Agustinus Beo Da Costa – Hospitals in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua are nearing full capacity amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, with…

Maghvira Arzaq Karima, Maudey K. Setyakusuma (Intern), Jakarta – The number of Covid-19 positive cases in Indonesia has drastically increased,…

Jakarta – The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Indonesia exceeded the 3 million mark on Thursday amid a dramatic surge in new…

Grace Nadia Chandra, Sahrudin Nurdin, Iman Rahman Cahyadi, Jakarta – The police have prepared to press charges against a man from Ternate, North…

Duncan Graham – Four years ago Oxfam published research showing the four richest men in Indonesia own as much wealth as the country's poorest 100…

Residents of Balongan district in West Java's Indramayu regency recently made the heartbreaking discovery of a mother holding onto the decomposing…

Irfan Kamil, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) says that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) under the leadership of Firli Bahuri…

Rr Ariyani, Bisnis, Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – University of Indonesia (UI) senior economist Faisal Basri criticized the government's…

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Head of the National Police criminal investigation unit, Gen. Commissioner Agus Andrianto on Wednesday said authorities…

Jakarta – The government has decided to extend strict restrictions on community activities by five days until July 25 before gradually relaxing…

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – State-owned power distributor PLN has extended an electricity relief scheme to the end of the year to ease the burden on…

Jakarta – The unanimous House of Representatives decision last week to endorse the revised Papuan Special Autonomy Law shows, yet again, the…

A pro-independence movement in West Papua has appealed to several Western countries – including New Zealand – to provide urgent humanitarian help…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government adopted a new alert system regarding the Covid-19 outbreak to manage the level of risks and…

Shruti Menon – With the surge of the Delta variant in Indonesia, misleading claims about products claiming to be cures and preventions are on the…

Gemma Holliani Cahya in Jakarta and agencies – Muslims across Indonesia marked a grim Eid al-Adha festival for a second year on Tuesday as the…

Tabloid Jubi, Jayapura – The West Papuan Council of Churches (WPCC) has condemned the Indonesian government's Special Autonomy (Otsus) law…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – From sterilised milk to green coconuts, Indonesians have been stocking up on healthy drinks, food and spices as the COVID-…

Indonesia's government is set to decide whether to extend the country's toughest coronavirus curbs to date, as the country's death toll soars to…

Eustance Huang – Indonesia needs to "protect the people" and spend more to support them during the pandemic – and it's not likely to impair the…

Jessica Washington and Syarina Hasibuan, Jakarta, Indonesia – In a residential street in Bogor, on the outskirts of the Indonesian capital, yet…

Akito Ximenes, Michael Rose – The hamlet (aldeia) of Poros is a settlement of some 800 people on the edge of Nino Konis Santana National Park and…

Jakarta (Agencies) – Millions of Muslims in Indonesia on Tuesday celebrated Idul Adha, one of the most important Islamic festivals, as President…

Jakarta (Agencies) – Indonesia reported a record 1,338 new coronavirus deaths on Monday, data from its COVID-19 task force showed, taking the…

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Indonesian Market Vendor Association recorded that around 5 million market vendors were forced to close down…

Tatang Guritno, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia forestry campaign spokesperson Asep Komaruddin admits to feeling shocked after finding out that the…

A New Zealand explorer who trekked in West Papua before Indonesian rule says he's saddened to see what colonisation has done to the region's…

There's still no definitive answer on whether or not the Emergency Enforcement of Restrictions on Public Activities (Emergency PPKM) would be…

An Indonesian man hid under the cover of his burqa in order to board a flight despite testing positive for COVID-19, officials said.

The man…

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Dili Archdiocese in Timor-Leste has asked the government for permission to establish the country's first Catholic university…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government is still mulling over whether to extend emergency public activity restrictions, a senior minister has said,…

Jakarta (Reuters) – Trust in Indonesian President Joko Widodo's ability to handle the coronavirus pandemic has fallen sharply among the public, a…

Sebastian Strangio – Protests have once again flared in Indonesia's Papua region following last week's renewal and amendment of a Special Autonomy…

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – More than 500 doctors have died from Covid-19 in Indonesia since the outbreak began in March last year, according to the…

Two rights groups have condemned the renewal of the special autonomy law in Papua and say it further erodes critical aspects of decentralization…

Jayapura – A number of demonstrators from the People's Front Against Special Autonomy Chapter II were reportedly arrested and taken to the Sorong…

Mark Lempp, Jakarta – Delayed economic recovery is weighing on Indonesian companies and the state budget to heighten credit risk in a country that…

Rahel Narda Chaterine, Jakarta – Indonesian United Trade Union Federation (FSBPI) General Chairperson Dian Septi Trisnanti says that the Emergency…

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – The government started to deliberate a plan to distribute cash aid or wage subsidy to workers. The plan was brought up…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The mitigation team of the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) on Sunday (July 18) called for the extension of a…

Masrur Jamaluddin, Atika Shubert and Julia Hollingsworth, Jakarta – The last time Aris Suharyanto saw his wife was through a hospital window. He…

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – The government is still mulling over whether to extend emergency public activity restrictions (PPKM Darurat), a…

Antara, Jakarta – BIN, Indonesia's National Intelligence Agency, conducted door-to-door vaccination drive against COVID-19 in six provinces in…

Heru Andriyanto, Triyan Pangastuti, Jakarta – The number of newly Covid-19 cases in Indonesia has been trending down in the last three days as an…

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – An Indonesian court has sentenced disgraced former fisheries minister Edhy Prabowo to five years in jail in relation to a…

Yudha Baskoro, Bogor, West Java – Hundreds of people die from Covid-19 every day in Indonesia and the daily tally has occasionally…

Jakarta – The National Covid-19 Task Force bans non-essential travels for a week starting on Sunday to prevent a new wave of infections during…

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung confirmed on Friday that the government had scrapped plans to allow self-funded inoculation…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has decided to extend the emergency public activity restrictions (PPKM Darurat) to July 31 amid the…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Throughout her life, Dewi, an Indonesian mother of two, has turned to herbs and traditional medicine whenever she fell…