Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Heavy rain suddenly poured down when Ahmad Marzuki, an office boy in Jakarta, was on his way home from a late shift in April 2018.

Jakarta – The government is insisting that the flooding in South Kalimantan was caused by extreme natural events. This ignores the massive change of function of upstream forests.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry has joined forces with tech giant Grab to recover the pandemic-stricken tourism sector by ramping up health proto

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has accused sections of the oligarchy in government circles of being one of the causes of the series of natural disasters that

Sienna Curnow, Jakarta – Communication remains at the heart of effective diplomacy.

Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta Environment Department recorded a high number of medical wastes in the capital city during the Covid-19 pandemic, amounting to 12,785 tons in total.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia's recent dramatic spike in newly coronavirus cases and deaths is attributable to West Java, which now averages more cases than Jakarta and reports h

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia argued that the South Kalimantan floods in mid-January were caused by deforestation and severe forest degradation, refuting President Joko "

The Jakarta Provincial Government is planning to add five more private hospitals as referral hospitals for COVID-19 patients, as the city recorded its highest daily death toll just yest

Carlos Roy Fajarta, Jakarta – Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno moved his office and staff to Bali on Thursday to get first-hand knowledge of the real problem facing th

In the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Indonesia is believed to have regressed in its struggle against corruption, a study has shown.

Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – The rising number of COVID-19 infections and hospitalisations in Indonesia have forced the provincial government in Jakarta to convert vacant and swamp land in

Eryk Bagshaw and Karuni Rompies – Beef is off the menu in some of Jakarta's warungs.

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Civil society groups are to launch a class-action lawsuit against Indonesian President Joko Widodo and the South Kalimantan governor following recent floods that

The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) this week said Indonesia has one of the highest death rates among health workers in the world as it gave a grim update how the health sector con

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Newly-appointed National Police Chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo on Wednesday promised a deeper role by his institution to enforce health protocols amid the de

Chaula Rininta Anindya – In November 2020, the East Indonesia Mujahideen (MIT) killed four residents of Lembantongoa village in Sigi district, Central Sulawesi.

Emma Connors, Jakarta/Sydney – Regional neighbours are being asked to do more to help after Indonesia this week joined 18 other nations that have reported more than one million COVID-19

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – When American tourist Kristen Antoinette Gray began writing about her stay in Bali on Twitter, she apparently had little idea of the controversy she woul

Jakarta (Bloomberg/Xinhua) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo received his second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine made by Sinovac Biotech at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Wednesday

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo confirmed that the derivative regulations of the Job Creation Law or UU Cipta Kerja would be completed soon.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has received the second Sinovac's Covid-19 vaccine shot on Wednesday as the country pick up the pace in rolling out the Covi

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – Jakarta Indonesian Doctor's Association (IDI) Chairperson Slamet Budiarto has questioned a statement by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo who said that the government

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called for stronger global commitments, in this case from the advanced countries, to tackle climate change.

Slamet Riyadi, Yogyakarta – Indonesia's most active volcano has erupted with a river of lava and searing gas clouds flowing 1600 metres down its slopes.

Jakarta – State-owned aerospace industry Dirgantara Indonesia has delivered the first of nine NC212i military transport aircraft ordered by the Defense Ministry.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded 387 coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday to mark the highest daily death toll since the outbreak started.

Max Lane – The opposition's weakness means that the Indonesian president's recent problems carry few political costs – for the moment.

Lani Diana, Jakarta – Jakarta Provincial Government recorded there are 54 community units (RW) set as Covid-19 red zone as per January 21.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia surpassed 1 million coronavirus cases on Tuesday amid a dramatic surge in newly cases that has started since early this month, the country's worst p

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo called for several extraordinary steps to address the global impacts of climate change.

Mahfuzulloh Al Murtadho, Jakarta – High-intensity rainfall showering Bogor since 15:30 local time on Monday, Jan.

Indra Nugraha – Veteran Indonesian agrarian reform activist Gunawan Wiradi, a lifelong champion of the rights of farmers and rural communities, has died at the age of 88.

Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Jakarta – Public policy observer Trubus Rahadiansyah says that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's claim that Indonesia is handling the corona virus pandemic well is

Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) recorded 351 cases of civil rights violations across the country in 2020.

Yudha Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesia has surpassed one million coronavirus cases on Tuesday.

Tabita Diela, Jakarta – Indonesia has raised its budget for the National Economic Recovery program to Rp 553.09 trillion (US$39.4 billion), increasing fiscal support for a country strug

Alexander R Arifianto, RSIS – On 22 December 2020, Indonesian President Joko Widodo reshuffled his cabinet to replace six ministers.

Robert Campion – A state of emergency was declared for South Kalimantan, Borneo, as torrential rain triggered flooding and landslides, affecting 342,987 people and bringing the death to

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – More than 160 indigenous people have been killed in Indonesia due to conflicts between local people and mining companies during President Joko Widodo's term in o

Heather Chen and Randy Mulyanto – Swarms of people dressed for a nightclub gather at the edges of an abandoned skating rink to watch and cheer as skateboarders perform stunts against a

Hellena Souisa and wires – Indonesia has recorded 1 million official COVID-19 cases, according to the country's health ministry, just a day after President Joko Widodo said the country

Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent and Gemma Holliani Cahya in Jakarta – Health experts in Indonesia have warned that hospitals in some areas are on the brink of collapse a

Inter-city train trips on the island of Java are about to get significantly cheaper with the imminent adoption of a locally developed COVID-19 breathalyzer to screen passengers for the

Warding off mosquitoes was touted as one of the reasons for female Muslim students in Padang, West Sumatra to continue wearing the hijab at school amid ongoing outrage about the discrim

The Jakarta Metro Police have arrested seven people in connection to a medical certificate forgery ring, two of whom were said to be employees of labs for PCR testing.

Indonesia today hit an undesired milestone in its struggle against COVID-19, recording over 1 million cases – the first country in Southeast Asia to do so – since the pandemic arrived o

Novy Lumanauw & Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo recently announced Indonesia will soon have its largest Islamic bank, Bank Syariah Indonesia or BSI, to

Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition is concerned that the newly established national defense reserve component (komcad) will be used to control domestic securit

Dian Erika Nugraheny, Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) advocacy division head Muhammad Isnur says that the government often tends to blame the public for its poor handl