Siktus HarsonSiktus Harson, Jakarta – The 50th anniversary of the declaration of the Republic of West Papua on July 1 was expected to be a special…

Police in Boyolali, Central Java is pursuing an impostor clinic worker who has been asking women for nudes with the pretense of…

Authorities in North Jakarta raided a cafe that remained open despite tightened restrictions, with four people, including an employee, testing…

Authorities in Padang, West Sumatra are launching legal proceedings against a woman who was filmed dining at a crowded restaurant while defiantly…

Daniel Hurst – The Australian government has been urged to rapidly step up its assistance to Indonesia, amid warnings the sharp rise in Covid-19…

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia's daily COVID-19 infections could go up to 40,000, said Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and…

Beaches across Bali have been closed in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus, amid tightened restrictions imposed in a number of regions in…

Jakarta – Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto seems to have put the controversy over the whopping arms procurement budget behind him, as he recently…

Today, the 6 July marks 23 years since the Indonesian security forces massacred scores of people in Biak, West Papua. The victims, included women…

Jakarta – At a workshop located in a Jakarta cemetery, coffin maker Olaskar Purba and his team are hard at work.

They staple together boxes…

Joniansyah Hardjono, Jakarta – State-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura II on Tuesday recorded significant decline in numbers of…

Antara, Jakarta – At least 16 airports managed by state-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura (AP) II have made available 3,500 doses of COVID-19…

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Community Consortium for Public Health in a written statement on Tuesday argues that the government has acted too slow…

Budiarti Putri Utami, Jakarta – Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) mitigation team head Mohammad Adib Khumaidi on Monday suggested…

M Rahim Arza, Hiyung, Indonesia – For the village cultivating Indonesia's most pungent chili pepper, July is a time of prosperity – and potential…

The Semarang State University (Unnes) Student Executive Council (BEM) has joined in criticising the administration of President Joko "Jokowi"…

Jayapura – An Islamic mass organisation (ormas) in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar has forcibly closed down a discussion…

Jakarta – The government has decided to provide free telemedicine services to monitor Covid-19 patients who are self-isolating at home to ease the…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – University of Indonesia epidemiologist Pandu Riono on Sunday revealed that Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and Health…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Coordinator of volunteer group LaporCovid-19, Said Fariz Hibban, said the group highly regrets the Health Ministry…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – University of Indonesia (UI) epidemiologist Pandu Riono on Sunday suggests the disbandment of the COVID-19 handling…

Syaharani Putri, Jakarta – Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno in his latest Instagram post plans on banning popular online…

If one were to measure the effectiveness of tightened measures under the Emergency Enforcement of Restrictions on Public Activities (Emergency…

A devastating second wave of COVID-19 has led to desperation among many in Indonesia, to the point that this is as good a time as any to tout any…

Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore – The fears that Indonesia was heading down the same path as India are beginning to come to pass in…

Rebecca Meckelburg – Local government and civil society responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia have been widely lauded in academic and…

Emma Connors, Singapore/Jakarta – Tens of thousands of new COVID-19 cases each day have forced the Indonesian government to suspend months of…

Rieka Rahadiana and Arys Aditya – Indonesia will start importing oxygen cylinders to meet surging demand from Covid-19 patients as the country…

Indonesia's new no vax, no fly policy is sending foreign nationals in Bali into a frenzy, from anti-vaxxers condemning the move, to travelers who…

Jakarta – Indonesia set its coal benchmark price at the highest in more than a decade, an official document published by its energy…

Jakarta – Harmoko, the information minister during the New Order Era who became the public face of the Soeharto regime, passed away on Sunday. He…

Adi Kurniawan, Jakarta – Volunteer biker Sebastian Dwiyantoro and his team have been particularly busy helping ambulances navigate heavy traffic…

Sania Mashabi, Jakarta – The initiator of the citizen data platform LaporCovid-19, Irma Hidayana, says that current the state of the Covid-19…

Natalia Laurensia Carmelia Yewen, Papua – It has been more than half a century since the former Dutch colony of Papua was integrated into…

Elizabeth Byrne – I can't tell you who Witness K is. Even if I knew I couldn't say without risking jail time, because as a former spy for…

Bernadette Christina, Jakarta – Indonesia has ordered oxygen makers to prioritise medical needs amid growing demand from COVID-19 patients, the…

Justin L. Wejak – Archbishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi of Merauke recently requested a papal visit to Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua. He…

Jakarta – Huawei Indonesia, the local arm of the Shenzhen-based tech giant Huawei, pledged continuous support for Bandung Institute of Technology…

Hellena Souisa and Erwin Renaldi – Before he died, Mr Suherman said his father was consumed by coronavirus misinformation and "hoax messages"…

Yuddy Cahya Budiman and Tabita Diela, Jakarta – The next two weeks are critical for the success of Indonesia's efforts to rein in the coronavirus…

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – Authorities are imposing stricter mobility curbs during the latest round COVID-19 restrictions, dubbed the emergency public…

Antara, Jakarta – The government has set the ceiling price for drugs used in COVID-19 treatment through the issuance of Health Minister's Decree…

Abeth Ayou, Jayapura – Papuan Students Alliance (AMP) and Indonesian People's Front (FRI) for West Papua held a rally in front of the West Java…

Semarang – The police, the Indonesian military (TNI) and Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) officials broke up a "Week of Resistance" action held by…

Jakarta – Indonesia reported 27,913 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday to continue a record-breaking run in daily numbers since the first day of the…

Jessica Washington and Syarina Hasibuan, Jakarta – From morning until midnight, Suherman and his fellow carpenters work in the heat – sawing,…

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The LaporCovid-19 (Report Covid-19) community and Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) reported that 265 Covid patients…