Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Jakarta Manpower, Transmigration, and Energy Agency discovered that many companies were still operating during the…

Dili – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Timor-Leste has increased to a total of six cases. On Tuesday (14 April) two new corona-patients…

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Indonesia's military will investigate an incident in the easternmost region of Papua in which two men were shot…

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The COVID-19 pandemic has yet to affect investors' investment plans in the country, Coordinating Maritime…

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government has introduced a series of social assistance programs to help people affected by the social…

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Jakarta has officially got a new deputy governor with Gerindra Party politician Ahmad Riza Patria inaugurated on…

Say it with us: social media influencers are not the authority on COVID-19 no matter how many millions of followers they have. While we've lost…

Indonesia's most popular fast food chain, KFC, is in the midst of a labor controversy after a workers' union says that it unilaterally and…

Jakarta – Police have questioned four foreigners in Bali after a video of people holding a house party during the COVID-19 outbreak was…

A West Papuan family is asking questions about the circumstances around the killing of their son and his friend in Mimika regency on Monday.

One of Indonesia's top officials is considerably optimistic for the near-future of the country's tourism sector, with the government reportedly…

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has urged local administrations to reallocate their respective regional budgets (…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Andi Taufan Garuda Putra, a special staff member for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, is being slammed for…

Yunindita Prasidya, Eisya A. Eloksari, Jakarta – The COVID-19 outbreak has taken a toll on online travel agencies as a sharp decline in travelers…

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government has projected that millions of people will fall into poverty and unemployment as the COVID-19…

Pacific Media Watch – The Covid-19 coronavirus is "exacerbating tensions" in Indonesia's West Papua region and exposing the "shortcomings" of…

To suppress the risk of a novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in prisons, the Indonesian government has decided to grant early release…

Dili – The government has designated the old hospital Antonio de Carvalho Lahane as medical facility for COVID-19 patients who are suffering from…

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – With many people currently staying at home most of the time to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Jakarta has…

Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta – One person has died and six others have been severely injured in a fire that destroyed four boats in the old port of…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government's ability to provide social protection and ensure undisrupted food supply will be crucial in…

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The Public Works and Housing Ministry will work with the Foreign Ministry to employ former Indonesian migrant workers (…

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The regional administrations in the Greater Jakarta area have decided to prohibit app-based ride-hailing ojek (…

Agustinus Hari, Manado – A riot that broke out at Manado Penitentiary in North Sulawesi over the weekend has killed one inmate, while another has…

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The Covid-19 pandemic will roll back Indonesia's progress in eradicating poverty in the past year while pushing the…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has declared the COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia a "non-natural national…

Budi Sutrisno, Arya Dipa, and Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The first work day of the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) period in Jakarta…

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar, Bali – Despite the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Bali, the island has no intention of implementing large-…

Eisya A. Eloksari, Jakarta – Major outdoor activities in Indonesia have declined sharply since the issuance of the government's social distancing…

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – A new transportation ministerial regulation has allowed app-based motorcycle taxis to take passengers provided…

Jakarta – A community unit in Madiun, East Java, has set up an "open kitchen" so that people in the area whose incomes have been affected by the…

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The Public Works and Housing Ministry has sped up its cash-funded labor-intensive programs for people in rural areas.…

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The West Java provincial government has asked youth organization Karang Taruna – first established in 1980 under…

Prashanth Parameswaran – Last week, Timor-Leste's premier withdrew his resignation, citing the need for continuity in the country's political…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's economic growth is expected to remain in positive territory this year, albeit ever so slightly, as the…

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – It is looking more and more likely the COVID-19 outbreak will derail President Joko…

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – A projected 1.3 million people from Greater Jakarta will return to their hometowns for the annual Idul Fitri mudik (…

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have launched an investigation into a so-called anarcho-syndicalist group, which they claim…

Jakarta – The Indonesian People's Faction (FRI) is urging the House of Representatives (DPR) to halt deliberations on the Draft Omnibus Law on…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Confederation of Prosperity Labour Unions (KSBSI) is disappointed in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo because the Draft…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Rights group Amnesty International Indonesia has urged the Tasikmalaya administration in West Java to revoke its…

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Concerned about the highly infectious coronavirus, Firmansyah Putra washes his orange uniform and takes a bath as soon as…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – As many as 513 Indonesian domestic workers have been repatriated from neighboring Malaysia after they…

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – State-owned banks have collectively restructured almost Rp 29 trillion (US$1.84 billion) in loans as the COVID-19…

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The government expects domestic coal consumption to fall as much as 5 percent this year due to lower coal-fired power…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's factory production contracted by a record level in the first quarter of the year as a result of weak…

Ardila Syakriah, Asip Hasani and Arya Dipa, Jakarta/Bandung – Soon after he took office in October 2019, Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto…

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), the highest Islamic clerical body in the nation, gave its harshest indictment yet on Indonesians who insist…

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – The West Java administration is reviewing requests for large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) to be imposed in…

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The spread of COVID-19 is expected to hit Indonesian banks' performance this year, but analysts remain hopeful that the…