Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Around 50 percent of the country's construction companies have permanently shut down their businesses as of July, with…

Jakarta – National COVID-19 task force chief Doni Monardo says diabetes mellitus has been the most common comorbidity in COVID-19 deaths in…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Health Ministry is distributing financial incentives to resident physicians who have been contributing to…

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – After months of being prevented from returning to Indonesia because of entry restrictions, foreign members of mixed-…

Jakarta – Government officials have expressed their concern over a regulation issued by the General Elections Commission (KPU) that allows crowd-…

Jakarta – A joint team comprising the National Police, Indonesian Military (TNI) and local stakeholders have netted hundreds of thousands of…

Jakarta – As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to claim more lives across the country, many provinces have issued stringent health regulations and…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's accumulated debt to fund the COVID-19 fight and falling tax revenue will weaken its "debt affordability…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie and Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has confirmed that 11 City Hall employees have tested positive…

Muhammad Beni Saputra – In August, RCTI and iNews TV – two television stations owned by Indonesia's most influential media oligarch and Perindo…

Jakarta – A crew member aboard KM Yuliner was killed while four others were missing when the cargo ship burst into flames off the coast of South…

Phelim Kine – Indonesia's parliament is poised to pass a massive "omnibus bill" stimulus package by early October to help offset the economic…

Sheany – Bali Governor Wayan Koster today urged for stricter adherence to health protocolos following a worrying rise of COVID-19 cases on the…

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia's government institutions must set examples of disciplined health protocols, said House of Representatives…

Aisah Putri Budiatri – The month of September is associated with some of the worst violations of human rights in Indonesian history. These include…

Police in Indonesia are on the hunt for a female motorcyclist who flashed her panties on the road for all of TikTok to see, with the act of…

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Indonesian lawmakers and academics have demanded education issues be scrapped from the omnibus bill on job creation,…

Jakarta – The National Military Police Headquarters (Puspom TNI) has named nine more Indonesian Military (TNI) members as the suspects in an…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has decided to leave its interest rate unchanged to safeguard financial market stability as the…

Jakarta – The government will not provide additional social aid for the nine provinces hardest hit by COVID-19, economic recovery task force head…

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Growth in demand for Indonesian palm oil this year will be driven by domestic consumption as exports drop amid the COVID…

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The Health Ministry COVID-19 cluster is the largest in Jakarta, according to data provided by the city administration.…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – New confirmed cases of coronavirus in Indonesia jumped by 3,635 on Thursday to take its total to 232,628, as Riau…

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – Members of the public across the country have been left puzzled by health protocol regulations issued by authorities,…

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan is in hot water for holding a final tribute to Jakarta secretary Saefullah, who died…

By Jarryd de Haan

• The coming months will likely see the issue of West Papuan independence reignite due to the expiry of special…

Yeremias A. Santoso, Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) issued a recommendation to postpone the 2020 Regional Head…

Jakarta – The repeated burning of the forests in recent years is proof that the state is powerless in the face of the corporations thought to be…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) confirmed that human rights advocate Veronica Koman Liau had paid back the…

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The growing number of "palm oil free"-labeled products on the market can cast palm oil in an unfavorable light,…

Jakarta – National COVID-19 task force chief Doni Monardo said that 92 percent of COVID-19 patients in certain regions of the country…

Jakarta – Two weeks after Depok, West Java, imposed curfews to counter the rising number of cases of COVID-19, the city has seen businesses…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The Philippines-based Catholic religious order the Blessed Sacrament Missionaries of Charity (BSMC) was largely…

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The preemployment card program's management team is putting on hold a plan to conduct in-person training to…

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – A study by the 10 November Institute of Technology (ITS) in Surabaya shows that Indonesia's sea transportation sector…

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has appointed several of his Cabinet members and agency heads to directly supervise…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to shrink even further than projected in the third quarter as…

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – A watchdog coalition has called for the government to delay passing a mining government regulation (PP) until after the…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Health authorities have advised the public against wearing face masks made of thin materials, such as…

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has urged businesses to cooperate during the implementation of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) as…

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – The decision to re-impose a partial lockdown in Jakarta will hit the Indonesian economy this quarter, but these…

Jakarta – Bekasi, West Java is running out of available ICU facilities in its COVID-19 referral hospitals, an association has said, raising…

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Papua residents have raised more than Rp 773.8 million (US$51,900) to pay for the government-sponsored scholarship…

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – The Health Ministry and the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF) signed on Wednesday an agreement on the…

Though there have been tireless efforts to end child marriage in Indonesia, it appears that the country still has a long way to go to reach that…

The recent surge of new COVID-19 cases in Bali appears to be taking its toll on health facilities across the province, as various hospitals inch…

Ben Bland – When Indonesian President Joko Widodo decided last year to pursue outlandish plans to build a new capital city in far-flung Kalimantan…

When Jakarta restored strict restrictions this week, the provincial government also moved to prohibit self-quarantine at home for all COVID-19…

After KRL Commuterline advised passengers to stop wearing single-layer face masks on board the train, the Indonesian government has gone one…