Marta Colombo – For the past 15 years, Iskandar Waworuntu has been implementing and teaching permaculture outside Yogyakarta in Central Java, one…
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April 13, 2020
A police officer in the North Sumatra capital of Medan is facing disciplinary sanctions for allegedly taking a bribe from a driver he stopped on…
Large-scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) have been in place in Jakarta since Friday, but it seems those in central government can't seem to agree…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Candra Juniar Amiarno, a 38-year-old dentist living in East Jakarta, was forced to stop practicing after the…
Esther Samboh and Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's revised 2020 state budget highlights lower income and higher spending against the…
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The State Logistics Agency (Bulog), the government institution tasked with securing national staple food…
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The Office of the Coordinating Economic Minister, which spearheads the national committee of job creation, has…
Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Researchers say they see themselves walking a long, winding road in helping the government battle the COVID-19…
Carlos Roy Fajarta, Bernadus Wijayaka, Jakarta – Long queues for the Commuter Line trains were seen at stations in Jakarta on Monday morning, the…
Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has instructed Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto to boost the number of Covid-19 swab…
M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Indonesia Police Watch said that the clash between the military and police officers in Mamberamo, Papua, was started…
Dewi Nurita, Dio Suhenda (Intern Translator), Jakarta – The Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) noted that a number of regions have yet to…
Dili – The number of COVID-19 cases is increasing in East Timor. Based on information from the Integrated Management Crisis Centre (Sentru…
Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – The trail of six Papuan activists is to be held online or long-distance amid the enforcement of large scale social…
Sri Utami/J-3 – The contemptible act which befell Mira has ignited people's anger with prayers from several communities doing the rounds on…
April 12, 2020
Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The Health Ministry is processing more requests from regional administrations to impose large-scale social…
Jakarta – The Banyuwangi municipal police say that a clash in the Pesanggaran sub-district of Banyuwangi, East Java, in late March was trigged by…
Caleb Larson – Indonesia recently backed out of two separate arms deals with both China and Russia, bowing to pressure from the Trump…
Suherdjoko, Semarang – The funeral of a nurse who succumbed to COVID-19 in Sewakul village, West Ungaran, Semarang regency in Central Java was…
Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – Indonesia has imposed curbs on public transport ahead of the annual exodus to home villages that marks the end of the…
Manado, Indonesia – A riot in a prison in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province where at least one guard is reportedly exhibiting COVID-19-like…
Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat – China and Indonesia will mark the 70th anniversary of establishing diplomatic ties on Monday, at a time when the…
Indonesian security forces have killed three West Papuans they suspect of being part of an armed group behind a deadly attack at the premises of…
Jakarta – West Java's cities and regencies in Greater Jakarta, namely Bogor municipality and regency, Depok as well as Bekasi municipality and…
Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – As people across the country are forced to stay inside their homes to flatten Indonesia's COVID-19 curve, many seek…
Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – There is no Easter like this year.
Christian communities in Indonesia have seen it all in the past, from…
Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Indonesia continues to climb, while thousands of Jakartans leaving for their…
Jakarta – The Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) has requested Rp 65 million (US$4,113) in financial compensation for former…
April 11, 2020
Timika, Indonesia – Indonesian security forces shot and killed three separatist rebels who were suspected in an attack that killed a New…
Andreas Harsono, Jakarta – In March, 15 Indonesians filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court arguing that the government's shuttering of thousands…
Sudirman Nasir, Makassar – Amid the current pandemic and in the absence of effective vaccines and antiviral drugs, preventive measures are…
Crisis, be it economic collapse, natural disaster or pandemic, deepens and amplifies the social vulnerabilities produced by inequality. Along…
Moch. Fiqih Perwira Adjie, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has called on the government to step up its commitment to identifying the…
Suherdjoko and Ganug Nugroho Adi, Semarang and Surakarta – Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo has expressed his appreciation to residents who…
Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry has urged Indonesian Muslims not to hold bukber, short for buka puasa bersama (…
Nina Loasana, Jakarta – Public television broadcaster TVRI will air a full-day educational program called Belajar dari Rumah (Study from Home)…
Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – In the past several weeks, the government has expanded several social assistance programs for low-income citizens across…
Herman, Jakarta – Indonesia has scrambled to find satellite a replacement as 23 television and eight radio broadcasts are at risk of stopping…
Purwani Diyah Prabandari, Jakarta – A large number of residents of Uraso in North Luwu earn their living from the hundreds of trees in their…
Jakarta – The police have arrested people accused of spreading fake news about the coronavirus. Hoaxes might be a reaction to the lack of…
Jakarta – At least six people have died of dengue fever in North Maluku so far this year.
According to North Maluku Health Agency data for…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Three more volcanoes – Mount Kerinci in West Sumatra, Mount Semeru in East Java and Mount Merapi in Central…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported 330 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours on Saturday, the second…
April 10, 2020
Jakarta – Indonesia's government is failing to provide transparency and access to information to battle the COVID-19 outbreak, Human Rights Watch…
Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – After introducing a contentious omnibus bill that seeks to cut through red tape, the administration of President Joko "…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The North Jakarta Police have charged a group of men who allegedly burned a 42-year-old transgender woman to death…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Activists from the Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency (Fitra) and Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW)…
Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The government will push back Idul Fitri collective leave to December due to concerns that the annual exodus…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Lawmakers will have to wait a little longer for cash incentives to buy new cars for personal use following a statement…
Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – The amount of activity around Jakarta has reportedly been down on Friday, the first day of large-scale social…




