Conditions for Omicron Patients Home Self-Isolation
Omicron-positive patients do not have to be hospitalized but can self-isolate according to certain criteria following an announcement from the...
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Indonesia Enters Third COVID-19 Wave
Indonesia has entered its third wave of the pandemic, with a significant increase in COVID-19 cases in the last few...
AirAsia Reopens Surabaya-Lombok Route Four Times a Week
AirAsia Indonesia will re-open the strategic Surabaya-Lombok domestic route four times a week, starting February 2022. In addition, the airline...
40 International Foundations Write to Jokowi
President Joko Widodo has received dozens of letters from various international foundations asking for permission to participate in the G20...
Immigration: Entry-Exit Authority Now Under COVID Task Force
The Directorate General of Immigration at the Law and Human Rights Ministry has accepted the decisions about limiting international entry...
An Expat’s Isolation Experience in Jakarta
Disclaimer: The following is the opinion and experience of one person and doesn’t reflect the views of the Indonesia Expat. ...
Indonesia’s Provinces with Most Poverty Population
The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has recorded that the number of people living in poverty in Indonesia has reached 26.5...
Hong Kong Bans Transit Flights From Indonesia
The Hong Kong authorities have again implemented a ban on arrivals from 150 countries, including Indonesia. The ban prevents people...
Joseph Conrad’s Eastern Voyages, by Ian Burnet
The title caught my eye immediately: Joseph Conrad’s Eastern Voyages, Tales of Singapore and an East Borneo River. The cover,...
Supreme Court Rejects Presidential Regulation on Unvaccinated Sanctions
The Supreme Court has rejected the judicial review of mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations that were included in Presidential Regulation number 14...
How to Enter Indonesia from 7th January – Quarantine, Testing, Vaccines, and more
The COVID-19 Task Force has issued the latest regulations for international travellers, both Indonesian citizens and foreigners, taking effect on...
PPKM Extended, Jakarta Back To Level 2
Jakarta has returned to PPKM level 2, in accordance with the extension of PPKM in Java and Bali from 4-17th...
New Quarantine Rules for Indonesians Returning Confirmed?
Update 3rd January: According to the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, the government has decided...
PLN’s Coal Deficit Could Cause Blackouts Across Java and Bali
The electricity supply to 10 million State Electricity Enterprise (PLN) customers, both the general public and industry in Java, Madura,...
The Happiest and Unhappiest Provinces in Indonesia
The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has released the 2021 Happiness Index. The data includes a list of the happiest and...
Foreigners Ignoring NYE Health Protocols to be Deported
Foreigners who hold a 2022 New Year party without health protocols being followed will be expelled from Indonesia. “Foreign citizens,...
Local Omicron Transmission Case Detected in Jakarta
The Health Ministry has announced that there has been one new Omicron case from the local transmission, with no history...
Coronavirus Drug Molnupiravir Arriving in Indonesia from January 2022
Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has set a target for Indonesia to start using the coronavirus drug Molnupiravir from January...
Balinese Environmental Activist Wins CNN Heroes Award
An environmental activist from Bali, I Made Janur Yasa, has won the CNN Heroes 2021 award after his name was...
BREAKING NEWS: Omicron Detected in Indonesia
The government announced that the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus has entered Indonesia. Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said...
COVID-19 Task Force Changes Quarantine Provisions for Overseas Migrants and Indonesians
The COVID-19 Task Force has again changed the mandatory quarantine provisions for foreign arrivals. Through Circular No. 25/2021, the COVID-19...