Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested 11 former members of the North Sumatra Regional Legislative…
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July 23, 2020
Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will investigate five state institutions found to have used personal bank accounts to…
Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – False trading and stock price manipulation were among the most common violations found in the Indonesia Stock…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Steadfast commitment to the well-being of women and children is an essential aspect of the nation's COVID-19…
Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The government has committed to assisting citizens hit hardest by the COVID-19 outbreak until the end of the year, but…
Alfath Asmunda, Banda Aceh – A series of cases of sexual violence against children has taken place in Aceh. Last week for example, two infants in…
After launching a peaceful action on Tuesday July 15, the Alliance for the Enactment of the Draft Law on the Eradication of Sexual Violence (…
Jakarta – Indigenous faith group Sunda Wiwitan has said local authorities have committed a human rights violation by closing off a tomb built by…
Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Indonesia's exports of horticultural products such as fruit, vegetables and spices to Japan remain uncompetitive…
Engelbert Wally, Sentani – Papua should become a sovereign territory following the end of the autonomy policy era. The claim has aligned with the…
July 22, 2020
Dewi Elvia Muthiariny, Jakarta – The Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal, and Security Mahfud Md held a meeting with the task…
Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Indonesia's automotive industry players can breathe a sigh of relief as national car sales in June rebounded strongly,…
Eisya A. Eloksari, Jakarta – Indonesian companies plan to increase their cybersecurity budget this year amid the high number of cyberattacks…
Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – With the COVID-19 pandemic requiring an unprecedented scale of laboratory testing, Indonesia continues to face…
Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – An animal protection organization, Animals Australia, has reported that the COVID-19 pandemic has put animals in…
Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia's military rejected allegations on Wednesday (July 22) by Papuan separatists that a father and son killed at the…
Indonesian security forces have denied that two local West Papuans they killed late last week were innocent civilians.
The men were shot…
Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has urged the public to use locally produced rapid…
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Indonesia is estimated to lose between 10,000 and 15,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) from oil theft in several…
Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has urged Padjajaran University's Medical School research team in Bandung, West Java to make the Sinovac…
Tri Indah Oktavianti and Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The Indonesian Anticorruption Community (MAKI) reported House of Representatives Deputy Speaker…
Jakarta – Hundreds of workers and businesspeople grouped under the Jakarta Association of Entertainment Entrepreneurs (Asphija) staged a rally in…
Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – As four junior high schoolers waded across a fast flowing river on their way to school, they struggled to keep…
Ghina Ghaliya and Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo has topped the list of potential candidates for the 2024…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Public trust in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto's handling of the COVID-19…
Triyan Pangastuti, Jakarta – Foreign direct investment into Indonesia has dropped 6.9 percent in the second quarter from the same period last…
Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – Following the news about two Nduga, Papua residents who were allegedly shot dead by Indonesian armed forces (TNI…
Jakarta – The National Police are currently investigating 92 cases of alleged embezzlement surrounding COVID-19 social aid in 18 provinces across…
Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The Health Ministry announced 139 more COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, by far the highest one-day death toll linked to the…
July 21, 2020
Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – Experts have highlighted the need to support industry sectors dominated by women, as the economic downturn from the…
Len Garae – In its historic courtesy call and meeting with Prime Minister Bob Loughman to double check on whether or not his Government has…
Rainer Heufers – Governments around the world have been borrowing money during the COVID-19 crisis to fund programs to protect vulnerable…
Maria Cellina Wijaya and Rizqy Rahmatyah, Jakarta – When Jakarta became the epicentre of Covid-19 transmission, other regions, including the East…
The majority of new coronavirus patients in the past week were infected in offices, Indonesia's COVID-19 task force said, as the government…
A man in his 20s allegedly assaulted his wife out of impatience, all because the victim couldn't finish frying ikan asin, or salted fish, any…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy is on track for a significant contraction this year as the coronavirus crisis has hit the…
Jakarta – Police in Indonesia have charged three recruiting agency bosses over the torture death of an Indonesian crew member found in a freezer…
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Ministry is seeking to relax the requirements to…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Most Indonesians no longer want large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) to be in force as the country takes gradual steps…
Adrian Wail Akhlas and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) has given the 2019 central government's financial report…
Jakarta – Residents of Cilimus Hideung village in Cibatu district, Garut, West Java, are now able to access low-cost internet thanks to the…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – A potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech is set to have its Phase…
Victor Mambor, Jayapura – Two civilians, Elias Karungu and Selu Karungu, from conflict-prone Nduga regency, Papua, were fatally shot by…
Jakarta – Rahayu Saraswati Djojohadikusumo, a former TV presenter and legislator who is also a niece of Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, has…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – A coalition of watchdog groups has urged the government to be more transparent in using the trillions of…
Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The government will no longer be reporting COVID-19 updates through daily press briefings, a task previously carried out…
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government inaugurated on Monday a facility to produce refuse-derived fuel (RDF), a fuel made of various…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has officially disbanded 18 state bodies deemed irrelevant as the government shifts…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded a Rp 257.8 trillion (US$17.5 billion) budget deficit in the first half of the year as the…




