Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo insists the micro-scale restriction on community activities, also known as PPKM Mikro, is still the best…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Leaders of political parties joined in the Jokowi-Ma'ruf Amin coalition reportedly held a meeting on Wednesday…

Jakarta – The government's plan to increase value-added tax and widen its coverage triggers controversy. The key is build public trust.

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Pematang Siantar – North Sumatra regional police have arrested three people over the murder of Mara Salem Harahap or Marsal (42), a Media Online…

Jakarta – The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organisation (TPNPB-OPM) has warned the Papuan people not to trust that the TNI (…

Ronna Nirmala, Jakarta – Suspected separatist rebels killed four construction workers and were holding four people hostage in the latest burst of…

Separatist rebels were holding four civilians hostage in the jungles of Indonesia's breakaway Papua region after they killed several construction…

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – Indonesia's COVID-19 cases soared to levels not seen before this week, forcing some hospitals to set up emergency…

Jakarta – The families of victims of human rights violations say they are disappointed that Presidential Regulation Number 53/2021 on a Human…

Arys Aditya, Bekasi, Indonesia – Indonesia's Central Java province is imposing a stricter measure by locking down areas worst hit by Covid-19 in a…

Febriana Firdaus and agencies – Indonesian health authorities are battling a new surge in coronavirus infections, as the National Agency for…

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Priests and nuns in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province have called for heavy punishments to be imposed on the owners…

Bernadette Christina, Jakarta – Indonesia is considering a plan to restrict construction of smelters producing nickel pig iron or ferronickel in…

Niniek Karmini and Dita Alangkara, Jakarta – An influential firebrand cleric was sentenced to another four years in prison in Indonesia on…

An Indonesian court has sentenced hardline religious leader Rizieq Shihab to another four years in prison on charges of spreading false…

Jakarta – Generous Indonesians donating their spare change to the poor and needy are unwittingly helping finance deadly terror attacks and…

Audrey Tan, Singapore – There is a low risk of severe haze originating from forest fires in Indonesia this year, a local think-tank has assessed…

Jessica Washington, Syarina Hasibuan and Jamaah, Jakarta/Kudus – It should have been a time of celebration for Puji Apriani's family – she was…

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has been criss-crossing vaccination centres in Jakarta, keeping tabs on the national vaccination…

Novy Lumanaw, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called Indonesians to improve discipline in wearing masks and implementing health…

Yudha Baskoro, Cianjur, West Java – Officials in a West Java subdistrict have turned to an uncommon tactic by offering a live chicken in exchange…

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Hong Kong has announced a ban on all flights, including transit, from Indonesia, which would be in effect on June…

Antara, Jakarta – Investment Minister or the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) chief Bahlil Lahadalia announced that Indonesia's factory of…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The government and the Special Committee of the House of Representatives (DPR) for Papua's Special Autonomy Bill…

Jakarta – A number of politicians in Senayan are campaigning for an extension to the presidential term limit to three terms. This is a betrayal of…

Mega Safitri (Intern), Jakarta – The Indonesian Institute (TII) Center for Public Policy Research executive director Adinda Tenriangke Muchtar on…

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police (Polri) Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo has officially signed a joint decree…

Adam Prireza, Lani Diana, Jakarta – Head of the Jakarta Parks and Forest Agency data center, Ivan Murcahyo, on Wednesday revealed that the capital…

Robert Campion – Indonesia's daily cases reached a record high on Monday as the country passed the mark of two million cases since the pandemic…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A major palm oil company supplying to global brands like Nestle and PepsiCo continues to source the raw commodity…

Jakarta – At least 200 supporters of Rizieq Syihab were arrested on Thursday, hours before the controversial cleric was found guilty of spreading…

Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – Navy Chief of Staff (KSAL) Admiral Yudo Margono has explicitly stated that the Navy will dismiss any personnel…

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – The Jakarta Financial Management Agency (BPKD) Head, Edi Sumantri, confirmed that the city's Parks and Forest Agency…

Jakarta – More than simply sidelining 51 employees through a dubious civic knowledge test, Firli Bahuri also wrecked the working system of the…

Those who have traveled to Bali, whether for a short getaway or to work from the island, are behind the recent spike of COVID-19 cases in Bali,…

The heinous case of a police officer who allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl while she was at a police station in North Maluku has led to renewed…

Tangguh Chairil – The Indonesian Defence Ministry's plan to seek up to US$125 billion in loans to modernise the country's military was leaked to…

Mike Head – A former senior Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) officer, known publicly only as "Witness K," was sentenced to a…

Fana Suparman, Jakarta – A group of Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) employees who have failed to qualify as civil servants dropped their…

Pribadi Wicaksono (Contributor), Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta Provincial Government has scrapped its plan to enforce regional lockdown. The…

A group of motorcyclists reportedly attacked a swab test facility in Surabaya, East Java this morning following widespread refusal against testing…

While it would be great if more people were vaccinated against COVID-19, Indonesia, in theory, isn't forcing anyone to get the jab. As such,…

Remember the popular children's cartoon Nussa, which drew some controversy earlier this year due to allegations of promoting Islamic radicalism?…

Febriana Firdaus and agencies – Indonesian health authorities are battling a new surge in coronavirus infections, as the National Agency for…

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – The mayor of a town in Indonesia's Central Java province has vowed to shut down an Islamic school after a group of its…

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said the capital city has 140 Covid-19 referral hospitals as of June 17, 2021. The city…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has officially ratified the Presidential Regulation No. 53/2021 on the National…

The body of a man who died after getting infected with the coronavirus was left lying for 14 hours in front of his house in North Jakarta's Sunter…

Bernadette Christina, Jakarta – Indonesia's decision to change the levy structure for palm oil exports is expected to improve profit margin for…

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia is left with few easy options to bolster its economy as a virus resurgence threatens its recovery at a time when…