Ardila Syakriah and Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – After almost a month of taking gradual steps to reopen the economy, Indonesia has seen its COVID-19…
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July 21, 2020
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Experts have made fresh calls to push for the immediate establishment of an independent fact-finding and…
Margareth S. Aritonang and Ganug Nugroho Adi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has long prided itself on being a…
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government launched on Monday a new team to tackle both the public health and economic aspects of the…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – New confirmed cases of coronavirus infections in Jakarta surged by 433 on Tuesday – the city's highest single-day rise…
Yudha Baskoro, Jakarta – Nightclub workers in Jakarta held a rally in front of City Hall in Central Jakarta on Tuesday demanding…
Jakarta – The Draft Law on the Agency for Pancasila Ideology Education (RUU BPIP) which will replace the Draft Law on Pancasila Ideology…
Nadirsyah Hosen and Jeremy J Kingsley – As Indonesia's health care system, bureaucracy and economy was being buffeted by the Covid-19 pandemic…
ULMWP, Papua – Two more unarmed West Papuan civilians have been killed by the Indonesian military in the Nduga Regency. As the 2001 Special…
July 20, 2020
Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Jakarta officially extended its period of COVID-19 social restrictions by another 14 days late on Thursday, amid the…
Novan Iman Santosa, Jakarta – Surprises in Indonesian defense procurement seem like a constant feature now.
After initial clearance from…
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The civil society group "Indonesian People's Society Against Covid-19" on Sunday urged the government to perform better…
Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The Indonesian Market Traders Association (IKAPPI) recorded 1,172 positive COVID-19 cases at 201 traditional markets…
Jakarta – All schools in Pariaman, West Sumatra closed their doors again and returned to online instruction on Monday after two staff members of…
Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Over just four days, Covid-19 decimated half of Surabaya resident Dea Winnie Pertiwi's family, killing her parents and…
Len Garae – The Chairman of Vanuatu West Papua Association and Unification Committee (VWPAUC), Pastor Allan Nafuki, says his Executive is meeting…
Arnold Belau, Jayapura – Two civilians were reported to have been shot dead in Keneyam, the capital of Ndugama district, Papua on Saturday 18…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported 1,693 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Monday with Jakarta, Central Java and East Java…
Jakarta – Arbi M. Nur, a student from the Khairun University (Unkhair) in Ternate, North Maluku, who was expelled by the university after taking…
Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Just as the COVID-19 pandemic began to emerge in January, 21-year-old Dian gave birth to her premature son in Tuban,…
Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has recently issued a regulation stipulating that the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) will work directly…
Jakarta – Indonesia's hard won democracy still allows for political dynasties to thrive, a fact resented by many following the euphoric regime…
Sylviana Hamdani – The island of Sumba in eastern Indonesia has abundant natural charms and ancient cultural traditions. Yet Sumba's many…
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – The top leader of South-east Asian terror group, Jemaah Islamiah (JI), was sentenced to seven years jail on…
July 19, 2020
Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – While online learning is expected to become the new norm in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, students in East Seram…
Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – For the past four months, more than 60 million students across the nation have been forced to study from home…
Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The widespread use of rapid antibody tests for COVID-19 as requirements for various activities during the pandemic,…
Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Idham Azis has removed two high-ranking police generals from their posts for their…
Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Consumer interest in low-cost housing dominated the property market demand in the first half of the year, while sales…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry has transferred 228 convicted drug dealers from Jakarta, Yogyakarta and…
Jakarta – The Jakarta Police has named one of 20 arrested protesters a suspect for reportedly inciting a riot during a protest against the…
Jakarta – Commuter train passengers in Greater Jakarta must wear long sleeve shirts or jackets, according to a new regulation issued by railway…
Antara, Jakarta – With Indonesia implementing the new normal, now being referred to as "adapting to new habits", revival of trade, which had…
Antara, Jakarta – A group of customers queues in front of a coffee shop's entrance in southern Jakarta as a waitress, wearing a face shield and…
Antara, Jakarta – On July 4 this year, as the Hindu congregation in Jakarta celebrated Saraswati Day, Dewa Wiguna visited the Aditya Jaya Temple…
Chairul Fikri, Jakarta – The Tangerang district government has closed a makeshift quarantine facility for Covid-19 patients as cases have been…
Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The Health Ministry announced 127 COVID-19 deaths on Sunday, the highest one-day death toll so far.
The…
Jeffrey Hutton, Jakarta – When Indonesia's President Joko Widodo was first campaigning for the post in 2014, he unveiled a list of nine…
Antara, Jakarta – As many as 36 members of the Indonesian Army (TNI AD) have contracted the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in West Papua…
July 18, 2020
Farouk Arnaz & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Two high-ranking police officers have been removed from the National Police International Relations…
Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Surgical masks, gloves, face shields and fluid bags have been found scattered among daily household rubbish at two dump…
Jakarta – Kinem from Boyolali regency in Central Java has had a cancerous tumor on her jaw for 11 years. Her story has drawn make-believe donors…
Jakarta – Sixty-four principals of state junior high schools in Riau's Indragiri Hulu regency have resigned following the Education and Culture…
Jakarta – Retired army general and former State Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief AM Hendropriyono has been reported to the West Kalimantan Police…
Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has appointed five new members of the Indonesian Ombudsman selection committee, in…
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Prosecutors at the Medan District Court in North Sumatra are seeking two years of prison for defendant Febi Nur Amalia,…
Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Indonesia has surpassed China in its total number of COVID-19 cases, after recording 1,752 new infections on…
Hellena Souisa and Tasha Wibawa – Right on Australia's doorstep, the world's fourth-most populated country is grappling with a coronavirus…
July 17, 2020
Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Indonesia could see a decline in the quality of new teachers, as the government's recent cancellation of civil…
Jakarta – The Health Ministry's disease control and prevention director general, Achmad Yurianto, has said that many of the new…




