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Omnibus law protests highlight need for dialogue

President Joko Widodo’s goal of getting Indonesia’s first ever omnibus bill passed into law has finally ...

Experts reject claims traditional medicine can cure COVID-19

Traditional medicines and herbs cannot be used to cure the novel coronavirus disease, said Akhmad Saikhu, head of the ...

Five monkeys ill-treated by owners seized during crackdown

East Jakarta authorities seized five long-tailed macaques, or locally called "kera" (monkey), from ...

Bio Farma receives COVID-19 vaccine for phase 3 clinical trial

Deputy State-Owned Enterprises Minister Kartika Wirjoatmodjo confirmed that PT Bio Farma (Persero), on July 20, ...

Government prioritizing speed, safety, precision in COVID-19 vaccine

Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Wiku Adisasmito echoed the government’s aspirations to ...

Bio Farma upbeat about commencing Sinovac vaccine production in 2021

Indonesia's state-owned pharmaceutical holding, Bio Farma, is optimistic of starting production of the Chinese ...

Minister asks Eijkman Institute to mine more coronavirus genomes

Minister of Research and Technology, Bambang PS Brodjonegoro, urged the Eijkman Molecular Biology Institute to improve ...

VP Amin hopes COVID-19 vaccine would become available mid-2021

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has expressed the hope that a COVID-19 vaccine would become available by mid-2021, or ...

Jakarta tracking new COVID-19 clusters in traditional markets

The Jakarta provincial administration is continuing to make efforts to identify new coronavirus clusters among ...

Indonesia expects transparent investigation into China boat abuses

Indonesia harbors hopes of a transparent investigation by China’s authorities in cases of alleged violence and ...

Ministry to gradually increase air passenger capacity to 100 percent

Air passenger capacity will be stepped up gradually to 100 percent by implementing stringent health protocols at ...

Moratorium on seafarer recruitment short-term answer: ministry

A moratorium on the recruitment of Indonesian seafarers on foreign fishing ships would only serve as a short-term ...

Airlangga University to conduct COVID-19 research, innovation projects

Some 17 researchers of Airlangga University (Unair) in Surabaya, East Java, officially received President Joko ...

North Sulawesi tourism industy ready to embrace new normal

Deputy Governor of North Sulawesi (Sulut) Steven Kandouw said the tourism sector in this area is ready to embrace the ...

Nine Indonesian sailors working for Chinese vessels reach Jakarta

Nine Indonesian sailors, who reportedly endured inhumane treatment from their masters while working for several Chinese ...