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May 4, 2020

Jakarta Post - May 4, 2020

Sausan Atika, Ganug Nugroho Adi and Fadli, Batam/Jakarta – While millions of people out of work are depending on the arrival of social assistance…

Jakarta Post - May 4, 2020

Asip Hasani, Surabaya – One hundred seventy-one people had to spend the night at police stations after they were apprehended for violating a…

Jakarta Post - May 4, 2020

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Looking toward post-coronavirus economic recovery, the government is to offer six toll road projects with a combined…

May 3, 2020

Reuters - May 3, 2020

Jakarta – Police in Indonesia's North Maluku province have arrested eight people linked to a workers' demonstration that turned violent at a…

ABC News - May 3, 2020

Tasha Wibawa and Natasya Salim – When borders started closing between Australia and Indonesia to contain the spread of coronavirus, Amanda Rialdi…

Asia Pacific Report - May 3, 2020

David Robie – The jailing of the Jakarta Six – five Papuans and the first Indonesian to be convicted for a Papuan protest – in Indonesia last…

Jakarta Post - May 3, 2020

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – As COVID-19 arrests most industry activity and disrupts global supply chains, millions of…

Tempo - May 3, 2020

Antara, Jakarta – Floods have submerged 21,888 houses in five sub-districts of Bandung District, West Java since Thursday (April 30, 2020),…

Human Rights Watch News Release - May 3, 2020

Human Rights Watch used a database provided by the London-based Tapol organization as well as the submission by the lawyers Jennifer Robinson and…

Tempo - May 3, 2020

Antara, Jakarta – Floods triggered by the overflowing of the Barito River have submerged eight of the nine sub-districts in North Barito District…

Jakarta Globe - May 3, 2020

Beritasatu, Jakarta – Authorities in the Indonesian city of Surabaya have ordered more than 500 factory workers employed by tobacco giant Philip…

Jakarta Post - May 3, 2020

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Forest rangers on patrol in Gowa, South Sulawesi, knew something was amiss when they noticed a man in his mid-50s…

Jakarta Post - May 3, 2020

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The Indonesian Zoo Association (PKBSI) has launched an online fundraiser asking members of the public to help feed…

Jakarta Post - May 3, 2020

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The COVID-19 outbreak may also threaten Indonesian journalists with unfair employment treatment and limitations…

May 2, 2020

Straits Times - May 2, 2020

Jeffrey Hutton and Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – The tally of burials in Jakarta for April is adding to hopes that tough measures to slow the…

Malay Mail - May 2, 2020

Soo Wern Jun, Kuala Lumpur – With the Raja Bot market ordered to shut on April 28, many migrant workers who earn a living there have been left…

Jakarta Post - May 2, 2020

Jakarta – Elementary school teachers in Sanggau regency, West Kalimantan, an Indonesian province on the island of Borneo that borders Malaysia,…

Jakarta Post - May 2, 2020

Sausan Atika and Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Jakarta will continue restricting the number of people entering the capital after Idul…

Jakarta Post - May 2, 2020

Ni Komang Erviani, Bangli, Bali – The Bali administration has made the decision to expand the area of lockdown from one of three hamlets in Abuan…

Jakarta Post - May 2, 2020

Jakarta – A television journalist and tutor at homegrown online tutoring platform Ruangguru has called on Skill Academy, the platform's…

Jakarta Post - May 2, 2020

Markus Makur, East Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara – Volunteers under the Kasih Insanis Group, which deals with mental health patients in East…

Jakarta Post - May 2, 2020

Jakarta – In its latest leadership reshuffle, the National Police on Friday named two police generals as leaders of antiterrorism bodies.

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Jakarta Post - May 2, 2020

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – State-owned electricity firm PLN has announced its intention to supply small-scale businesses and industries on 450-volt…

Jakarta Post - May 2, 2020

Jakarta – Travelers have played cat and mouse with law enforcement personnel as they insist on traveling home despite the government's ban on…

Jakarta Post - May 2, 2020

Jakarta – The congregation body of the Ar-Rahmah mosque in Ujung district of Parepare city, South Sulawesi, reported district head Ulfa Lanto to…

Tempo - May 2, 2020

Jakarta – The government is appearing increasingly authoritarian during this Covid-19 pandemic. This could damage its credibility.

There is…

Jakarta Globe - May 2, 2020

Jakarta – Indonesia has reported an additional 292 Covid-19 cases and 422 suspect patients throughout the archipelago in the past 24 hours,…

Jakarta Globe - May 2, 2020

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – A study shows that unprocessed red palm oil helps to maintain lung immunity and respiratory health, strengthening's one's…

May 1, 2020

Jakarta Post - May 1, 2020

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) senior investigator Novel Baswedan told the North Jakarta District…

Jakarta Globe - May 1, 2020

Dwi Argo Santosa, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia again recorded the highest daily rise in new coronavirus infections on Friday. The number…

East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) - May 1, 2020

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) condemns the ongoing violence and racism against West Papuans living in various parts of…

Lowy Institute - May 1, 2020

West Papuans continue to fight for independence with the support of many Pacific nations. Despite Indonesia's opposition and the recent impact of…

Jakarta Globe - May 1, 2020

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Have you been anxious, confused or scared lately? Do you feel like your heart beats faster than usual? Have you…

Tempo Timor - May 1, 2020

Dili – The political party Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan (KHUNTO) has withdrawn from the new coalition led by CNRT's president, Kay…

Radio New Zealand - May 1, 2020

Johnny Blades – A West Papuan church leader has been 'invited' by Indonesian police to 'clarify' an article he wrote about a shooting incident in…

Indonesia at Melbourne - May 1, 2020

With global attention fixated on the coronavirus pandemic, the small Central Sulawesi city of Poso and its surrounding mountains have seen a…

Asia Pacific Report - May 1, 2020

Basten Gokkon of Mongabay – Local authorities and indigenous communities in Indonesia's Papua region have imposed a sweeping lockdown in an…

Jakarta Post - May 1, 2020

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Investigators of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have detained two suspects allegedly involved…

Jakarta Post - May 1, 2020

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – At least 16 people have undergone speedy trials and been fined for committing "intolerable mistakes" during the…

Jakarta Post - May 1, 2020

Arya Dipa and Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta and Bandung – Fifteen years have passed since an avalanche of waste at Leuwigajah landfill in Cimahi, West…

Jakarta Post - May 1, 2020

Jakarta – A team of researchers focusing on convalescent plasma at Cipto Mangungkusomo Hospital/University of Indonesia's School of Medicine has…

Jakarta Globe - May 1, 2020

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The number of Indonesians abroad who gets infected Covid-19 rose to 654 people, a jump by more than a third from two weeks…

Jakarta Post - May 1, 2020

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Many Indonesian workers went online to celebrate Labor Day, also known as or May Day, on Friday to avoid spreading and…

The Diplomat - May 1, 2020

Made Ayu Mariska – As governments around the world have implemented various stay-at-home orders, reports of domestic violence have jumped…

Jakarta Post - May 1, 2020

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – A coalition of three major labor unions in the country calling itself the Indonesian Labor Workers Assembly (MPBI) is…

Jakarta Post - May 1, 2020

Nina A. Loasana and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed problems in…

Jakarta Post - May 1, 2020

Jakarta – A research study by the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) has found that conversations on social media…

Jakarta Post - May 1, 2020

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – Jakarta may have reduced its trash output during the COVID-19 outbreak, but environmentalists have cautioned that…

April 30, 2020

Jakarta Post - April 30, 2020

Jakarta – The Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) has announced that it will return the premiums for the national health…

Radio New Zealand - April 30, 2020

There's been a surge in the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Mimika regency of Indonesian-ruled Papua. Mimika now has 51 cases,…