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Health Minister sets large-scale social distancing in W Java areas

Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto has officially enforced the large scale social distancing measure in West Java ...

Indonesian police foil attempt to smuggle 17 people to Malaysia

Police in Riau Province thwarted an attempt by a transnational human trafficking syndicate to smuggle 15 Indonesian and ...

Government bars foreign nationals from visiting, transiting Indonesia

The government has placed a ban that suspends the entry and transit of foreign nationals to Indonesia to handle 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 ...

Indonesia prohibits entry of foreigners to limit COVID-19 spread

The Indonesian government has banned foreign nationals from entering and transiting through the country to thwart the ...

West Kalimantan shuts down land borders with Sarawak

West Kalimantan has closed its land borders with Sarawak, Malaysia, since Wednesday to contain the spread of ...

Rupiah appreciates against US dollar after Fed's interest-rate cut

The Indonesian rupiah strengthened against the US dollar in the Jakarta interbank market on Monday morning following ...

Pontianak immigration detains 27 Vietnamese fishermen

The Pontianak Immigration Office in West Kalimantan has detained 27 Vietnamese fishermen for poaching in Natuna ...

Indonesia's shipping costs remain expensive: Jokowi

Indonesia's shipping costs remain expensive, though the government has carried out a sea toll program to reduce the ...

779 earthquakes recorded in February 2020: BMKG

As many as 779 earthquakes were recorded in February 2020 in Indonesian territory, the Meteorology, Climatology and ...

Sea toll road service contributes 0.3 percent to GDP: Jokowi

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed related ministries to intensify the contribution of the sea ...

Syndicate changes method, drug smuggling entry points to Nunukan

The police in Nunukan, North Kalimantan, highlighted the change in the region’s drug syndicate’s modus ...

BP2MI thwarts move to dispatch illegal workers to Malaysia

The Agency for the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BP2MI) has foiled an attempt to dispatch illegal workers ...

80 percent of marijuana in Papua smuggled from PNG: BNN

Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency (BNN) reported on Friday that 80 percent of the marijuana sold in Papua ...

Ministry conducts airport monitoring, anticipates impact of Umrah ban

Indonesia's Religious Affairs Ministry dispatched officers to supervise airports as a precautionary measure against ...