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Former vice president Hamzah Haz hospitalized

Former Indonesian vice president Hamzah Haz has been admitted to the Gatot Soebroto Army Hospital in Jakarta for organ ...

Prabowo begins first US visit after lifting of entry ban

Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto began a five-day visit to the US on Thursday, his first since the US ...

West Papua governor urges candidates, voters to help maintain peace

West Papua Governor Dominggus Mandacan has appealed to all candidate pairs contesting this year’s simultaneous ...

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Political turmoil amid COVID-19, economic recession can add to burden

Indonesia has been struggling hard to survive the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and its major impacts, ...

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Omnibus law protests highlight need for dialogue

President Joko Widodo’s goal of getting Indonesia’s first ever omnibus bill passed into law has finally ...

Omnibus law: Govt sets 3-month window for enforcing regulations

Government regulations (PP) and presidential regulations (Perpres) pertaining to the job creation law would come into ...

Hartarto: Omnibus law to help Indonesia escape middle-income trap

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, has stated that the law on job creation would serve as ...

Re-evaluate job creation law: MPR deputy chief tells govt

Deputy chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), Syarief Hasan, has urged the government to re-evaluate ...

Civil servants' neutrality defines regional elections quality: VP

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin believes that the neutrality of civil servants becomes a factor determining the quality ...

Govt involved public in job creation bill deliberations: minister

Minister of Manpower, Ida Fauziyah, has said that the process of drafting the omnibus bill on job creation involved ...

Omnibus bill passed into law amid mounting criticism

The House of Representatives (DPR) and the Indonesian government on Monday passed a controversial omnibus bill into law ...

Only 16.3% regions holding Pilkada in COVID-19 red zone: survey

A survey by the Lingkaran Survei Indonesia (LSI) Denny JA has shown that only 16.3 percent or 44 regions that are ...

Legislator supports reduction in regional election campaign period

Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Deputy Chairman Azis Syamsuddin voiced his support to a sanction to reduce ...

Local elections to proceed as scheduled amid strict health protocols

The 2020 simultaneous Regional Head Elections (Pilkada) will be held on December 9 to safeguard the people's ...

All commissioners of Bawaslu-Papua office test negative for COVID-19

Papua Office received negative test results for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid their hectic duties of ...