Jakarta – In the midst of the corona virus pandemic, tens of thousands of workers from the Indonesian Trade Union Confederation (KSPI) and the…

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – More businesses are now lending a helping hand in the race against coronavirus, including Goodhope Asia Holdings,…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – It's been 47 days since the country officially admitted it was not immune to the coronavirus. Since the first patients…

Joe Cochrane – The Indonesian resort island of Bali has declined to introduce strict measures to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus,…

Dyna Rochmyaningsih – Scientists in Indonesia are exasperated at the country's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, calling it shambolic and…

Tsarina Maharani, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) is calling on the government to establish an…

Pacific Media Watch – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is alarmed to learn that Indonesia's police have been ordered to combat not only…

Jakarta – The plan by the House of Representatives to deliberate the omnibus law has made people suspicious. The legislative process must be…

Ghina Ghaliya and Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The bodies of more than 1,000 people have been buried according to the coronavirus health protocol in…

Jakarta – The government has decided to allow the Commuter Line rail service to continue operating during the large-scale social restrictions (…

Ali MC – Domingos Pinto Gabrial, also known as Berliku, was a 19-year-old school teacher in the northeastern city of Baucau when Indonesian…

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Blind and visually impaired people in Greater Jakarta are vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic as they have yet to be…

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The results of a recent survey suggests that the public believes that the central government has been slower at…

Jakarta – Trisakti University public policy analyst Trubus Rahadiansyah believes that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's strategy of overcoming the…

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Siloam Hospitals Group and Lippo Malls Indonesia have opened drive-through rapid testing sites for those who…

Sixty three political prisoners charged with treason in Indonesia have appealed to the United Nations for immediate release.

Lawyers…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government is bracing itself for social unrest ahead of the Ramadan fasting month amid the economic downturn caused by…

Amy Chew – The figures coming out of Indonesia are grim – 469 dead from Covid-19, the highest fatality count in Asia outside China, and another 5…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – The Covid-19 outbreak in Indonesia may peak next month, with around 100,000 cases and a death toll of over 1,000…

Jennifer Robinson and Veronica Koman with the support of TAPOL – Sixty-three political prisoners detained on treason charges in Indonesia have…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie and Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Jakarta is likely to extend the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB), as 14 days is not…

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), which manages the national online single-submission system for…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's state budget deficit fell to Rp 76.4 trillion (US$4.94 billion) in the first quarter of 2020 as revenue…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Darsih, a 41-year-old single mother of two, spent more than a year fighting for her right to severance pay…

Riska Rahman and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Some 37,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have reported difficulties to the government,…

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Freelance workers in the creative industry are resorting to loans to survive the economic downturn brought about by the…

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – In addition to a number of social safety nets provided by the Social Affairs Ministry and other government…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Multi-service app Grab has collaborated with dozens of its restaurant partners to provide 1,000 food packages to medical…

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The pre-employment card program, established by the government to help unemployed people find new jobs,…

Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – Forty-six medical workers at Dr. Kariadi General Hospital (RSUP) in Semarang, Central Java, have contracted…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – A Baptist church has become the latest Christian construction project to be halted in Semarang, Central Java,…

Triyan Pangastuti, Lona Olavia, Jakarta – The rupiah has appreciated for the last few days along with foreign capital inflow to government bonds…

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia is cutting its employee salaries by 10 to 50 percent from this month to June…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) is requiring banks to buy government bonds after cutting banks' reserve ratio further,…

Jakarta – It is not enough for President Jokowi to reject the proposal to release corruptors during the pandemic. He must also prevent the…

Pribadi Wicaksono, Translator: Dio Suhenda (Intern), Jakarta – Crowds have continued to gather on a number of Yogyakarta streets, carrying on…

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The government has been urged to issue a new regulation to provide a legal basis to postpone the 2020 Regional…

Herman, Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Jakarta Manpower, Transmigration and Energy Agency on Thursday temporarily shut down 23 companies for…

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – The government's assistance for Indonesia's estimated 4 million ojol (app-based motorcycle taxi) drivers, who are among…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – The South Sulawesi administration is soon to impose large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) to contain the rapid…

Journalists in Timor Leste are facing pay cuts amid the Covid-19 outbreak. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined its…

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Indonesia's aircraft ground-handling companies have asked for a rescue package from the government to keep them…

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The newly proposed regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) on COVID-19 pandemic response has fueled anger among civil groups…

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Over a million Indonesian families living in internet dead zones have been unable to access a government-funded…

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – A few days after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo issued the order to stay, work and study at home in mid-March to curb the…

Eisya A. Eloksari, Jakarta – The government's relationship with the country's start-ups during the pandemic have raised eyebrows as the latter…

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The State Logistics Agency (Bulog), a governmental body responsible for securing the staple food supply, plans…

Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – The South Korean public and private sectors are sending donations of medical equipment, protective gear and testing…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government is seeking to speed up the development of the super-priority tourist destination Lake Toba in North…

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – An elephant was found brutally killed four kilometers away from the Kelayang district head office in Indragiri Hulu…