Mass vaccination would be the only way to bring economic recovery to Indonesia, which has been pounded by the slowdown induced by the social distancing measures due to the COVID-19 pand

Tokyo, Japan – The defense ministers of Japan and Indonesia on Sunday agreed to send messages to the rest of the world that the two countries will strongly oppose any action by China th

Agencies, Jakarta – An explosion occurred outside a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday, police said.

Jakarta – The government is mulling a plan to vaccinate most of the Bali residents in the next two months and to open the islands for foreign tourists by July to reinvigorate its econom

Makassar – A bomb exploded near a church in the South Sulawesi capital of Makassar on Sunday morning with police suspecting involvement by a suicide bomber.

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Chief Editor of Tempo Magazine, Wahyu Dhyatmika, strongly criticizes the persecution of one of its journalist named Nurhadi, which took place in Surabaya, on Sat

Jakarta – The Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises has inaugurated Indonesia Battery Corporation or IBC, an electric battery holding company, paving the way for up to $22 billion partner

Jakarta – The investigation into the shooting of six FPI members must not stop at the perpetrators on the ground. This nation still has a deficit in the upholding of human rights.

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – "Daasshh!" Mr Zakaria, a 90-year-old Indonesian pencak silat master exclaimed as he kicked his right leg high into the air, showing off his martial art skills.

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi asserted the government would not import rice until June 2021 and called for a halt to lingering arguments on rice imports.

Cheta Nilawaty P., Jakarta – The Indonesian Health Ministry announced that the cases involving shackling people with disabilities in the country have increased by 20 percent throughout

Jakarta – The ruling, or fatwa, from the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) that concludes the AstraZeneca vaccine haram – forbidden – should not be a consideration in the Covid-19 vaccina

Jakarta – The government removed the ash resulting from burning coal in power plants from the category of hazardous and toxic waste.

Antara, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Friday called on all regents in the country to provide exceptional services for exports and investments as he said both were key to t

Jakarta – Muslim majority Indonesia on Friday (Mar 26) banned an annual exodus that sees millions travel across the vast nation to mark the end of Ramadan over fears of a surge in COVID

Jakarta – The government has decided to extend the ban on 2021 Idul Fitri homecoming, one of the world's largest annual migrations, to Indonesia's entire population in its latest effort

Tokyo, Japan – Japanese and Indonesian foreign and defense ministers will hold talks next week in Tokyo, the Japanese government said Friday, as Tokyo hopes to forge closer ties with So

Jakarta – Indonesia's weather agency has predicted a delayed arrival of the dry season this year with La Nina weather conditions seen lasting until May in most parts of the country, wit

Indonesia's Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin says young people may soon be able to get their vaccines way ahead of schedule if they bring two senior citizens along with them, in a bi

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan said on Friday (Mar 26) that Singapore and Indonesia should ideally have the "same level of control" over COVID-

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Key bilateral agreements, including expropriation protection and double-taxation prevention set to enter into force this year, would spur foreign direct in

Fred Pearce – Deep in rain-swept forests on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, an environmental and human disaster is looming, at a zinc mine ready for digging in mountains considered th

Friski Riana, Jakarta – The Sativa Nusantara Foundation (YSN), an organization that focuses on advocating for the use of Indonesian plants including cannabis, is pushing the House of Re

Yudha Baskoro, Jakarta – Muslim protesters stage a rally to protest against China's alleged oppression of Uighur Muslims in front of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China buildi

Antara, Jakarta – At least 10 people were found dead after several leased houses were fully engulfed in flame in Matraman, East Jakarta early on Thursday.

Heru Andriyanto, Maria Fatima Bona, Jakarta – A senior Indonesian health official claimed on Thursday that the number of active Covid-19 cases has plummeted after 9 million doses of vac

A Bali hotel owner has acknowledged that beaches are public property and that his staff shouldn't have kicked out a local who was sitting on the sand in front of the hotel.

Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – Indonesia aims to kickstart President Joko Widodo's ambitious plan to relocate the capital city to the island of Borneo by offering property contracts to inves

Indonesia's handling of the COVID-19 crisis may be remembered for its numerous missteps, but the same arguably can't be said about its mass vaccination program, with the government now

Ryan Dagur – A court in Indonesia has thrown out an appeal by a former Church worker sentenced to a lengthy prison term earlier this year for sexually abusing two altar boys.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – An Indonesian forestry company with possible links to pulpwood and palm oil powerhouse Royal Golden Eagle has cleared forests the size of 500,000 basketbal

The Jakarta Provincial Government will soon prohibit the use of ondel-ondel as a means of busking in order to protect its status as a cultural icon in the Indonesian capital.

Please fight that unrelenting urge to post your COVID-19 vaccine certificate online, Indonesia's COVID-19 Task Force said, as it contains your private information.

Dan Clarke spent a good part of 2020 on the Indonesian islands of Bali and neighbouring Gili, where he spent his days working on his laptop and his down time enjoying the picturesque be

Claire Jiao and Grace Sihombing – Indonesia's finance minister sought to dispel concerns over the future independence of the country's central bank, saying proposals to increase the mon

Emma Connors, Jakarta/Sydney – Indonesia believes the promise of a population with herd immunity to COVID-19 and a zero-tolerance approach to health protocol violations will be sufficie

Sheany – Bali Governor Wayan Koster says his administration is aiming to vaccinate at least 2.8 million people in 100 days, as officials seek to reach at least 70 percent of the provinc

Marco Ferrarese, Jakarta – You know that the nightmare is not over when the Queen of Black Magic picks up her severed head and slots it back onto her neck as if nothing has happened.

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – The United Arab Emirates has announced a plan to invest $10 billion in the Indonesia Investment Authority, or INA, the largest commitment from a single country to

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Puan Maharani said that the inclusion of the draft bill on sexual violence eradication or RUU PKS in the 2021

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – In relation to the national Covid-19 vaccine program, a survey conducted by the Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) shows that only 46 percent of their r

Claudia Geib – This is the story of how Indonesia is losing its spots.

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Concerned by the mountain of discarded disposable masks, Indonesian researchers are now looking into recycling them.

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman on Wednesday's press conference announced that it found potential maladministration in the country's 1.5 million tons rice i

Beritasatu, Jakarta – The East Jakarta District Court on Tuesday accepted a request by firebrand cleric Rizieq Syihab to hold face to face proceedings in his health protocol violation t

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Plans for expansion by the pulp and paper industry in Indonesia threatens to reverse a declining rate of deforestation for pulpwood plantations, according

A so-called spiritual guru in Bekasi who is in the spotlight for a cash multiplier scam is now facing additional charges related to underage marriage, as it has been revealed that his w

A man from Central Lampung, Lampung province may face severe punishment, pending a psychiatric evaluation, after claiming that supernatural whispers led him to behead his father and par

Della Syahni – Environmentalists in Indonesia's South Kalimantan province have emerged victorious after a three-year legal battle against a company that planned to displace thousands of

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) confirmed that it had thoroughly reviewed its recommendations on the elimination of coal waste (Fly Ash Bottom Ash or