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Human rights body lauds decision to postpone regional head elections

The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has hailed the decision to postpone the regional head elections ...

Indonesia receives 10,000 COVID-19 test kits from Singapore

The Indonesian Government has received 10 thousand COVID-19 test kits and protective equipment from Singapore to aid ...

ADB projects economic slowdown in Indonesia in 2020 over COVID-19

The latest Asian Development Bank (ADB) report projects that Indonesia’s economy will slow down or only record a ...

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Indonesia builds hospitals, quarantine centers in handling COVID-19

Indonesia's government has expedited efforts to ready emergency hospitals and quarantine centers by constructing ...

33 charged with hoarding masks, hand sanitizers

Police have filed charges against 33 persons suspected of hoarding masks and hand sanitizers for selling them at higher ...

COVID-19: Malaysia repatriates 160 citizens from Sumatra

Malaysia has repatriated 160 Malaysian nationals from Sumatra Island in wake of the coronavirus outbreak. "The ...

Reprimand regions closing off roads: President tells Home Minister

President Joko Widodo on Thursday urged Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian to admonish heads of those regions that ...

Ministry readies strategies to intensify plantation exports

The Agriculture Ministry has come up with some strategies to boost Indonesia's exports of plantation commodities ...

Govt readies scenarios to prevent public from embarking on "mudik"

President Joko Widodo and his ranks are preparing scenarios to prevent people from embarking on “mudik,” an ...

Government bars foreign nationals from visiting, transiting Indonesia

The government has placed a ban that suspends the entry and transit of foreign nationals to Indonesia to handle the ...

COVID-19: Citizens asked to scrap 'mudik' plans

The Indonesian Government has urged citizens to cancel plans for ‘mudik’, an annual exodus when people ...

84 health workers in Jakarta test positive for COVID-19

Eighty-four health workers, two of whom are pregnant, have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in ...

BNPB provides 349,000 pieces of protective gear to medical teams

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has distributed 349,000 pieces of protective equipment (APD) to health ...

COVID-19: Government plans aggressive action to check transmission

Government spokesperson for COVID-19 handling, Achmad Yurianto, said his party will resort to more aggressive measures ...

Indrawati forecasts COVID-19 pandemic to dampen economic growth

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has projected a slowdown in Indonesia's economic growth to 2.3 percent, and ...