As many 12 victims who had flown on board an Mi-17 Army helicopter that disappeared in June last year have been found by the Indonesian Military. That military forces found it shortly after taking off from an airport in the district of Oksibil in Pegunungan Bintang regency in Papua. On Friday noon, a recovery team from the Banteng Raider Infantry …

A tourist from China was identified if he allegedly tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Then The Bali Health Agency has managed to identify a hotel where that Chinese tourist had stayed during his vacation in Bali. “We have checked the data from the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office, and found out that we have a record of the tourist who …

For all security considerations, as many as 689 ex-ISIS citizens were decided by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo not to be repatriated to Indonesia. The government is worried that terrorism will spread if they return to their homeland. Jokowi stated emphatically that hundreds of people from Indonesia who were former ISIS were no longer considered citizens. Jokowi even prefers to use …

Four inmates were designated as intellectual actors in the riot accompanied by the destruction and arson at Class II B Kabanjahe prison, Karo District, North Sumatra. They are subject to Article 170 of the Criminal Code regarding violence against goods and people. North Sumatra Police Chief Inspector General Martuani Sormin said, related to the incident at the prison in Kabanjahe, …

The Democratic Party hopes that the National Mandate Party (PAN) can support the formation of the Jiwasraya Special Committee. Although the statement of PAN’s elected Chairman Zulkifli Hasan (Zulhas) is related to PAN’s political stance which tends to be gray. Secretary of the Democratic Faction Treasurer Irwan said, even if PAN later decided to enter the government ranks, the Democrat …

Having international standard match facilities, become a provision for South Sumatera that expressed its readiness to host the FIFA U-20 World Cup. Aside form that, that province also had experience in hosting various international sports championships. This was stated by South Sumatera Governor Herman Deru stated in Palembang, on Wednesday. “The Government of South Sumatera was committed and ready to …

The 238 Indonesian citizens evacuated from Wuhan and surrounding areas of Hubei province, China, will be able to leave the quarantine area in Natuna, Riau Islands in the very near future. This was confirmed by the Indonesian government, if they remain healthy until the end the of the 14-day observation period on Saturday. After two-week obervation period, Coordinating Human Development …

The death toll from China’s coronavirus outbreak rose to 1,483 on Friday but the number of new infections in the hard-hit province of Hubei dropped after a change in case definitions caused a massive rise the day before. The central provincial health commission recorded 116 more deaths and 4,823 new cases, the majority involving patients who were clinically diagnosed. The …

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reduced Taal Volcano’s alert-level status to Alert Level 2, as metrics have consistently shown its decreased unrest in recent weeks. After graduating from Alert Level 3 on 26 January 2020, the state of Taal Volcano in the following three weeks was characterized by less regular volcanic earthquake activity, stabilizing ground deformation of the …

The number of Filipinos found positive for COVID-19 infection while embarking on the cruise ship docked in Yokohama has risen to 11, the Foreign Affairs Department has said. The DFA said the Filipinos who tested positive for COVID-19 were taken to different hospitals in and around the Tokyo area. It added that among the new group of 44 men, there …