Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has recently issued a set of new protocols on COVID-19 management and mitigation based on the…

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has waived the exit and entry permit (SIKM) requirement for travelers entering or leaving the capital city…

James Massola and Karuni Rompies – Joko Widodo's dream of being the Indonesian President who finally builds a new national capital is in doubt,…

An Indonesian court has sentenced two elite police officers to 18 months and two years in prison for attacking a senior anti-corruption…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – A senior official has expressed concerns over the high number of COVID-19 infections and deaths in the Indonesian…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has cut its benchmark interest rate for the fourth time this year to bolster the recovery from…

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The economy could have contracted further if the country's had gone into full quarantine to contain the COVID-19…

Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan announced on Thursday that the capital would extend the transitional period of large-…

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration ended its public school enrollment period last week, but its effects are still felt among…

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – Experts from Yogyakarta-based Gadjah Mada University (UGM) have urged the government to improve its handling of the…

Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – The World Bank has expressed strong criticism toward the omnibus bill on job creation, arguing that the proposed…

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta, Central Java – The ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has recommended President Joko "Jokowi"…

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – Despite persistent peatland degradation and forest fires, the government is considering dissolving the Peatland…

In the latest effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 during the so-called "new normal" period, the Indonesian government is now urging workers,…

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has approved a plan to channel Rp 151.1 trillion (US$10.32 billion) into state-owned…

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – The number of death tolls from flash floods that struck Masamba, North Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi, on…

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia needs to be on extra alert for possible forest fires until at least November as there is a delay in this year's…

Bali Governor Wayan Koster denied that recent spikes in COVID-19 cases in the province resulted from loosened restrictions which began last…

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid has slammed violence by police against peaceful…

Evarukdijati, Fardah, Jayapura, Papua – The management of Jayapura Provita Hospital decided to shut down all health services, including the…

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The number of deaths among probable COVID-19 cases is higher than that of confirmed COVID-19 cases in most of Java,…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court has sentenced Tubagus "Wawan" Chaeri Wardana, the younger brother of former…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign debt rose in May, driven mainly by foreign inflows to the country's debt market as the…

Jakarta – The DPR has removed the Sexual Violence Bill from the agenda for deliberations this year. This ignores the urgency and aspirations of…

Antara, Jakarta – The Head of the Sorong Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), Herlin Sasabone, confirmed that four people died due to flood and…

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Indonesia continues to rise, with the daily average of new cases increasing to…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has urged regional administrations to set up preventive measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 in…

Adrian Wail Akhlas and Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Businesspeople are pushing the government and the House of Representatives to accelerate…

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Many people remain reluctant to fly amid lingering fears of COVID-19 and concerns about travel costs, a survey by state…

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – After receiving praise for including the domestic workers' protection bill in this year's National Legislation Program (…

Quinton Temby – Hilmi Aminuddin, who brought the Muslim Brotherhood to Indonesia, died on 30 June 2020. Hilmi was a Muslim scholar who founded…

Amy Chew – Indonesian students on the country's eastern island of Sulawesi have kept up their protests against mainland Chinese workers,…

Michael Sullivan – Lack of testing, mixed messages from the government and a rush to reopen.

No, not the U.S., but Indonesia, which has…

Yuddy Cahya Budiman and Willy Kurniawan, Suralaya – Indonesian fisherman Ramidin says he used to catch stingray by paddling just off the shore of…

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – State-owned electricity giant PLN is slated to receive Rp 9.6 trillion (US$695 million) in state capital injections (…

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is having polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests conducted on all employees…

Jakarta – A wedding reception in Sindangmulya village, Cibarusah district in Bekasi, West Java, came to an abrupt end on Sunday as local police…

Jakarta – Six labor unions have maintained their pledge to join the government in the deliberation of the omnibus bill on job creation, which is…

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – A recent case of child sexual abuse at a Catholic church in Depok, West Java, sheds light on the flaws and complexity of…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Senior corruption investigator Novel Baswedan has expressed skepticism over the trial of his suspected…

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has predicted dry weather, even droughts, in…

Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – The Bandung Health Agency in West Java has said that it encountered difficulty in carrying out contact tracing at the…

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Labor groups and activists are planning to take to the streets to protest the omnibus bill on job creation, which…

Euis Rita Hartati, Jakarta – The state energy company Pertamina has announced success in producing the refined, bleached, and deodorized palm oil…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has submitted a legal advice highlighting the dangers of the proposed re-introduction of…

Farouk Arnaz & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – For more than a decade, Indonesian law enforcement agencies have been desperately trying to bring…

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Most Indonesians who are aware of the omnibus bill on job creation want the House of Representatives to pass it, hoping…

Tri Indah Oktavianti and Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Watchdogs and a lawmaker have urged the National Police to take stern action against police…

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – Thousands of people from various labor groups and farmer unions as well as university students staged a rally in front of…

Jakarta – Representatives of demonstrators who held a protest action against the Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation said they were disappointed…