Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Publicly listed pharmaceutical company Kalbe Farma has signed an agreement with South Korea-based biotechnology firm Genexine Inc.

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – As the government stands firm in its decision to push back the 2020 simultaneous regional elections until the end of the year, critics are worried about a lowe

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Parents and the government must pay more attention to children's health and education as the pandemic casts a shadow over the lives of Indonesian childre

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Automaker Nissan Motor Indonesia (NMI) announced the official closure of its factory in Indonesia as its Japanese parent company disclosed a restructuring pla

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The COVID-19 pandemic might have largely affected the elderly and chronically ill adults, but a recent assessment has found that children in Indonesia are expo

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Nationwide fuel consumption during this year's Idul Fitri period was 31.2 percent below the normal level as the government had banned the traditional mudik (e

Arys Aditya and Harry Suhartono – Indonesia will focus on infrastructure projects and social programs worth $97 billion over the next five years as President Joko Widodo seeks to rescu

Jakarta – Indonesia has imposed tariffs on imports of some textile products for the period until November 2022, according to a finance ministry regulation, in a bid to protect local pr

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Ramadan is usually a bumper time of year for shopping malls in the Indonesian capital as friends meet for dinner after the daytime fast. Not this year.

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John Martinkus – It was a simple insult that started it: "Monkey."

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police planned to establish a database post to monitor the public's compliance with the health protocols during the enf

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – On the fifth day after 2020 Eid al-Fitr, Thursday, May 28, Jakarta Metro Police recorded that a total of 3,095 mudik or mass exodus travelers were reject

Antara, Jakarta – Two members of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in Timika, Papua, have reportedly been arrested by local police over alleged slanders the two made in a recent

M Rosseno Aji, Translator: Dio Suhenda (Intern), Jakarta – Chief of the Papuan Human Rights Lawyers Association, Gustaf Rudolf Kawer, reported that dozens of inmates in the Jayapura Pr

Bengkulu, Indonesia – Indonesian officials are forcing social distancing violators to recite Koran verses, stay in "haunted" houses and submit to public shaming on social media as the

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Commuter line operator PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI) has asserted that it will maintain COVID-19 health protocols as Jakarta and its satellite cities brac

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported 678 confirmed cases of coronavirus on Friday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 25,216 in the toughest week since

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Millennials still find it difficult to buy houses despite the COVID-19 pandemic, which has impacted the property industry, as the threat of layoff lo

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – On April 3, Indonesia released two regulations, a government regulation and a Health Ministry regulation, to pave the way for large-scale social restrictions (

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – According to the Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Ministry, around 5 percent of all people found to be COVID-19-positive in Indonesia are children b

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia is set to receive $56.15 million from Norway, the first payment based on the results of the Southeast Asian country's efforts to preserve its va

Amanda Siddharta, Jakarta, Indonesia – Six activists charged with treason in Jakarta for organizing a protest rally last August outside the presidential palace have been freed from pri

Indonesia's Finance Ministry recently estimated that the national poverty rate will continue to increase amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with Java expected to be the most affected island i

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has injected an additional Rp 167.6 trillion (US$11.33 billion) this month to stabilize the currency and financial system, projecting

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Indonesia's Supreme Audit Agency, or BPK, plans to audit how regional governments have been reallocating their budget for Covid-19 mitigation starting next mo

Beritasatu, Jakarta – At least 14 shopping malls in the North Sumatra capital of Medan partially reopened on Friday amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

Jakarta – With the COVID-19 pandemic having challenged sustainable development in many parts of the world, it is necessary to use the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – As Indonesia has yet to see the curve of COVID-19 infection flatten, the government's decision to roll out guidelines on easing COVID-19 restrictions under it

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – At a meeting of artists and cultural activists after the 2018 Indonesian Cultural Congress, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo pledged to set up a Rp 5 tril

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The Women Empowerment and Child Protection Ministry says it is preparing "new normal" guidelines for schools that will be closely based on Covid-19 health pro

Jakarta – COVID-19 task force head of expert staff Wiku Adisasmito has said that Tangerang city, Depok city, Bekasi city and Bekasi regency have the highest risk of COVID-19 transmissi

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Home Minister Tito Karnavian has said the government will go through with its plan to hold simultaneous regional elections on Dec.

Jakarta – The data of up to 1.3 million civil servants at the Education and Culture Ministry have been reportedly breached by unknown hackers.

Jakarta – As Indonesia braces to gradually reopen the economy, the government has announced that the country's regions should meet two main conditions to be able to ease COVID-19 mobil

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Coordinating Legal, Political and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD has caught flak for his recent statement that likens the country's efforts to curb t

Jakarta – The administrations of three municipalities and one regency, namely Gowa regency in South Sulawesi, Makassar also in South Sulawesi, Tegal in Central Java and Palangkaraya in

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto has suggested that several regions, including Jakarta, might be ready to welcom

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government missed its self-appointed target of disbursing cash transfer assistance ahead of Idul Fitri on Sunday, as various city and regency admi

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Dili – Timor-Leste tightens security in its Western border areas to make sure nobody crosses the frontiers, which are closed to stop the corona-virus from spreading.

Dili – Six members of the government of Timor-Leste resign from their posts.

Junaidi Hanafiah, Banda Aceh, Indonesia – Wildlife poaching is on the rise in a key Sumatran habitat that's home to some of the rarest species on Earth.

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Five Papuan political activists who were convicted of treason for protesting in support of Papuan independence in Jakarta have been released from prison a

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has urged the police to investigate the alleged doxing (dissemination of personal information) and intimid

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia will step up coronavirus testing and isolation of suspected patients in East Java, home to the nation's second-largest city and a major industrial hub t

Heru Andriyanto, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – East Java reported yet another highest rise of coronavirus infections compared to other provinces on Wednesday and is getting nearer to

Tara Marchelinm, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has decided to stick to the original schedule for the 2020 regional election despite the continuing coronavirus pandemic, with most

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