administration has urged private and public offices in the capital to conduct coronavirus tests on…
On Monday July 27 in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta, SOLIDER (People's Solidarity for Democracy) held a commemoration of the Kudatuli affair…
Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The COVID-19 epidemic is expected to put at risk Indonesia's target of eliminating hepatitis B and C by 2030 as it has…
Jakarta – National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) Commissioner Choirul Anam says that the government's narrative on lifestyles under the "…
Riska Rahman, Jakarta – State-owned banks have collectively disbursed Rp 43.5 trillion (US$2.99 billion) in working capital loans using funding…
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Akhyar Nasution, the acting mayor of Medan in North Sumatra, has switched parties from the ruling Indonesian Democratic…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The West Java administration will require all residents to wear face masks starting Monday, with violators of the new…
Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has called on all Muslims living in Jakarta's red zones to avoid mass prayers during Idul Adha (Day of…
Jakarta – The Jakarta Tourism and Creative Economy Agency has banned entertainment establishments from operating on Thursday and…
July 27, 2020
Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – A high ranking police officer accused of discreetly facilitating the return of graft fugitive Djoko Tjandra has not been…
Ghina Ghaliya and Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has issued a presidential regulation (Perpres) on…
Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono, the head of the Department of Epidemiology of the University of Indonesia, suggested the government…
Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan claimed he was pleased to see the surge in daily confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city,…
Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Jakarta's city administration has pledged to accelerate the construction of intermediate waste treatment facilities to…
Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Monday instructed the National Covid-19 Task Force to focus on eight provinces…
Heru Andriyanto, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – National Covid-19 Task Force Head Doni Monardo admitted on Monday he had no idea when the number…
Rizki Fachriansyah and Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Indonesia's official tally of COVID-19 cases has reached 100,303 after the government…
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government has so far spent almost a fifth of its stimulus budget to contain the health and economic…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has submitted an amicus curiae to support Diananta Putra Sumedi, former chief editor of local…
Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – A group of 57 Catholic priests from across Papua Island have demanded that the government put a stop to the "…
Police in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta say they are going after the uploader of a viral video that suggested the Chinese army was gearing up to…
The police's Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) officers in West Jakarta raided a hotel in Kembangan, West Jakarta following complaints by locals…
A guerilla force waging war for independence in West Papua has revealed it's been buying weapons from Indonesia's military.
The West Papua…
Rizky Maulana and Jonathan Vit, Jakarta, Indonesia – There's never been a more dangerous time to work as an EMT in Indonesia. Front line medical…
Indonesia confirmed its 100,000th coronavirus case on Monday as the Red Cross warned that the health crisis in the world's fourth most populous…
Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Indonesia has crossed the 100,000 mark for the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday (Jul 27), with…
Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – The World Bank has expressed strong criticism toward the omnibus bill on job creation, arguing that the proposed…
Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has predicted that the dry season will last until October while also issuing…
Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – Indonesian banks face challenges with human resources as they strive to bolster digital banking during the global…
Jakarta – State-owned train operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PT KAI) has started providing rapid testing at several train stations in a bid to…
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – A majority of female workers do not know what to ask from the government to protect their rights amid the…
Batam, Indonesia – Indonesian police have charged four more people in connection with the alleged torturing to death of an Indonesian crew member…
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The government has threatened to sanction nickel businesses that fail to comply with nickel ore pricing regulations and…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The government is set to grant protection and compensation to people were impacted by past acts of terrorism at…
Victor Mambor, Jayapura – An 18-year-old resident of Asiki district in Bovel Digoel regency, Papua, reportedly died after being tortured by…
Dian Septiari, Jakarta – Indonesian policymakers are not putting the nation's healthcare eggs in one basket. The country has chosen to partner…
Ivany Atina Arbi, Evi Mariani and Dwi Atmanta, Jakarta – Victims of sexual abuse and harassment in the Indonesian Catholic Church face "thick…
A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – Amid rampant corruption in the natural resources sector, the government is proposing centralized licensing and…
July 26, 2020
Rahmad Nasution – More and more armed Papuan rebels have surrendered and declared their allegiance to the Unitary State of the Republic of…
Max Walden and Sastra Wijaya – While Malaysia managed to flatten its COVID-19 curve with a strict stay-at-home order, a slowed economy has seen…
Jakarta – The Banten provincial administration has, once again, extended large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) to flatten the curve…
Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – Most Indonesians disagree with the government's decision to hold the 2020 simultaneous regional elections on Dec. 9, as…




