Jakarta – Self-isolation centers across the capital have started to fill up as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise. In response, the…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The government has set the price ceiling for individually requested COVID-19 swab tests at Rp 900,000 (US$60.…

Jakarta – It has been seven months since President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced the first COVID-19 cases in Indonesia on March 2.

However…

Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors have demanded a seven-year prison sentence for Rahardjo Pratjihno, the president…

Jakarta – Former Jakarta deputy governor Sandiaga Uno is set to join the campaign team for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's eldest son Gibran…

Benny Mawel, Jayapura – Three men from Waris district in Keerom regency, Papua, have reportedly been shot with rubber bullets as police attempted…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) is seeing a surge in domestic violence since the Covid-19 pandemic…

Jakarta – Indonesia moved a step closer to passing President Joko Widodo's contentious "Job Creation" bill after parliament's legislation…

Jakarta – Human rights activists and lawyer Veronica Koman has highlighted the involvement of TNI (Indonesian military) and Polri (Indonesian…

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has disbursed Rp 304.6 trillion (US$20.5 billion), or 43.8 percent of the Rp 695…

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The government has formed a joint fact-finding team (TGPF) to investigate the recent killings in Intan Jaya, Papua,…

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases have decreased in 10 prioritized provinces, but the figure remains high at 67.6…

Jakarta – The health of 25 million toddlers across the archipelago is at risk as the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted services provided by the…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry is revising its temporary ban on foreigners entering Indonesia as the government…

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The Supreme Court has once again come under fire for undermining the antigraft movement, this time for reducing the graft…

Jakarta – The management of the Hairos Water Park in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, will receive strict punishment after it hosted a pool party on…

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The Public Works and Housing (PUPR) Ministry is proposing a set of infrastructure projects worth Rp 21.7 trillion (US$1.…

Jakarta – A man in North Sumatra has been arrested for allegedly posting a photo collage of Vice President Ma'ruf Amin next to Japanese porn star…

Jakarta – Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko has warned the Save Indonesia Action Coalition (KAMI) not to disrupt the nation's political…

Jakarta – Bekasi in West Java will impose a curfew starting on Friday to limit people's movements amid a spike in COVID-19 cases.

The city…

Jakarta – To support the government's 'Ayo pakai masker' (let's wear masks) campaign, national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia presented five of its…

Jakarta – The Home Ministry has temporarily dismissed Southeast Sulawesi's North Buton deputy regent and current acting regent, Ramadio, from his…

Joao da Cruz Cardoso – A crowd of young Timorese standing in front of the Portuguese Embassy in Dili has become a familiar sight in recent years.…

Derrick A Paulo and Lewa Pardomuan, Jakarta – Torikhim knows the streets of Jakarta like the back of his hand.

The 56-year-old, who goes by…

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration will impose controlled isolation for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients in order to reduce…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) and prominent Muslim groups have urged the government to delay simultaneous regional…

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Indonesia is targeting to attract 2.5 million visitors to its pavilion in one of the oldest global events, the World…

Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) suspects that business tycoons (cukong) or capitalists are behind the government and…

Devina Halim, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has revealed a number of provisional findings on the recent shooting of Papuan pastor…

Jakarta – A former political prisoner who was arrested in the aftermath of the September 30 Movement (G30S) affair in 1965, Bedjo Untung, is…

David Hutt – Ian Lloyd Neubauer's recent article for Nikkei Asia posed an interesting question: How far should a political leader go in pursuing a…

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investments Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan stated that the…

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The government has projected that Indonesia's debt to gross domestic product ratio, a gauge for the country's…

Jakarta – Home minister Tito Karnavian is upbeat that the campaign trails for the upcoming simultaneous regional elections in December will be…

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – The government has drafted scenarios and prepared logistical needs necessary to distribute COVID-19 vaccine across the…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has asked the Indonesian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) to temporarily halt…

Belseran Christ, Buru – The sun was setting in the sky of Buru Island, Maluku, that Tuesday evening, yet Diro Sutopo seemed unbothered and…

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – It has been over two years since the government set a moratorium on new palm oil development, but environmentalists…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The government will establish a joint team involving officials and members of the public to probe the recent…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia is looking to raise Rp 5 trillion (US$337 million) from a new series of government retail bonds, the…

Jakarta – The National Police's Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) is examining a bank account owned by a janitor working at the…

Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – State-owned telecommunication giant PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) is bolstering its data center business and…

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Fachrul Razi has recovered from COVID-19, an expert staff member to the minister confirmed on…

Jakarta – Indonesia will be able to barrel through the various problems it currently faces, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, by remaining…

James Massola and Karuni Rompies – Indonesian trials of a China-backed coronavirus vaccine have produced "no significant side effects" so far,…

Nyimas Laula and Sultan Anshori, Nusa Lembongan, Indonesia – Before the coronavirus pandemic took its grip on Indonesia, the pristine beaches of…

Dominique Tasevski – This year marks one hundred years since the founding of the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) and the Communist Party of…

Ricarda Gerlach – It is now over four years since the Indonesian parliament first introduced the Sexual Violence Bill (Rancangan Undang Undang…

It's fair to say that healthcare workers don't have the easiest of jobs during this pandemic, but in the Indonesian city of Surabaya one worker…

Ibnu Nadzir – If Joko Widodo's supporters had been asked what they thought of social media and politics in 2014, they would have been highly…