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January 31, 2020

Sydney Morning Herald - January 31, 2020

James Massola, Jakarta – Medical experts have raised concerns about Indonesia's ability to detect novel coronavirus, potentially leaving a number…

Jakarta Post - January 31, 2020

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) slipped 1.5 percent during morning trade on Friday as fears over the spread of the new…

Jakarta Post - January 31, 2020

Jakarta – Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly says he is prepared to resign from his ministerial seat if Ronny F. Sompie, who was…

Jakarta Post - January 31, 2020

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The World Bank has called on the government to strengthen tax collection to stimulate growth amid tax reforms plans…

Jakarta Post - January 31, 2020

Jakarta – An Islam-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) politician and House of Representatives lawmaker has suggested that the Trade Ministry…

Oxford Business Group - January 31, 2020

Jakarta – In a bid to boost economic growth, Bank Indonesia (BI), the country's central bank, cut in October 2019 its benchmark interest rate for…

Jakarta Post - January 31, 2020

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Chinese tourists are starting to cancel their trips to Indonesia over fears of an acceleration of the spread of a…

Jakarta Post - January 31, 2020

Jakarta – Starting July this year, all traditional markets in Jakarta operated by city-owned PD Pasar Jaya are to be free of single-use plastic…

Jakarta Post - January 31, 2020

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Publicly listed consumer goods giant PT Unilever Indonesia recorded flat growth in sales last year amid sluggish…

Tempo - January 31, 2020

Jakarta – The chaos at Republic of Indonesia Television (TVRI) seems to be never-ending. Like a household without a head, everybody at the TV…

Tempo - January 31, 2020

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said the omnibus law…

The Conversation - January 31, 2020

Truly Santika, Matthew Struebig and Sugeng Budiharta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration will continue giving permits for local…

East Asia Forum - January 31, 2020

Fadhilah F Primandari and Anisha Maulida – The administration of Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo accomplished little in the human rights realm last year in…

Tribune - January 31, 2020

Dwi Putra Kesuma, Sawangan – Opposing the presence of the Ahmadiyah religious sect, a number of people demonstrated and called for the Ahmadiyah…

Jakarta Post - January 31, 2020

Jakarta – Philip Jacobson, an American editor for the non-profit environmental news platform Mongabay, was deported from Indonesia on Jan. 31,…

Jakarta Post - January 31, 2020

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has signed a new regulation to allow Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) head…

Agence France Presse - January 31, 2020

Jakarta – More than 40,000 workers at a vast Chinese-controlled industrial complex in Indonesia have been quarantined over fears about the spread…

Jakarta Globe - January 31, 2020

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The United Kingdom will be a more open and welcoming country for Indonesia post-Brexit, the UK ambassador to Indonesia…

Mongabay - January 31, 2020

Philip Jacobson, an award-winning American editor for the non-profit environmental news site Mongabay, was deported from Indonesia today, January…

Tempo - January 31, 2020

Jakarta – A foreign journalist and editor of a non-profit environmental science news outlet Mongabay, Philip Jacobson, has finally been released…

Jakarta Post - January 31, 2020

Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – Jakartans have been struggling to get hold of surgical and N95 masks as sellers run out and prices skyrocket.

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KBR - January 31, 2020

Adi Ahdiat, Jakarta – The Pantau Foundation – a Jakarta-based journalism research and training organisation – has given this year's Oktovianus…

January 30, 2020

East Asia Forum - January 30, 2020

Deasy Simandjuntak – At a time when electoral democracy has retreated in the region, Indonesia successfully held one of the world's largest and…

Jakarta Post - January 30, 2020

Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court sentenced 20-year-old Luthfi Alfiandi, whose photo clutching an Indonesian flag to his face has…

Jakarta Post - January 30, 2020

Jakarta – The Central Sulawesi Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA Central Sulawesi) is holding a contest for anyone who is willing and…

Jakarta Post - January 30, 2020

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The year 2019 saw the rise of a new generation of resistance movements in Asia, including in Indonesia, where protests…

Jakarta Post - January 30, 2020

Eisya A. Eloksari, Jakarta – Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) head Bahlil Lahadalia said on Thursday that automation would impact both male…

Jakarta Post - January 30, 2020

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Over the past five years, state-owned electricity company PLN has been intensifying the use of palm oil in its diesel-…

Jakarta Post - January 30, 2020

Jakarta – Indonesia has proven its ability to maintain economic stability and resilience amid global uncertainties, a top central banker has said…

Jakarta Post - January 30, 2020

Jakarta – If it appears as if Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has not made much of a splash in his first 100 days in office, it is by design, the…

Jakarta Post - January 30, 2020

Jakarta – Responding to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, animal rights organizations have called on the Indonesian government to close all…

Jakarta Post - January 30, 2020

Jakarta – House of Representatives Commission III overseeing legal affairs plans to summon Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly to demand…

Jakarta Globe - January 30, 2020

Triyan Pangastuti, Jakarta – Indonesia saw a slight drop in foreign direct investment in 2019 but breakthroughs in some high-profile investment…

Tempo - January 30, 2020

Jakarta – After an investigative report by Tempo, Yasonna Laoly finally acknowledged that Harun Masiku had returned to Indonesia. An apparent…

Tempo - January 30, 2020

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – The World Bank voiced its criticism on the distribution formula of Village Fund and the General Allocation Funds (DAU…

Tempo - January 30, 2020

Antara, Jakarta – Flash flood hits Sempol Village, Mount Ijen, Bondowoso District, East Java on Wednesday afternoon, January 29, 2020…

Tempo - January 30, 2020

Budiarti Utami Putri, Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly questioned the strong demand for his discharge from…

Jakarta Post - January 30, 2020

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Forty civil society organizations in a coalition called the Indonesian People's Faction (FRI) have rejected…

Jakarta Post - January 30, 2020

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – While free from poverty, approximately 115 million Indonesians, or 45 percent of the country's population, have yet…

Jakarta Globe - January 30, 2020

Gita Rossiana, Jakarta – Indonesia Transport & Infrastructure, the Jakarta-listed company behind chartered airline Indonesia Air, plans to…

January 29, 2020

Straits Times - January 29, 2020

Jakarta (AFP) – Indonesia said on Wednesday (Jan 29) it has cut ties with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) as it accused the global conservation…

Jakarta Post - January 29, 2020

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has signed a letter to officially start deliberations of the government's omnibus…

Jakarta Post - January 29, 2020

Jakarta – The World Health Organization (WHO) says Indonesia is well-prepared to anticipate the fast-spreading novel coronavirus, which as of…

Jakarta Post - January 29, 2020

Jakarta – The Foreign Ministry is distributing Rp 133.2 million (US$9,763) for hundreds of Indonesian citizens trapped in the locked-down cities…

Java Post - January 29, 2020

Muhammad Ridwan – The administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has now been working for 100 days of Widodo…

Jakarta Globe - January 29, 2020

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Torrential rains triggered floods and landslides in North Sumatra's Central Tapanuli district on Wednesday…

Jakarta Globe - January 29, 2020

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Indonesia has ratified the Beijing Treaty, a multilateral agreement that regulates the intellectual property rights of…

Jakarta Globe - January 29, 2020

Jakarta – Justice and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly dismissed director general of immigration Ronny Sompie on Tuesday amid public uproar…

Jakarta Globe - January 29, 2020

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Civil groups advocating for freedom of religion and faith have demanded that the government fix its approach in preventing…

Jakarta Post - January 29, 2020

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The government has pinned its hopes on a new agreement that is expected to encourage thousands of companies to…