Jakarta – Indonesia is preparing more intensive care units after logging several days of record-high Covid-19 deaths last week, while the country…

A'an Suryana, Singapore – The latest tragedy in Indonesia's fight against COVID-19 is the extraordinary rise of fatalities among Indonesian…

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – A number of private companies are joining forces to build a 500-bed isolation facility for Covid-19 patients in…

Putu Savitri, Fadhli Ruhman, Jakarta – The Penal Code (KUHP) does not yet provide adequate protection to women victims of sexual violence,…

Denpasar, Bali (Agencies) – Bali province is running out of oxygen for its COVID-19 patients as infections surge, the chief of its health agency…

Yudha Baskoro, Jakarta – The daily number of Covid-19 burials at Rorotan Public Cemetery in Cilincing, North Jakarta has dropped to…

Heru Andriyanto, Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Indonesia has recorded 38,679 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours as four-week lockdown entered the last…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – A partial lockdown has been extended in Indonesia as plans are being finalised to ramp up contact tracing and…

Jakarta – Social restrictions continue until next week with several modifications, including permit for sit-down meals and drinks at outdoor…

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Timor-Leste's top churchman has called on priests and religious to respect the Vatican's decision to dismiss a priest for…

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – Police set out barbed wire and concrete barricades around the Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta on Saturday in an…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Dian Anggraeni has been trying to get herself vaccinated against COVID-19 for the past two months. But so far, her…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia's accelerated vaccination drive has hit a speed bump as its stock of Covid-19 vaccines ready for use is…

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The Food and Drugs Monitoring Agency (BPOM) cautioned stakeholders, including pharmaceutical firms that…

Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore – When Martin, a 63-year-old resident of west Jakarta, lost his mother-in-law to COVID-19 last week,…

Max Lane – In Indonesia, a paid vaccination programme bombed out in a span of days. Putting economics above health priorities had added to the…

Katharina R. Lestari and Konradus Epa – Indonesia has stopped foreign visitors and workers from entering the country as part of measures to…

Jakarta – In her annual statement in January, Foreign Minister Retno L P Marsudi said Indonesia would focus on "health security diplomacy".…

The speed and scale of the coronavirus outbreak in Indonesia has created a perfect breeding ground for a potential new super-strain that could be…

Gemma Holliani Cahya in Jakarta and Rebecca Ratcliffe – Scenes that have for months haunted hospitals across Indonesia's Java island are appearing…

Tasha Wibawa – A COVID-19 crisis has unfolded as the highly transmissible Delta variant tears through Indonesia, where health facilities have…

Jakarta (Antara) – Indonesia is temporarily pulling its diplomats out of North Korea in response to the latter's coronavirus lockdown, the Foreign…

Mega Safitri, Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) urged Firli Bahuri to immediately step down as the Corruption Eradication…

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) on Thursday extended the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with…

Caesar Akbar, Budiarti Utami, Aji Nugroho, Jakarta – Ivermectin continues to be a hot topic of discussion after the antiparasitic drug – which has…

Antara, Jakarta – The head of the work committee (Panja) on the sexual violence eradication bill (RUU PKS), Willy Aditya, said that the bill will…

The story of a third grader from East Kalimantan who became an orphan after his parents succumbed to COVID-19 has tugged at the hearts of…

Kate Lamb – Indonesia is suffering a devastating wave of coronavirus infections, driven by the Delta variant, but the government is already…

Joe Lo – The Indonesian government has released an updated 2030 climate plan and long term strategy that indicate the country's reliance on coal…

Ronna Nirmala, Jakarta – Indonesian police arrested a Papuan separatist leader who was on the run after he escaped from a prison in Papua with…

Lani Diana Wijaya, Maudey K. Setyakusuma, Jakarta – Criminal sanctions will be imposed towards the violators of health protocols in Jakarta. This…

Indonesia's central bank left its benchmark rate unchanged and pledged to maintain a "pro-growth" policy into next year as one of the most severe…

Valmai Alzena Karla, Jakarta – The Indonesian Religious Affairs Ministry Head of research, development, education, and training, Achmad Gunaryo,…

Jakarta – The government is thanking everyone who has helped tackle the Covid-19 pandemic and ensure the strict social restrictions are in order…

Jakarta – The UK has recently opened an eight-week public consultation on the new trading rules which will reduce and simplify tariffs for low and…

Jakarta (Agencies) – Indonesia reported a record high 1,383 deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday, according to data from the country's COVID-19 task…

Jayapura – Hospitals in Papua are nearing full capacity amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, with health officials bracing for the full impact of the…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday urged Indonesia to implement a stricter and wider lockdown to combat surging…

Bernadette Christina, Jakarta – American mining giant Freeport McMoRan will not proceed with plans to build a new copper smelter with China's…

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Usually every Eid al-Adha, Riki Priyanto's father would bring home goat or beef from the nearby mosque. The meat…

Indonesians turning to drugs during the pandemic has become a topic of discussion after a certain celebrity couple's recent meth bust, with…

Residents of a village in East Java's Situbondo regency were caught on film destroying the coffin of a deceased COVID-19 patient, the video of…

Joniansyah (Contributor), Jakarta – The Soekarno-Hatta International Airport as of Friday, July 23, will soon impose a beefier travel restriction…

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Defense Ministry on Thursday confirmed that it is currently in the process of procuring six T-50i Golden Eagle…

Ian Storey – Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto has been on an accelerated drive to modernise the TNI. But there are significant…

Wisnu Agung Prasetyo – Indonesia reported the highest number of new coronavirus infections in the world for the week that ended on July 18,…

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – When Indonesian President Joko Widodo spoke with influential business groups on June 30 to discuss imposing a full-scale…

A community of koi breeders and sellers in Indonesia may have saved COVID-19 patients desperate for pure oxygen from inhaling regular air, with…

Victor Mambor, Jayapura – Civilian Yosep Samogoi (26) has been allegedly shot by an Indonesian soldier named Syarifudin of the 1707-07/Kepi…

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has found indications of connections between political party members, public officials and…