Indonesia

Indonesia's parliament is proposing changes to its broadcast law that would ban investigative journalism and LGBT content, sparking criticism from civil society groups and filmmakers over restrictions to press freedom and creative…
Read More...

“We have warned all local and foreign tech companies, including online services, sites, and application providers, many times that they have to register if they do not want to risk being blocked. “We have given them time since six months…
Read More...

An Indonesian politician was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Monday for embezzling more than 1 million dollars of COVID-19 aid funds when he was social affairs minister last year. Juliari Batubara was guilty of having accepted 14.6…
Read More...

Nigerian Government on Tuesday threatened to review its relationship with Indonesia if it fails to bring the Indonesian immigration officials that assaulted a Nigerian diplomat to book. Foreign Affairs, Minister, Geoffry Onyeama, made…
Read More...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), on Wednesday, listed the eight countries, which require that it gives a mandatory visa clearance to those intending to travel to the countries. It said the countries are: Thailand,…
Read More...

A total of 161 Indonesian doctors, including nine dentists, have died of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) said on Tuesday. “They died after being infected by the COVID-19,” the IDI’s Mitigation Team leader…
Read More...

Indonesia's Minister of Religious Affairs Fachrul Razi on Tuesday cancelled the departure of Hajj pilgrims for this year. Fachrul during a press conference in Jakarta said the government has decided to cancel the Hajj 2020 as the Saudi…
Read More...

Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts, pages, and groups from its social network platforms that the company says were involved in coordinated inauthentic behaviour. The tech giant said it removed a total of 443 Facebook and 125…
Read More...

An aircraft with 189 passengers on board is believed to have sunk after crashing into the sea off Indonesia’s island of Java on Monday. The plane crashed shortly after takeoff from the capital on its way to the country’s tin-mining hub,…
Read More...

The seven-magnitude tremor, which triggered panic among tourists and locals on Sunday evening, was also felt on the neighbouring island of Bali, one of Southeast Asia’s leading tourist destinations. Nugroho said an initial tsunami…
Read More...