Indonesia

The quarantine process of 285 Indonesian citizens from China which was picked up by the government has entered its 10th day. Commander of the Joint Regional Defense Command I (Pangkogabwilhan I) Admiral Yudo Margono who is also responsible for the observation and quarantine process, delivered the evaluation results of the Ministry of Health, the TNI and related agencies that all …

The seat-throwing action took place in the main courtroom at the 5th Congress of the National Mandate Party (PAN) at the Claro Hotel, Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Tuesday (11/2). As a result of the incident, at least 30 people were reported got injured due to the chaos. The seat-throwing between PAN cadres in the main courtroom took not so long time. …

The Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) warned to those sellers and traders to not take advantage of the coronavirus epidemic that struck China and other countries. As is known when the outbreak of coronavirus sticks out, the demand for masks has increased accompanied by soaring price increases. Therefore, sellers and traders were urged to not take opportunity amid Corona virus outbreak …

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has invited Australia to cooperate with Indonesia in developing renewable energy and work hand-in-hand in conserving the environment. He delivered his address before parliament in the Indonesian language at the Australian Parliament building in Canberra, on Monday. There were two camps of the Australian Parliament, namely the coalition of the Liberal Party and the coalition of …

Several regional administrations have repatriated Indonesians living in China. It was stated by a top official. That was done due to the coronavirus outbreak in that country. But, they repatriated Indonesians from there without coordinating with the central government. “As far as I know, there are four [regional administrations],” Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy said as quoted …

After call by the Indonesian Embassy, majority of Indonesians in mainland China had returned to Indonesia. These people were advised to stay in their hometowns while waiting for the return of normalcy as the number of people confirmed to have recovered from the new coronavirus infection has climbed to 2,651. “Majority of our citizens have returned home. The Chinese authorities …

The capital city relocation to East Kalimantan was confirmed will have been completed in 2024. That was optimistically said by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “As we have planned, we will relocate (the capital city),” Jokowi said at Mount Ainslie in Canberra, Australia on Sunday (9/2). With height 843-meter in Canberra, Mount Ainslie has become part of Canberra Nature Park. From …

Four drugs suspects were apprehended by the police on Friday.  This apprehended was conducted by the police that a raid on an apartment in Surabaya, East Java. The place was allegedly used to produce synthetic marijuana by those four suspects. The raid was conducted by the Jakarta Police in coordination with the East Java Police. That was stated by Head …

A local health official said on Friday that Indonesian authorities have put five Chinese nationals under a two-week quarantine in North Sumatra for coronavirus scare. These foreign workers whereabouts in Indonesia to work in a power plant project in Kabanjahe, Tanah Karo district. They are four men and a woman.Three of them arrived early at the Kualanamu International Airport in …

Governor Anies Baswedan was advised by Gerindra Jakarta Chairperson Muhamad Taufik to hold more discussion regarding Formula E race venue with related parties, especially State Secretariat Ministry. Taufik told Anies following the rejection of the plan to use Monas area for that race. “That’s fine if it’s rejected at first, we should not give up. Just explain it again, discuss …