Social responsibility: A man gets a COVID-19 shot during a mass vaccination program held in Jakarta.

Indonesia seeks to close vaccination gap as it passes 200 million shots

The government is working to close the stark gap in vaccination rates between regions across the vast archipelago, which remains a problem even though Indonesia recently passed 200 million COVID-19 jabs and while a third wave of infections looms ahead of the year-end holidays.

3 years ago

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Activists condemn threats against rights lawyer's family

A coalition of human rights activists condemned on Monday incidents of intimidation against the family of human rights lawyer Veronica Koman and urged a thorough police investigation after an explosive package was sent to her parents' home. ...

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Floods hit several regions, killing seven in East Java

At least seven people are dead in East Java and two in West Kalimantan after several parts of archipelago were hit by heavy rainfall and flooding in recent days resulting from the La Niña weather phenomenon. ...

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Journalists wait to receive their first vaccine dose on Feb. 25, 2021 at a COVID-19 vaccination drive in Senayan, Jakarta. Indonesia is proceeding with phase two of its vaccine rollout, even as it waits to receive additional supplies through the COVAX Facility.

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Indonesia backs proposed WTO waiver to push for COVID-19 vaccine equity

The country has joined the ranks of developing countries urging the WTO to waive patent rights amid vaccine hoarding by rich countries.

4 years ago

Bud Wichers (left) poses with his parents and brother Rik. The couple adopted Bud in Jakarta and Rik in Surabaya, East Java.

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Fake documents hamper Dutch-Indonesian adoptees' search for birth parents

Bud Wichers, a journalist from the Netherlands, was among 3,040 Indonesian children who were adopted by Dutch nationals between 1973 and 1983.

4 years ago

Heavy equipment and trucks pass through a coal mine in East Kalimantan on Aug. 19, 2016.

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Mixed reactions as government takes some coal ash off hazardous waste list

Environmental advocacy groups have decried a recent decision to remove some fly ash and bottom ash (FABA) from a list of hazardous waste, while coal mining firms have welcomed the change.

4 years ago

A vendor shows his COVID-19 vaccination card after being inoculated at Melong Market in Cimahi, West Java, on Feb. 24. Market vendors are high up in the government’s vaccination drive, because their work exposes them to a relatively high risk of coronavirus transmission.

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Indonesia delays rollout of AstraZeneca vaccine

Indonesia is delaying the rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca pending a review by the World Health Organization (WHO).

4 years ago

Former Supreme Court secretary Nurhadi (right) attends a virtual verdict hearing at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Jakarta on March 10, 2021. Judges found the defendant guilty in a bribery case pertaining to three cases in the Supreme Court between 2011 and 2016 and sentenced him to six years' imprisonment and a Rp 500 million (US$34,662) fine.

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Nurhadi’s 'light' sentence raises concerns about leniency for corruption, sentence disparity

Judges found former Supreme Court secretary Nurhadi guilty in a bribery case and sentenced him to six years in prison -- lighter than the prosecutors' demand of 12 years of imprisonment.

4 years ago

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin inspects the vaccination program hosted by the Alumni Menteng 64 (AM64), a group of Kolese Kanisius Catholic high school alumni, in Jakarta on Tuesday, March 9, 2021.

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Indonesia 'delays' rollout of AstraZeneca jab: health minister

"To be conservative, (Indonesian health regulators) are delaying the implementation of AstraZeneca while waiting for confirmation from WHO," Budi Gunadi Sadikin told parliament.

4 years ago

Medical workers prepare to administer a COVID-19 vaccine at a drive-through vaccination center in Nusa Dua, Bali, on March 1.

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Indonesia expects Moderna, Sinopharm vaccines for private inoculation drive

The government expects to receive more than 20 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from United States pharmaceutical firm Moderna and Chinese firm Sinopharm this year for use in a private vaccination program.

4 years ago

A plate with food leftovers is seen at a wedding at a hotel in Jakarta on March 19, 2018. In the slums of Jakarta, Indonesia's poor are getting a taste of how the other half live, thanks to a new program that aims to take a bite out of its mammoth food-waste problem.

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Stakeholder cooperation: A lesson from Denmark to combat food loss, waste

Denmark has made progress in tackling food waste and loss thanks to the collaboration between the government, private sector, civil society and consumers.

4 years ago

Journalists wait to receive their first dose fo COVID-19 during a vaccination drive in Senayan, Jakarta on Feb. 25, 2021. Around 5,500 journalists in the capital will be inoculated with COVID-19 vaccine.

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Scientific rigor key to local vaccine development: Jokowi

Indonesia has two locally developed candidate vaccines: the Merah Putih vaccine, being developed by a national consortium led by the Research and Technology Ministry, and the Nusantara vaccine, initiated by former health minister Terawan Agus Putranto.

4 years ago

Forty-year-old farmer Sutinggal works to clean wild weed at the Meru Betiri National Park in Sanenrejo village, Jember regency, East Java, on Feb. 15. After working as an illegal logger for around 20 years, Sutinggal changed course by becoming a farmer and committing to protect the forest against further destruction.

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Money isn't everything: Ex-illegal loggers regret cutting down trees

Deaths and accidents have triggered changes of heart among illegal loggers in Jember and Banyuwangi, East Java, who are now working hard to protect forests.

4 years ago

Elderly people await pre-COVID-19 vaccination screenings at a community health center in Palmerah, West Jakarta, on Feb 25.

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After questioning Terawan's vaccine, drug regulator faces political pressure

“The data we received kept changing. This affects the validity aspect and our trust in the process and results [of the trial],” said BPOM head Penny K. Lukito.

4 years ago

The Papuan Student Alliance commemorates what they consider West Papua Liberation Day in Yogyakarta on Dec. 1, 2019. The protesters rejected Papua's special autonomy arrangement with Jakarta and demanded a referendum to determine their own future.

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Papuan special autonomy after nearly two decades: Scholars and religious groups weigh in

The Jakarta Post has asked scholars, religious figures and politicians about their views on special autonomy, which has been increasingly contested as certain key provisions come up for renewal

4 years ago

Papuan activists stage a protest in Jakarta on Dec. 1, 2020, to commemorate a day they consider to be West Papua liberation day.

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After 19 years of special autonomy, trust between Jakarta and Papua in tatters

The special autonomy fund, which was set out in the 2001 Special Autonomy Law, is set to expire in November 2021.

4 years ago

Search and rescue personnel evacuate victims from the bus that plunge into a ravine in Wado, Sumedang regency, West Java on March 10, 2021. More than 20 passengers are killed during the accident.

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Bus plunge kills two dozen pilgrims in West Java

A bus carrying dozens of pilgrims plunged down a steep ravine on Indonesia's Java island, killing at least 27 people including junior high school students, authorities said Thursday.

4 years ago

Students join a trial run for the return to in-classroom learning at SD Karang Raharja 02 state elementary school in Cikarang, Bekasi regency, West Java, on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020.

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Parents, experts urge govt to reconsider 'rushed' school reopenings in July

Vaccinating teachers alone is not enough for school reopening, according to a teachers' association.

4 years ago

Smoldering peatland is pictured in Kampar, Riau province, on Sept. 17, 2019.

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Hotspots flare up as Indonesia expects drier dry season

Land and forest fires have started to flare up in several regions in the country during the peak of the La Nina-affected rainy season, signaling a return of the fires even though the dry season has yet to start.

4 years ago

The economic crisis has made it difficult for many organizations to assist victims and record cases, likely causing domestic violence to be underreported.

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Pandemic stymies domestic violence reporting in Indonesia

The economic crisis has made it difficult for many organizations to assist victims and record cases, likely causing domestic violence to be underreported.

4 years ago

A vaccinator inoculates a Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) employee with the COVID-19 vaccine at the antigraft body headquarters in Jakarta on Feb. 23, 2021.

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No fatal side effects from COVID-19 vaccines reported as fear looms among Indonesians

Most side effects from COVID-19 vaccines reported in Indonesia are only mild to moderate symptoms

4 years ago

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin observes a vaccination drive organized by Alumni Menteng 64 (AM64), a Kolese Kanisius Catholic high school alumni group, in Jakarta on Tuesday.

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Kolase Kanisius alumni launch vaccine drive for elderly

They hope to inoculate 2,500 people in Jakarta from March 8 to 13.

4 years ago

Sutarto, 43, (left) checks on tree seeds at a seedling nursery in Sanenrejo village, Jember regency, East Java on Feb. 15. He and several villagers have been working to replant trees in the deforested area of Meru Betiri National Park in the province.

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Illegal logging threatens East Java forest. Villagers seek other income to protect it.

Once illegal loggers, villagers in Jember and Banyuwangi have started to look to alternate sources of income to prevent further destruction of Meru Betiri forest, one of the last tropical rainforests in Java.

4 years ago

The condition of the road to Merbau village in Tanjung Jabung Timur. Residents are worried that they would not get any help when forest and land fires happen.

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Indonesia claims success for lowest deforestation rate in 5 years

The Environment and Forestry Ministry claims the drop in Indonesia's deforestation rate was thanks to efforts to control forest fires and stricter law enforcement.

4 years ago

The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital in New York, the United States, on Dec. 21, 2020.

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Businesses scramble for vaccines to use in private scheme

The Health Ministry prohibits the private inoculation scheme from using vaccines used in the government rollout.

4 years ago

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Facebook moves to curb political content. How will this affect Indonesia?

Facebook said the curb was planned in consideration of the “appetite” of its users, after previously finding that most did not want politics to take over their feeds.

4 years ago

Women from Golomedi village in East Manggarai regency in East Nusa Tenggara carry firewood on their way back home on April 30, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has increased poverty rates but the health crisis has hit rural areas harder than urban areas.

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A year in COVID-19: Women in informal work prove mettle against pandemic blues

From 74 million people working in informal sectors nationwide, women are disproportionately affected by the pandemic due to prevailing traditional gender roles of motherhood and domesticity.

4 years ago

Medical workers prepare to administer the coronavirus vaccine at a drive-through vaccination point in Nusa Dua on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Monday.

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Indonesia detects more contagious British virus variant. What now?

The government reported Tuesday the first two cases of a more transmissible variant of COVID-19 that was originally discovered in the United Kingdom, one year after first local cases were discovered.

4 years ago

Artidjo Alkostar as Supreme Court justice

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Obituary: Artidjo Alkostar, former justice tough on corruption, dies at 72

Mainly known as a Supreme Court justice tough on graft, Artidjo passed away at 72.

4 years ago

Two boys ride past wall murals promoting public health messages on July 28, 2020 in Kalipasir, Central Jakarta.

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Unsung heroes of COVID-19: Going above and beyond their call of duty

People have risen to meet challenges during the pandemic to keep the world spinning not only for themselves but also for those around them.

4 years ago

Elderly people sit distanced from one another as they wait their turn for a pre-COVID-19 vaccination screening at a community health center in Palmerah, West Jakarta, on Feb. 25. The government aims to inoculate some 21 million people aged 60 and above and 17 million public service and essential workers in the second phase of vaccination, which started on Feb. 17.

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One year into outbreak, Indonesians soldier on

Indonesians have accepted that they must not rely too heavily on the government to survive the pandemic, which has battered the economy and affected the mental health of many.

4 years ago

A farmer tends to a farm as Mount Sinabung spews ash into the sky, as seen from Karo, North Sumatra on March 2, 2021.

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Mount Sinabung volcano spews ash into sky

Mount Sinabung's activity has increased since August last year and the alert for the volcano has been placed at second highest level.

4 years ago

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Bali kicks off drive-thru virus jabs for hospitality workers

Billed as the first such campaign in Southeast Asia, Bali's drive-thru vaccinations kicked-off at the weekend. The program aims to inoculate around 5,000 workers in hospitality and ride-sharing services by the end of this month.

4 years ago

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