Page 42 of News - Index - The Jakarta Post

National 4 years ago

PREMIUM
House passes Papuan special autonomy law amendment amid public opposition

The House of Representatives passed a bill that revised the Papuan Special Autonomy Law in a plenary...

National 4 years ago

PREMIUM
Indonesia braces for worst-case coronavirus scenario

The government is preparing to activate the worst-case scenario should Indonesia record more than 60...

Business 4 years ago

PREMIUM
Indonesian cashier start-up eyes Africa, Middle East for expansion

Point of sales (POS) start-up Qasir, already used throughout Southeast Asia, is now looking to emerg...

National 4 years ago

Former minister Edhy Prabowo jailed for 5 years over lobster scandal

Edhy, who is a politician from the Gerindra party, was arrested last November at the Soekarno-Hatta ...

Sports 4 years ago

UK police arrest four over racist abuse of England soccer players

A specialist team is looking into the offensive comments, police said, after three Black players - M...

World 4 years ago

Japan's Suga in danger of becoming another revolving-door premier

The 72-year-old Suga, long-time right-hand man of former premier Shinzo Abe, has seen his support si...

National 4 years ago

PREMIUM
Delta variant overwhelms Indonesia’s beleaguered Puskesmas

Officials of community health centers (Puskesmas) have reported being overwhelmed by the current wav...

World 4 years ago

China becoming 'evil empire," warns US ex-VP Pence

Former president Donald Trump's deputy, believed to be mulling his own 2024 White House bid, als...

World 4 years ago

EU court says headscarves can be banned at work under certain conditions

"A prohibition on wearing any visible form of expression of political, philosophical or religio...

World 4 years ago

US State Department No. 2 official to visit China next week

The South China Morning Post, citing a source who requested anonymity, said Sherman and Xie will dis...

National 4 years ago

PREMIUM
Drug regulator approves Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for Indonesia after 50-million-dose deal

The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has authorized the US-German COVID-19 vaccine for emergen...

Sports 4 years ago

Bucks surge late to beat Suns and pull level in NBA Finals

Khris Middleton put Milwaukee on his back in the final minutes, scoring 10 of his 40 points down the...

World 4 years ago

Australian COVID-19 outbreak threatens Melbourne

New South Wales state Premier Gladys Berejiklian said case numbers in Sydney would need to drop sign...

National 4 years ago

Airlines to put on special flights home for Japanese from virus-hit Indonesia

The embassy has started contacting residents to see if they want to take the Japan Airlines and All ...

Business 4 years ago

China's Q2 growth slower than expected

Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 7.9 percent in the April-June period from a year earlier, offi...

Sports 4 years ago

'No sign' Ronaldo wants to leave Juventus

"Cristiano is on holiday. We have no signal from his entourage that he wants to leave. We'r...

Sports 4 years ago

IOC chief, Tokyo governor to meet as COVID cases rise

Just over a week before the July 23 opening ceremony, Tokyo reported 1,149 COVID-19 cases on Wednesd...

National 4 years ago

Luhut warns COVID-19 cases may rise further, hopes won't top 60,000

In a streamed news conference, Luhut also said that vaccine efficacy was weaker against the Delta va...

Business 4 years ago

PREMIUM
Palm oil exports reach decade high: Gapki

Higher prices and volumes pushed Indonesian palm oil exports to around US$3 billion in May, which ac...

National 4 years ago

PREMIUM
Countries put Indonesia on travel ban list as COVID-19 crisis worsens

The country recorded a record-breaking 54,517 new infections and 991 deaths on Wednesday, overtaking...

Business 4 years ago

PREMIUM
Manufacturing recovery in jeopardy as virus curbs hurt businesses

Most manufacturing subsectors in Indonesia are predicted to slow down, such as paper and printing, f...

World 4 years ago

North Korea faces worst food crisis in over decade: report to UN

In North Korea's first report on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the country also blamed i...

Business 4 years ago

PREMIUM
Plastic industry gains from food deliveries, e-commerce, but long-term risks remain

Booming delivery services are compensating plastic packaging manufacturers for revenue lost due to t...

World 4 years ago

Afghanistan troop pullout a 'mistake': George W. Bush

"Afghan women and girls are going to suffer unspeakable harm. This is a mistake... They're ...

National 4 years ago

Indonesia reports record high of 54,517 new coronavirus cases

The data also showed 991 new deaths, bringing the total number to 69,210. Indonesia has the highest ...

World 4 years ago

Australia-US war games begin under China's watchful eye

More than 17,000 troops from the two allied nations will participate in Talisman Sabre, which is hel...

National 4 years ago

PREMIUM
Health minister blames uneven factory distribution for oxygen shortage

The health minister says that most oxygen producers are located in West Java and East Java, which pr...

National 4 years ago

Japanese expats leave Indonesia on chartered plane amid COVID-19 surge

The All Nippon Airways aircraft, which departed Jakarta's international airport, is set to arriv...

Sports 4 years ago

White House announces first lady Biden's attendance of Tokyo Olympics

President Joe Biden had acknowledged late last month that arrangements were under way for Jill Biden...

Business 4 years ago

Asian markets fall on US inflation concerns

Asian stocks were mostly lower on Wednesday as another jump in inflation in the United States took m...

TheJakartaPost