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New committee comprises policy team, COVID-19, economic task forces

The COVID-19 Handling and National Economic Recovery Committee, formed by President Joko Widodo through Presidential ...

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Wuhan to Natuna: Journalists' take on covering repatriated Indonesians

A few short weeks before the President Joko Widodo announced the first COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia, the public had ...

Land, forest fires ravage West Aceh's 2.1-acre land this week

Land and forest fires in Peunaga Cut Ujong Village, West Aceh, burned 2.1 acres of peatland area in the past week due ...

New normal implementation stage-wise and on priority scale: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo emphasized that the new normal order will be implemented in each region in stages and based on a ...

Australian found dead in Bali; complained of shortness of breath

A 55-year-old Australian national, identified as DD WIL J, was found dead inside his rented accommodation in Munggu ...

Over 70 thousand Indonesian migrant workers return home amid COVID-19

A total of 70,367 Indonesian migrant workers returned to Indonesia in the wake of the novel coronavirus disease ...

Landslides sever access to tens of villages in South Sumatra

Landslides cut off access to the main road connecting tens of villages in Ulu Ogan Sub-district, Ogan Komering Ulu ...

Govt still finalizes policy on COVID-19 as national disaster

Minister of Finance, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, on Tuesday stated that the government is in the final stages of preparing ...

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Prayers at home to fight COVID-19 spread

Death toll from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Indonesia has reached 181, as 11 others died in the past 24 ...

32,192 Indonesian migrant workers return from COVID-19-hit nations

- as the chair of Task Force for Acceleration of COVID-19 Handling -- in handling Indonesian migrant workers, who were ...

Seven die of COVID-19 in Indonesia

Prof. Wiku Adisasmito from the Expert Team for the Task Force for Acceleration of COVID-19 handling confirmed that ...

Development must curb environmental impacts: BNPB

Every development project must be mapped out to minimize environmental impacts, according to a panel during the ...

Lebak's 18 Islamic boarding school buildings damaged by flooding

Nearly 18 Islamic boarding school (pesantren) buildings incurred serious damage after a flash flood recently inundated ...

BNPB cautions Jakartans against extreme weather

The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) has cautioned residents of Jakarta and the surrounding areas of Bogor, ...

Flash flood in Lebak majorly wrecks 1,060 houses

A total of 1,060 houses in six sub-districts in Lebak District, Banten Province, suffered severe damage after ...