The first period of vaccination from January to April is aimed at inoculating 1.3 million medical workers, 17.4 million public workers, and 21.5 million elderly people.
January 28, 2021Deaths from the respiratory illness have returned to one-digit figure in a highly fluctuating trend. Since April 1, the country has seen daily deaths below 10 in only six separate days.
May 6, 2020President Widodo appreciated the facilitation provided by the government of India for supplies of pharmaceutical products to Indonesia.
April 28, 2020More than 2,000 people have been forced to leave their flooded homes, Haryanto added.
January 30, 2020The motive for the attack was not unclear but police stations have been frequent targets for radicals in the world's biggest Muslim majority nation, which has long struggled with Islamist militancy.
November 13, 2019Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, beat Prabowo Subianto in April elections to secure another term as president of the world's third-biggest democracy.
October 23, 2019Widely known as Jokowi, the president said his final term would be aimed at eradicating poverty and building the nation of some 260 million into a developed country with one of the world's top five economies by 2045.
October 21, 2019The President promised to announce this year the name of the new capital, which will be the administrative centre of the country, while Jakarta will continue as the financial and business capital.
August 16, 2019On Friday, PM Modi held multiple meetings with several world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, Russian president Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping.
June 29, 2019President Widodo has couched his warning of stern action in accordance with the law with a fervent appeal to refer objections related to the election to the Constitutional Court.
May 24, 2019Widodo held off declaring victory after the unofficial results last month as Subianto insisted he was the archipelago's next leader.
May 21, 2019A festive atmosphere dominated polling stations across Jakarta, with voters proudly showing off purple-stained fingers, dipped in indelible ink after voting.
April 22, 2019Indonesia bears witness to apocalyptic scenes close to 14 years after the deaths of thousands in the Asian tsunami of 26 December 2004. The death toll in the earthquake and tsunami that hit the city of Palu last weekend has crossed 840, and is bound to rise as the search for survivors has intensified and …
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October 3, 2018I understand that everything that can be done is being done to care for the injured and that rescue and relief efforts are well underway.
October 2, 2018Irrespective of the result, the Jakarta gubernatorial election on April 19 will leave a bitter aftertaste that could have consequences on the political landscape in the rest of Indonesia. The election is already billed as the ugliest, and most divisive and most polarising the country has ever seen. Religion, and to a lesser extent, race, …
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April 14, 2017