Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Three student activists in Malang, East Java, have been arrested for alleged vandalism with the intention of provoking…

Alya Nurbaiti and Riza Roidila, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry will restrict all passenger travel starting on Friday as the government…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has conveyed his skepticism over strict emergency protocols amid the current COVID-19 pandemic,…

Yudha Baskoro – The Pondok Ranggon public cemetery in East Jakarta is starting to run out of graves to bury Covid-19 victims.

On Wednesday…

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – The government would soon extend a series of tax breaks issued to counter the economic impact of the coronavirus…

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – An independent researcher who has been critical of the government on social media is facing incitement charges after a…

Devina Halim, Jakarta – The Coalition Against Criminalisation and Case Manipulation is urging President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Indonesian…

Ruslan Sangadji and Dian Septiari, Palu – Local governments have shown a lack of trust in Chinese workers employed in numerous projects…

The Indonesian Trade Union Confederation (KSPI), one of the largest labor groups in the country, says it will defy a police ban on staging May…

West Papua's Independence movement has congratulated Vanuatu's new government on its parliamentary election.

The Vanua'aku Pati's Bob…

Jeffrey Neilson – Indonesia's political leadership was slow to respond to COVID-19, and for a long while denied the virus had even entered the…

I Nyoman Sutarsa, Atin Prabandari and Fina Itriyati – Amid the urgent need for mass testing to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia, poor…

David Firnando Silalahi – Indonesia is a tropical country with year-round sunshine. My research on how Indonesia can generate electricity…

Bradford Betz – Indonesian authorities in the country's ultra-conservative Aceh province publicly flogged six people Tuesday for breaking Islamic…

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Under the blazing sun of Indonesia's capital Jakarta, gravedigger Minar wielded his shovel and dug into the ground.

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The government has officially annulled the increase in National Health Insurance (JKN) premiums following last month's…

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Harmony in a number of communities in Indonesia is at risk as perceived COVID-19 carriers are stigmatized, even by their…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Women's Solidarity Network for Justice has started an online petition demanding the Garut High Court in West Java…

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The Industry Ministry has issued 11,172 operational and mobility permits (IOMKI) for companies nationwide that wish to…

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – The government might have a prolonged struggle with eradicating poverty in the country as the months-long COVID-19…

Jakarta – The Aceh Ulema Council (MPU) has announced that it will allow people to perform daily mass prayers and tarawih (Ramadan night prayers)…

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Five-year-old Sumatran tiger Corina had one of her legs stuck in a wire trap for at least three days at a forest…

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The executive directors and commissioners of 110 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) will not get receive their holiday…

Jakarta – General Elections Commission (KPU) chairman Arief Budiman has been dragged into a bribery case pertaining to the replacement of a…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's palm oil exports, including oleochemicals and palm oil kernel, dropped nearly 19 percent in the January…

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Labor unions will march on with their plans to hold mass protests against the omnibus bill on job creation, as many…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie and Yulia Savitri, Jakarta – Activists have accused police of dragging their feet in an investigation into the murder…

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – One of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's much-hyped millennial advisors has resigned over allegations of conflict of…

Lona Olavia, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has spent Rp 777.59 billion, or $50 million, on imported medical supplies since the coronavirus…

Bisnis, Jakarta – The large-scale social restriction (PSBB) protocol imposed in the capital city of Jakarta and other major cities…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) legislators from the Democrat Party faction officially withdrew from…

Rizki Ramadhani – National businessperson Sandiaga Uno says that the Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation is not a priority for investors at the…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration announced on Wednesday that the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) will be…

Ghina Ghaliya and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government has announced that it is to provide interest subsidies for small borrowers in…

Jakarta – The central government's ban on the Idul Fitri tradition of mudik (exodus) is likely to help break the chain of COVID-19 contagion in…

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – While a number of large manufacturing companies are adapting to the shifts in demand toward health equipment and basic…

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Recent controversies surrounding the perceived dual loyalties of certain expert presidential staffers have…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – As citizens help low-income community members weather the COVID-19 outbreak, several civil society groups in…

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Novy Lumanauw, Iwan M Putuhena, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo officially issued a ban on mudik, the annual…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have announced they will ban all rallies commemorating May Day after workers in the capital city said they planned…

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Five months pregnant, 33-year-old Niken Fajarsari has to juggle work, domestic chores and teaching her son, as schools…

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesia's total investment realization slightly increased in the first quarter of this year, but the global…

Asip Hasani, Surabaya – The East Java Police have launched an investigation into a police officer suspected of having deceived a man into a same-…

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is set to evaluate the implementation of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) as many non-…

Febriana Firdaus, Bintuni Bay, Indonesia – Residents of this part of the island of New Guinea have long known they live atop a coal deposit. Some…

Ivany Atina Arbi and Arya Dipa, Jakarta and Bandung – Two local figures of Jayamukti village in Bekasi regency, West Java, attempted to disperse…

Sausan Atika and Asip Hasani, Jakarta – Living in self-isolation is daunting for Bima Mahardika, a high school senior in South Tangerang, Banten…

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The use of virtual medical services has climbed in recent months as people try to contain the spread of COVID-19…

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – People around the world are coping with the COVID-19 pandemic differently. Some are anxious, others unperturbed. Some…

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives will begin deliberations on the omnibus bill on job creation with noncontroversial topics…