Jakarta – Two residents of Malamber Island, West Sulawesi, have allegedly sold the island to an East Kalimantan regent for Rp 2 billion (US$140,…
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June 22, 2020
Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Marcel Antonius has been working from home for more than three months and there is nothing much he could do to relieve…
A group of local gangsters allegedly connected to notorious Jakarta-based mob boss John Kei reportedly stormed a house of gangster Nus Kei in…
Jakarta – Indonesia's unemployment rate could hit the highest in more than a decade this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, with Southeast…
Sausan Atika, Jakarta – City-owned transportation company PT MRT Jakarta commenced construction of phase 2 of the Jakarta MRT project last week,…
Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – World Refugee Day, which occurred on June 20, has provided an opportunity for activists to urge the government to…
Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – Indonesian pollster Indikator Politik Indonesia executive director, Burhanuddin Muhtadi, the survey on May 2020 found that…
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government is calling on companies to boost their research and development to produce import substitutes…
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – With more and more consumers moving from offline to online shopping, courier companies have seen increased…
Jakarta – A couple in Semarang, Central Java, have lost family members to COVID-19 days after their wedding ceremony.
Semarang mayor…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – House of Representatives lawmakers have urged the government to resume deliberation of the controversial revisions to…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The nation's high unemployment rate is expected to worsen and continue into next year as the country braces for…
Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have arrested infamous thug John Kei for allegedly masterminding attacks in two places that claimed a life and…
On 17 June 2020, seven Papuan activists were convicted of treason (makar) and sentenced to between ten and 11 months in prison for their role in…
June 21, 2020
Sausan Atika and Vela Andapita, Jakarta – Millions have a love-hate relationship with Jakarta, a city that many believe offers a chance at…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The government has decided to drop its appeal against a court ruling that found it had violated the law for…
Andrew Wight – Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, has seen more than 50 days without new COVID-19 cases and has yet to report a single death…
Freeport Indonesia, operator of Grasberg, the world's second-biggest copper mine, is on track shift to all-underground mining by 2022…
Antonia Timmerman – "Smile", an instructor tells the women in identical aprons as they take turns to stand in front of a blue background for an…
Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – As soon as Susana Somali arrived at the shelter and opened the gate, dozens of dogs rushed over, barking and wagging…
Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The Indonesian authorities are worried about another health crisis on their hands, dengue haemorrhagic fever, amid the…
Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) is under pressure to procure all necessary health equipment and apply strict…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The Indonesian economy faces gloomier skies this year as the COVID-19 pandemic has yet to show any signs of…
Jakarta – An unknown hacker has allegedly breached a government database of 230,000 people who have undergone COVID-19 testing.
The hacker…
Jakarta – The government has granted tax cuts and incentives to individuals or companies involving in the national efforts of Covid-19 pandemic…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Netizens have raised concerns over public health as images and videos of large crowds inundating the streets of…
June 20, 2020
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) commissioners have urged the antigraft body to take on the…
Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Health Minister Terawan Agus Purwanto issued a new set of health protocols on Friday governing activities in public…
Nina A. Loasana and Ni Nyoman Wira, Jakarta – A decision made by the Education and Culture Ministry to collaborate with streaming platform…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Busyro Muqoddas expressed support for the judges at…
Jakarta – Human rights activists have lambasted the government for its lack of attention given to refugees as a vulnerable group during the COVID…
Jakarta – Gerindra party politician Rahayu "Sara" Saraswati has secured support from the party's executive board to run in the upcoming South…
Jakarta – Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has said he is formulating a strategy to reduce the number of…
Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – Indonesia urged the international community to speak up and take decisive action against racial violence at a United…
Media and civil society leaders in Timor-Leste have expressed concern about the possible reintroduction of a criminal defamation law in the…
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Chairman of the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) East Java chapter, Sutrisno, said the pressure of hospital…
Alexander R Arifianto and Jonathan Chen – As an emerging economy, Indonesia has made significant progress alleviating poverty within the past…
Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has cancelled an appeal against a Jakarta Administrative Court (PTUN) ruling which found the…
Jakarta – Local authorities have found that a beached dwarf sperm whale on Lembeng Beach in Ketewel village, Gianyar, Bali, was cut in parts and…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – It's been the toughest week in the Indonesian coronavirus outbreak with the most confirmed cases and deaths by seven-…
June 19, 2020
Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Surabaya, East Java, has continued to spike after large-scale social…
Tangguh Chairil – Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, almost all Indonesian national security agencies have been heavily involved in the response. The…
Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Indonesian medical experts are mulling over the possibility of using dexamethasone, an inexpensive and widely used…
Jakarta – Vendors at Kebayoran Lama Market in South Jakarta have tested positive for COVID-19 following swab testing conducted by the Jakarta…
Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Hotels in Indonesia are likely to remain closed throughout June, with operations to resume in July at the earliest, a…
Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – Police have arrested a 42-year-old church caretaker from Pancoran Mas district in Depok, West Java, over alleged…
Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – COVID-19 task force chief Doni Monardo led an opening ceremony by video conference on Thursday for Infectious and…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Fachrul Razi found himself in hot water during a hearing with the House of Representatives on…
Jakarta – Serving time in Central Jakarta's Salemba Penitentiary has reportedly not prevented a convict from controlling a drug-smuggling…
Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Airlines have yet to approve most passengers' requests for cash refunds of cancelled international flights…




