Sausan Atika, Ganug Nugroho Adi and Fadli, Batam/Jakarta – While millions of people out of work are depending on the arrival of social assistance…
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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…
Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Looking toward post-coronavirus economic recovery, the government is to offer six toll road projects with a combined…
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…
Tasha Wibawa and Natasya Salim – When borders started closing between Australia and Indonesia to contain the spread of coronavirus, Amanda Rialdi…
David Robie – The jailing of the Jakarta Six – five Papuans and the first Indonesian to be convicted for a Papuan protest – in Indonesia last…
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – As COVID-19 arrests most industry activity and disrupts global supply chains, millions of…
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 used a database provided by the London-based Tapol organization as well as the submission by the lawyers Jennifer Robinson and…
Antara, Jakarta – Floods triggered by the overflowing of the Barito River have submerged eight of the nine sub-districts in North Barito District…
Beritasatu, Jakarta – Authorities in the Indonesian city of Surabaya have ordered more than 500 factory workers employed by tobacco giant Philip…
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…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The Indonesian Zoo Association (PKBSI) has launched an online fundraiser asking members of the public to help feed…
Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The COVID-19 outbreak may also threaten Indonesian journalists with unfair employment treatment and limitations…
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…
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 – Elementary school teachers in Sanggau regency, West Kalimantan, an Indonesian province on the island of Borneo that borders Malaysia,…
Sausan Atika and Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Jakarta will continue restricting the number of people entering the capital after Idul…
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 – A television journalist and tutor at homegrown online tutoring platform Ruangguru has called on Skill Academy, the platform's…
Markus Makur, East Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara – Volunteers under the Kasih Insanis Group, which deals with mental health patients in East…
Jakarta – In its latest leadership reshuffle, the National Police on Friday named two police generals as leaders of antiterrorism bodies.
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Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – State-owned electricity firm PLN has announced its intention to supply small-scale businesses and industries on 450-volt…
Jakarta – Travelers have played cat and mouse with law enforcement personnel as they insist on traveling home despite the government's ban on…
Jakarta – The congregation body of the Ar-Rahmah mosque in Ujung district of Parepare city, South Sulawesi, reported district head Ulfa Lanto to…
Jakarta – The government is appearing increasingly authoritarian during this Covid-19 pandemic. This could damage its credibility.
There is…
Jakarta – Indonesia has reported an additional 292 Covid-19 cases and 422 suspect patients throughout the archipelago in the past 24 hours,…
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
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) senior investigator Novel Baswedan told the North Jakarta District…
Dwi Argo Santosa, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia again recorded the highest daily rise in new coronavirus infections on Friday. The number…
The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) condemns the ongoing violence and racism against West Papuans living in various parts of…
West Papuans continue to fight for independence with the support of many Pacific nations. Despite Indonesia's opposition and the recent impact of…
Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Have you been anxious, confused or scared lately? Do you feel like your heart beats faster than usual? Have you…
Dili – The political party Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan (KHUNTO) has withdrawn from the new coalition led by CNRT's president, Kay…
Johnny Blades – A West Papuan church leader has been 'invited' by Indonesian police to 'clarify' an article he wrote about a shooting incident in…
With global attention fixated on the coronavirus pandemic, the small Central Sulawesi city of Poso and its surrounding mountains have seen a…
Basten Gokkon of Mongabay – Local authorities and indigenous communities in Indonesia's Papua region have imposed a sweeping lockdown in an…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Investigators of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have detained two suspects allegedly involved…
Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – At least 16 people have undergone speedy trials and been fined for committing "intolerable mistakes" during the…
Arya Dipa and Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta and Bandung – Fifteen years have passed since an avalanche of waste at Leuwigajah landfill in Cimahi, West…
Jakarta – A team of researchers focusing on convalescent plasma at Cipto Mangungkusomo Hospital/University of Indonesia's School of Medicine has…
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…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Many Indonesian workers went online to celebrate Labor Day, also known as or May Day, on Friday to avoid spreading and…
Made Ayu Mariska – As governments around the world have implemented various stay-at-home orders, reports of domestic violence have jumped…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – A coalition of three major labor unions in the country calling itself the Indonesian Labor Workers Assembly (MPBI) is…
Nina A. Loasana and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed problems in…
Jakarta – A research study by the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) has found that conversations on social media…
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 – The Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) has announced that it will return the premiums for the national health…
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,…




