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March 18, 2020

CNN Indonesia - March 18, 2020

Jakarta – The Confederation of United Indonesian Workers (KPBI) is urging the House of Representatives (DPR) and the government to halt…

Radio New Zealand - 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…

Jakarta Globe - March 18, 2020

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Food delivery service GrabFood has launched a new "non-contact" delivery system to follow government advice on…

Jakarta Post - March 18, 2020

N. Adri, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – The nonprofit Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) has closed down several facilities to prevent…

Tempo - March 18, 2020

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab temporarily halted weekly and monthly general events usually held…

Tempo - March 18, 2020

Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta's Istiqlal Mosque management announced today, March 18, that it planned to hold the mass Friday prayer based on the…

Tempo - March 18, 2020

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo's administration could be accused of violating the Constitution if it does not immediately improve its strategy…

Radio New Zealand - March 18, 2020

Human development index figures are improving in Papuan provinces of Indonesia. Latest figures from Indonesia's national statistics agency show…

March 17, 2020

Associated Press - 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…

The Interpreter - March 17, 2020

Ben Bland – As he rose rapidly from furniture businessman to mayor of Solo and governor of Jakarta to president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo stuck…

Jakarta Post - March 17, 2020

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Ministry is proposing the inclusion of power companies onto a list of…

Mongabay - March 17, 2020

Fathul Rakhman, Lombok, Indonesia – Environmental activists have called on authorities in Indonesia's Lombok Island to drop plans for a cable car…

Straits Times - March 17, 2020

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – The coronavirus in Indonesia has so far affected the middle class and up – people who returned from overseas…

Straits Times - March 17, 2020

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…

East Asia Forum - March 17, 2020

V Arianti and Muh Taufiqurrohman – The Indonesian government has arrested more than 1100 suspected terrorists since 2015, with still more killed…

Vanuatu Daily Post - March 17, 2020

Len Garae – In the latest emergency joint meeting organised by the Executive Committees of United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) and…

Jakarta Post - March 17, 2020

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesian stocks hit circuit breakers for the third time in the past week on Tuesday, touching levels unseen since…

Jakarta Post - March 17, 2020

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The government has finally called for the suspension of meeting, incentive, convention and exhibition (MICE)…

Jakarta Post - March 17, 2020

Jakarta – Jakarta's office market is predicted to continue its declining trend as multinational companies remain cautious about expansion amid…

Jakarta Post - March 17, 2020

Jakarta – A coalition of civil society organizations has urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to dismiss Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto…

Jakarta Post - March 17, 2020

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) will temporarily close its One-Stop Integrated Service (PTSP) licensing…

Jakarta Post - March 17, 2020

Jakarta – Floodwaters filled parts of Jakarta following heavy rain on Monday and submerged two subdistricts in East Jakarta, namely Cipinang…

Jakarta Post - March 17, 2020

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…

Jakarta Post - March 17, 2020

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Indonesia has revoked the price floor for unsubsidized gasoline and diesel as the government expects falling global oil…

Jakarta Post - March 17, 2020

Jakarta – A member of Indonesian Young Scientists Forum (IYSF) has lauded President Joko "Jokowi" Wibowo for imposing a social distancing policy…

Jakarta Post - March 17, 2020

Riza Roidila Mufti and Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan is calling on public…

Jakarta Post - March 17, 2020

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has issued a fatwa on compulsory Muslim prayers specifically during the COVID-19 pandemic.

MUI…

Jakarta Post - March 17, 2020

Jakarta – Following announcements by Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan regarding the need for a city-wide lockdown of the capital to curb the…

Jakarta Post - March 17, 2020

Jakarta – The Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Ministry has allowed civil servants to work from home for two weeks in a bid to curb the…

Jakarta Globe - March 17, 2020

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – When the Health Minister said Indonesia was prepared to tackle the coronavirus outbreak, did he mean everyone?

On…

Jakarta Globe - March 17, 2020

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said on Monday the city's bus network TransJakarta, the Jakarta Light Rail Transit (LRT…

Jakarta Post - March 17, 2020

Jakarta – A coalition of civil society organizations has called on the government to better explain its social distancing recommendation to clear…

Jakarta Post - March 17, 2020

Jakarta – Regions across the country have postponed the national exam and ordered students to study from home amid the government's call for…

Jakarta Post - March 17, 2020
Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – Indonesia is set to suspend its visa exemption policy for all countries for one month and expand restrictions for people…
Jakarta Post - March 17, 2020

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council has urged the government to map coronavirus diseases (COVID-19) prone areas following its issuance of a…

Jakarta Globe - March 17, 2020

Beritasatu, Jakarta – Judges at the Central Jakarta District Court on Tuesday accepted a multimillion-dollar class action against Jakarta…

Jakarta Globe - March 17, 2020

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

Jakarta Post - 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 Post - March 16, 2020

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 Post - March 16, 2020

Jakarta – A restriction on the operational hours of public transportation imposed by Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan in a bid to contain the…

Jakarta Post - March 16, 2020

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The government needs to further simplify import procedures for basic needs such as sugar, meat and garlic to…

Jakarta Post - March 16, 2020

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…

Jakarta Post - March 16, 2020

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Indonesia's logistics sector recorded 10.5 percent growth last year supported by high growth in railway and sea…

Jakarta Post - March 16, 2020

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded a US$2.34 billion trade surplus in February thanks to higher manufacturing exports despite…

Jakarta Post - March 16, 2020

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to enforce stricter social distancing measures…

Sydney Morning Herald - March 16, 2020

James Massola, Jakarta – The Indonesian government's handling of the coronavirus crisis has been an omni-shambles from the get-go.

The…

Coconuts Jakarta - March 16, 2020

Despite the central government and the Jakarta Provincial Government yesterday urging citizens to work from home in order to contain the…

Jakarta Post - March 16, 2020

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign debt rose in January due to an increase in the government's net borrowing, mainly through the…

Jakarta Post - March 16, 2020

Arya Dipa and Markus Makur, Bandung – Regional leaders across the country have implemented social distancing measures following President Joko "…

Jakarta Post - March 16, 2020

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The Taxation Directorate General has cancelled direct face-to-face services and is advising all taxpayers to use…