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March 1, 2020

Antara News - March 1, 2020

Imam B, Rahmad Nasution, Wamena, Papua – People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo said he urges the government and House of…

February 29, 2020

Jakarta Post - February 29, 2020

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Former British prime minister Tony Blair has said he is confident Indonesia's new capital city will be a…

Jakarta Post - February 29, 2020

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Philippine National Defense Department has expressed interest in buying combat vehicles from Indonesia's state-owned…

Jakarta Post - February 29, 2020

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – A recent study has identified Jakarta as among the world's major metropolitan areas on the brink of sinking as a result…

Jakarta Post - February 29, 2020

Jakarta – The Bekasi administration in West Java has planned to reevaluate the building permits for malls, apartments and warehouses located in…

Jakarta Post - February 29, 2020

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – New Zealand and Malaysian authorities reported on Friday that their latest patients infected with the COVID-19…

Radio New Zealand - February 29, 2020

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua remains hopeful it will be granted greater status in the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

The…

Melbourne Age - February 29, 2020

James Massola, Jakarta – Passengers on an Emirates Airlines flight from Dubai to Auckland, including a woman who was diagnosed with coronavirus…

Straits Times - February 29, 2020

Denpasar (AFP) – Hundreds of Chinese tourists on vacation in Bali are scrambling to avoid going home, fearing both infection from the deadly new…

Jakarta Post - February 29, 2020

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Okay, here's the deal. If you believe in an interventionist God who cares about national boundaries and will answer your…

Voice of America - February 29, 2020

Rikar Hussein, Ghita Intan, Washington/Jakarta – A recent decision by the government in Jakarta not to repatriate hundreds of its citizens…

Jakarta Globe - February 29, 2020

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Java Jazz Festival has become an annual pilgrimage for many music fans in Indonesia, and not just for fans of jazz…

Jakarta Globe - February 29, 2020

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Several factors have contributed to the declining child marriage rate in Indonesia, but a lot more need to be done to…

February 28, 2020

Jakarta Post - February 28, 2020

Jakarta – As SARS-Cov-2 swiftly spreads across the globe, infecting thousands of people from Singapore to Northern Ireland, Indonesian Health…

Jakarta Post - February 28, 2020

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The government will start blocking unregistered cell phones starting April 18 as it imposes the International…

Jakarta Post - February 28, 2020

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Indonesia has expressed interest in developing railway infrastructure in Bangladesh by joining a tender for the…

Sydney Morning Herald - February 28, 2020

James Massola – Indonesian authorities have defended their handling of the coronavirus epidemic after Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison…

Coconuts Jakarta - February 28, 2020

We can't think of anything worse than being told to enjoy a disaster, but one Jakarta official's insensitive statement about this week's floods…

Jakarta Post - February 28, 2020

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Human rights activists and press organizations have lambasted the Supreme Court's new regulation that prohibits…

Indonesia at Melbourne - February 28, 2020

While debate continues between the Indonesian Ministry of Health and researchers in Indonesia and internationally on Indonesia's capacity to…

Jakarta Post - February 28, 2020

Jakarta – Recent flooding in Jakarta and its satellite cities has put the city's administration under public scrutiny again.

Social media…

Jakarta Post - February 28, 2020

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has pumped Rp 87 trillion (US$6.2 billion) into the domestic bond markets so far this month as…

Jakarta Post - February 28, 2020

Eisya A. Eloksari, Jakarta – Education institutions, food and beverage outlets and fast fashion retailers are gradually replacing department…

Jakarta Globe - February 28, 2020

Beritasatu, Jakarta – The Indonesian government employs a transparent approach in containing the spread of the novel coronavirus and strictly…

Jakarta Post - February 28, 2020

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesia's benchmark stock index plunged deeper on Friday, trading down more than 4 percent during the morning session…

Jakarta Post - February 28, 2020

Ramadani Saputra, Jakarta – The hitherto headless Indonesian Archery Association (Perpani) is gearing up to accelerate Olympic preparations as it…

CNN Indonesia - February 28, 2020

Jakarta – The Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) office in the East Java capital of Surabaya was besieged by scores of people wearing black safari suits…

Jakarta Post - February 28, 2020

Jakarta – Almost 1,700 Indonesian nationals have been stranded in a number of transit countries by Saudi Arabia's decision to temporarily ban all…

Kompas.com - February 28, 2020

Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – Three trade union confederations have agreed to revive the Indonesian Trade Union Council (MPBI) to fight the…

Jakarta Post - February 28, 2020

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is involving three international consulting firms in developing the masterplan of the…

Jakarta Post - February 28, 2020

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A number of Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel armed with rifles, allegedly assaulted the Pahae Julu Police…

Mongabay - February 28, 2020

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A court in Indonesia has ordered the government to publish detailed maps of oil palm plantations in the country's…

Tempo - February 28, 2020

Jakarta – Our House of Representatives (DPR) members are truly hilarious. For the sake of "improving family resilience," five politicians from…

Tempo - February 28, 2020

Adam Prireza, Galuh Kurnia Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Police has revealed an illegal face mask production at a warehouse in North Jakarta on…

Tempo - February 28, 2020

Adam Prireza, Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – The Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) faction member Justin Adrian Untayana, said that Jakarta Governor…

Jakarta Globe - February 28, 2020

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The Sustainable Districts Association, or LTKL, has introduced a sustainable economy model for improving the investment…

February 27, 2020

Jakarta Post - February 27, 2020

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has promised United States-based technology company Microsoft it will create a…

Tempo - February 27, 2020

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – Executive Director of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Jakarta, Phillip J. Vermonte pointed out…

Jakarta Post - February 27, 2020

Jakarta – Electronic money (e-money) transactions in Indonesia's retail market skyrocketed by 173 percent in January from a year earlier, with…

Jakarta Post - February 27, 2020

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The government will move up the distribution of the much-vaunted pre-employment cards to March in a bid to mitigate the…

Jakarta Post - February 27, 2020

Eisya A. Eloksari, Jakarta – The omnibus bill on job creation will weaken regional administrations by taking away their authority over the use of…

Jakarta Post - February 27, 2020

Prima Wirayani and Eisya A. Eloksari, Jakarta – Diversified conglomerate PT Astra International recorded zero growth in its net profit last year…

Jakarta Post - February 27, 2020

Jakarta – Judges with the Bale Bandung District Court in West Java found PT Kamarga Kurnia Textile Industry (KKTI) guilty of polluting a section…

The Diplomat - February 27, 2020

David Hutt – Yet another government has fallen in Timor-Leste, as Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak last week offered up his resignation, following…

Jakarta Globe - February 27, 2020

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is offering 50 percent off flight tickets to persuade domestic and international tourists to…

Jakarta Globe - February 27, 2020

Antara, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said Indonesia should not rest on its laurels as a major market and consumer in the technology…

Coconuts Jakarta - February 27, 2020

Muslim-majority Indonesia is dismayed by news that Saudi Arabia has temporarily closed its borders to Umrah pilgrims amid fears of the novel…

Jakarta Post - February 27, 2020

Asip Hasani, Tulungagung – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators have searched on Wednesday the house of Suhada Sumarni, the…

Jakarta Post - February 27, 2020

Jakarta – Weak consumer demand is contributing to a decades-low inflation rate in Indonesia, as the central bank steps up efforts to control…

Jakarta Post - February 27, 2020

Fadli and Ivany Atina Arbi, Batam – Concerns about how the Indonesian government is handling the novel coronavirus outbreak have grown as none of…