Jakarta – A hospital administration expert is urging the government and health authorities to increase bed capacity and expanding isolation facilities to anticipate a potential surge in

Jakarta – Indonesia logged yet another daily record in coronavirus infections and fatalities on Friday as the national COVID-19 task force confirmed 5,828 new cases and 169 new deaths o

Jakarta – A prosecutor in Bali has appealed a Denpasar district court verdict sentencing musician I Gede Ari Astina, better known as Jerinx, to 14 months in prison for "hate speech" aga

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesian palm oil companies have pledged not to open new palm oil plantations as they come to terms with the government's decision to put a moratorium tw

Robertus Wardi, Jakarta – Despite the noisy and cordial welcome by a huge crowd wherever Rizieq Syihab arrives, it turns out that a majority of Indonesian people don't like the leader o

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan on Friday mentioned Indonesia's natural tourism and adventures, cit

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Former National Armed Forces (TNI) commander Gatot Nurmantyo in Thursday's virtual seminar stated that it would be impossible for the military to be enemies with

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The Indonesian Coal Mining Association (APBI) signed on Wednesday a deal with the China Coal Transport and Distribution (CCTD) association to export US$1.46 bi

Fana Suparman & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The town of Cimahi in West Java has been led by three mayors since it got a municipal status in 2002 – all the three are now convicts or a

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported the highest single-day rise of both coronavirus-related deaths and newly confirmed cases on Friday as the surge continued in line with impr

Jakarta – A United Nations special rapporteur wrote his opinion to the Central Jakarta District Court, which has yet to rule on a lawsuit filed by Jakartans over polluted air.

Ikhwan Hastanto – Indonesian police have been criticized for placing a trans woman in a male jail cell following her arrest over the weekend.

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) on Wednesday asked President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to appoint a new Maritime and Fisheries Minister w

Yogyakarta – Gadjah Mada University (UGM), in cooperation with the Research and Technology Ministry, is to distribute 11,000 locally developed rapid test kits for free to hospitals and

Singapore (Reuters) – Forest-related risks could cost companies that trade in or use Indonesian palm oil as much as US$10 billion (RM41 billion) this year, according to a study of more

Antara, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said the current public health and economic crises are an opportunity for Indonesia to push the reset button and make a quantum leap

Fana Suparman & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Edhy Prabowo and his wife have used part of bribe money to buy a Rolex watch and luxury handbags d

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Bandung – The West Java administration's COVID-19 and economic recovery task force has prepared refrigerators and cold storage rooms to house vaccine doses in 27 regencies and cities in

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Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo addressed on Wednesday 50 global business leaders in a virtual dialogue held by the World Economic Forum, in which he promot

Jakarta – The national COVID-19 task force has traced nearly 240 confirmed cases to 17 clusters that emerged in May-November from large public gatherings at religious events and places

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Land acquisition and human capital issues have remained a challenge in the development of the mega trans-Sumatra toll road project, which might delay its sched

Jakarta – Indonesian businesses have put high hope on the Covid-19 mass vaccination to return the confidence of 162 million Indonesian middle- and upper-income classes to start spending

Yogyakarta – The recent death of Andrianto Purnawan, the head of the Indonesian Medical Association's (IDI) public participation acceleration team for COVID-19 mitigation, adds to the r

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detained Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Edhy Prabowo in the early hours of Wednesday.

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Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Activists have strongly condemned law enforcement officials for placing a transgender woman in a men's detention facility, calling it an insensitive move agains

Jakarta – National COVID-19 task force spokesperson Wiku Adisasmito has warned of potential new clusters emerging at schools, after the central government gave regional administrations

Jakarta – Indonesia logged yet another record in daily coronavirus infections on Wednesday as the national COVID-19 task force confirmed 5,534 new cases over the past 24 hours, shortly

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government is ramping up sugar production and working to attract more investment in the industry to prevent a shortage of the commodity and price

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The national COVID-19 task force on Tuesday said that the upcoming year-end holidays can potentially cause confirmed cases to increase exponentially.

Jakarta – The return of Muhammad Rizieq bin Hussein Shihab two weeks ago was like opening Pandora's box.

Hundreds of pairs of shoes were arranged neatly in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building on the morning of Wednesday November 25.

Indonesia's confirmed COVID-19 cases have breached half a million as the Government of the world's fourth most populous nation scrambles to procure vaccines to help it win the fight aga

Juhri Selamet – The United Nations (UN) designated 19 November as World Toilet Day to raise awareness that 4.2 billion people live without access to safe sanitation, including in Indone

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – "Welcome back, the famous Great Imam, the pride of the habibs/Who is like a sword for believers of Islamic shariah, like a lion of Allah/Whose knowledge is as d

Muhammad Beni Saputra – COVID-19 pandemic has increased the thirst for local news among people across Indonesia's vast archipelago since the first coronavirus case was announced in Marc

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The seven-day average of newly coronavirus cases in Indonesia saw a new high on Tuesday, only a day after the total number of cases hit half a million since t

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia has collected Rp 297 billion (US$20.9 million) from 22 digital technology companies under the new digital tax, the Finance Ministry's Taxation Di

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Indonesia is collaborating with the World Economic Forum (WEF) to host a virtual forum on Wednesday that focuses on economic recovery in the country and the go

Jakarta – The National Police have determined that 16 regions may see a potentially high number of health protocol violations during the regional elections next month.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi' Widodo has instructed his subordinates to cut the 2020 year-end holiday short to curb COVID-19 transmission, a minister has said.

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) legislation board (Baleg) has decided to stop deliberating the controversial draft family resilience bill (RUU) which

Jakarta – A controversial bill proposed by an Islamic political party that will dictate how husbands, wives, and family members behave has stalled at the House of Representatives after

Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has asserted that solidarity between civil society groups will not be split or divided by an attempt to

Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Jakarta – Forum of Concerned Citizens for Indonesia's Parliament (Formappi) researcher Lucius Karus has highlighted Law Number 11/2008 on Information and Electroni

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo plans to dissolve a total of 29 state agencies in the coming year as it continues its debureaucratization e

Jakarta – A variety of civil society groups have sent flower boards to the Jakarta Military Command (Kodam Jaya) headquarters in Cililitan, East Jakarta, to thank the Indonesian Militar

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Upon returning home from Washington, DC, Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan waxed poetic about his recent meeting with