Goals for Ourselves in the New Year
When the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, many of us grab our journals or mentally note the resolutions...
Coronavirus
Mandatory PCR Tests for Travels Entering and Exiting Indonesia
Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi has said that passengers travelling to or from overseas must carry out a polymerase...
Indonesia Readying to Produce Ventilators this Month
Deputy Minister of BUMN I Budi Gunadi Sadikin has revealed that the state-owned company will soon produce non-invasive ventilators. Production...
567 Indonesians Abroad Positive for COVID-19
The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reported that there have been 567 Indonesians that have tested positive for coronavirus...
Police Announce Hotlines and Checkpoints
Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Police has opened telephone hotlines for people who want to report crimes, in an attempt to curb...
Jakarta Government Seeks to Extend Large-Scale Social Restrictions
The provincial government of DKI Jakarta has claimed to have finished evaluating the implementation of the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB)...
How to Make Your Own Personal Protective Equipment
As coronavirus spreads across the globe faster than Bieber-fever, there’s something travelling faster than the virus itself; fear. The Indonesian...
Battling Corona with Computers
During the Great Plague of London back in 1666, a freshly graduated Sir Isaac Newton was locked down in the...
How To Properly Self Isolate During Coronavirus
Self-isolation is our only hope of stopping the spread of COVID-19, at least for now. Health experts are advising people...
Jakarta Produces Less Rubbish During Pandemic
The Environmental Service (DLH) of DKI Jakarta has noted a reduction in rubbish tonnage from Jakarta to TPS Bantargebang. Waste...
Coronavirus Tests Land in Indonesia
BUMN ministers have brought “flash test” kits to detect the presence of coronavirus from Switzerland, in a collaboration with Roche...
No Masks, No Public Transport in Jakarta
PT MRT Jakarta (Perseroda) and PT Transportation Jakarta are supporting the prevention of COVID-19 transmission on public transport by requiring...
Top Streaming Platforms To Watch That Aren’t Netflix
It hasn’t been a month of social or physical distancing yet. If it’s not happened yet, eventually you’re bound to...
Jokowi Changes Tack on Mudik
The Presidential Palace has said residents will be allowed to go home on Eid al-Fitr this year. However, the palace...
Wuhan Wet Market Reopens, Wild Animals for Sale
After the lockdown in China, which lasted for two months, was lifted, Huanan market in Wuhan, has restarted operations and...
Get Smart or Die Lying
Kenneth Yeung pompously pontificates on education in a time of viral uncertainty. As a pretentious 16-year-old, one of my favourite...
Education with the lot please…
Could COVID-19 present schools with an opportunity? Could it be a Gojek moment and a Grab moment, when the educational...
U.S. Embassy: Leave Indonesia and Come Home
Due to the current coronavirus pandemic that’s spreading in Indonesia, the U.S. Embassy in Indonesia has asked their citizens to...
Soerkano Hatta Airport In Partial Shutdown
Angkasa Pura is halting operations at terminals 1B and 2F temporarily, in anticipation of the further spread COVID-19. This closure...
Mystical Warning Sign Rang from Kulkul Pejenengan
The people of Klungkung, Bali heard sounds from Kulkul Pejenengan at the Puri Agung Klungkung during the night of the...
Indonesian Airlines Layoffs for Employees
Due to coronavirus, some Indonesian airlines are under pressure to layoff their employees including pilots, flight attendants, technicians, and support...