Andreas Harsono – Last September, I drove for four hours from Jakarta to a small town in western Java, staying one night in a Javanese-styled…

Jakarta – Enlightened Indonesia Foundation Executive Director Adhityani Putri says that the government should be more aggressive in realising its…

Friski Riana, Ahmad Faiz, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) board members had called for the Indonesian government to…

Jakarta – The family of Pastor Yeremia Zanambani, who was shot dead in Hitadipa district, Intan Jaya regency, Papua, on September 19, are asking…

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – The government has barred foreigners traveling from the United Kingdom from entering Indonesia after the…

Bayu Marhaenjati, Farouk Arnaz – Indonesians have celebrated Christmas with online masses and low-key services on Thursday as the Covid-19…

Rui Graca Feijo – Timor-Leste is a surprising success story in the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. As of mid-December 2020, the…

Jakarta – State-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura II (AP II) has urged airline passengers to take COVID-19 tests before arriving at airports for…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – With its own phase three clinical trial of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate in limbo, Indonesia said it has asked for…

Dozens of parents held a protest outside an elementary school in Medan, North Sumatra today, demanding that the principal step down because he is…

Aditya Alta and Daya Sudrajat – Governments around the world subsidise study abroad programs with various motives: to promote cultural exchange,…

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The majority of Indonesians are hesitant about getting a COVID-19 vaccine amid persistent concerns over safety and…

Jakarta – Indonesia's military on Wednesday (Dec 23) named nine soldiers as suspects in the killing in April of two civilians in the country's…

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Newly-appointed Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin promised a revamped campaign against…

Semarang – The Central Java administration plans to screen holidaygoers using antigen tests at some famous tourist destinations, such as Borobudur…

Jakarta – The Central Java administration has decided to ration the processing of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) samples because of the limited…

Jakarta – A research team from Padjadjaran University (Unpad) in Bandung, West Java, is currently designing a rapid testing method to detect COVID…

Jakarta – The national COVID-19 task force has formed a special team to monitor treatment for doctors who are infected with COVID-19, spokesperson…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has recorded 3,463 coronavirus-related deaths since the beginning of the month to beat the previous monthly…

Scores of parents protested in front of a state primary school (SD) in Medan Tuntungan regency, Medan City, on Wednesday December 23 demanding…

Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo may struggle to convince some that his cabinet shakeup amid a deteriorating…

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia's Twitter has gone abuzz on Wednesday as the chaotic 2019 presidential election ends with the two rivaling…

Daniel Villarreal – On Wednesday, parents in Medan, a city on the northeastern coast of Indonesia, protested outside of an elementary school in…

Jakarta – Amid an increasing number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the capital, a doctors association is calling on Jakartans to stay…

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has announced new members of his Cabinet on Tuesday (Dec 22), ending months of…

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has appointed former presidential election rival and businessman Sandiaga Uno as the…

Arys Aditya and Claire Jiao – Indonesian President Joko Widodo replaced the country's health chief as part of a cabinet revamp to bolster…

Ariel Bogle and Albert Zhang – On Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, a network of accounts is targeting the West Papua independence movement with…

Jakarta – Sixty teachers have tested positive for the coronavirus out of 2,600 teachers who took part a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing…

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo reshuffled on Wednesday the Indonesia Onward Cabinet, following up on his intent…

Jakarta – The General Elections Committee (KPU) said it would be ready to face regional election disputes filed by losing candidates with the…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have launched Operation Lilin Jaya aimed at maintaining public order and cracking down on any health protocol…

Jakarta – The government has announced that schools could reopen in January if local administrations, schools and parents agreed to resume…

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The government has further downgraded this year's economic growth forecast amid the rise in COVID-19 cases ahead of the…

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Traveling home for the holidays is regarded by many Indonesians as part of a ritual of devotion and respect for their…

Jakarta – A cabinet shake-up triggered by the arrest of two ministers for graft allegation brought six new faces to the President Joko "Jokowi"…

Jakarta – Despite a constant rise of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia, two new studies by Google and Apple have revealed an increase in the number of…

Ron Kampeas – A top Trump administration official wants to leverage development aid to have Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority nation…

Jakarta – The government is restricting state civil servants from traveling out of town and taking leave as part of its efforts to avoid a COVID-…

Jakarta – Many travelers at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, are opting to take the gold-standard polymerase chain…

Jayanty Nada Shofa & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The German Embassy in Indonesia has apologized for their recent diplomat's visit to the hardline…

Jakarta – Almost nine months into the pandemic, Indonesia finally welcomed the first consignment of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China's…

Jakarta – Police arrested a group of calo (middlemen) offering fake rapid test results at Pasar Senen railway station, Central Jakarta, on Sunday…

The new travel requirement for the year-end holiday has resulted in a long queue for the antigen rapid test at Soekarno-Hatta Airport this morning…

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Epidemiologist from Australia's Griffith University, Dicky Budiman, asked the government to prepare a lockdown or a fully…

Irwan Syambudi & Mohammad Bernie – There were 68 independent or individual candidates who contested the December 9 election of regional heads…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Indonesia passed the 20,000 mark on Monday while the average of daily…

The Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) and the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) again launched actions in several parts of the country…

Jakarta – A female Sumatran tiger that was rescued by authorities in March after being ensnared in a wire trap was returned to the wild on Sunday…

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Dozens of university and high school graduates from across the country formed the Alumni for Indonesia organization…