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COVID-19 casts cloud on regional elections

The year 2020 was set to be one of political contests, with regional figures across Indonesia gearing for the Pilkada, ...

PHRI readies 3,700 hotel rooms for asymptomatic patients in Jakarta

The Indonesian Association of Hotels and Restaurants (PHRI) has readied a total of 3,700 rooms at 27 hotels in Jakarta ...

Sports competitions to resume, albeit without spectators: task force

Head of the Task Force for COVID-19 Handling Doni Monardo affirmed that all sports competitions scheduled for ...

Jakarta Police distribute 5 million masks under public health campaign

The Jakarta Metro Jaya Police distributed five million face masks across the capital city and suburban areas of Bekasi, ...

Government funding sufficing to cover health requirements: minister

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has made assurance that the government had adequate ...

Be wary of office, family, and regional election clusters: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) renewed calls for his Indonesia Onward Cabinet's members to adopt requisite measures ...

5.9-magnitude earthquake jolts Indonesia's West Halmahera district

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted northwest of West Halmahera District in North Maluku Province on Sunday ...

Two Wisma Atlet towers to serve COVID-19 patients for self-isolation

The Task Force for COVID-19 Response is readying two other towers in the former athlete village of Wisma Atlit ...

Indonesia seeing spike in new COVID-19 cases: task force

Over the past few days, Indonesia's COVID-19 infection rate has shown a rising trend with several provinces ...

1,039 natural disasters strike West Java in 8 months

At least 1,039 natural disasters have been reported in various parts of West Java and affected 768,319 residents ...

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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 ...

Danone donates Rp30 billion to BNPB for handling COVID-19 pandemic

Bottled water producer Danone Indonesia donated Rp30 billion to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) on ...

5.2-magnitude earthquake rocks West Java's Pangandaran district

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Pangandaran District in West Java Province on early Monday but no tsunami alert was ...

University of Indonesia launches three books on COVID-19 handling

The University of Indonesia launched three books on handling COVID-19 in Indonesia under the efforts to document the ...

Ministry launches Jokowi-Amin stamp to mark 75th Independence day

The Communication and Informatics Ministry virtually launched a new set of stamps featuring President Joko Widodo ...