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View all search resultsHealth Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin’s push to overhaul the healthcare system has sparked fresh backlash from medical professionals and professors, while his recent controversial remarks have further fueled public scrutiny.
1 month agoTwenty-seven years after Indonesia emerged from the shadow of authoritarian rule, the nation now stands at a crossroads, as it reaches what some pro-democracy advocates describe as “the end of political reform,” marked by the dismantling of democratic institutions and the return of authoritarian tendencies. ...
1 month agoPresident Prabowo Subianto’s flagship Sekolah Rakyat (community school) education initiative, designed to expand access for children from low-income families, has come under public scrutiny after the displacement of visually impaired students from a century-old special needs institution in Bandung, West Java. ...
1 month agoThe Indonesian Historical Transparency Alliance (AKSI) member Jaleswari Pramodhawardani, who leads the research institute Lab45, said a circulating 30-page draft outline of the history book reveals several omissions of the country’s history.
1 month agoThree months into office, West Java governor Dedi Mulyadi is already under the spotlight for his populist rhetoric and policies that sideline the role of the provincial legislature.
1 month agoThe police foiled attempts to traffic illegal migrant workers to Malaysia while the Indonesian Navy intercepted returning illegal migrant workers who sought to enter North Sumatra.
1 month agoPT Transjakarta will make real-time route adjustments as up to 500,000 online motorcycle taxi, or ojol, drivers stage a protest on Tuesday.
1 month agoThe city administration has officially extended the operating hours of five public parks as part of Governor Pramono Anung’s campaign to expand access to public spaces and stimulate nighttime economic activity in the capital.
1 month agoThe Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) says it has frozen dormant bank accounts to “protect the public” from predatory schemes like online gambling and fraud, following reports that some bank customers found their accounts blocked without notice.
1 month agoSpeaking during an event organized by his Gerindra Party's youth wing PP Tidar, Prabowo said he has been in office for less than a year and the decision whether to run again would depend on his own assessment of whether he had succeeded in his first term.
1 month agoTorrential rain triggered a landslide late on Friday in a small-scale mine run by local residents in the Arfak mountains in West Papua province, said Abdul Muhari, the spokesperson of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency.
1 month agoIndonesia raised the alert level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki to the highest after it erupted eight times over the weekend, its volcanology agency has said.
1 month agoThe 10-volume series would have an Indonesia-centric narrative and aims "to reinvent the Indonesian identity," Culture Minister Fadli Zon told Reuters in an interview.
1 month agoThe police have begun cracking down on Facebook groups that allegedly posts adult content revolving around incest, amid mounting calls for the operators behind these illicit accounts to be brought to justice.
1 month agoSome Indonesian netizens oppose the clinical trial of a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate in Indonesia, whose development has been supported by the Gates Foundation. They claim that the state is selling people as "lab rats" for the philanthropist’s agenda.
1 month agoThe Indonesian Historical Transparency Alliance (AKSI) member Jaleswari Pramodhawardani, who leads the research institute Lab45, said a circulating 30-page draft outline of the history book reveals several omissions of the country’s history.
1 month agoThe Indonesian Historical Transparency Alliance (AKSI) member Jaleswari Pramodhawardani, who leads the research institute Lab45, said a circulating 30-page draft outline of the history book reveals several omissions of the country’s history.
1 month agoThe Indonesian Historical Transparency Alliance (AKSI) member Jaleswari Pramodhawardani, who leads the research institute Lab45, said a circulating 30-page draft outline of the history book reveals several omissions of the country’s history.
1 month agoRather than bestowing the former president with a national hero title, the government should focus on resolving past gross human rights violations and corruption committed during Soeharto’s presidency, a coalition of international civic groups have said.
1 month agoAt a special briefing on May 16, PDI-P executives urged affiliated regional heads to toe the party line, though they maintained the event was not a strategy to consolidate support for its postponed national congress, which still has no potential date.
1 month agoOfficers apprehended the ship after it turned off its lights and increased its speed to try to flee Indonesian waters in the Tanjung Balai Karimun region, Riau Islands, according to the navy.
1 month agoPreviously police said that they had questioned 96 witnesses in the course of the investigation into the bullying and extortion case that is thought to have contributed to Aulia taking her own life.
1 month agoTaruna reported that, since the launch of the free meal program in January, BPOM has recorded 17 food poisoning incidents across 10 provinces. While he did not specify the number of students affected, various news reports indicate that at least 1,500 students have been impacted by these incidents.
1 month agoAccording to Maruarar, the plan to transform correctional facilities into public housing was proposed by President Prabowo, who highlighted that many prisons in the country are located in "strategic" urban locations. By repurposing these sites to public housing, President Prabowo aims to "optimize state assets" while addressing the growing housing backlog in densely populated areas.
1 month agoVarious ministries have been intensifying efforts to mitigate and prevent forest and land fires as most parts of the country are expected to enter the dry season soon.
1 month agoHuman rights and religious groups have renewed calls for the cessation of military operations in Papua following fresh clashes between security forces and separatist groups in Central Papua’s Intan Jaya regency earlier this week.
1 month agoPresident Prabowo Subianto’s initiative to equip every school with so-called “smart screens” has been met with concerns of a misplaced priority, with experts contending that the budget for the high-tech equipment should instead be used to solve more fundamental problems surrounding the country’s education system.
1 month agoVillagers said the TNI had been disposing of expired ammunition near their village for more than 30 years, with the military hiring around 20 residents for each disposal operation.
1 month agoAccording to authorities, Brig. Eka Zidan, a Central Java Police officer, was allegedly captured by a group of protesters while going undercover at the May Day rally outside the Central Java governor’s office. He was reportedly detained for several hours at a Diponegoro University campus in Pleburan.
1 month agoAnnounced on May 9, the latest wave of judge reassignments launched by the Supreme Court affected 41 judges in district and high courts across the country, triggered by recent arrests of judges in various bribery cases.
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