Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The government has vowed to continue the development of national strategic projects during the COVID-19 health…
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June 3, 2020
Jakarta – Surabaya in East Java has turned into a "black zone" as the region recorded nearly 3,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday.
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Jakarta (Reuters) – An Indonesian court on Wednesday (June 3) ordered President Joko Widodo to make an official apology after ruling that his…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Indonesians have erred on the side of doubt and pessimism while the government struggles to mitigate the COVID-19…
Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – Lion Air, the largest airline in Indonesia by fleet size, will ground all international and domestic flights on…
Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The Indonesian government's National Covid-19 Task Force denied claims the country is trying to reach herd immunity to…
Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The Industry Ministry pushed back the deadline to achieve its import reduction target by a year, as the COVID-19…
Jakarta – President Joko Widodo should be honest and open about the latest situation regarding Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) in Indonesia…
Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman has suggested the government should carry out simulations of the "new normal" health protocol…
Elvira Anna Siahaan, Jakarta – Since Indonesia reported its first Covid-19 cases in early March, tourist arrivals have nosedived.
Data from…
Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – University of Indonesia (UI) Head of Epidemiology, Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono strongly suggests that the Jakarta administration…
Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Indonesian Teachers Association (PGRI) asserted that now is not the time for face-to-face teaching and learning…
An Indonesian court on Wednesday ordered President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to make an official apology after ruling that his government's decision…
Willy Kurniawan, Hamba Praing, Indonesia – On Indonesia's Sumba island, the motifs displayed on traditional textiles produced by its weavers…
Jakarta – Another hammer-and-sickle flag case has again raise its head after a flag with the communist logo was found in Makassar. Over the years…
Stepanus Purba, Medan (iNews.id) – Personnel from the North Sumatra (Sumut) regional police General Crimes Detectives Directorate (ditreskrimum)…
June 2, 2020
James Massola – A former Labor minister's snap decision to ban live cattle exports to Indonesia in 2011 has been ruled as unreasonable and…
Triyan Pangastuti, Jakarta – Flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has been forced to lay off pilots as it continues to hemorrhage money from canceled…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested former Supreme Court secretary Nurhadi and his son-in-law…
Nilufar Rizki, Jakarta – Indonesia has cancelled the haj pilgrimage this year for people in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation due to…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The government is mulling over plans to reopen school campuses by the end of the year or at the beginning of 2021, after…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Scholars and activists have raised concern about the freedom of speech in Indonesia following alleged acts of…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia's (BI) policy measures and a narrowing current account deficit (CAD) will likely support the rupiah…
Jakarta – Riau Islands' Batam COVID-10 task force declared HOG Eden Park church a new cluster in Batam on Sunday after 26 of its congregation…
Jakarta – Indonesia's first MRT service, MRT Jakarta, has called on its passengers to avoid having conversations while riding on its trains in a…
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – State-owned oil and gas giant Pertamina plans to explore opportunities in the pharmaceutical industry and expand its…
Jakarta – Journalists and members of the public in a coalition of indigenous communities and press freedoms have started a crowdfunding campaign…
Tassia Sipahutar – Indonesian companies from airlines to builders of luxury condos and cement makers are warning investors of plunging revenue…
Steven Tompkins – Food security is one of the national development priorities for Indonesia, never more so than at present with recent import…
Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – A small group of militants with suspected link to global terror network Islamic State attacked a police station and…
Jakarta – The number of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based testing for coronavirus has met the daily target of 10,000 for the sixth…
Michael Leach – As Timor-Leste continues to perform very well in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, especially compared to neighbouring Indonesia…
Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – A recent study by the Health Ministry and the United Nations Children's Fund found that 84 percent of immunization…
Jakarta – Indonesia posted its lowest inflation in almost two decades in May as restrictions to curb the coronavirus pandemic continued to…
Jakarta – Bali Governor I Wayan Koster has said he would revoke Badung Tourism Agency's decision to reopen two beaches in Badung regency for…
Gemma Holliani Cahya and Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – It has been three months since Heriyanto, 52, a fifth-grade teacher at SD 08 elementary…
June 1, 2020
Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Midwife Yati Maryati, 37, is worried about interacting with her children every time she returns home from the…
Puji Pujiono, Jess Lees and Jesse McCommon – Covid-19 and the significant changes it presents are forcing new ways of working, including for…
Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Some 100 regencies and municipalities labeled as green zones and have not been impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak…
Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – Malaysian authorities are set to deport around 4,800 undocumented Indonesian migrant workers being detained at…
Banjarmasin – A sword-wielding militant killed an Indonesian policeman and critically injured another on Monday in what authorities described as…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – In the past couple of weeks, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and other government officials have repeatedly…
Voice of Papua – While the delay in the Indonesian government response to the covid-19 corona virus is disappointing, Papua's provincial…
Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Trade Ministry has issued a circular requiring, sellers at traditional markets, retail stores and shopping malls…
Jakarta – As Jakarta is likely to end its large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) on Thursday, app-based motorcycle taxi (ojek) services are…
Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on the public to further uphold and preserve the state ideology of Pancasila…
Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Indonesia on Monday received a shipment of medical equipment worth a total of $760,000 from three United Nations…
Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The police are investigating alleged death threats made to several students at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta that…
Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch, or ICW, says the government should disclose the partnership agreement made between the pre-…
Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) is urging the government to halt the involvement of the TNI (Indonesian military) in…




