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21 demonstrators found reactive in rapid COVID-19 testing in Medan

Some 21 of the 243 demonstrators arrested during a rally against the job creation law in Medan, North Sumatra’s ...

President cites three reasons why Indonesia needs job creation law

Indonesia needs to implement the job creation law in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to generate jobs, encourage the ...

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 ...

Protests against omnibus law sparked by disinformation: President

President Joko Widodo has said that disinformation and social media hoaxes are to blame for mass demonstrations against ...

Job creation law to help eradicate corruption: President

President Joko Widodo has said the the new job creation law would help eliminate corruption in Indonesia. “The ...

Do not believe in hoax on omnibus law: MPR Chief

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Chairman Bambang Soesatyo urged people to not believe hoax or fake news ...

News Focus

Coronavirus: when an infodemic almost hits newsrooms

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted that all were not merely fighting an epidemic but an ...

Indonesia faces extraordinary challenge posed by war on disinformation

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati emphasized that waging a war on disinformation, misinformation, fake news or ...

MP urges police to prioritize public service, protection amid COVID-19

Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the House of Representatives (DPR) Ahmad Sahroni called on the National Police to ...

Central Java's police pledge to trace those spreading COVID-19 hoaxes

The police in Batang District, Central Java Province, pledged to trace those creating and proliferating hoaxes on the ...

Indonesian media urged to provide credible information on COVID-19

The Indonesian Press Council calls on all media outlets across the country to serve the people at large with credible ...

Printed to online: What it costs Indonesian journalists

 Today, it’s quite common to see a group of journalists flocking into a press room with their eyes staring ...

Weekend Stories

Defining role of News aggregators and consumers' independence

The journalism and media industry has been through myriad changes in the last decade. From the rise of digital ...

Indonesia-Malaysia accentuate upholding freedom of expression in ASEAN

The Indonesian and Malaysian representatives to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) accented ...

Mohammad Nuh appointed South East Asian Press Council Network chief

Chief of the Indonesian Press Council Mohammad Nuh was appointed chairman of the South East Asian Press Council Network ...