It's absolutely mind-blowing that no one in the entire world has come up with the solutions West Java Vice Governor Uu Ruzhanul Ulum championed to eradicate HIV and AIDS.

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, has diligently gathered his volunteers in recent times on a number of occasions.

Jakarta – The government has been gearing up for fuel price increases in the coming days as it becomes increasingly apparent that the fuel subsidy cost would cause a blowout in this yea

Jakarta – West Java Deputy Governor Uu Ruzhanul Ulum is proposing that husbands be allowed to be polygamous in order to bring down the number of HIV/AIDS sufferers among housewives.

Fika Nurul Ulya, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) researcher Kurnia Ramadhana says that the political parties have no sense of shame if they nominate former corruption convict

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has officially launched the Domestic Government Credit Card (KKP) and International QRIS (quick response Indonesia standard) pa

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Hundreds of online motorcycle taxi or online ojek drivers responded to the government's plan to hike the prices of subsidized fuel – Pertalite and Biosolar – by

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – Passengers of long-distance trains aged 18 years and above are required to get a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine or booster shot starting Tuesday, Augus

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – The government has agreed on a budget of Rp 22 trillion for a cash assistance program to be distributed immediately among low-income families and workers

Jakarta – For the first time, Indonesia, dubbed the world's third largest democracy, will hold the general elections – the presidential and legislative elections – and nationwide region

Samantha Lock – Bali bomb maker Umar Patek has claimed it was a "mistake" to become involved in the 2002 attacks that killed more than 200 people.

An Indonesian YouTuber has caught flak after she was accused of harassing other women into following her strict religious dress code.

Primus Dorimulu, Singapore – When President Joko Widodo appointed chief economic minister Airlangga Hartarto as the head of the Covid-19 response in July 2020, he was given so much auth

Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Depok – The wealth of Ari Kuncoro, the University of Indonesia's rector, has seen a significant increase of Rp35 billion after he took the position as the leader

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Residents of the Marunda Kepu fishers' village in Jakarta's northern coastal area have undergone a clean water crisis to this day.

Dian Erika Nugraheny, Jakarta – Indonesian Human Rights Watch (Imparsial) Director Gufron Mabruri believes that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's decision to push for the resolution of a

Jakarta – Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) senior investigator Novel Baswedan says that allegations that there is a gambling and narcotics group within the Indonesian poli

Jakarta – Nonbinary people have been making waves on social media this past week, thanks to the courage of a student at Hasanuddin University in Makassar, South Sulawesi, who openly dec

Anselmus Bata, Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir has lodged a defamation lawsuit against political activist Faizal Assegaf who allegedly accused him of having "man

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The National Mandate Party, or PAN, has selected nine figures for its potential candidate for the 2024 presidential election, but it turns on Prabowo Subianto w

Jakarta – The city government demolished a street bump in North Jakarta on Thursday evening following reports that many motorcyclists crashed while riding at a normal speed over it thro

Andra Nasrie – House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Puan Maharani has given arguably her strongest hint yet that she would run for president in 2024, as she seeks to follow in the foo

Chris Barrett, Singapore – The Australian government has reversed a decision not to have an official government ceremony in Bali to mark 20 years since the terror bombings but will stag

Sofie Syarief – The emergence of digital media has not resulted in more diversity in ownership control and editorial content in Indonesia's media industry.

Dandy Koswaraputra (BenarNews) – Rohingya refugees living in Indonesia say they are growing more and more desperate as they struggle to get by in the face of an uncertain future, with t

Marcelo Rochabrun, Lima – LGBT activists in Peru held a protest on Friday questioning how their government handled the death of a Peruvian transgender man in Indonesia earlier this mont

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Policymakers will seek to offset the effects of a planned increase in the subsidized price of Pertalite motor fuel with a bump in social assistance spending, a m

With President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr scheduled to visit the neighboring countries of Singapore and Indonesia in September, Indonesia ambassador to the Philippines Agus Widjojo

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Indonesian Anticorruption Society (MAKI) reported an alleged smuggling attempt of toxic waste in the region of Riau.

Dicky Kurniawan, Jakarta – Two major car manufacturers in Indonesia, Toyota and Honda, responded on the statement issued by the Phasing out Leaded Fuel Committee (KPBB), which stated th

Jakarta – There is a good reason why President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo did not make more of a meal out of Indonesia's rice self-sufficiency achievements over the past three years.

Denpasar, Bali – The National Police on Thursday denied accusations of violence from the family of a Harvard University transgender activist who died after being arrested on his honeymo

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – Indonesia plans to expand protection of its seas to cover an area nearly the size of Germany by 2030 – and then tripling it by 2045.

A member of the House of Representatives (DPR) is calling for a divine solution to Indonesia's looming subsidized fuel crisis.

Jakarta – Indonesia's transportation officials have launched the "Train to Apocalypse," an impressive attraction featuring zombies in a dilapidated station.

Stevani Wijaya, Jakarta – Disgraced police general Ferdy Sambo has submitted his resignation letter while awaiting trial as the suspected mastermind in the murder of a subordinate, Nati

Jakarta – Education, Culture, Research and Technology Minister Nadiem Makarim needs to immediately evaluate the university student admission system following the arrest of Lampung Unive

Fadhil Haidar Sulaeman, Jakarta – One of the strategic infrastructure projects in Indonesia, the capital's MRT North-South construction, succumbs to ballooning costs, mimicking similar

A member of the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD) in Palembang, South Sumatra may be booted out of his party and face criminal charges after he was filmed assaulting a wom

Antara, Jakarta – Packaged sweetened drinks are flooding the market. The Health Ministry's Director of Non-Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control dr.

Liam Scott – New regulations and revisions introduced in Indonesia this summer will likely have a devastating impact on freedom of expression for all Indonesians, experts say, with the

We needn't worry too much about monkeypox, Indonesia's Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said, as the disease mostly causes unsavory cosmetic changes and not fatalities.

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Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – The Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) objected to the Jakarta government's plan to regulate office working hours in the capital.

Dwi Argo Santosa, Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – A low-ranking policeman accused of fatally shooting fellow officer Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat has been told by alleged mastermind Ferdy Sambo

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesian police are investigating possible negligence in the death of a Chinese construction worker at the site of a controversial hydroelectric dam in t

Ilham Rian Pratama, Jakarta – Activists from the National Alliance for Criminal Code Reform held a lively protest during a socialisation event titled "Draft Criminal Code Kick Off" (RKU

State-owned train company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PT KAI) has filed a police complaint against a passenger after he was caught on camera defiling a female employee's religious attire.

Wasisto Raharjo Jati – While travelling with colleagues to East Kalimantan to do fieldwork in the Indonesian capital city (IKN) in mid-July 2022, we collected 180 responses from people

Claire Jiao and Grace Sihombing – Indonesia's central bank unexpectedly raised borrowing costs for the first time since 2018 as policy makers conceded that inflation pressures have rise