Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Medical workers treating COVID-19 patients in Jakarta have reported that they have yet to receive the financial…
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May 23, 2020
Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – Experts have called on the government to conduct a forensic audit into a breach of millions of Indonesian citizens'…
Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – Employees of Indomaret, one of the country's top convenience store chains, have started an online petition demanding…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The support walls of the Cipeucang landfill in Serpong, South Tangerang, Banten, collapsed on Friday morning…
Fadli, Batam – The National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad arrested a 16-year-old boy in his house in Merapi Subur housing complex in…
Suherdjoko, Semarang – The Semarang city administration in Central Java has temporarily shut down the Kobong traditional market as 26…
Haeril Halim (AFP) – Indonesians are turning to smugglers and bogus travel documents to get around bans on an annual end-of-Ramadan exodus that…
Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – Indonesia has seen a surge in coronavirus infections ahead of this weekend's celebrations marking the end of Ramadan,…
Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Indonesia faces the risk of even more COVID-19 infections after the Idul Fitri holiday this year, as family gatherings…
Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Jakartans disobey Covid-19 warnings and flock shopping centers around the city to get the Idul Fitri essentials – new…
News Desk, Jakarta – Ogan Ilir Regent Ilyas Panji Alam has dismissed 109 medical workers at the Ogan Ilir Regional General Hospital (RSUD) in…
May 22, 2020
Belseran Christ, Jakarta and Maluku – A 4-year-old child from Wara Kolam Sembilan hamlet in Ambon, Maluku, died on Thursday after being denied…
Lex Rieffel and Michael Castle-Miller – Indonesian President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo's announcement last August that a new capital would be built in…
A West Papuan man has died shortly after allegedly being hit by a police officer while making a complaint against a palm oil company.
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Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Repatriated Indonesians who have been quarantined for suspected COVID-19 infections in Tower 9 of Block C2 of the…
Asip Hasani, Surabaya, East Java – Following the province's highest daily increase in COVID-19 cases to date, an epidemiologist on Thursday…
Jakarta – A man, who was named the winning bidder in a charity auction of a Rp 2.55 billion (US$172,715) electric motorcycle owned and signed by…
Suherdjoko, Semarang – The Semarang administration in Central Java has decided to extend its social-restriction policy for two weeks following…
Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – Steelmakers are facing severe blows to their business with demand during the COVID-19 pandemic having decreased by…
Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Jakarta can ease its large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) and resume normal activities only if it maintains its…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – This article is part of The Jakarta Post's "Forging the New Norm" special coverage series, on how people are…
Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Anyone with plans to visit Bali must first undergo a swab test and a obtain letter stating they are free from COVID…
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Indonesian coal miners are struggling with slow demand this year as businesses in India, one of the country's major…
Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – Indonesia is set to receive a US$56 million grant from Norway as the first payment for the former's success in…
Jakarta – Some regional leaders are set to allow residents to perform mass Idul Fitri prayers despite the central government's announcement that…
Farouk Arnaz, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Business tycoon Hary Tanoesoedibjo has come to save the day when top politicians are facing…
Yustinus Paat, Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The surge in confirmed cases of coronavirus during the last couple of weeks has overloaded the makeshift…
Antara, Jakarta – A professor of virology at Udayana University, G. N. Mahardika said that Thursday's record-high of 973 COVID-19 cases reported…
Antara, Jakarta – Shocking developments on personal data security breach came on late Thursday, May 21, after Twitter account @underthebreach…
Jakarta – There have been a number of irregularities in the trial over the attack on Novel Baswedan. The judge needs to summon the former Greater…
Eisya A. Eloksari, Jakarta – The government has tried out a facial recognition verification system to make it easier for recipients to claim…
Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Jakarta's Municipal Police or Satpol PP conducted massive raids on Friday to prevent the opening of many night markets…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Covid-19 Task Force on Friday reported 48 more patients had died from coronavirus-related…
Diana Mariska, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Senior government officials have gone on social media to plead to Indonesians to refrain from…
Len Garae – Chairman of Vanuatu West Papua Association and Unification Committee (VWPAUC), Pastor Alan Nafuki has confirmed that all relevant…
For millions around the world COVID 19 is one more terrible threat to an existence already precarious because of poverty and conflict. Others are…
May 21, 2020
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The majority of nurses at general hospitals and COVID-19 referral hospitals carry a heavy burden, as they are not only…
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A broad coalition of civil society groups has called on investors and buyers to stop doing business with Asia Pulp…
Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has demanded five years' imprisonment and a Rp 500 million (US$34,003) fine for Risyanto…
Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – A number of regional leaders have come to the defense of the central government from criticism over its handling of…
Asip Hasani and Ardila Syakriah, Blitar – East Java has become the province second hardest-hit by COVID-19 after Jakarta, with patients…
Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Twenty-two years ago, on May 21, history recorded the fall of an authoritarian leader in Indonesia.
Days…
Max Walden – Many mosques across Indonesia will allow group prayer for the Eid holiday this weekend, as crowded scenes from malls and other…
Arlina Arshad – Many countries around the world are expected to go into recession as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, but in Indonesia, the…
Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Indonesia is entering a critical period in its fight against the coronavirus outbreak, National Covid-19 Task…
Pacific Media Centre – Seven more people have been detained in Indonesia for alleged treason since a complaint filed with the United Nations last…
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesians packed out shops and malls across the country with just days to go before Hari Raya Aidilfitri,…
Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Police in Indonesia are clamping down on sellers of fake medical certificates, reportedly used to circumvent travel…
Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The government should not rush into easing restrictions in the country's COVID-19 red zones, as the number of…
Arya Dipa, Bandung – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has said that the province's large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) will continue "…




