Jakarta – Hundreds of people of all genders took to the streets on International Women's Day in Jakarta on Sunday to demand that the government…
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March 8, 2020
Jakarta – As many as 790 people have fled their homes in mountainous areas around the Freeport mining site to take refuge at the Tembagapura…
Jakarta – Gerindra Party executive Riza Patria has resigned from his seat as a member of the House of Representatives as he hopes to become the…
Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Maimon Herawati is an accomplished woman who believes in equal opportunity for women. She finished her Master's…
Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has proceeded with the prosecution of businessman Saeful Bahri in a bribery case…
Jakarta – Residents of Paniaran village in North Tapanuli, North Sumatra, found a 3-month old baby boy who had been left next to a house in the…
Adrian Amurwonegoro, Denpasar – Scores of people from the Bali Gender Justice People's Coalition (KRBAG), the majority of which were women, held…
Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta – A group of women's rights activists under the North Sumatra Women's March movement staged a rally on Sunday to…
Bagus F, Bandung – Coinciding with International Women's Day (IWD) 2020, protesters from the Wanoja Ngalawan Assembly (KAWAN) held a protest…
Jakarta – The commemoration of International Women's Day (IWD) in Jakarta on Sunday March 8 was marked by a long-march from the General Elections…
Shinta Maharani, Yogyakarta – Police have examined posters and banners being prepared by activists prior to the commemoration of International…
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – International Women's Day (IWD) 2020 protesters have voiced their opposition to the Draft Omnibus Law on Job…
Lugas Subarkah, Jogja – Continued cultural and systemic gender based oppression does not just befall women but other vulnerable groups as well.…
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – A large number of protesters have began gathering in front of the General Elections Supervisory Board (Bawaslu)…
Tiara Azzahra – On Sunday March 8 protesters held a long-march to commemorate International Women's Day (IWD) 2020 which began in the Jl MH…
March 7, 2020
Hengky Ola Sura, Maumere – Young farmers in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), most of whom have developed their land from square-one, are hoping to have…
Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – The Health Ministry announced on Friday that two new COVID-19 cases linked to the first two confirmed cases had…
Yogyakarta – Social organisations that are part of the United People's Alliance (ARB) in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta plan to hold a…
Ashutosh Nagda – On February 28, the Indonesian Foreign Ministry summoned Indian Ambassador to Indonesia Pradeep Rawat "to discuss the riots that…
March 6, 2020
Jakarta – The supervisory council for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has finished drafting a renewed ethical code for the anti-graft…
Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The government is preparing derivative regulations that will support the implementation of the omnibus bill on job…
Denpasar, Ni Komang Erviani – When Ketut Suarsa Dipa, 41, heard about an outbreak caused by a new strain of coronavirus in China in January, he…
Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Indonesia's Tanoto Foundation has joined hands with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to develop the…
Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Indonesia announced two new cases of Covid-19 on Friday, four days after the announcement of the first two cases…
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign exchange (forex) reserves fell to US$130.4 billion in February after the government paid its…
Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry said on Friday that flights to and from South Korea are still operating despite the East Asian country…
Jakarta – The Jakarta administration launched on Friday a website specifically designed for COVID-19 response and information following the first…
Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The COVID-19 coronavirus has hit the hotel industry hard with occupancy rates well down on the seasonal average…
Robert Baird – The Australian lawyer who helped uncover the Timor-Leste bugging scandal says Australia had direct, advanced knowledge of the…
Employees at the Freeport mine in West Papua have been warned about heightened security risks in the area. PT Freeport Indonesia has told staff…
Johnny Blades – Researchers say 59 people died in a month of unrest in West Papua late last year.
The Indonesian-ruled provinces of Papua…
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The Indonesia government has finally released its official protocols for dealing with…
Devina Halim, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) will soon return the investigation dossier on the Paniai incident in Papua to the…
Deti Mega Purnamasari, Jakarta – Incest or sexual relations between blood relatives against girls is the most frequent form of sexual violence.…
Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Women's Anti-Violence Movement, or Gerak Perempuan, an alliance of non-government organizations and civil society…
Moh Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – The Environment and Forestry Ministry reminded households to conduct their own waste separation following the fact…
Four app-based motorcycle taxi drivers, locally known as ojol, were reportedly wounded from what appear to be gunshots in Yogyakarta, as…
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) revealed that cases of violence against…
M Niaz Asadullah – Indonesia is home to one of the largest and most diverse education systems in the world. It includes thousands of Islamic…
Persaudaraan Alumni 212 (PA 212), an umbrella group consisting of some of the country's most notorious hardline Islamist organizations such as…
Deti Mega Purnamasari, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) recorded a 300 percent increase in reported…
March 5, 2020
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Publicly listed state coal miner PT Bukit Asam has allocated Rp 4 trillion (US$283.34 million) in capital expenditure…
Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Coronavirus fears have continued to take a toll on the event industry in Indonesia, as more music festivals and…
Suherdjoko, Semarang – Central Java Police arrested on Tuesday three residents of Semarang for alleged price gouging in the wake of the buying…
Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesia may not be affected severely by the global health emergency, thanks to its minimal exposure to the global trade…
Jakarta – The Indonesian Mosque Council (DMI) has called on Muslims who are ill to refrain from praying at mosques as a precautionary measure to…
Made Anthony Iswara, Bandung – A public-private partnership has allowed farmers in Ciwidey in Bandung, West Java, to reap better profits from…
Eisya A. Eloksari, Jakarta – The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) has found no violations in relation to the scarcity of face…
London, United Kingdom/Jakarta – Twitter and Facebook have suspended more than 80 accounts following a Reuters investigation that linked them to…
Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Trade Minister Agus Suparmanto has urged mask producers to halt the export of masks and cater to domestic needs…




