Around 110,000 eligible recipients of the preemployment card, a government-funded unemployment benefit and skill training program, have completed…

Antonio Sampaio, Dili – Xanana Gusmao, president of the second largest Timorese party, has criticised the decision to extend Timor-Leste's state…

Asip Hasani, Surabaya, East Java – Tobacco giant HM Sampoerna's factory in Rungkut district of Surabaya, East Java, has temporarily shut down…

Jakarta – Several COVID-19 patients in West Nusa Tenggara with a recent travel history to a tabligh (Islamic mass gathering) in Gowa, South…

Fathiya Dahrul – Indonesian banks are looking to the government for additional stimulus measures to cope with a growing pile up of bad loans, as…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The parking lot of a small shopping complex near my home was filled with dozens of cars parked in an unruly manner.

Victoria Fanggidae and Jonatan A Lassa – As the world hits a perfect storm of COVID-19, governments worldwide are encountering the most…

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – In the good times, businesspeople, government officials and even international institutions have slammed Indonesia's…

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia's coronavirus cases exceeded 10,000 as infections showed no signs of slowing even with partial lockdowns and…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia is ramping up health protocols at key borders to deal with its returning migrant workforce amid the…

Amy Chew – In a village in Indonesia's Central Java's regency of Wonosobo, a farmer offered his small plot of land to bury patients who had died…

M Julnis Firmansyah and Dio Suhenda (intern translator), Jakarta – The Indonesian Police Force is currently conducting an investigation into home…

Senza Arsendy, George Adam Sukoco and Rasita Ekawati Purba – Women make up the majority of primary school teachers in Indonesia. Out of a total…

Bandung, Indonesia – Thousands of animals, including endangered Sumatran tigers and Bornean orangutans, are facing starvation at Indonesia's zoos…

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – About a thousand men and women filled the iconic mosque Baiturrahman in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh amid the…

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – As many as 563 COVID-19 cases in Indonesia have been recorded among foreigners living in the country, with almost 100…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has bought up to Rp 173.1 trillion (US$11.24 billion) worth of government bonds from primary…

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The central government has warned civil servants that they face sanctions should they participate in this year's…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has released former United Development Party (PPP) chairman and…

Here's a clear-cut takeaway from the COVID-19 pandemic: don't hoard essential supplies to sell at ridiculously high prices, for you may suffer…

Dyaning Pangestika, Bandung – The rate of COVID-19 transmission in West Java has flattened since large-scale social restrictions (…

Antara, Jakarta – The Federation of Indonesian Metal Workers Union (FSPMI) on Thursday announced that its members will continue to commemorate…

Ayat S. Karokaro and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The COVID-19 pandemic has become the latest threat to the Tapanuli orangutan in Indonesia, the…

Tangguh Chairil – "It is a military strategy," said Indonesian Coordinating Maritime and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, when…

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Women should be more involved in monitoring the upcoming regional election, Migrant Care's head of migration study,…

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Factory activity has collapsed with only one third of manufacturing companies and workers operating at present…

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – State-owned banks have restructured more than Rp 120.86 trillion (US$8.05 billion) in loans to over 832,000 borrowers in…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The rupiah has reached its strongest level since mid-March, appreciating nearly 3 percent on Thursday against the…

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – As COVID-19 continues to batter the Indonesian economy, 70 percent of textile and textile product (TPT) companies face…

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesian airlines are focusing on cargo services to offset the losses incurred from the government's…

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The West Java provincial government is finalizing a plan to launch a mobile healthcare center for children and pregnant…

Sausan Atika and Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The government has claimed that Jakarta, the country's epicenter of COVID-19, has flattened the curve…

An Indonesian Youtuber has sparked outrage in the Muslim-majority country after he uploaded a video in which he tempted people to break their…

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Many residents of regions across Java have been ignoring the government's mudik (exodus) ban and are insisting on…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The National Commission on Tobacco Control (NCTC) has urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to enhance COVID-…

Jakarta – Four women have been arrested and charged in connection to the death of a taxi driver in Bandung regency, West Java.

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Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has injected Rp 503.8 trillion (US$32.7 billion) into banks and the debt market to stabilize…

Safrin Labatu, Jakarta – From shirtless soldiers to teens sun tanning on their parents' driveways, Indonesians are soaking up rays like never…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is prepared for any potential social unrest stemming from the economic impact…

Eisya A. Eloksari, Jakarta – Many people still plan to buy Islamic goods and fashion items for the Ramadan fasting season despite an overall…

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – As the COVID-19 pandemic changes the global business landscape, jamu (herbal medicine) producers are playing a growing…

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Domestic sugar manufacturers have begun to ramp up production capacity in response to the government's call to…

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry has temporarily restricted passenger travel during the period of April 24 until May 31…

Febriana Firdaus – It has been two months since Andi Rizky last saw her uncle Jimmy, a drug offender in Cilegon Prison, Banten province, in…

Beladenta Amalia – "Covid-19 hits old people the hardest." The oft-heard statement might have given many young Indonesians a false sense of…

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The actual number of COVID-19 deaths in Indonesia may be substantially higher than officially reported as several…

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – A perceived inconsistency in the sentencing of graft convicts has put pressure on the Supreme Court to draft a set of…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Former Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) commissioner Sitti Hikmawatty – who was fired by President Joko…

Jakarta – More Indonesians have lost their jobs during the coronavirus crisis as the government's flagship unemployment benefits program, the pre…

Antara, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration through Manpower, Transmigration, and Energy Agency has temporarily sealed 101 companies or offices…