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62 passengers and crew aboard Indonesia plane suspected crashed: transport minister
Jakarta, Jan 9, 2021 (AFP/Bloomberg): An Indonesian budget airline jet suspected to have crashed into the sea just minutes after take-off from Jakarta had 62 passengers and crew on board, including 10 children, the transport minister said Saturday.
Indonesia banks on outdoor recreation and domestic market for tourism recovery
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Growing outdoor recreation and domestic travel are expected to drive the recovery of tourism in Indonesia, experts and industry players have said.
Indonesia injects Rp37 trillion into state enterprises, agencies to boost recovery
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The government has disbursed a total of Rp 37.07 trillion (US$2.63 billion) in state capital injections (PMN) to four state-owned enterprises (SOE) and two state agencies in a bid to help revive the virus-battered economy.
Indonesia says mass vaccinations to begin Jan. 13, president to get first shot
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia will begin its nationwide COVID-19 mass vaccination programme on Jan. 13, the country's health minister said on Tuesday, as the world's fourth most populous country battles the worst coronavirus outbreak in Southeast Asia.
Pledge to revive Indonesia's ‘super-priority’ tourism destinations
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Recently installed Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno has pledged to focus on reviving the pandemic-stricken tourism industry next year.
Lion Air plane skids off the runway on Indonesia's Sumatra island
JAKARTA, Dec 20 (dpa): A Lion Air passenger plane skidded off a runway after landing at Radin Inten airport in Lampung on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, local media reported on Sunday.
Indonesia imposes stricter restrictions to prevent spike in Covid-19 cases after holidays; cases balloons to almost 665,000
JAKARTA, Dec. 20 (Xinhua): Indonesia will be imposing stricter restrictions from Dec 20 to Jan 8, 2021 to prevent a spike in Covid-19 cases after the Christmas and year-end holiday seasons, officials said.
Despite provincial ban, Medan allows Christmas celebrations
The Medan administration in North Sumatra will proceed with Christmas and New Year celebrations while urging residents to avoid crowds despite a prohibition against crowd-pulling events from the provincial administration to curb soaring Covid-19 cases.
Indonesia's Medan defies the norm as country's Covid-19 cases hit almost 658,000
JAKARTA, Dec 19 (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The Medan administration in North Sumatra will proceed with Christmas and New Year celebrations while urging residents to avoid crowds despite a prohibition against crowd-pulling events from the provincial administration to curb soaring Covid-19 cases.
Smuggled orangutans flown back home to Indonesia; time to start new life
MEDAN, Indonesia, Dec 19 (AFP): Nine trafficked orangutans were flown back home to western Indonesia on Friday night (Dec 18) after the primates were rescued from the illicit wildlife trade in Malaysia.
