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July 9, 2020

Jakarta Post - July 9, 2020

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – State-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura I (AP I) recorded an increase in passenger numbers in early July after the…

Jakarta Post - July 9, 2020

Mardika Parama and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – A lack of financing and the country's age-old issues with land acquisition have delayed the…

Jakarta Post - July 9, 2020

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – The COVID-19 pandemic is now threatening access to HIV/AIDS treatments, as countries, including Indonesia, are…

Tempo - July 9, 2020

Jakarta – The number of people who died of Covid-19 in Indonesia is almost five times higher than the official total announced by the government…

Jakarta Globe - July 9, 2020

Jakarta – There is a new item in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo daily agenda now: looking at the day-to-day progress of the ministries state…

Jakarta Post - July 9, 2020

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – Members of the public should reconsider decisions to travel to COVID-19 "green zones" despite the gradual reopening of…

Jakarta Post - July 9, 2020

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Government announced on Wednesday that it would expand its Indonesia Smart Card (KIP) program to provide…

Jakarta Post - July 9, 2020

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – State-owned oil and gas giant Pertamina has reaffirmed plans to phase out pollutive fuels but a top executive has made…

Jakarta Post - July 9, 2020

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Indonesia's high rate of COVID-19 infection has not stopped people throughout the archipelago from refusing to be tested…

Jakarta Post - July 9, 2020

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – As the country's only political party that has welcomed members linked to the now defunct and outlawed…

July 8, 2020

Jakarta Globe - July 8, 2020

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Dramatic footages of grieving families snatching the bodies of Covid-19 patients continued to appear on news…

Tempo - July 8, 2020

Jakarta – The decision by Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Edhy Prabowo opening the door to exports of lobster larvae is a grave error.…

Jakarta Post - July 8, 2020

Jakarta – A top official at the National Police's internal affairs division revealed that a large number of East Java Police officers had been…

Jakarta Post - July 8, 2020

Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – Indonesian consumers remain anxious about embarking on the so-called "new normal" as shown in a continued…

Jakarta Post - July 8, 2020

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The Education and Culture Ministry and Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry have released joint guidelines for the…

Jakarta Post - July 8, 2020

Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – Indonesia will benefit from the diversification of the global supply chain as multinational companies are looking…

Jakarta Post - July 8, 2020

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Businesses that manage large quantities of the public's data have asked the House of Representatives not to regulate…

Jakarta Post - July 8, 2020

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has called on the government to reassess the controversial omnibus bill on job…

Jakarta Post - July 8, 2020

Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry is drafting a regulation to protect the safety of bicyclists as the activity becomes increasingly popular…

Jakarta Post - July 8, 2020

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Indonesian tourism hotspots Jakarta and Bali are preparing to welcome meeting, incentive, convention and exhibition (…

Jakarta Post - July 8, 2020

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) senior investigator Novel Baswedan's advocacy team has urged the National…

Straits Times - July 8, 2020

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia's bureaucratic red tape is preventing almost US$50 billion (S$69.8 billion) in fiscal support from being…

Nikkei Asian Review - July 8, 2020

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Indonesia is becoming a hot spot for global technology companies keen to get into one of Asia's fastest-growing data…

Jakarta Post - July 8, 2020

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Everyone has the right to an education, they say, but if you are a transwoman student, living in Indonesia, going…

Jakarta Post - July 8, 2020

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Almost 15,000 workers have been laid off because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Tangerang, Banten, Tangerang Regent…

Coconuts - July 8, 2020

Elaine Pearson – A new dress code for female civil servants in Indonesia's Central Lombok regency should concern all Indonesians.

On June…

Tabloid JUBI - July 8, 2020

Abeth You, Jayapura – West Papua Liberation Army Division II Paniai published a statement to decline the extension of Special Autonomy in Papua…

Jakarta Post - July 8, 2020

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has issued a circular setting a price ceiling of Rp 150,000 (US$10.41) for COVID-19 rapid tests…

Jakarta Post - July 8, 2020

Jakarta – The Australian government will provide A$2.2 million (Rp 22.1 billion) for the disaster management agencies of Indonesia's largest…

Jakarta Post - July 8, 2020

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Indonesia announced 1,853 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest single-day increase since the…

Jakarta Post - July 8, 2020

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's retail sales index contracted by 20.6 percent in May, the biggest dive since 2008, dragged by plunging…

Jakarta Globe - July 8, 2020

Carlos Roy Fajarta, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – More than 42,000 Indonesian migrant workers have arrived in Greater Jakarta via Soekarno-…

Jacobin Magazine - July 8, 2020

Febriana Firdaus – The people of West Papua have suffered decades of oppression and discrimination at the hands of the Indonesian state. Now they…

July 7, 2020

Indonesia at Melbourne - July 7, 2020

Ihsan Ali Fauzi – The Religious Affairs Ministry must immediately reconsider plans to involve the Indonesian Military (TNI) in managing religious…

Jakarta Globe - July 7, 2020

Chairul Fikri, Jakarta – An Indonesian migrant worker on death row for murder conviction in Saudi Arabia was released after she paid Rp 15.5…

Jakarta Post - July 7, 2020

Hengky Ola Sura, Sikka, East Nusa Tenggara – Award-winning author Felix K. Nesi has said he will continue his fight against sexual abuse despite…

Jakarta Post - July 7, 2020

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government and Bank Indonesia (BI) agreed to a burden-sharing scheme worth Rp 574.59 trillion (US$39.7 billion…

The Guardian - July 7, 2020

Rebecca Ratcliffe – Indonesia's agriculture minister has been condemned by health experts for claiming that a necklace made from eucalyptus can…

Jakarta Post - July 7, 2020

Jakarta – A 14-year-old rape survivor from Way Jepara, East Lampung regency, Lampung was allegedly raped and sexually abused multiple times by…

Jakarta Post - July 7, 2020

Sausan Atika and Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The emergence of new COVID-19 cases in Jakarta, the first national epicenter of the outbreak, is…

Jakarta Post - July 7, 2020

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign exchange (forex) reserves increased to US$131.7 billion in June following the government's move…

Jakarta Post - July 7, 2020

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The Indonesian government and industry players are gearing up to boost export of key products to neighboring…

Foreign Correspondent - July 7, 2020

Anne Barker – In the shadow of the whitewashed Catholic church in Ainaro, Timor-Leste, Kalistru walked down the steps onto the dusty road. He was…

Straits Times - July 7, 2020

Jakarta – Activists have criticised the lack of progress of a historic Jakarta air pollution lawsuit, which remains unresolved a year after it…

Reuters - July 7, 2020

Jakarta – Indonesia imposed a 10% value-added tax on sales by technology firms including Amazon, Netflix, Spotify and Google on Tuesday, as…

Jakarta Post - July 7, 2020

Jakarta – Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has said the government will not be opening recruitment for regular civil…

Jakarta Post - July 7, 2020

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The government is speeding up efforts to issue a regulation on carbon trading as part of Indonesia's commitment…

Jakarta Post - July 7, 2020

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Sixteen groups in Papua have voiced opposition over the potential continuation of its special autonomy (Otsus) status,…

Kompas.com - July 7, 2020

Raja Umar, Banda Aceh – Pictures of a group of women cyclists wearing tight clothing and no headscarfs riding around the Acehnese provincial…

Tempo - July 7, 2020

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – University of Indonesia epidemiologist Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono suggested Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan take…