Jakarta – Indonesian prosecutors on Monday recommended a sentence of 34 months in jail for firebrand cleric Rizieq Syihab, who is accused of violating health protocol during the Covid-1

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria said 1,730,463 vehicles were recorded leaving the city during the ban on Eid homecoming or mudik from May 6-15, 2021, w

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The emergence of new COVID-19 variants is expected to weigh on Indonesia's economic recovery and may cause the government to miss its target of growth

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has suspended the distribution of around 450,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Sunday and submitted the batch to Indonesia's d

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy is believed to clock a nearly seven-percent growth in the 2021 second quarter following an upward trend in the realization of foreign direct invest

Ambon – The Ambon and Lease Islands municipal police in Maluku have declared three people suspects for flying the banned South Maluku Republic (RMS) independence flag in the Village of

Ardila Syakriah, Dio Suhendra and Vincent Fabian Thomas, Jakarta – The government believes more than 1 million people have gone on mudik (exodus) trips over the Idul Fitri holiday despi

Semarang, Central Java – Seven people drowned after an overloaded boat capsized because of tourists attempting a selfie in a reservoir in Central Java, police said Sunday.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – At first glance, it was business as usual when Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators arrested Novi Rahman Hidayat, the regent of Nganju

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – The Big Durian has been ranked as the world's most environmentally vulnerable metropolitan, as climate change, pollution, heatwaves, earthquakes and flooding are

Sydney, Australia – The crew of an Indonesian fishing trawler that was "clinging to their vessel" in bad weather has been rescued off Australia's west coast, a top Canberra official sai

Ambon – The Saparua sub-district sectoral police in Central Maluku regency have arrested two sympathisers of the South Maluku Republic (RMS) for raising the RMS independence flag in Neg

Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – Thousands flocked recreational areas and public cemeteries across Jakarta during the Idul Fitri holiday despite various restrictions imposed in the capital in

I Nyoman Sutarsa – The Indonesian government set an ambitious goal to complete mass COVID-19 immunisation by the end of March 2022, covering the 181.5 million Indonesians eligible for v

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – Authorities are gearing up measures to prevent a surge of COVID-19 confirmed cases amid the return of mudik (exodus) travelers from their hometown following the I

Jakarta – The ruling by the Constitutional Court rejecting the judicial review of the formulation and content of the Corruption Eradication Law signifies the end of the road for the ant

Febriana Firdaus, Ubud – A Russian Instagrammer who launched his motorbike off a dock, crashing into the sea.

Jakarta – Severe air pollutions, seismic threats, and perennial floodings have put Indonesia's capital Jakarta at the top of a list of cities threatened by environmental risks, accordin

Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – Embracing a quiet Idul Fitri, 32-year-old social media manager Beni Satryo slowly strummed his guitar at his office in Kemang, South Jakarta.

Vincent Fabian Thomas, Jakarta – Sumatra, Indonesia's second-most populous island, has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases in May, forcing government officials to quickly shift their attenti

Rahel Narda Chaterine, Jakarta – The cases of alleged human rights violations during the May 1998 riots in Jakarta have still not been resolved to this day.

Greta Nabbs-Keller, RM Wibawanto Nugroho Widodo – The "DarkSide" ransomware cyber-attack on the US-based gasoline facility Colonial Pipeline, which has disrupted East Coast fuel supplie

Adfin Rochmad Baidhowah – Bureaucratic appointments are coming under the spotlight in Indonesia due to a pattern of politicians abusing their power.

Vincent Fabian Thomas, Jakarta – Indonesia dispatched medical supplies to India, helping the South Asian country with the third-most COVID-19 deaths in the world to battle a devastating

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – Muslims in Indonesia celebrated Idul Fitri, which marks an end to the holy month of Ramadan, under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic and health protocols that li

Stuart Layt – Priceless ancient cave paintings in the Indonesian archipelago are crumbling at an increasing rate due to the effects of climate change.

Yoanes Litha, Rikar Hussein, Poso, Indonesia/Washington – Hundreds of Christians attended a mass funeral in a remote village of Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province Wednesday to mourn

Jakarta – Coronavac, a vaccine made by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac has been 98 percent effective in reducing the number of deaths due to Covid-19 among health workers in Jaka

The fate of corruption eradication in Indonesia is hanging in the balance after as many as 75 Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) employees whose integrity and dedication has been t

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia says it will stop building new coal-fired power plants after 2023 to meet its carbon-neutral goals – but the more than 100 plants to be built by

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Survey conducted by the Religious Allowance Reporting Outpost revealed that as many as 1,338 laborers in Jakarta and Semarang Regency will receive their religion

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – Businesses criticized the policy of several regional governments restricting the opening and operation of shopping centers, malls, and retail stores during the E

Max Lane – Despite a legacy of citizen passivity from the New Order era, elite fear of the freedom social media promises remains strong.

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Terrorists from the East Indonesia Mujahideen have killed four Christian farmers including one Catholic in Indonesia's Poso district in Central Sulawesi province

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – Social Affairs Minister Tri "Risma" Rismaharini said she was ready to answer to the House of Representatives regarding the millions of duplicate data entries foun

Jakarta – The Freedom of Religion and Beliefs Coalition, which is made up of a number of non-government organisations (NGOs), has revealed several odd questions included in the civics o

A young woman in Cianjur, West Java died today due to severe burn injuries, which were allegedly inflicted by the man she dated.

Jakarta's malls and leisure destinations are usually packed during Eid holiday, but this year the provincial government wants citizens to stay at home with an order to shut most public

The Indonesian government has chalked May 17 as the start date for the country's independent vaccination program, in which companies can procure vaccines from the government to be distr

If there's any stat that justifies the government's Eid homecoming mudik ban this year, it's this one.

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Jakarta – At least seven people were killed and one reported missing after a landslide at a West Sumatra gold mine, authorities said Tuesday.Torrential rains triggered a landslide on Mo

Jakarta – World Health Organization's recent nod for the Chinese Covid-19 jab, Sinopharm, for emergency use can boost vaccine access and consequently pave the way for herd immunity in I

Jakarta – Muslim preacher Tengku Zulkarnain, widely known for his political remarks critical of the Joko "Jokowi" Widodo government, died on Monday at the age of 57 while being treated

Antara, Jakarta – Based on an evaluation, there was a significant decline in the number of people who went home for Eid al-Fitr between May 6 and May 9, 2021, stated Transportation Mini

Caesar Akbar, Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister of Economics Airlangga Hartarto predicts the wave of arrivals of Indonesian migrant workers in March-May from overseas amount

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian and Chinese navies conducted a joint military exercise in the waters near Jakarta on May 8, 2021 to improve coordination during emergencies at sea, the

Natasa Christy Wahyuni, Jakarta – Indonesian authorities said Tuesday there is no plan to suspend the use of AstraZeneca vaccine amid reports that a man in East Jakarta died one day aft

A 22-year-old Jakarta resident died within hours of receiving a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca, officials said, as an investigation is underway to establish whether or no

President Joko Widodo is under fire for promoting a local dish, which happens to be off-limits to the Muslim majority population of the country.