Tuti Nurkhomariyah, a journalist with RMOL Lampung, was verbally assaulted by Lampung's governor, Arinal Djunaidi, at a press conference on March…
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March 13, 2020
Beritasatu, Jakarta – The government on Friday provided some details on new tax breaks issued as part of a fiscal stimulus to prop up the economy…
March 12, 2020
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's stocks dropped sharply at Thursday's opening as anxious investors left markets across the world, poised…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Workers in the manufacturing industry will not have to pay income taxes for six months as the government has…
Made Anthony Iswara, Fadli, Asip Hasani, Markus Makur, Jon Afrizal and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/Batam/Blitar, East Java/Labuan Bajo, East Nusa…
Kusumasari Ayuningtyas, Sleman, Yogyakarta – Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima joined an interfaith discussion on religious tolerance…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has vowed to maintain the country's financial market stability amid expectations that economic…
Gemma Holliani Cahya and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – With cryptic updates on the coronavirus situation and a refusal to reveal the…
Panca Nugraha, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Rabies has killed at least 15 people in West Nusa Tenggara's Dompu regency to date with more than 2,…
Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Indonesia's chief security minister Mahfud M.D. said the government would continue to provide a special autonomy fund…
Jakarta – Jiwasraya investments hit a bottleneck in the share's repossession of the Bakrie Group companies. The BPK should not cover up the…
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo reportedly gathered leaders of his coalition parties at State Palace last Friday,…
Protests against the Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation have also come from international labour organisations. Trade unions affiliated with the…
Asip Hasani, Agustinus Hari and Markus Makur, Blitar, Manado and Manggarai – The Indonesian Health Ministry has recorded a total of 17,820 cases…
Asip Hasani, Surabaya – A pastor at a Protestant church in Surabaya, East Java, has been named a suspect for allegedly sexually abusing a minor,…
Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – Indonesian Human Rights Watch Imparsial is warning the government that military training for civilians in the Reserve…
Narno, Jambi – On March 11 at least 500 people from a number of student and labour organisations held a protest action in Jambi, South Sumatra,…
Arya Dipa, Bandung – Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung, the largest hospital in West Java province, has been flooded by people asking its staff…
Jakarta – Due to the limited availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as hazmat suits, medical personnel from a state-owned…
Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Papua Legal Aid Institute (LBH Papua) has urged the government to deploy Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) personnel to…
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government plans to enlist the help of universities and other institutions to address the COVID-19 outbreak…
Nurdin Tubaka, Ambon, Indonesia – Activists in Indonesia have called on police to drop criminal charges against two indigenous men who took part…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia plans to relax restrictions on importing goods as one of its fiscal measures to combat the harmful…
Jayapura – The public prosecutor failed to present any witnesses during the fourth court hearing at the Sorong District Court on March 12 in a…
Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – The circumstances surrounding the confirmation of Indonesia's first death linked to COVID-19 on Wednesday (Mar 11) has…
March 11, 2020
Beritasatu, Jakarta – Former Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi is being investigated by the Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, on Tuesday for…
Jakarta – At least 12 endemic species of trees in the country are threatened with extinction, a researcher at the Indonesia Institute of Sciences…
Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has decided to postpone the much-anticipated Formula E electric motorsports championship, which was…
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia reported its first death from the coronavirus on Wednesday, a 53-year-old COVID-19 patient and…
Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) is holding a National QRIS Week event across Indonesia to promote cashless transactions among small businesses…
Agustinus Hari, Manado, South Sulawesi – A Constitutional Court ruling in 2017 ordering the government to recognize indigenous native faiths and…
Jakarta – Some international schools in Jakarta are closing their doors in an effort to protect students and teachers from the COVID-19…
Nedi Putra, Jon Afrizal, Asip Hasani, Suherdjoko, Blitar/Semarang/Malang – As many as 500, 60-milliliter bottles of hand sanitizers with 96…
Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – Indonesia's second-largest Islamic organization has officially entered the national battle against the coronavirus by…
Jakarta – One person has died of dengue fever in South Sumatra, while up to 562 have been infected since the beginning of the year, the South…
Dili – A six-party coalition in East Timor has chosen independence hero Xanana Gusmao to lead the next government, pending approval from the…
Tassia Sipahutar and Fathiya Dahrul – Indonesia is reintroducing a raft of market measures deployed during the global financial crisis as…
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua is calling for mining company Freeport to stop operating in Papua until local conflict ceases.
…Aisha R. Kusumasomantri, Depok – Until today, the government's approach in Papua stresses security, even though gradual attempts at comprehensive…
Antara, Jakarta – Indonesian Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian urged the Indonesian Military (TNI) and National Police to fortify security in…
Jakarta – Despite supporting President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in the 2014 and 2019 presidential elections, the Indonesian Confederation of…
Friski Riana, Jakarta – Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said the government was seeking solutions to a variety of problems occurring in Papua. One of…
Taufiq Siddiq, Galuh Kurnia Ramadhani (Intern Translator), Jakarta – Central Jakarta Police Station deployed hundreds of personnel, two water…
Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD has scolded non-government organisations (NGOs) who frequently…
Surabaya – An action by thousands of workers and students from the East Java Movement Alliance Against the Omnibus Law (Getol) has urged…
Dinda Wulandari, Palembang – Thousands of workers from a number of different trade unions in South Sumatra held a protest action opposing the…
Pebriansyah Ariefana – Thousands of protesters opposing the Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation who arrived from the south-west and east of…
Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – A 53-year-old foreign woman holidaying in Bali became Indonesia's first COVID-19 fatality on Wednesday, but local…
Rizki Fachriansyah and Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Within the first few weeks of the initial COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei province,…
Beritasatu, Jakarta – The Indonesian capital has decided to postpone its controversial electric car race, the Jakarta Formula E scheduled to take…




