Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – A defrocked priest in Timor-Leste on trial for sexual abuse has been accused of threatening to kill the lawyer of his…

Max Walden – The COVID-19 ward at the Jakarta hospital where resident doctor Amira* works is over capacity, but patients continue to arrive at the…

Jakarta (Reuters) – Concerns are mounting in Indonesia over the ability of its regions to cope with a spike in coronavirus cases, according to its…

Dicky Budiman – Indonesia is currently experiencing a massive spike in COVID-19 infection and deaths, as experts (including myself) have…

Caesar Akbar, Maudey, Jakarta – The President of the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions or KSPI, Said Iqbal, responded to the plan of…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin confirmed that the Gotong Royong vaccination program for individuals was…

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – A Catholic priest has found himself in hot water with Papuans seeking independence by speaking out in favor of plans that…

We have received urgent information from inside West Papua: students peacefully demonstrating against Indonesia's imposition of a second 'Special…

Heru Andriyanto, Herman, Jakarta – The Indonesian government seeks to become electric vehicle production hub in the region, aiming for an output…

Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) Commission IX member Saleh Daulay has asked Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin to…

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – State-run utility firm PLN recently announced its ambitious plan of retiring its coal-fired power plants in a bid to…

HA Kapisa and Rahmad Nasution in Manokwari, West Papua – Indonesian police have begun tightening entry controls in Manokwari district and Sorong…

Chris Barrett, Singapore – A defrocked Catholic priest accused of systematic child abuse in East Timor has been reported to police for allegedly…

A representative of the people doesn't seem to want representatives to truly represent the people's suffering in the current COVID-19 crisis, as…

Officials in Karawang, West Java say an investigation is underway to look into whether there is any truth behind a claim that a vaccinator in the…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Indonesia has overtaken India as Asia's new epicenter for the coronavirus pandemic, with daily infections exceeding 40,…

A decapitated Sumatran elephant was found in Aceh province this week, with authorities suspecting that the endangered animal was killed for its…

Several staff members at a community clinic (Puskesmas) in Bogor regency have been dismissed from their jobs following an incident in which they…

British and Indonesian human rights defender Carmel Budiardjo, founder of TAPOL watchdog and the movement's driving force for many decades, has…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo vowed on Tuesday to continue with business reforms in his government's attempts to…

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Churches and rights groups have accused Indonesian police of illegally detaining Victor Yeimo, the international spokesman…

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry or Kadin confirmed that more than 28,000 companies have thus far…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) Chairperson Asfinawati opined that the government has consistently…

Ahmad Fikri (Contributor), Bandung – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil confirmed that there was unsynchronized data on Covid-19 reports issued by…

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo pledges support for the province's industrial estate development, seeking to…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Human rights abuses continue to fester in the Indonesian palm oil industry as global brands and financial…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia has surpassed India's daily Covid-19 case numbers after it reported a record of nearly 50,000…

Anyone from the Greater Jakarta Area commuting to the capital proper must, starting today, have a Worker Registration Certificate (STRP) in hand,…

A leading British human rights advocate and former political prisoner in Indonesia, Carmel Budiardjo, has died, aged 96.

Budiardjo, who…

Strong performance in the oil sector has boosted Timor-Leste's 2021 GDP growth forecast from 2.5 to 4 per cent, according to the Economist…

Firdia Lisnawati, Denpasar, Indonesia – Indonesia on Monday ordered four foreign tourists to leave the resort island of Bali after violating…

Ryan Dagur and Katharina R. Lestari, Jakarta – Authorities in Indonesia's West Java province have fired several funeral workers tasked with…

Grace Sihombing – Indonesia's state-owned pharmaceutical company PT Kimia Farma will start selling vaccines to the public on Monday as the country…

Jakarta – University of Indonesia epidemiologist Pandu Riono along with several other colleagues from the Vaccine for All Coalition is garnering…

Rifki Nurfajri, Jakarta – State-owned pharmaceutical company PT Kimia Farma delayed the rollout of its privately paid COVID-19 vaccine program on…

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia's state-owned pharmaceutical company Kimia Farma is delaying a plan to sell Covid-19 vaccines after public…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Indonesian minister Luhut Pandjaitan said he expected the COVID-19 curve to flatten and the situation to improve by next…

Anne Barker – Results from an Indonesian health survey indicate almost half the entire population of Jakarta – 4.7 million people from a…

Mega Safitri, Jakarta – Co-founder of pandemic mitigation watchdog LaporCovid-19, Ahmad Arif, on Monday revealed there were 451 people…

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition urged the government to revoke the regulation on the Gotong Royong's paid Covid-19 vaccination…

Around 45 COVID-19 patients in self-isolation die in Jakarta each day while many more have died nationwide, Lapor COVID-19 said today,…

Fahreza Rizky, Jakarta – Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has admitted to proposing that places of worship not be closed during the emergency…

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) mourns the death of Carmel Budiardjo, a tireless defender of human rights in Indonesia, West…

Hendro Situmorang, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported another record-breaking daily numbers of Covid-19 cases which for the first time…

Jakarta – An Indonesian doctor who appeared on podcasts and a television talk show to state that Covid-19 is a lie and that healthy people died…

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia received another batch of Sinovac's Covid-19 bulk vaccines at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in…

Singapore – Tri Wahyono was trying to keep it together. It was rush hour on a weeknight in late June in Yogyakarta, a city on the Indonesian…

Carmel Budiardjo, TAPOL's founder and driving force for many decades, passed away peacefully on the morning of Saturday 10th July.

She will…

Just two months ago, Indonesia was coming to a gasping India's aid with thousands tanks of oxygen.

Today, the South-East Asian country is…