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Year-ender - Indonesians count down to 2021 from home

For Jakartans, the most awaited moment this year is completely unlike last year, when Indonesia and other parts of the ...

New Year eve celebrations banned across Indonesia

New Year eve celebrations have been banned across Indonesia to prevent crowding and curb potential transmission of the ...

Temperature checks conducted at Jakarta Cathedral

The devout congregating at the Jakarta Cathedral Church to attend the Christmas 2020 Mass face-to-face underwent ...

Jakarta Police, Kodam Jaya deploy 300 personnel to secure festivities

The Jakarta Police, the Jayakarta Military Command (Kodam Jaya), and the provincial government of DKI Jakarta have ...

TNI's Hercules plane to transport residents to Wamena for Christmas

The Indonesian military (TNI) has readied a Hercules plane to transport Jayapura residents keen on returning home to ...

Cathedral Church limits number of worshippers for Christmas worship

The Jakarta Cathedral Church has limited the number of worshipers allowed to attend the 2020 Christmas worship to 20 ...

PGI urges churches to make Christmas, New Year celebrations virtual

General secretary of the Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI), Jacky Manuputty, on Monday appealed to churches across ...

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Acts of terror leave bloody trail in Papua

September has been the bloodiest month in Intan Jaya district, Papua province, this year with armed separatists ...

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Indonesia's weather is a study in contrasts

Indonesia is preparing anticipatory measures against extreme weather events as it is prone to hydro-meteorological ...

Floods inundate several hundred homes on Seram Island, Maluku

Floods submerged hundreds of houses in three villages on Seram Island, Maluku Province, since Tuesday, Aug 25, 2020, ...

Presidential Staff Office and agencies to help Sinabung refugees

The Presidential Staff Office (KSP) is collaborating with several parties to help communities affected by the eruption ...

COVID-19 can infect anyone regardless of social status: minister

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD, has emphasized that the novel coronavirus ...

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Places of worship adapt to new normal, strive for safety

  On July 4 this year, as the Hindu congregation in Jakarta celebrated Saraswati Day, Dewa Wiguna visited the ...

BP2MI to launch task force against illegal migrant worker placements

The Indonesian Migrant Worker Protection Agency (BP2MI) will launch its task force for the eradication of illegal ...

PGI: Churches must coordinate worship activities with task forces

General Secretary of the Association of Indonesian Churches (PGI), Reverend Jacky Manuputty, has asked churches to ...