Indonesia

Thousands of online or online motorcycle taxi drivers, or called ojek online (ojol) who are members of the Unified West Java Online Driver (DJOB) group took action in front of the Bandung City Hall on Monday,  July 13, demanding that the Bandung City Government immediately permit passenger transport services. Quoted from CNNIndonesia.com, the masses began to gather at Jalan Wastukencana …

With the emergence of a number of controversies, the Pre-employment Card Program was suspended. However, the government will resume the Pre-employment Card Program by revising new rules. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo finally revised the implementing regulations for the Pre-employment Card Program as stipulated in Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 76 of 2020 concerning Amendments to Perpres 36/2020 concerning Work Competency Development …

There was a video of Vice President Ma’ruf Amin’s official car where the staff filling up with retail gasoline using jerry cans on the roadside. This video went viral on Facebook social media and group messages on WhatsApp. In the nine-second video, several people dressed in batik were pouring gasoline with jerry cans which were streamed using a hose. This …

Indonesia is moving a data privacy regulation ahead in several of the largest e-commerce firms after a string of high-profile data attacks in recent months. The bill-expected before the end of the year-would make it unlawful to gather data from users without consent and allow companies to warn buyers within days of learning that their identities, addresses and other details …

A French citizen, Francois Abello Camille aka FAC, was arrested by the Indonesian police for his acts of sexual abuse of 305 children. The Directorate General of Criminal Investigation at the Jakarta Metropolitan Police revealed the cases of sexual exploitation (child sex groomer) by FAC conducted in a number of hotels in West Jakarta. FAC, 65, targeted street children with …

Covid-19 positive patients in Indonesia continue to grow. Based on data from the Covid-19 Handling Task Force, there were 2,657 new positive cases, so that until Thursday (9/7), a total of 70,736 cases was recorded. In an effort to handle Covid-19 across the country, the government launched a domestic rapid test tool called the RI-GHA Covid-19. Minister of Research and …

Maria Pauline Lumowa, a fugitive in a major embezzlement case involving more than Rp 17 trillion or around $ 200 million in bank loans, was extradited by the Serbian government to Indonesia on Wednesday, July 8. She arrived at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang, Banten, on Thursday morning (7/9), 17 years after she was named a suspect. The suspect was …

The Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) conducted a rescue operation for Indonesian citizens who worked as crew members and were treated inhumanely. This action should be appreciated because the TNI can again save Indonesian citizens from alleged human trafficking. Even as many as dozens of Indonesian citizens can be brought back safely to their homeland. Even so, an Indonesian crew …

Good news for Indonesia that there is the addition of one location in the country as the UNESCO Global Geopark. The Toba Caldera is designated as the UNESCO Global Geopark at the 209th Session of the UNESCO Executive Board in Paris, France, Tuesday, July 2. UNESCO believes that the Toba Caldera has high geological links and traditional heritage with local …

Good news comes for movie lovers. Cinemas across Indonesia will soon be reopened. Previously cinemas were closed to prevent transmission of the coronavirus (Covid-19). This was announced by the Indonesia Cinema Management Association (GPBSI) which said it would resume cinema operational activities starting Wednesday, July 29, 2020, simultaneously throughout Indonesia. The chairman of GPBSI, Djonny Syafruddin said that mall entrepreneurs …