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Stringent COVID-19 handling policies necessary for greater alertness

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo called on the Indonesian government on Tuesday to ...

Missing boat skipper's body found in West Kalimantan's Kubu Raya

Pontianak Search and Rescue (SAR) agency’s rescuers, Tuesday morning, found the body of Asek, who went missing ...

Imposing controls on inter-state vehicular, people movements crucial

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), at a meeting in Jakarta on Monday, stressed on the significance of controlling ...

No casualties, damage reported after earthquake hits Yogyakarta

An earthquake registering 5.2 on the Richter scale rocked Yogyakarta on early Monday at 2:50 a.m. local time, with no ...

Series of quakes of over 5.0-magnitude hit Indonesia on Monday

Multiple earthquakes measuring over 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted several areas in Indonesia on early Monday morning, ...

Thohir projects full economic recovery by first quarter of 2022

State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir has forecast Indonesia’s economy to fully recover in the ...

Five giant leatherbacks lay eggs on Raja Ampat's Warebar Beach

- lay their eggs in several of the country's coastal areas. The WWF Indonesia further noted that the Indonesian ...

Jokowi seeks alternative funding sources for Trans-Sumatra highway

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has sought alternative sources of funding for construction of the Trans-Sumatra toll ...

"Sejauh Mata Memandang" joins Jakarta's ban on single-use plastic bags

Indonesia's textile label "Sejauh Mata Memandang" joins a civil society movement to free Jakarta from the ...

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolts East Java's Blitar

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake had struck Blitar District in East Java Province on Sunday at around 02.09 a.m. local time ...

100 drug offenders awarded death penalty in 2020

District courts in different parts of Indonesia have awarded the capital punishment to at least 100 drug offenders in ...

BMKG installs three early warning receiver systems in Alor

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) installed three earthquake and tsunami early warning ...

Magnitude-5.1 earthquake rattles Boven Digoel in Papua

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit areas of Bovel Digoel District, Papua, Indonesia, on Wednesday, at around 8:06 a.m. ...

BKPM should be all-out to fulfill investors' requirements: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Head Bahlil Lahadalia to leave no ...

Regions with low COVID-19 cases can apply new normal: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) highlighted that a new normal can solely be applied in regions with reportedly low cases ...