Jakarta – The Confederation of United Indonesian Workers (KPBI) is urging the House of Representatives (DPR) and the government to halt…
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March 18, 2020
An academic from West Papua says Indonesian plans to further divide up the region will only enhance dependency on Jakarta.
Indonesia's…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Food delivery service GrabFood has launched a new "non-contact" delivery system to follow government advice on…
N. Adri, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – The nonprofit Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) has closed down several facilities to prevent…
M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab temporarily halted weekly and monthly general events usually held…
Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta's Istiqlal Mosque management announced today, March 18, that it planned to hold the mass Friday prayer based on the…
Jakarta – President Joko Widodo's administration could be accused of violating the Constitution if it does not immediately improve its strategy…
Human development index figures are improving in Papuan provinces of Indonesia. Latest figures from Indonesia's national statistics agency show…
March 17, 2020
Timika, Indonesia – Four Papuan independence fighters were killed in an ongoing clash between security forces and a rebel group near the world's…
Ben Bland – As he rose rapidly from furniture businessman to mayor of Solo and governor of Jakarta to president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo stuck…
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Ministry is proposing the inclusion of power companies onto a list of…
Fathul Rakhman, Lombok, Indonesia – Environmental activists have called on authorities in Indonesia's Lombok Island to drop plans for a cable car…
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – The coronavirus in Indonesia has so far affected the middle class and up – people who returned from overseas…
Jeffrey Hutton, Jakarta – On any other Monday, Mr Ranggi Hardiyanto, 25, would have already sold at least a couple pairs of sneakers. But he and…
V Arianti and Muh Taufiqurrohman – The Indonesian government has arrested more than 1100 suspected terrorists since 2015, with still more killed…
Len Garae – In the latest emergency joint meeting organised by the Executive Committees of United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) and…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesian stocks hit circuit breakers for the third time in the past week on Tuesday, touching levels unseen since…
Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The government has finally called for the suspension of meeting, incentive, convention and exhibition (MICE)…
Jakarta – Jakarta's office market is predicted to continue its declining trend as multinational companies remain cautious about expansion amid…
Jakarta – A coalition of civil society organizations has urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to dismiss Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto…
Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) will temporarily close its One-Stop Integrated Service (PTSP) licensing…
Jakarta – Floodwaters filled parts of Jakarta following heavy rain on Monday and submerged two subdistricts in East Jakarta, namely Cipinang…
Arya Dipa, Bandung – The West Java Health Agency said it only discovered later that a patient who died while being treated in a hospital in…
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Indonesia has revoked the price floor for unsubsidized gasoline and diesel as the government expects falling global oil…
Jakarta – A member of Indonesian Young Scientists Forum (IYSF) has lauded President Joko "Jokowi" Wibowo for imposing a social distancing policy…
Riza Roidila Mufti and Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan is calling on public…
Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has issued a fatwa on compulsory Muslim prayers specifically during the COVID-19 pandemic.
MUI…
Jakarta – Following announcements by Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan regarding the need for a city-wide lockdown of the capital to curb the…
Jakarta – The Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Ministry has allowed civil servants to work from home for two weeks in a bid to curb the…
Diana Mariska, Jakarta – When the Health Minister said Indonesia was prepared to tackle the coronavirus outbreak, did he mean everyone?
On…
Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said on Monday the city's bus network TransJakarta, the Jakarta Light Rail Transit (LRT…
Jakarta – A coalition of civil society organizations has called on the government to better explain its social distancing recommendation to clear…
Jakarta – Regions across the country have postponed the national exam and ordered students to study from home amid the government's call for…
Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council has urged the government to map coronavirus diseases (COVID-19) prone areas following its issuance of a…
Beritasatu, Jakarta – Judges at the Central Jakarta District Court on Tuesday accepted a multimillion-dollar class action against Jakarta…
Izzan Fathurrahman – Perhaps no one else is more heavily regulated while, on the other hand, their roles are as rampantly neglected as women in…
March 16, 2020
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives and civil society groups have called on the General Elections Commission (KPU) to consider…
Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has not yet been able to arrest two key graft suspects who are still on the loose, former…
Jakarta – A restriction on the operational hours of public transportation imposed by Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan in a bid to contain the…
Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The government needs to further simplify import procedures for basic needs such as sugar, meat and garlic to…
Jakarta – The number of Indonesia's ultra rich is expected to jump by 57 percent to 1,060 individuals over the next four years, the second…
Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Indonesia's logistics sector recorded 10.5 percent growth last year supported by high growth in railway and sea…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded a US$2.34 billion trade surplus in February thanks to higher manufacturing exports despite…
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to enforce stricter social distancing measures…
James Massola, Jakarta – The Indonesian government's handling of the coronavirus crisis has been an omni-shambles from the get-go.
The…
Despite the central government and the Jakarta Provincial Government yesterday urging citizens to work from home in order to contain the…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign debt rose in January due to an increase in the government's net borrowing, mainly through the…
Arya Dipa and Markus Makur, Bandung – Regional leaders across the country have implemented social distancing measures following President Joko "…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The Taxation Directorate General has cancelled direct face-to-face services and is advising all taxpayers to use…




