Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's trade surplus and relatively resilient export figures in March may not be sustained in the near future…
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April 16, 2020
Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – The Overseas Indonesian Students Association Alliance (PPI-Dunia) has urged the government to ramp up its measures…
Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Several members of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's expert staff have received public criticism over conflicts of…
Matt Bamford – Australian doctors have joined the fight against COVID-19 in Timor-Leste in a bid to prevent devastation in one of South-East Asia…
Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Siti Patonah and her third-grader daughter, who live in a slum in South Jakarta, spend most of their time crouching…
Made Ayu Mariska – Will there be enough food? Indonesia is one of the biggest agrarian countries in the world, producing over 31 million tonnes…
Jakarta – Reduced to sharing goggles and cheap raincoats, Indonesia's under-equipped doctors are battling a tide of COVID-19 infections that is…
Jakarta (Bloomberg) – The coronavirus outbreak is set to wipe out more than US$10 billion (S$14.3 billion) from Indonesia's tourism revenue this…
M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Advocates M. Sholeh and Tomi Singgih are planning to file a police report against one of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo'…
Krithika Varagur – Half a million people, all dressed in white, radiated from the Hotel Indonesia roundabout in central Jakarta. Protesters…
Dili – In just one day East Timor confirmed another ten COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of patients who suffer from the…
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A litany of loopholes allows mining companies in Indonesia to shirk their obligation to restore and rehabilitate…
Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has announced that another 102 people recovered from COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total number…
Jakarta – Regional leaders of Jakarta's satellite cities have requested that commuter trains serving Greater Jakarta suspend operations during…
Dian Septiari, Jakarta – With their plight largely ignored by the public, 63 Indonesians detained on treason charges have turned to the United…
Jakarta – Forty people across Central Java have died from dengue fever in the last three months, the Central Java Health Agency reported, making…
Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The government is working on reviewing businesses that are eligible to receive government aid as it receives reports from…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The State Palace is bracing for social unrest ahead of Ramadan amid the economic downturn caused by the…
Riska Rahman, Jakarta – State-owned firms have received COVID-19 medicine and raw materials from India to help treat infected patients in the…
Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – After being released to help prevent COVID-19 transmission in the country's overcrowded prisons, a dozen inmates have…
Jakarta – Human Rights lawyers Veronica Koman and Jennifer Robinson have sent a letter to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the United…
Jakarta – Dozens of Jakartans have volunteered to become social companions for COVID-19 patients and those suspected of having the disease in the…
Yitno Suprapto, Jambi, Indonesia – As Indonesia grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, infections from another animal-borne disease have gone on…
Remember Ningsih Tinampi, the self-proclaimed supernatural healer who went viral last year for victim-blaming a spirit?
Well, the so-called…
Ronna Nirmala and Tia Asmara, Jakarta – More than 60 political prisoners, mostly Papuan activists detained for pro-independence protests, wrote a…
A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – As the recently updated draft of Indonesia's climate action commitments under the Paris Agreement awaits government…
Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Indonesia is struggling to acquire the necessary kits to conduct polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing on a massive…
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Indonesia is ready to mass-produce urgently needed medical equipment, including…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration is cooperating with the Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology and the Indonesian Red…
Victor Mambor and Nina A. Loasana, Jayapura and Jakarta – The bodies of two Papuan men bearing gunshot wounds have been found along a river near…
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – At least five specialist doctors working at Padang Sidempuan Hospital, a COVID-19 referral hospital in…
April 15, 2020
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and the NasDem Party, both in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo'…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has confirmed 55 cases of COVID-19 and 15 deaths among military personnel and their…
Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The Youth and Sports Ministry and House Commission X agreed on Tuesday to postpone the National Games (PON),…
Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – After almost five years fighting her way through an arduous mechanical engineering degree at one of Indonesia's top…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Many Indonesian workers remain anxious over the uncertain future of their employment amid the COVID-19 outbreak…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign debt grew slower in February as foreign investors reduced holdings of Indonesian assets amid a…
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has now called for greater transparency in how the nation is…
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The Agriculture Ministry is partnering with food producer PT Indoguna Utama and ride-hailing company Grab…
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Construction on the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway project is expected to be delayed amid the COVID-19…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia booked a US$743 million trade surplus in March as export and import activities contracted slightly amid…
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – The Dairi Police in North Sumatra have granted a 75-year-old man who allegedly raped and impregnated a…
Jakarta – A survey conducted by the Villages, Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Ministry has revealed that most village heads across the…
Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Health Ministry announced on Tuesday that it would allow 10 regions considered COVID-19 red zones to…
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – State-owned fuel distributor Pertamina rolled out on Tuesday a fuel discount scheme for app-based ojek (motorcycle taxi…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The government and the House of Representatives have agreed to reschedule the voting day for this year's simultaneous…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Firli Bahuri inaugurated Brig. Gen Karyoto on Tuesday as…
Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Airports across Indonesia have reduced their operational hours and services, including by closing terminals,…
Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The heinous fate that befell Mira, a 42-year-old trans woman who was burned to death in Cilincing, North Jakarta, has…
Yudo Dahono, Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – The central government has finally released its official figure on suspect cases of Covid-19 across…




