A series of assaults against local journalists has occurred in different cities in the country, ranging from verbal attacks to physical assault.…

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – State-owned electricity giant PLN officially listed Rp 1.88 trillion (US$126.9 million) worth of bonds at the Indonesia…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The government has postponed the plan to construct Indonesia's new capital city in East Kalimantan as the…

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) will assist the Health Ministry in setting a price ceiling for COVID-19…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has reported 3,307 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours to take the country's total to 203,342, with…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Governor Anies Baswedan confirmed on Wednesday that the large-scale social restrictions will be re-imposed in Jakarta…

Jakarta – The Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Ministry has urged lawmakers to pass the sexual violence eradication bill into law to fill…

Galih Gumelar and Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Democracy and public health are under threat as the 2020 simultaneous regional elections in 270 regions…

Jakarta – Indonesia on Tuesday added 12 more companies, including social media firm Twitter and video-conferencing site Zoom, to a list of…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government's fiscal stimulus programs may need to continue into 2023 if the Indonesian economy and domestic…

Jakarta – The Yogyakarta administration has found at least 20 cases of COVID-19 transmissions associated with a soto Lamongan (Lamongan…

Jakarta – Industrial COVID-19 clusters discovered in the Bekasi and Karawang regencies of West Java reached 500 cases on Tuesday, prompting…

Jakarta – The National Police have named Benny Tjokrosaputro, the president director of publicly listed property firm PT Hanson International, a…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta, Indonesia surpassed 200,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, after consistently detecting record…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's debt has risen significantly this year as the government has ramped up spending to rescue an economy…

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The nation's tourist industry is facing a catch-22 as a rise in COVID-19 cases hampers its recovery, while strict…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Communications and Information Minister Johnny G. Plate has said the government enjoyed a "swift and dynamic…

Jakarta – The Greater Jakarta LRT serving Jakarta, Bogor, Depok and Bekasi will open to the public in July 2022, property developer and state-…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has doubled down on his message for election organizers to enforce strict…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Home Minister Tito Karnavian has denied that any COVID-19 transmission clusters have emerged from the ongoing…

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has emphasized the importance of bureaucratic flexibility in mitigating the impact of…

Jakarta – Prominent Muhammadiyah figure Abdul Malik Fadjar passed away at 7:00 p.m. on Monday at Mayapada Hospital in Kuningan, South Jakarta. He…

Jakarta – Thirteen nurses working at the West Sulawesi Regional General Hospital (RSUD) in Mamuju regency have said they were abruptly dismissed…

Jakarta, Indonesia – Medical experts have linked a surge in coronavirus cases on Bali to the inaccurate, low-cost rapid antibody test kits that…

The Indonesian government has been urged to urgently investigate a police raid on a so-called "gay party" that resulted in the arrests of nine men…

Jayanty Nada Shofa – Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo urged regional leader candidates to abide by health protocols after receiving…

Jakarta – The State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) Ministry is limiting the number of expert staff members allowed on each SOEs' board of directors after…

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Fachrul Razi has found himself in hot water again as lawmakers question him over his…

Over 100 people marched down the streets of Renon, Denpasar today to protest criminal charges against Balinese musician I Gede Ari Astana aka…

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government has begun preparing regulations so the omnibus bill on job creation can be implemented within a…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A U.N. fund has approved a $103.8 million payment to Indonesia for preventing deforestation-based carbon emissions…

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta - At least 59 countries have restricted entry of Indonesian citizens over concerns of the high number of Covid-19 positive…

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has established a national team to accelerate the development of a possible COVID-…

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives and the government have agreed to revise the 2007 Disaster Mitigation Law in response to the…

Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – The Indonesian stock market is likely to endure a selling spree by foreign investors until year-end as the global…

Jakarta – The Probolinggo COVID-19 task force in East Java has ordered dozens of people at Maron Market to get into a hearse containing a casket…

Asip Hasani, Kediri, East Java – The road to the top administrator's seat in Kediri regency, East Java, looks to be clear for Hanindhito Himawan…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Representatives from various human rights groups in the country said on Monday that they would immediately hand a…

Indria Fernida, Jakarta – Today, 16 years ago, Munir Said Thailb, a defender of human rights, was murdered with arsenic poison aboard a Garuda…

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The government is seeking to expand its business assistance program to around 3 million more small businesses affected by…

Hidayatullah Tahjuddin and Poppy McPherson Reuters Lhokseumawe, Indonesia/Bangkok, Thailand – Almost 300 Rohingya refugees believed to have been…

Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartanto announced that the government had earmarked Rp 3.8 trillion for the…

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has reminded his aides to prioritize health and COVID-19 mitigation to ensure the…

Helena Horton – A newly discovered orangutan species is being driven to extinction by a UK firm's Indonesian gold mine, a wildlife charity has…

Randy Mulyanto – Indonesian-Chinese mum Shinta Lie, 33, has been trying to make ends meet by selling fish crackers and facial tissues for about US…

Usman Hamid – "Islam is a religion of civilisation. Extremism and intolerance destroy civilisation. This is in contrast with the function of…

James Massola and Karuni Rompies – Indonesian epidemiologists have warned the national government is too focused on pursuing a vaccine to defeat…

Having had a female president and with a woman as the current speaker at its House of Representatives (DPR), one would think that much progress…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has proposed Sept. 7 to be designated as national human rights…

Jakarta – Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck early in March, for 13 successive years, without any break, a number of people rallied outside the…