Indonesia

Motorboat (KM) Puspita Jaya with 16 passengers reportedly drowned in the Sunda Strait Waters or around Mount Anak Krakatau, Thursday, June 18. As a result of the incident, 10 people were reported missing. While six others survived. “The ship sank in the waters of the Sunda Strait with 16 passengers. Six survived and 10 others are still in search of …

The pre-employment card program which is being predicted by the government to help economically affected communities due to the Covid-19 outbreak was not as smooth as expected. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) found that the pre-employment card program is actually saturated with issues. The KPK recommends that the batch 4 Pre-Employment Card program be paused. The reason is that the …

A school in Taman Cilegon Indah, Jombang District, Cilegon City, Banten on Thursday, June 18 carried out a drive-thru report card distribution by applying health protocols. Student parents do not need to get out of the car to take their children’s report cards. The school is Mutiara Bunda School that implementing to give students’ report cards via drive-thru. This was …

Patrol ships of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries’ (KKP’s) Directorate General for Supervision of Maritime Resources and Fisheries (PSDKP) detained a Filipino fishing boat and Malaysian fishing vessel for poaching in Indonesian waters on Tuesday, June 16. According to the General Director of Maritime Resources and Fisheries Supervision Tb Haeru Rahayu, the KKP’s patrol boats have succeeded in …

The manager of the Indonesian national team coach, Shin Tae-Yong, requested the All Indonesia Football Association (PSSI) to allow the players to be able to undergo a training center (TC) in South Korea. As reported by the South Korean news agency, Yonhap, Shin Tae-Yong, admitted that he personally proposed the idea to PSSI. He hopes the Indonesian national team can …

A US fugitive wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over a bitcoin scam has been arrested in Indonesia and charged under child protection law for suspected sex crimes, Indonesian police said on Tuesday, June 16. Russ Albert Medlin, who entered the Southeast Asian nation on a tourist visa last year, was arrested on Monday after three minors alleged …

The government has decided to re-open schools in the corona green zone in the new school year 2020/2021. However, schools in the yellow, orange, and red zones still have to carry out teaching and learning activities from home. Minister of Education and Culture (Mendikbud) Nadiem Makarim stressed there was no change in the schedule for the new academic year 2020/2021. …

Chairman of the National Consumer Protection Agency (BPKN) Ardiansyah Parman said there were as many as 14 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) meters or customers’ electricity meters that had expired. These fourteen million electricity meters must be redone by a state-owned power company, PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero) or PLN, and converted into kWh smart meters. “I suggest that in 2021 it …

Chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) Megawati Soekarnoputri is said to have signed a recommendation letter for President Joko “Jokowi’s” Widodo’s eldest son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, advanced in the Mayoral election. The three PDIP officials who knew about the nomination of Gibran Jokowi said that Megawati had long signed the letter. The three PDIP officials said it …

Election organizers and regional administrations have requested extra funds from the state budget (APBN) for the 2020 simultaneous regional elections (Pilkada) as the central government insists on holding year-end regional polls amid the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The House of Representatives (DPR) Commission II of the Indonesian House of Representatives and the Government approved the additional budget proposal submitted by …