Yuddy Cahya Budiman, Jakarta – The markings of a rollercoaster year are plastered over Sutiwet's small Jakarta restaurant – plastic barriers on…

More than 73,000 people have been furloughed during the COVID-19 crisis in Bali, with another 2,500 having lost their jobs, as the fallout of the…

Melissa Crouch – The attention of much of the world is fixated on COVID-19: the daily infection rates, the number of fatalities and the ebb and…

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia expects the domestic market to drive its business this year, which is showing…

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has expressed the government's concern about the increasing number of Rohingya refugees…

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has decided to reimpose large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) starting on Monday, but the…

Carlos K.Y. Paath, Antara, Jakarta – Renowned Muslim preacher Ali Jaber, who was stabbed while delivering a sermon in Lampung on Sunday, recalled…

Eisya A. Eloksari, Jakarta – Experts have called on financial technology (fintech) companies to expand their operations outside of Java and…

Wintang Warastri, Jakarta – The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) Chairperson Tulus Abadi on Sunday deems the social restriction (PSBB) that…

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The National Police's plan to involve community leaders and local gang leaders to help authorities raise awareness about…

Bernadus Wijayaka, Bayu Marhaenjati, Yustinus Paat, Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Jakarta has started its large-scale social restrictions, or…

Dian Erika Nugraheny, Jakarta – Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) researcher Heroik Pratama says that the increase in the number…

Jakarta – Jakarta administration secretary Saefullah and West Jakarta Mayor Uus Kuswanto have tested positive for COVID-19, officials…

Jakarta – The enforcement of total Large Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB, partial lockdown) in Jakarta will be an obstacle for plans by the 212…

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has confirmed that the capital will return to full large-scale social restrictions (…

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has said that the central government supports his decision to reimpose full large-scale social…

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – As the number of confirmed cases and fatalities from COVID-19 continues to rise, the government has prepared an apartment…

Antara, Jakarta – Some 16 native Papuans suffered arrow wounds in a tribal clash erupting in Jayawijaya District's area, Papua, on Thursday and…

Jayapura, Jubi – A number of youths, students, and Papuan and non-Papuan communities held a peace rally on Thursday (10/9/2020) to decline the…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian capital reported the highest one-day rise of coronavirus cases on Sunday with 1,380 new cases to take…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Two-day torrential rain led to flooding in Merbau district of North Labuhan Batu regency, North Sumatra, on Sunday,…

Dwi Argo Santosa, Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Jakarta will return to full large scale social restrictions from Monday until Sep 27, with a new ban on…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Indonesia reached the second-highest rise on Saturday with more provinces…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) has confirmed the deaths of five more doctors due to COVID-19, bringing the total count to 114…

Jakarta – The West Java administration has offered Jakarta health authorities to transfer COVID-19 patients to hospitals in the province once the…

Jakarta – The Agency for the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BP2MI) has thwarted an illegal dispatch of potential Indonesian migrant…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – A recent study by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has found that 82 percent of candidates in the…

Jakarta – A Rohingya refugee in Aceh died of a respiratory illness on Friday, only a day after two other refugees died of similar causes.

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Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The number of sole candidates running in Indonesia's regional elections has steadily increased in the past five years,…

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Professor Bambang Hero Saharjo had just arrived at a court to testify as an expert witness in an environmental crime case…

Winda Liviya NG, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan announced on Wednesday night that he was pulling the emergency brake on the "new normal…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Japanese automaker Daihatsu described in a simple chart how the two-month social restrictions in the wake of the…

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) is urging National Police Chief Idham Azis to cancel the plan by…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja in Jakarta and Arlina Arshad – Jakarta residents are despondent, angry, anxious and pessimistic about the future.

This…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will take drastic steps, including detaining those who refuse to practise safe…

Jakarta – The Mining Advocacy Network (JATAM) says that 11 people were arrested by the South Sulawesi regional water police (Polair) during an…

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – The Home Affairs Ministry announced 72 candidates for the 2020 Regional Head Election (Pilkada) had received a…

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – Newly published research has linked the spread of oil palm and rubber plantations across a wetland area of Indonesia's…

With Jakarta set to return to another phase of strict Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) next week, malls throughout the capital are…

Nezar Patria and Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on the Jakarta administration to thoroughly assess its plan to…

Jakarta – Shopping malls in Jakarta will likely cease operation for a second time when large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) are reinstated in…

John West – Ben Bland paints an insightful and intriguing portrait of Indonesia's leader in his new book, Man of Contradictions: Joko Widodo and…

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – The Press Council has released the survey results on the 2020 Press Freedom Index (IKP) in 34 provinces throughout Indonesia…

Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD says that almost 92 percent of candidate regional heads spread…

Jakarta – Leaders of Jakarta's satellite cities are still undecided on whether they should follow the capital city in reimposing stricter COVID-19…

Concerns are mounting that Jakarta will soon run out of hospital beds amid huge spikes in new COVID-19 cases lately. No facility would illustrate…

Bill Brown – When Timor-Leste (formerly known as East Timor) finally gained independence and peace in 2002 it had paid a heavy price of huge…

Jakarta – A key Indonesian parliamentary committee on Friday reached an agreement with the government to expand the 2021 budget…

It's the question on everyone's mind recently: what's been driving Bali's increasing COVID-19 cases?

With speculations abound, Deputy…

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – In July, credit analyst Budi Wardiman went back to work in his office in Jakarta, after having worked from home for almost…