Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Retail sales in Indonesia dropped significantly in October and are expected to drop further in November in another sign that the nation's economic recovery

The Bogor Police will close the route leading to Puncak, West Java, in the latest attempt to hinder year-end vacationers from crowding the popular mountainous tourist destination.

The police have offered an updated chronology of events related to the killing of six Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) members on Dec.

Jakarta – As COVID-19 case figures keep rising, hospitals need to restructure their health services to help curb virus infection and survive the pandemic.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to resolve past cases of human rights abuses in the country and show c

Arya Dipa, Bandung – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has said that the province will ban crowd-pulling New Year's Eve celebrations in public spaces indoors and outdoors, saying they pos

Jakarta – As Indonesia continues its struggle to control the COVID-19 pandemic, many regions have come up with creative ways to curb the spread of the disease, including various punishm

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has summoned Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen.

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government is preparing to reopen Bali to international tourism, but the plan hinges on the island's COVID-19 situation, a ministry spokesman has

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Indonesia's anti-terror police squad Densus 88 has arrested Zulkarnaen, also known as Aris Sumarsono, a senior member of the Jamaah Islamiyah, or JI, a terrorist

Jayanty Nada Shofa & Natasha Christy Wahyuni, Jakarta – Foreign Affairs Ministry's spokesman Teuku Faizasyah denies Israeli media claims of Indonesia seeking to normalize diplomatic

Jakarta – The government has raised its target of providing the Covid-19 vaccine for free to 53.5 million people from just 32 million people earlier, Widodo Muktiyo, the director-genera

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – More than 2,000 Covid-19 patients have died since December 1 as Indonesia is entering the worst period of the outbreak halfway through the month.

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesian vigilante group Islamic Defenders' Front (FPI) has enticed ex-members of disbanded Muslim hardline group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) to joi

Jakarta – Sleman regency is one of five regencies/cities in Yogyakarta with red zone status in all of its subdistricts.

Jakarta – Authorities in East Java have prepped 2,400 staff for the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.

Jakarta – Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen.

Jakarta – Many pesantren (Islamic boarding schools) in Indonesia are reportedly ill-prepared to handle the COVID-19 pandemic as the number of confirmed cases at the facilities has been

Indonesian police have arrested a man believed to be the military leader of the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah network who has eluded capture since 2003, and is suspected of being inv

Jakarta – The government will prioritize Java and Bali islands for the first round of vaccination programs due to their high number of COVID-19 cases.

Jakarta – As COVID-19 cases in Tasikmalaya, West Java increase, Tasikmalaya acting mayor M.

Jakarta – Firebrand Muslim cleric Rizieq Syihab wore an orange vest as he walked out of the Jakarta Police's interrogation room just after midnight on Sunday, a confirmation that he was

Jakarta – Controversial Islamic cleric and leader of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) Rizieq Shihab was arrested on Saturday after undergoing questioning in a case pertaining to the alle

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The number of coronavirus-related deaths in Indonesia has been rising steadily in the last three weeks, during which 100 or more people died of the virus ever

Kevin Knodell – On a rainy November day outside of Wahiawa at the 25th Infantry Division's Lightning Academy, a platoon of U.S.

Jakarta – The spread of the coronavirus is becoming increasingly worrying.

Jakarta – Rizieq Syihab, the self-proclaimed supreme leader of hardline group Islamic Defenders Front, or FPI, arrived at the Jakarta Police headquarters for a questioning on Saturday a

Jakarta – The deliberation of the Draft Law on the Eradication of Sexual Violence (RUU PKS) is still the subject of a polemic.

Robert Leslie – In a wild animal market in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province, bats are still on the menu.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Newly coronavirus cases in West Java have been spreading at the speed matching that of worst-hit Jakarta since the beginning of the month while several other

Irfan Kamil, Jakarta – The Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy has released its human rights performance index for the first year of the second term of President Joko "Jokowi" Wido

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A 30-year-old mother in North Sumatra has allegedly killed her three toddlers because she could not bear the economic burden of caring for them.

Jakarta – The chairman of the South Tangerang General Elections Commission (KPU South Tangerang), Bambang Dwitoro, died from COVID-19 on Saturday after a week of hospital treatment and

Jakarta – Nearly a week after the fatal incident that killed six of his supporters, Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab voluntarily went to the Jakarta Police headquarters

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Pematang Siantar Police in North Sumatra have named four men as suspects for bathing a deceased body of a female patient suspected to have contracted COVID-

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The total number of coronavirus cases in Indonesia passed the 600,000 mark on Friday amid ongoing surge in new infections and daily deaths, which also saw a n

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Indonesia reached 600,000 cumulative COVID-19 cases on Friday and set a single-day fatality record as the country's outbreak showed no sign of abating.

Mathias Hariyadi, Jakarta – In Indonesia, the urgent need to fight COVID-19 is facing certain uncertainties, most notably the logistical problem of distributing the vaccine across the c

Jakarta – Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen.

Jakarta – The Bali provincial administration will allow hotels, restaurants and tourists destinations to hold the upcoming New Year's Eve celebration under COVID-19 health protocols in

Jakarta – Supreme Court justice Dudu Duswara Machmudin died on Thursday evening at Sentosa Asih Hospital in Bandung, West Java, after testing positive for COVID-19. He was 69.

Jakarta – The Supreme Court has rejected a case review petition filed by the Jakarta administration contesting a ruling issued by the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) over the

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Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A number of incumbents in the North Sumatra regional elections are losing to challengers who have strong support from many political parties, quick counts have

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is optimistic about Bali's readiness to welcome tourists before Christmas, hailing the province's safety protocol during the pandemic as "excellen

Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – The Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) has highlighted the weakness of the legal framework for women who fall victim to violence.

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Jakarta – N219 Nurtanio, an aircraft produced by state-owned aerospace company Dirgantara Indonesia, has completed its final test flight successfully on Friday, clearing the way for its

Dian Septiari, Nusa Dua, Bali – The world-renowned resort island of Bali is ready to welcome international tourists before Christmas, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organ

Jakarta – The administration of Surakarta, Central Java, is seeking to require travelers coming into the city for the year-end holidays to enter quarantine upon arrival to curb COVID-19