Eisya A. Eloksari, Jakarta – Indonesian consumers are opting to buy used cars instead of new ones as the COVID-19 pandemic dampens people's…
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July 11, 2020
Jakarta – A panel of judges of the Pamekasan District Court in East Java has sentenced Ani Fatini, a former employee of East Java administration-…
Jakarta – The South Sumatran police have arrested an 18-year-old man suspected to have raped and murdered his former elementary school teacher in…
Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Indonesian doctor Susana Somali and her staff cut tightly-bound plastic ropes off dozens of whimpering dogs rescued from…
Jakarta – The World Health Organization has urged Indonesia to perform more COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests on people suspected to…
Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The national COVID-19 task force has encouraged the public to keep wearing masks to prevent the transmission of the…
July 10, 2020
Jakarta – A group made up of activists and regional officials submitted on Friday a request for a judicial review of Indonesia's mining law at…
Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Syahril Parlindungan, who allegedly sexual assaulted dozens of altar boys of St. Herkulanus Church in Depok, West…
Jeffrey Hutton, Jakarta – Indonesia is pushing ahead with a data protection law following a series of high-profile data breaches in recent months…
Christopher Knaus – Bernard Collaery has signalled he will appeal against a ruling that shrouds crucial parts of his trial in secrecy.
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Labuhan Lombok (AFP) – An Indonesian politician is under fire for ordering female civil servants to wear face veils once a week in what he…
Police in Banyuasin regency, South Sumatra have arrested a young man who allegedly raped and killed his own elementary school teacher, citing…
Dion Bisara, Jakarta – The World Health Organisation said Indonesia should start to prioritize tests for Covid-19 suspects to improve its tracing…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has added 15,962 confirmed cases of coronavirus since the opening of the month, or 1,596 new cases per day,…
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government on Wednesday issued a new regulation for its flagship incentivized training program to close…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The National Police have brought multiple charges relating to corruption and money laundering against captured fugitive…
Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Several studies have found increasing levels of frustration, anger, stress, fear, anxiety and other negative…
Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have stopped an investigation into alleged bribery involving a Jakarta State University (UNJ) staff member, claiming…
Jakarta – A French retiree could face the death penalty in Indonesia on charges that he molested over 300 children and beat those who refused to…
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Fachrul Razi appears to have backed off from a plan to tap into…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Antigraft activists have called for Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Firli Bahuri to step…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has removed politician Rieke Diah Pitaloka from her post as…
Kumparan, an online media based in Jakarta sacked almost 100 media workers on the basis of decreases revenue from the Covid-19 outbreak. The…
Vindry Florentin, Jakarta – Indonesian coal entrepreneurs are exploring new export destinations in non-traditional markets in the…
Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Epidemiologist at the University of Indonesia (UI) Syahrizal Syarif on Thursday said the surging number of COVID-19 spread…
Antara, Jakarta – Commissioner Otniel Siahaan has been officially stripped of his position as the Percut Sei Tuan Police Sector chief…
Jakarta – When complaining in front of his cabinet, the President simply showed his weak leadership. It is time to replace incompetent ministers…
Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – A man groped my breast in broad daylight when I was walking with my coworkers after lunch near our office in Palmerah…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has issued a regulation on the upcoming 2020 regional polls that stipulates…
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – A minister touted a necklace made of eucalyptus while researchers, including from the national intelligence…
Alexander R Arifianto and Jefferson Ng – A draft law on Pancasila Ideological Guidance (RUU Haluan Ideologi Pancasila, HIP) was recently proposed…
July 9, 2020
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The government will temporarily turn its preemployment card program, which included a mix of social assistance and up-…
Jakarta – No wonder many people have dubbed fugitive tycoon Djoko Sugiharto Tjandra "Joker" as he has turned the Indonesian justice system into a…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has once again called on his Cabinet to accelerate and streamline bureaucratic…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government has pledged to accelerate healthcare spending, including disbursing incentives to medical workers,…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) Ministry is urging the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to closely…
Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman has urged the government to review the regulation on COVID-19 rapid tests as there might be price…
Budi Sutrisno and Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD has expressed optimism fugitive…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Experts have called for an overhaul in the assessment process for General Election Commission (KPU)…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Indonesia has succeeded in extraditing from the Republic of Serbia fugitive Maria Pauline Lumowa, who has…
Jakarta – A 21-year-old woman who was the victim of rape allegedly committed by seven men was found dead on Wednesday, apparently by her own hand…
Toru Takahashi, Bangkok – Indonesian President Joko Widodo is known for his gentle personality. But in a video released on June 28 on the…
James Massola and Amilia Rosa – Indonesia has recorded a huge jump in daily coronavirus cases with 2657 new infections reported on Thursday.
…Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has opened a complaint service at St. Herkulanus Church in Depok…
Firdia Lisnawati, Denpasar – Indonesia's resort island of Bali partially reopened after a three-month virus lockdown Thursday, allowing local…
Benny Wenda – For over 50 years, Indonesia has been promising West Papua "autonomy". Each time, underneath autonomy lies only bullets and…
Police in Central Kalimantan have arrested a village chief and two village officials for alleged multiple rapes of a 17-year-old girl.
The…
The world certainly needs more Mujenih. The KRL Commuterline janitor is winning praise all around the nation after he turned in…
Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Two resident doctors from Airlangga University (Unair) in Indonesia's COVID-19 epicenter – Surabaya, East Java – had…
Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Indonesia has reported the highest daily rise of COVID-19 cases for two days in a row, with 2,657 cases recorded on…




