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Internet infrastructure readiness as corona keeps people home

Researchers at the Monash Business School have created a Global Internet Pressure map that measures the strain the ...

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Indonesian Government insists lockdown not an option yet

The question of imposing a nationwide lockdown in Indonesia is continuing to spark debate even as the authorities are ...

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Economic stimulus, social safety get priority as slowdown looms

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, declared by the WHO as a pandemic, has wreaked havoc on the global economy ...

COVID-19 fallout: Indonesia increases budget spending by $24.8 billion

Indonesia has decided to increase the state budgetary spending for 2020 by Rp405.1 trillion (US$24.8 billion) to deal ...

COVID-19: Wedding parties dispersed in South Sulawesi

The COVID-19 Task Force in South Sulawesi Province has dispersed a number of wedding parties as such gatherings could ...

Ensure all drugstores, staple food shops remain opened: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) instructed government officials across Indonesia to ensure that drugstores as well as ...

Indonesia set to bolster collaboration with G20 against COVID-19

Trade Minister Agus Suparmanto believes Indonesia is ready to face the humongous challenges posed by the outbreak of ...

COVID-19 crisis: Government offers online marriage registration

Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Ministry had offered an online registration service to Indonesians planning to get ...

Imported cases pose new challenge to tackling COVID-19 crisis: Jokowi

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) cautioned that several countries that were able to flatten the curve of their ...

Rupiah strengthens as Chinese economy starts to recover

The Indonesian rupiah strengthened against the US dollar in the Jakarta interbank market on Tuesday morning, as the ...

COVID-19 affecting livelihoods of millions of East Java workers

Around 3.8 million workers engaged in the trade, transportation, accommodation, and food and beverage sectors, among ...

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 ...

House begins third session as coronavirus infections surge in Jakarta

Indonesia’s House of Representatives opened its third session for 2019-2020 with a plenary meeting here on ...

Police thwart attempt to sell 11 kg of crystal meth

The West Jakarta Metropolitan Police's anti-drug squad thwarted an attempt by six drug dealers to trade crystal ...

Jakarta Provincial Government records 720 COVID-19 positive cases

The Jakarta Provincial Government has recorded a total number of 720 COVID-19 cases up until Monday, with 48 people ...