Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's state budget deficit fell to Rp 76.4 trillion (US$4.94 billion) in the first quarter of 2020 as revenue grew significantly from a year earlier

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Darsih, a 41-year-old single mother of two, spent more than a year fighting for her right to severance pay after she was laid off in October 2018.

Riska Rahman and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Some 37,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have reported difficulties to the government, crying for help as government aid has y

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Freelance workers in the creative industry are resorting to loans to survive the economic downturn brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, as they lack health

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – In addition to a number of social safety nets provided by the Social Affairs Ministry and other government institutions, the Agriculture Ministry has

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Multi-service app Grab has collaborated with dozens of its restaurant partners to provide 1,000 food packages to medical workers in Bandung and Cimahi, West Java,

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The pre-employment card program, established by the government to help unemployed people find new jobs, attracted 5.9 million applicants during its f

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – The South Sulawesi administration is soon to impose large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) to contain the rapid spread of the coronavirus in the provincial

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) is requiring banks to buy government bonds after cutting banks' reserve ratio further, providing the financial system with Rp 102 tril

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia is cutting its employee salaries by 10 to 50 percent from this month to June as the company struggles to stay afloa

Triyan Pangastuti, Lona Olavia, Jakarta – The rupiah has appreciated for the last few days along with foreign capital inflow to government bonds, reflecting a return of investors' conf

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Siloam Hospitals Group and Lippo Malls Indonesia have opened drive-through rapid testing sites for those who develop coronavirus-like symptoms but don't w

Jakarta – It is not enough for President Jokowi to reject the proposal to release corruptors during the pandemic.

Pribadi Wicaksono, Translator: Dio Suhenda (Intern), Jakarta – Crowds have continued to gather on a number of Yogyakarta streets, carrying on with their activity despite government war

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The government has been urged to issue a new regulation to provide a legal basis to postpone the 2020 Regional Elections due to the continuing coronavirus pan

Herman, Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Jakarta Manpower, Transmigration and Energy Agency on Thursday temporarily shut down 23 companies for violating the large-scale social restriction,

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – The government's assistance for Indonesia's estimated 4 million ojol (app-based motorcycle taxi) drivers, who are among the informal workers most affected by

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – A Baptist church has become the latest Christian construction project to be halted in Semarang, Central Java, following protests from non-Christian resident

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – The Overseas Indonesian Students Association Alliance (PPI-Dunia) has urged the government to ramp up its measures against COVID-19 as it has seen no signif

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – At least five specialist doctors working at Padang Sidempuan Hospital, a COVID-19 referral hospital in North Sumatra, have resigned from their p

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The newly proposed regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) on COVID-19 pandemic response has fueled anger among civil groups who fear it would lead to budget misapp

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Over a million Indonesian families living in internet dead zones have been unable to access a government-funded electricity relief scheme being distributed on

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – A few days after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo issued the order to stay, work and study at home in mid-March to curb the spread of COVID-19, residents of a low

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration is cooperating with the Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology and the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) to provide hospitals with su

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Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The State Logistics Agency (Bulog), a governmental body responsible for securing the staple food supply, plans to ask for an additional Rp 10 trillio

Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – The South Korean public and private sectors are sending donations of medical equipment, protective gear and testing kits to Indonesia to help the country

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government is seeking to speed up the development of the super-priority tourist destination Lake Toba in North Sumatra as a part of its broader effort

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – An elephant was found brutally killed four kilometers away from the Kelayang district head office in Indragiri Hulu regency, Riau, on Wednesday, with the per

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's trade surplus and relatively resilient export figures in March may not be sustained in the near future and reflects a raw material supply disr

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Indonesia's aircraft ground-handling companies have asked for a rescue package from the government to keep them afloat as business has come to a virtual s

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Siti Patonah and her third-grader daughter, who live in a slum in South Jakarta, spend most of their time crouching together in front of her handphone these day

Made Ayu Mariska – Will there be enough food? Indonesia is one of the biggest agrarian countries in the world, producing over 31 million tonnes of rice last year.

Jakarta – Reduced to sharing goggles and cheap raincoats, Indonesia's under-equipped doctors are battling a tide of COVID-19 infections that is overwhelming its creaky healthcare syste

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – The coronavirus outbreak is set to wipe out more than US$10 billion (S$14.3 billion) from Indonesia's tourism revenue this year as leisure travel comes to a near

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Krithika Varagur – Half a million people, all dressed in white, radiated from the Hotel Indonesia roundabout in central Jakarta.

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Indonesia is struggling to acquire the necessary kits to conduct polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing on a massive scale given the surge in global demand,

Jakarta – Regional leaders of Jakarta's satellite cities have requested that commuter trains serving Greater Jakarta suspend operations during large-scale social restriction (PSBB), as

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has announced that another 102 people recovered from COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total number of recovered patients in the country t

Jakarta – Forty people across Central Java have died from dengue fever in the last three months, the Central Java Health Agency reported, making the mosquito-borne disease deadlier tha

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Several members of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's expert staff have received public criticism over conflicts of interest regarding double roles in pub

Jakarta – Dozens of Jakartans have volunteered to become social companions for COVID-19 patients and those suspected of having the disease in the capital city, joining an initiative to

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Indonesia is ready to mass-produce urgently needed medical equipment, including ventilators and COVID-19 test kits, to meet skyro

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The government is working on reviewing businesses that are eligible to receive government aid as it receives reports from 37,000 small and medium enterprises (S

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Riska Rahman, Jakarta – State-owned firms have received COVID-19 medicine and raw materials from India to help treat infected patients in the country.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A litany of loopholes allows mining companies in Indonesia to shirk their obligation to restore and rehabilitate their former concessions, a new report sa

Yitno Suprapto, Jambi, Indonesia – As Indonesia grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, infections from another animal-borne disease have gone on the rise largely unnoticed and likely dri

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