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View all search resultsThe 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 agoA 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. ...
3 years agoAt 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. ...
3 years agoThe 2001 Anticorruption Law requires state officials to report any personal gifts to the KPK within 30 days after acceptance.
4 years agoThe new cluster has been linked to an event at a local restaurant, where one person who had the virus infected 10 other attendees.
4 years agoComplying with international standards in procuring the vaccines is key to reassure the public that the vaccines are safe for use, she added.
4 years agoThe investigation of alleged sexual violence at education institutions can take more than a year and in many cases reaches no conclusion.
4 years agoTask force spokesperson Wiku Adisasmito said his office had recorded 785 deaths linked to COVID-19 between Oct. 19 and 26, an increase from the 665 deaths recorded in the previous week.
4 years agoDespite ambitious plans to turn Labuan Bajo into one of 10 premium tourist destination that the government is billing as the "New Balis", environmental activists and local tour guides have expressed concerns that it could threaten the Komodos’ natural habitat, and even put local visitors at an economic disadvantage.
4 years agoThe national COVID-19 task force has urged the public to spend the upcoming long weekend at home in order to help prevent a spike in coronavirus transmission amid concerns of a re-emergence of holiday clusters.
4 years agoPrivate investors, both local and foreign, can now participate in the procurement of defense products.
4 years agoThe trees were blocking billboards owned by one of the suspects.
4 years agoThe province's pandemic task force will use both rapid and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests.
4 years agoRide-hailing app Gojek has added more lockers for personal helmets in several spots, including train stations, in Greater Jakarta to help its customers maintain health and hygiene protocols during the pandemic.
4 years agoThe presiding judge said he had given a lighter sentence partially because the defendants had sought to bring about world peace.
4 years agoAt that time, one of the officials used a megaphone to urge participants and visitors to comply with health regulations.
4 years ago“Of course, every [police action] is in line with the law since it is the police that implement the law,” National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Awi Setiyono said.
4 years agoThe leader of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), who fled to Mecca in 2017 to escape criminal charges in Indonesia, has uploaded a video message announcing his impending return to join the jobs law protests at home, but he didn't say when.
4 years agoA female Javan leopard that was caught for days in a snare in Ciwidey Forest in West Java has died after being taken by authorities to the Bandung Zoological Garden (Bazoga) for treatment on Friday evening.
4 years agoA Papuan resident whom authorities claimed was a member of a local armed criminal group was shot dead during a joint police-military operation in Jalae village in Intan Jaya regency, Papua, on Monday.
4 years agoWith little land in their backyards – or without any backyard at all – aspiring urban farmers should fret not, as they can grow various vegetables with limited space at home.
4 years agoJiwasraya failed to pay out Rp 16 trillion (US$1.1 billion) in matured policies due in February to its policyholders.
4 years agoThe current construction project on Rinca Island, East Nusa Tenggara, will not put the Komodo dragon population at risk, the Environment and Forestry Ministry has stated following concerns over the safety of the endangered species amid tourism projects on the island.
4 years agoThe government has identified the development of coastal reservoirs as a potential means of providing water for the public, as a growing population, coupled with threats posed by climate change, could strain the existing water supplies in densely populated areas.
4 years agoThe recent marriage of a 17-year-old boy and 15-year-old girl in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) has put a spotlight on the high prevalence of child marriages in the province.
4 years ago“Because if not – if there’s even one problem – it will create public distrust in the vaccination effort,” he said.
4 years agoKSPI president Said Iqbal stated that the rallies would take place starting from Nov 2.
4 years ago“Ironically, the perpetrators of the violence against the press are the police – an institution that is supposed to be enforcing the law,” the Alliance of Independent Journalists wrote.
4 years agoThe West Java Health Agency has said the province will need at least 72 million doses to vaccinate 36 million residents aged between 18 and 59 in a future vaccination program.
4 years agoIndonesia, keen to attract more foreign investment by loosening the screws on labor limitations, is happy to allow business owners like John bring in more foreigners to work in the country. But the perceived negative sentiment against foreign labor and decades-old legal barriers have limited the scope of investment in this space – a problem the government seems intent on solving with the Job Creation Law.
4 years agoEast Java has reported 35 doctor fatalities, more than any other province.
4 years agoThree activists in Maluku were sentenced to up to three years in prison after having been convicted of treason on Friday for raising the flag of the South Maluku Republic (RMS) separatist movement in April.
4 years ago“We need to be cautious because the lava dome in Mt. Sinabung is growing every day," an observation team member said.
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