Sumatran Tiger Rescued From Trap in Riau Forest Area

Riau. A Sumatran tiger was found injured in Riau province last Saturday and was subsequently evacuated to a rehabilitation center in West Sumatra. The tiger sustained injuries after being trapped in an industrial plantation forest concession. A team from ...

Local Lockdown in Tambora, West Jakarta

Residents of Tambora, a subdistrict of West Jakarta with the highest population density in the capital, have enforced their own local lockdown to prevent the coronavirus from infecting their community. The residents block entrances to each alley in the ...

Stimulus Aimed at Avoiding Recession as Covid-19 Hits Informal Sector Hard

Jakarta. Indonesia is bracing for a worst-case scenario from a prolonged coronavirus pandemic that's already hitting the country's usually resilient small businesses and informal sector hard and might bring the economy into a recession, Finance Minister ...

Bank Indonesia Set to Buy Gov't Recovery Bonds

Jakarta. Bank Indonesia, the country's central bank, has said it may buy government bonds in the primary market to help the government plug a swelling budget deficit during the Covid-19 pandemic. The country had abandoned the practice – basically the ...

Lawmakers Urge Police to Collaborate With Government Agencies During Pandemic

Jakarta. Lawmakers at the House of Representatives have urged the National Police to improve coordination with the government, the Covid-19 Task Force, the Military and other institutions involved in coronavirus mitigation in Indonesia. The House of ...

Over 130 Indonesians Abroad Have Coronavirus

Jakarta. A total of 138 Indonesians abroad have tested positive for Covid-19. The government has now advised them to stay put in their country of residence until they complete their recovery from the deadly disease, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said on ...

Gov't Sits on Mudik Rules While Thousands Flee Covid-19 Red Zones

Jakarta. The government is still preparing a regulation on the annual Idul Fitri exodus, or mudik, during the Covid-19 outbreak, the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, said. "We're going to have one last ...

Soeharto's Golf Buddy and New Order Minister Bob Hasan Passes Away at 89

Jakarta. Billionaire, former Trade and Industry Minister under Soeharto's New Order – also famous for being the dictator's golf buddy – and Indonesian Athletics Federation chairman Bob Hasan died on Tuesday morning at the age of 89 at the Gatot Subroto ...

Indonesia Imposes Entry Ban on Foreigners, Makes Quarantine Compulsory for Returning Citizens

Jakarta. The Indonesian government will temporarily ban all foreign visitors from entering the country and oblige all its citizens returning from other countries to undergo a two-week quarantine to stop imported cases of Covid-19, officials said on ...

Indonesia Drops 3% Budget Deficit Cap for $25b Covid-19 Stimulus

Jakarta. Indonesia has ditched a safety switch on its state budget put in place after the 1998 Asian financial crisis to provide a critical stimulus for its economy and medical supplies for doctors on the frontline of the fight against the coronavirus ...