Eisya A. Eloksari, Jakarta – Like conventional lenders, peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms have also received a rising number of loan…

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Members of the House of Representatives have expressed dissatisfaction about President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's newly…

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Transportation Society (MTI) warned that the ban on the annual mass exodus, locally known as mudik, during the…

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Adib Khumaidi, deputy chairman of the Executive Board of the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI), advised…

Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta is on its 12th day of large-scale social restriction of PSBB. So far, the Jakarta Labor, Transmigration and Energy…

Friski Riana, Jakarta – The Jakarta Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) reported that there are 23 journalists that filed complaints and fell…

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The government is pushing regencies to slash street lighting taxes (PPJ) for 31 million of Indonesia's poorest homes in…

Jakarta – The Civil Society Alliance says that they were removed then locked out of a House of Representatives (DPR) Legislative Body (Baleg)…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Dozens of Indonesian migrant workers returning from Malaysia have been caught attempting to sneak past border…

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – A number of journalists and media professionals in Jakarta have been left jobless with little to no financial…

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – As the COVID-19 pandemic strikes the Indonesian economy, with almost 3 million people having lost their jobs and 70…

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – Enik Maslahah, 49, is quite attuned to the environment she lives in, despite being a relatively recent transplant to…

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – With Indonesians prevented from celebrating Kartini Day to the full extent with festive parades and group…

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Indonesia must export ready-to-use personal protective equipment (PPE) to South Korea as a form of compensation after…

Maikel Jefriando, Jakarta – Indonesia will ban the mass exodus tradition, locally known as mudik, at the end of the Muslim fasting month in May…

Rebecca Ratcliffe and Febriana Firdaus – Indonesia has banned an annual homecoming in which tens of millions of people travel to see their…

Ari Supriyanti Rikin, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia's coronavirus infection rate continues to fluctuate with 375 new confirmed cases…

A patient under observation (PDP) for possible coronavirus infection left isolation from a hospital in the Central Java city of Tegal over the…

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The National Police are planning to roll out its Idul Fitri security operation, known as "Operasi Ketupat," earlier…

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The National Alms Agency (Baznas) has reminded its agencies across the nation to help campaign against donation…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adji, Jakarta – Thick smog blanketing Jakarta is a thing of the past – for now – as clearer skies have been reported…

Jakarta – The Covid-19 outbreak has prompted members of the public to launch their own crowdsourced databases on the spread of the virus in their…

Hotels in Bali are reportedly planning to start opening up doors in May, with tourism authorities also expecting to welcome Chinese tourists to…

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Executive summary

Jakarta – Indonesia's death toll from the coronavirus has likely reached 1,000, nearly double the official figure of 582, Indonesian Doctors'…

Eisya A. Eloksari, Jakarta – Start-ups, a crowdfunding platform and non-government organizations (NGOs) have established a charity program to…

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Public transportation use in Greater Jakarta declined sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic even before the…

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Slowing loan demand in the first quarter of this year is expected to continue up until the end of 2020 and can…

Asip Hasani, Blitar, East Java – The Surabaya municipal administration and two regencies of its greater metropolitan area, Gresik and Sidoarjo,…

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The head of the Indonesian Bureau of Logistics, or Bulog, Budi Waseso, said on Monday that Indonesia has enough supply…

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The head of the national task force for COVID-19 mitigation, Doni Monardo, admitted that the enforcement of the large-…

Jakarta – After weeks of bleak outlook in its struggle to end the coronavirus outbreak, Indonesia saw some promising signs on Monday with a sharp…

Dina Manafe, Anselmus Bata, Jakarta – Indonesia received a shipment of 50,000 reagents from South Korea on Sunday which the government will use…

Yustinus Paat, Herman, Jakarta – The Jakarta provincial government has asked workers affected by the Covid-19 pandemic to register on a special…

M Julnis Firmansyah, Dio Suhenda (Intern Translator), Jakarta – Not using face masks has been recorded to be the most common offense during the…

When all else fails, one way to convince Indonesians to self-isolate, as we've seen before with the pocong guards, is to spook them into…

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – As the COVID-19 epidemic in Indonesia shows no signs of easing, two of the country's highest courts, the Supreme Court (…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Fitch Solutions has downgraded Indonesia's economic growth projection to 2.8 percent, down from its initial…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry's fiscal policy agency (BKF) has voiced concerns that the government's Rp 436.1 trillion (US$…

Agustinus Hari, Manado, North Sulawesi – The members of an LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community in Manado, North Sulawesi,…

Ilham Rian Pratama, Jakarta – Corruption is a crime which must be addressed with extraordinary measures. This is embodied in Law Number 20/2001…

Jakarta – Nurse Ika Dewi Maharani knew when cases of COVID-19 started to climb that she needed to do something. While some might have thought…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Several residents in the Cipageran Asri housing complex in West Java gather every day to whip up tasty meals for a…

Jakarta – The Bethel Indonesia School of Theology in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, has been designated a "red zone" following mounting reports of…

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – As COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to climb in Indonesia and large-scale social restrictions remain in place…

Rt Hon Jacinda Adern
Prime Minister
Rt Hon Winston Peters
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Parliament Buildings
Wellington

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A logging company, PT Wanagalang Utama, is felling timber on indigenous land from Aisnak, in the Far South East Aifat subdistrict, Maybrat…

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – More than 45 million Indonesians students are holed up at home for the rest of the academic year, as schools…

Jakarta – Nine people were killed by a landslide at an illegal gold mine in Sumatra, an Indonesian official said Sunday.

The…