Dion Bisara, Nida Sahara, Jakarta – The State-Owned Enterprises Ministry seeks to merge three Islamic banks under the state-controlled lenders to…

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – What began as a peaceful protest against the Job Creation Law turned into riots on Tuesday as violent opposition to the…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The National Police have arrested eight people affiliated with Save Indonesia Coalition (KAMI) for allegedly spreading…

Jakarta – Several religious mass organizations, including the hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and the 212 Alumni Brotherhood (PA 212), took…

Jakarta – A building within the House of Representatives compound in Central Jakarta has been on lockdown since Monday after at least 41 House…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Philip Jacobson – Multiple versions of a sweeping deregulation law passed in Indonesia last week contain substantial…

Ahmad Faiz, Jakarta – Democrat Party Chairman and former Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) in Monday's virtual talk show…

Francisca Christy Rosana, Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) economist, Bhima Yudhistira…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – China stepped up its efforts in "vaccine democracy" over the weekend, with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi saying…

Indriyani Astuti – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has finalised the hundreds of candidate pairs which will compete in the simultaneous…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Leaders of two workers unions claims to have been approached by police personnel and National Intelligence Agency (BIN)…

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The final draft of the omnibus job creation law that the House of Representatives (DPR) passed on October 5 has yet…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Riau and West Sumatra have been experiencing a dramatic surge in coronavirus cases since the beginning of the month,…

Dion Bisara, Feriawan Hidayat, Jakarta – Indonesian cellphone makers are on the brink of collapsing after a government's snafu preventing them…

Friski Riana, Jakarta – The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) researcher, Kurnia Ramadhana, on Sunday announced that lighter punishments have been…

Triyan Pangastuti, Jakarta – Indonesia has agreed on a deal to procure 100 million dosages of Covid-19 vaccines from British pharmaceutical…

Jakarta – The Indonesia Hotel and Restaurants Association (PHRI) predicts that up to 30 percent of restaurants will close down as a result of…

Helen Regan – Last week, Indonesia's parliament passed a controversial and sweeping jobs law that environmentalists say will have a disastrous…

Heru Andriyanto, Bali – Eighteen years ago today, twin bombings at two popular nightclubs devastated tourism industry in Bali, so severe that the…

Jakarta – At least 1,000 residents from six districts in Garut regency, West Java, have been displaced by flash floods and landslides due to…

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – COVID-19 has killed eight people with HIV/AIDS in Indonesia, and 77 people with HIV have tested positive for the…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government has initiated various efforts to secure access to a COVID-19 vaccine.

Coordinating Economic Minister…

Rizki Fachriansyah and Jon Afrizal, Jakarta and Jambi – Members of labor unions and the general public have once again taken to the streets…

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – A coalition of disability rights activists and groups across the country raised their call on the government to…

At least 28 journalists, covering protests against Omnibus Law, were attacked by police in Indonesia on October 8. The International Federation of…

Edward Aspinall – The last week has seen a wave of huge protests around Indonesia against the new so-called omnibus law – a massive law that…

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Hundreds of workers riding motorbikes and waving flags held a rally in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Monday…

The murder of a boy in Aceh has shocked many in the country, with the victim brutally killed during his heroic attempt to protect his mother from…

The West Papua Council of Churches wants an end to what it says is the re-militarisation of the region.

It wrote to Indonesia's President…

Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir and Rafiqa Qurrata A'yun – The highly contentious omnibus bill on job creation (RUU Cipta Kerja) has just been passed into…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia is aiming to start administering coronavirus vaccines in early November by relying on supply from…

Singapore – Singapore and Indonesia have agreed to reopen borders between the two countries for essential business and official travel…

Dipo Negoro and Leon Kastayudha – The Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation was finally enacted into law by the House of Representatives (DPR) on…

Jakarta – Seven months have passed since Indonesia announced its first COVID-19 case with the crisis continuing unabated as testing remains…

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has said indoor sports centers and gyms may resume operations starting Monday, following the relaxation…

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The National Association of University Student Executive Bodies (BEM-SI) has announced on behalf of university…

Jakarta – Spending the past seven months mostly at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, some people with the ability to find financial…

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The members of a government-sanctioned joint fact-finding team (TGPF) for the Intan Jaya shooting case have convinced the…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia has added eight more technology companies to a list of "VAT collectors" – businesses that must charge 10…

Jakarta – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has shared his experience as one of the more than 1,000 volunteers in Indonesia's recent COVID-19…

Jakarta – The Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry has encouraged organizers of meeting, incentive, convention and exhibition (MICE) events and…

Moh Zaki Arrobi – As Covid-19 cases continue to climb across Indonesia, Jakarta and some other local administrations have reimplemented "large…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The Indonesian capital will gradually ease pandemic restrictions for two weeks starting Monday (Oct 12), given the…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Since its establishment in 2003 in the wake of the 1998 reform movement, the Corruption Eradication…

Linda Yulisman, Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja and Arlina Arshad – Jakarta's iconic Tugu Selamat Datang, or welcome monument, featuring bronze statues of a…

Jakarta – Some movie theaters in Bandung, West Java, have reopened for business as of Friday.

Edward Parlindungan, head of the Bandung…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – A 36-year-old blogger from Makassar, South Sulawesi, was arrested on Friday for allegedly tweeting false information…

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has once again relaxed large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in the capital,…

Jakarta – With the SARS-CoV-2 virus continuing to spread at an alarming rate, more and more public figures are contracting COVID-19, including…

Jakarta – Citing the recent elimination of COVID-19 red zones in East Java and South Sulawesi, the national COVID-19 task force has said other…