Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in East Java has exceeded that of Jakarta, making the province Indonesia's COVID-…
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June 26, 2020
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – State-owned electricity company PLN has slashed its capital expenditure (capex) for this year by almost half to Rp 53.6…
Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Convalescent plasma can help in the recovery of Covid-19 patients with a severe condition but may become harmful if…
Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Grab's ride-hailing, food delivery and digital retail services have strengthened Indonesia's economic resiliency and…
There is always a rational explanation for mysterious events, but the horror movie junkie in us was hoping that there was truth to the rumor that…
Nearly 100 Rohingya people who were stranded off the coast of Indonesia were pulled to shore on Thursday by local people furious at local…
Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The low number of women in the Indonesian Military (TNI) has hampered gender equality within the institution as…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – As the government reallocates most of its resources to the mitigation of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, children…
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Six Indonesian manufacturers of personal protective equipment (PPE) are preparing to export coveralls as they…
Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – Mosques have been urged to implement the COVID-19 health protocols if they decided to hold the qurban sacrificial…
Jakarta – Amnesty International has urged the government to show support for Aceh residents after they rescued dozens of Rohingya refugees in…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo signed Wednesday Perpres No. 72/2020, a presidential regulation that regulates an…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The Development Finance Comptroller (BPKP) has found that many regional administrations have not yet…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Two of the country's top corruption watchdogs have given the new leadership of the Corruption Eradication…
June 25, 2020
Jakarta – The International Monetary Fund has cut its projection for the Indonesian economy while predicting the global economy would slump into…
I Nyoman Sutarsa, Elan A Lazuardi, Rabiah Al Adawiyah and Rizki Fillaili – The daily increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases in Indonesia is…
Niniek Karmini and Edna Tariganan, Jakarta – The number of coronavirus infections in Indonesia surpassed 50,000 Thursday, an increase that is…
Sri Krishnamurthi – Miss Universe NZ 2019 beauty queen Diamond Langi is being trolled by thousands of Indonesians on social media for speaking up…
President Joko Widodo has called on regional officials and the citizens of East Java to be more disciplined in curbing the spread of the…
Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Private universities, teachers and students are urging the government to step up its education policies,…
Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – Members of the Indonesian diaspora, particularly in academia, have called on the government to boost its engagement…
Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – The World Bank has advised Indonesia to increase its human capital spending and improve the quality of that…
Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – After around six months of investigation, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) has named 13 asset management companies…
Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan and Surabaya in East Java have recorded the highest mortality rates while COVID-19 case…
Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Pharmaceutical companies might have to switch the focus of their production to dietary supplements such as…
Jakarta – Amnesty International has called on Indonesian authorities to ensure immediate protection for dozens of Rohingya refugees, who were…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The Denpasar Immigration Office in Bali is set to deport a Syrian national for holding a mass yoga gathering in…
Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court has issued on Tuesday an interlocutory decision that it has jurisdiction to preside…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy is on track for a significant contraction this year as the coronavirus crisis has hit the…
Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court found Aris Tangkelabi Pandin guilty of animal abuse after he poured liquid sodium hydroxide on six…
Harry Jacques, Denpasar, Bali – Jangat Pico, a member of the Orang Rimba indigenous people who live on Indonesia's Sumatra island, was reluctant…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The controversial revision to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Law violated several democratic…
Jakarta – Death row inmates Aulia Kesuma and her son, Geovanni Kelvin, who were found guilty of soliciting the murders of Aulia's husband and…
Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Publicly listed consumer goods companies have managed to book profits in the first quarter – some even higher than last…
Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – Indonesia's second-largest Muslim group, Muhammadiyah, has said that its members and Muslims in general may take part…
Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Disability rights organizations from across the country have signed a petition to urge President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to…
In a year-long investigation with The Gecko Project, the Korean Center for Investigative Journalism-Newstapa and Al Jazeera, Mongabay traced a $…
Fathin Ungku, Bernadette Christina, Singapore/Jakarta – Indonesia has scaled back protection for some of the world's most important tropical…
Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has urged the East Java administration to decrease the rate of COVID-19 transmission in the region…
Jakarta – As well as not being urgent, the Pancasila Ideology Guidelines Bill could give rise to a single interpretation of Pancasila. The…
Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan announced that the number of community units that were categorized as COVID-…
Tito Ambyo – Last week's 'Bintang Emon vs Buzzers' controversy was an interesting example of how Indonesians articulate freedom of speech on…
Jakarta – Alumni Brotherhood 212 (PA 212) Chairperson Slamet Maarif has denied accusation that the group intentionally provided a flag with the…
Friski Riana, Jakarta – National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) along with a number of institutions agreed to urge the government to…
Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has said that it has provided emergency assistance to dozens of Rohingya refugees who found…
Ghina Ghaliya and Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has a made a request for more funding next…
Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – A study has revealed that Indonesian consumers are leaning more and more toward a "conscious lifestyle" and starting to…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Indonesia hit the sad milestone of 50,000 on Thursday as major hotspots…
June 24, 2020
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a China-backed multilateral development bank, projects a gradual…




