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May 19, 2020

Jakarta Globe - May 19, 2020

Jakarta – New confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Indonesia have been consistently high by averaging 535 in the last eight days until…

Jakarta Globe - May 19, 2020

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs is formulating a scoring system to determine if a region is ready for…

Jakarta Globe - May 19, 2020

Yustinus Paat, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan confirmed on Tuesday that the large-scale social restriction, or…

Jakarta Globe - May 19, 2020

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry has projected the government to post its biggest deficit in at least three decades this year as a…

Jakarta Globe - May 19, 2020

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Indonesia's central bank has bought $1.6 billion worth of government bonds in the primary market, underlining its…

Jakarta Globe - May 19, 2020

Hotman Siregar, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has decided to extend the city's large-scale social restriction, or…

Jakarta Globe - May 19, 2020

Herman, Jakarta – According to the latest data from market research firm International Data Corporation, or IDC, smartphone shipment to Indonesia…

Jakarta Globe - May 19, 2020

Erfan Dana – Last Friday, a refugee living in a shelter run by the International Organization of Migration, or IMO, in Makassar, tested positive…

Jakarta Post - May 19, 2020

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government is rolling out a Rp 641.17 trillion (US$43 billion) economic recovery stimulus, bigger than previous…

Jakarta Post - May 19, 2020

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Indonesia's readiness to shift toward a clean energy economy took another step back last year because of fossil fuel…

Jakarta Post - May 19, 2020

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – A critically endangered Sumatran tiger was found dead in a conservation area in the Siak administrative region of Riau…

Jakarta Post - May 19, 2020

Jakarta – Pademangan district in North Jakarta has become the latest densely populated area in the capital to be declared a COVID-19 red zone…

Jakarta Post - May 19, 2020

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Indonesia's infamous red tape could dissuade investment from US pharmaceutical companies looking to relocate from China…

Jakarta Post - May 19, 2020

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Mass Idul Fitri prayers, such as those in mosques or public squares, are currently prohibited by public…

Jakarta Post - May 19, 2020

Asip Hasani, Surabaya – The East Java administration has revoked its permit that allowed Al Akbar Mosque in Surabaya to hold Idul Fitri mass…

May 18, 2020

Human Rights Watch News Release - May 18, 2020

Jakarta – The Indonesian police in South Kalimantan province should drop criminal defamation charges against a blogger for articles in which he…

Tempo - May 18, 2020

Budiarti Utami Putri, Dio Suhenda (Intern Translator), Jakarta – Social politics expert from the Jakarta State University (UNJ), Ubedilah Badrun…

Reuters - May 18, 2020

Heru Asiprihanto, Adi Kurniawan, Depok, Indonesia – Alarmed by how the coronavirus pandemic has left many Indonesians destitute, a group of…

Asia Pacific Report - May 18, 2020

Review by David Robie – The 4300-km Trans-Papuan Highway costing some US$1.4 billion was supposed to bring "wealth, development and prosperity"…

Jakarta Post - May 18, 2020

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – At the age of 25, Second Lt. Ajeng Tresna Dwi Wijayanti has already gone down in history as the first female…

Jakarta Post - May 18, 2020

Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – State-owned banks have restructured loans worth up to Rp 223.16 trillion (US$15 billion) to over 1.7 million…

Jakarta Post - May 18, 2020

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Communication and Information Minister Johnny G. Plate has urged digital companies to improve their cybersecurity…

Jakarta Post - May 18, 2020

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Reports have emerged that numerous vendors have set up shop in Tanah Abang Market in Central Jakarta ahead of Idul…

Jakarta Post - May 18, 2020

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesian companies have preferred to raise capital from the debt market in the first four months of this year as banks…

Jakarta Post - May 18, 2020

Jakarta – The police have announced three suspects for human trafficking aboard Chinese fishing ship Long Xing 629. The case gained attention in…

Jakarta Post - May 18, 2020

Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – Individual investors are showing growing appetite for government bonds (SBN) because the low-risk securities…

Jakarta Post - May 18, 2020

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has decided to furlough around 800 contract workers for three months…

Jakarta Post - May 18, 2020

Asip Hasani, Surabaya, East Java – Epidemiologists from Airlangga University (UNAIR) in Surabaya have strongly criticized the East Java…

Jakarta Post - May 18, 2020

Asip Hasani, Surabaya – At least 15 people have contracted COVID-19 after they opened the coffin of a resident who had died of the virus to…

Jakarta Post - May 18, 2020

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – After a number of conflicting statements from city and police officials, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has…

Tempo - May 18, 2020

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – The latest data from the Jakarta COVID-19 task force revealed the number of asymptomatic carriers (OTG) testing positive…

Jakarta Post - May 18, 2020

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – As Indonesia continues to report hundreds of new COVID-19 cases daily, the government appears to be preparing for the…

Jakarta Post - May 18, 2020

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The slow pace at which Indonesia is addressing digital inequality could jeopardize basic rights for those excluded…

Jakarta Post - May 18, 2020

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – Conservation and environmental activism are no longer limited to professionals working and interpreting data in the…

Reuters - May 18, 2020

Fathin Ungku and Wilda Asmarini, Singapore – Freeport-McMoRan Inc's Indonesian unit said it will operate the giant Grasberg mine with a "skeletal…

Jakarta Post - May 18, 2020

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Elisabeth Gunawan, 49, was worried when she opened her pork restaurant, Warung BeDua, in Batu, East Java, in 2014.

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May 17, 2020

Jakarta Post - May 17, 2020

Jakarta – The Health Ministry's Jakarta Environmental Health and Disease Control Center (BBTKLPP) has stated that it will continue receiving and…

Jakarta Post - May 17, 2020

Ramadani Saputra, Jakarta – A young couple from Cikupa, Banten identified only as R and M experienced what could be considered the worst night of…

Jakarta Post - May 17, 2020

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court will proceed with the judicial review petition filed against the executive order on the COVID-19 pandemic…

Jakarta Globe - May 17, 2020

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesian health authorities are trialing quinine as a possible treatment of Covid-19 while also acquiring other…

Independent Australia - May 17, 2020

Sarah Jacob – It's 8 am on a Saturday morning in early March. A group of young children are busy arranging tables and chairs inside a makeshift…

Jakarta Post - May 17, 2020

Jakarta – The government is considering loosening the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) put in place to stem the transmission of COVID-19,…

Jakarta Post - May 17, 2020

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – After weeks of relatively low official numbers of daily deaths, the Health Ministry announced 59 more COVID-19…

Jakarta Post - May 17, 2020

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Social media users are deploying the hashtag #IndonesiaTerserah (#WhateverIndonesia) to express their frustration…

May 16, 2020

Asia Pacific Report - May 16, 2020

Robert Baird, Dili – Timor-Leste has no active cases of covid-19 for the first time since its first confirmed case on March 21, say…

Tempo - May 16, 2020

Jakarta – A journalist in Kotabaru, South Kalimantan, has been arrested and charged with spreading interethnic hatred in an article about a land…

Jakarta Post - May 16, 2020

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Hundreds of Indonesian migrant workers recently returning to the country gathered in a crowd outside the Kemayoran…

Jakarta Post - May 16, 2020

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo says he will not yet ease the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB), and the…

Jakarta Post - May 16, 2020

Asip Hasani, Surabaya, East Java – A member of the Regional Legislative Council (DPRD) of Gresik in East Java has allegedly offered Rp 1 billion…

Jakarta Post - May 16, 2020

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Bali Police have arrested seven people of two alleged syndicates selling fake health certificates to people wishing…