Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has stated he will not intervene in the legal proceedings regarding the acid attack against Corruption…
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June 19, 2020
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has found in a recent study several irregularities with the…
Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises Ministry has suspended the licensing of new savings and loan…
Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – A strange and solid voice emanated recently from the University of Indonesia (UI). After praising the student executive…
Arlina Arshad – As Indonesia eases restrictive measures and shifts to a "new normal", soldiers and police officers will become a familiar sight…
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Palm oil from a company that burned a pristine orangutan habitat in Sumatra has entered the global market due to an…
James Massola – Most south-east Asian countries have successfully flattened their coronavirus infection rates, but Indonesia is losing its battle…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Legislative watchdog Indonesian Parliament Watch (Formappi) has criticized the country's two biggest political parties,…
Jakarta – The Government Regulation on the Public Housing Savings Program has sparked controversy. It adds to the burdens of workers and…
Leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua Benny Wenda called for ordinary Indonesians to be "the voice of the voiceless" as he…
Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Catholic and protestant churches are preparing strict service protocols and infrastructure for the "new normal" to…
Ikhwan Hastanto – On Tuesday, a crowd of scores of people stopped an ambulance carrying the body of a recently deceased COVID-19 patient in…
Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – A newly secured loan of $300 million for Indonesia to boost its geothermal energy generation will be wasted amid a glut…
Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Amid recent activities in the South China Sea, the Indonesian government has reiterated its position on the rule of…
Jakarta – Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Chairperson Abdul Manan says that the government is not ready yet to accept corrections from…
Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will not send a presidential letter (surpres) to the House of Representatives (DPR)…
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Indonesian government submitted an appeal against the Jakarta Administrative District Court's (PTUN) decision that…
Hmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – The daughter of late Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid or Gus Dur, Zanubah Arrifah Chafsoh who is known as…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported 1,041 new coronavirus cases on Friday, taking its total confirmed cases to 43,803. The figure…
Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has once again hit a wall in its fight against corruption after the Supreme…
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – According to a copy obtained by The Jakarta Post, Jokowi signed Law No. 3/2020 on June 10, a month after the House of…
Jakarta – The Jakarta Police's cyber unit questioned government critic Ravio Patra on Thursday about the alleged hacking of his WhatsApp account…
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Oil palm smallholders have suffered losses during the ongoing health crisis from the falling price of fresh…
June 18, 2020
Jim Nolan – The coronavirus pandemic has provided just the latest cover for a variety of authoritarian moves criminalising journalism across…
Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Working daily in a place deemed to pose a high risk of COVID-19 contagion, some traditional wet market vendors have taken…
Jakarta – The Palembang administration officially lifted the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in Palembang, South Sumatra on Wednesday.…
Jakarta – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has urged Jakarta residents to refrain from visiting Puncak, a tourist area in Ciawi in Bogor regency,…
Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) highlighted today, June 18, the potential conflict of interest in the…
Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Deputy Minister of Finance Suahasil Nazara said that Indonesia was still paying debts inherited from the 1997…
Rebecca Ratcliffe – The Indonesian government is deploying artificial rains ahead of the dry season's peak as the country attempts to prevent a…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – A public health expert and a community that monitors pandemic effects in Indonesia have warned the public to…
Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – The panel of judges at the Balikpapan District Court in East Kalimantan found seven Papuan political prisoners…
Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – Special Presidential Staff for Legal Affairs, Dini Purwono insists that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo commitment to…
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) on Wednesday demanded the Law and Human Rights Ministry annul the remission of graft…
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – PT North Sumatra Hydro Energy (NSHE) might delay the completion of the Rp 22 trillion (US$1.5 billion) Batang Toru…
Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Indonesia has recorded its biggest surge of COVID-19 cases with 1,331 new confirmed cases on Thursday, a day after the…
Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Major lender Bank Mandiri expects Indonesia's economy to contract in the second and third quarter of this year following…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's debt will swell significantly next year as the government increases spending to help the country…
Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Pagedangan Police in Tangerang regency, Banten, named eight people suspects on Wednesday for their alleged…
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government plans to buy products and services from small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for official state…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Jaringan Gusdurian, an NGO endorsing the ideas and values of late President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid, has spoken…
Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Indonesian children are an easy target market for the tobacco industry, said Lenny Rosalin, the deputy head for child…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia registered its highest single-day rise of coronavirus cases, 1,331 on Thursday, to take the country's total…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Entering its sixth year, the largest restoration and conservation program on peatlands in Sumatra, the Restorasi…
Ghina Ghaliya and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Having served as deputy to Joko "Jokowi" Widodo when the latter was mayor of Surakarta, and…
Jakarta – The government must not continue its mistaken policies in Papua. Stop the violence and start the dialogue.
Instead of…
Jakarta – The Papuan Coalition for Upholding the Law and Human Rights is urging the police to stop criminalising the Papuan people through the…
Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD, visited the Indonesia-Timor Leste cross-…
Hendrina DK, Rahmad Nasution, Jayapura, Papua – Some 816 police and military personnel are on standby in areas around Jayapura, Papua, as a…
Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – Indonesia has secured a seat on the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for the 2021 to 2023 term.…




