Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has enjoyed a 64.6 percent approval rating in March, thanks to improving economic conditions and the Covid-19 handling pandemic, a recent survey

Jakarta – Nineteen million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in Indonesia's national stockpile have expired this year and 1.5 million more are set to expire next month, as donated shots arrive

Jakarta – State oil and gas company Pertamina is considering buying Russian crude oil at hugely discounted prices to help ease the current supply shortages at home caused by high world

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape had confirmed his government will finalise up to nine agreements with Jakarta to strengthen its relationship with Indonesia.

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Nuns, priests and lay activists in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province have called on the national police to help trace four young girls who went missing aft

Jakarta – Indonesia's anti-trust agency is investigating eight cooking oil producers on suspicion of cartel practices amid high retail prices, its chief Ukay Karyadi said on Thursday.

Police in Tarakan, North Kalimantan have arrested a 22-year-old man suspected of molesting 48 girls from an Islamic boarding school.

IDR5 million (US$348) was up for grabs when 32 gravediggers from Bogor Regency, West Java came together in celebration of the pandemic's unsung heroes.

Hendrik Rewapatara, Jayapura (Tribune-Papua) – A demonstration in Nabire regency against the creation of new special autonomous regions (DOB) in Papua ended in chaos on Thursday March 3

Arrijal Rachman, Jakarta – The Women's Rights and Victims of Sexual Violence Defenders Network representative Ratna Batara Munti on Wednesday criticized the provision on abortion contai

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – Setara Institute named the city of Singkawang in West Kalimantan as the most tolerant city in the country in the human rights watchdog's diversity index o

Ahmad Fikri, Bandung – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil inaugurated reinvented toilet dubbed Torang (toilet daur ulang) that is developed near Citarum River, in Pasirluyu, Bandung City.

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – The Presidential Staff Office (KSP) representative on Wednesday responded to the declaration plan of support for President Jokowi's presidential term extensio

Jakarta – Pulp and paper producer APRIL Group on Tuesday announced it is investing Rp 33.4 trillion, equivalent to more than $2 billion, in the construction of a new sustainable paperbo

Rimar Andhika, Jakarta – A video showing an unidentified man in Palembang being questioned by police after reporting having been sold fake marijuana went viral on Tuesday.

Krisna Gupta – The Indonesian government has claimed that its raw nickel export ban, which started in January 2021, has shown positive impacts after seeing increases in mining investmen

Indonesians may have to maximize their spending allocation towards fuel, as popular gasoline variant Pertamax looks set to almost double in price.

Vento Saudale, Bogor, West Java – The mayor of Bogor in West Java has been denied participation in a conference organized by the United States Agency for International Development (USAI

Jakarta – The state energy company Pertamina has been open to the possibility to buy crude oil from Russia amid a series of sanctions by Western countries against the country, the compa

Jakarta – The onus is now on Indonesia, which hosted the fourth Conference of Parties (COP4) on the Minamata Convention on Mercury over the weekend, to lead by example and walk the talk

Rimar Andhika, Jakarta – Jakarta thrill seekers can now pump up their adrenaline while eating dinner thanks to the opening of a new crane-lifted restaurant in the Mangkuluhur City devel

Triyan Pangastuti, Jakarta – Indonesia's state budget saw a surplus for the second consecutive month of the year as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic began to ease, Finance Minister S

Moh Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – Activist Ubedillah Badrun on Tuesday criticized members of the House of Representatives (DPR) after news emerged suggesting that DPR had submitted an IDR 4

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Indonesian Anti-Corruption Community (MAKI) planned to file a pretrial lawsuit against Trade Minister Muhammad Lutfi and the Trade Ministry's Director-Gener

Antara, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office discovered the distribution of imported products using domestic labels or brands in a number of shopping centers.

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Indonesia's top Muslim clerical body has urged Islamic groups not to target restaurants and street food stalls serving meals to non-Muslims in daylight hours dur

Siwage Dharma Negara, Manggi Habir – World's largest crude palm oil producer Indonesia faces the challenge of managing the rising cost of cooking oil, as external shocks and supply issu

Laras Susanti – In mid-March, one of President Joko Widodo's female special staffers, Ayu Kartika Dewi, sparked controversy across Indonesia.

Iftar (breaking the fast during Ramadan) without its social aspects is not quite iftar.

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' (DPR) Legislation Body (Baleg) and the government have commenced discussion on the substance of the sexual violence crime bill or RU

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia looks set to continue its heavy reliance on coal in its energy mix under a legislative sleight of hand: it will define fuels derived from coal as

Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan claims that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is liked by many people.

Dian Erika Nugraheny, Jakarta – The Association of Indonesian Village Governments (APDESI) says that following the Lebaran holidays at the end of the Ramadan fasting month it will decla

Controversial former health minister Terawan Agus Putranto has elected not to further stir the pot after he was forever barred from medical practice.

Arrijal Rachman, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights or Komnas HAM chairman Ahmad Taufan Damanik accused a number of irregularities in the handling of the cage case in the

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Indonesia Political Opinion (IPO) executive director Dedi Kurnia Syah said Monday its latest survey showed the public approval rating of President Joko Widodo, or

Jakarta – Counterterrorism squad Detachment 88 has arrested 16 suspected members of homegrown militant network Indonesia Islamic State, or NII, during recent operations in West Sumatra,

Yudith Ho, Jakarta, Indonesia – The party backing President Joko Widodo is urging Indonesians to start boiling, steaming and roasting food instead of frying them as the price of edible

Former President Megawati Soekarnoputri seems eager to grease herself away from accusations of being tone deaf by holding a cooking demo without cooking oil amid a nationwide shortage o

Jakarta – Political observer Hendri Satrio from the KedaiKOPI survey institute has criticised the plan to fund the construction of the new capital city (IKN) Nusantara in East Kalimanta

Antara, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry recorded a significant increase in the number of international travelers arriving at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali Province, and S

Jakarta – Many Indonesian students attend after-school tutoring sessions to get a better grasp of the material they are learning, but the success of these tutoring agencies raises quest

Kornelius Purba, Jakarta – In 2021 only 45 foreign tourists visited Bali after Indonesia closed its borders almost the whole year to prevent the spread of COVID-19, as other countries d

Jakarta – Former Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto has been kicked out of the Indonesian Doctors Association, or IDI, for "serious ethical misconducts", prominent members confirmed

Jakarta – Several young Indonesians have over the past two years been frequently referred to as the "crazy rich" on social media, television news, newspapers and other mass media outlet

Jakarta – The government said Indonesia would hold the G-20 Summit neutrally and impartially, resisting calls from the West to exclude Russia from the annual meeting of the world's 20 l

Khalis Surry, Raka Adji, Banda Aceh, Aceh – The Ministry of Health stated that the number of Indonesian citizens going abroad, especially to Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand, for medic

Rizky Alif Alvian – Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia was banned in 2017, but the propagation of HTI's ideology has continued to thrive in Indonesia via various media channels.

Jakarta – The scarcity of cooking oil in various parts of Indonesia has continued for at least three months.

Muhammad Zulfikar, Suharto, Jakarta – Chief of the National Defense Forces (TNI), General Andika Perkasa, and Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia, Kanasugi Kenji, have discussed plans for