Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's new debt is expected to triple this year as the government struggles to fund its fight against the…

Tim Lindsey and Tim Mann – Almost no one thinks Indonesia is handling the COVID-19 pandemic well.

Until early March, the government claimed…

Johnny Blades – An Indonesian human rights expert has called for New Zealand police help after a deadly attack on mine company staff in West…

Heru Asprihanto, Willy Kurniawan, Jakarta – As debate rages about the true death toll caused by the coronavirus outbreak in Indonesia, Jakarta…

Bradley Wood – The spread of Covid-19 throughout Indonesia is more than a health and economic crisis but a direct challenge to national unity.…

Riska Rahman and Norman Harsono, Jakarta – State-owned aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI), pharmaceutical firm Indofarma and…

Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – A study by a team from the Gadjah Mada University (UGM) Faculty of Social and Political Science in Yogyakarta has…

Suherdjoko and Agustinus Hari, Semarang and Manado – Tens of thousands of workers across Indonesia have lost their jobs as economic activity…

Gemma Holliani Cahya and Arya Dipa, Jakarta – Staying at home and limiting one's interaction with others is pivotal to curb the spread of the…

Mardika Parama and Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Indonesia is looking to China and South Korea to become the country's main suppliers of medical…

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The Industry Ministry has reallocated Rp 113.15 billion (US$7.01 million) from its initial budget and is currently…

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – Ninety-two Indonesian crewmen aboard a number of international cruise liners had tested positive for COVID-19 as of…

Jakarta – The purpose-built Galang Island COVID-19 Specialty Hospital opened on Monday in Batam, Riau Islands province, but has yet to admit any…

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – The government's move to roll out the legal basis for imposing taxes on digital companies operating in Indonesia might…

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Adrian Wa'il Akhlas, Jakarta – The COVID-19 outbreak has exposed major flaws in Indonesia's creaking national health…

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The first two of weeks of working remotely was professional bliss for Yesiska Putri, a 24-year-old project…

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The National Police have vowed to back up the government's policy on large-scale social restrictions by stepping…

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives Legislation Body (Baleg) has begun discussing the controversial omnibus law on job creation…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Associations of app-based ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers have demanded compensation from the government for…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The government has prohibited civil servants from participating in the annual Idul Fitri mudik (exodus) to…

Emma Powys Maurice – A vicious mob who doused a trans woman in petrol and burned her alive will not face murder charges, Indonesian police have…

Nelson Da Cruz, Dili – The prime minister of East Timor withdrew his resignation on Wednesday, saying he would stay in power to oversee the…

Dwi Bowo Raharjo and Novian Ardiansyah – A screen capture has been circulating on a WhatsApp group (WAG) asking workers, high school and…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has played down suggestions quoting its research that…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The West Java administration submitted a request to the central government on Wednesday to impose large-scale social…

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The country's COVID-19 task force will administer more polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, which are…

Jakarta – Indonesia's capital Jakarta has launched a special police unit to guard the burials of coronavirus victims over concerns that scared…

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for an independent investigation into the recent murder of a New Zealander…

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – A 42-year-old trans woman named Mira was burned to death in Cilincing, North Jakarta, allegedly by several…

Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry has issued prayer and worship guidelines for Ramadan, asking people not to hold…

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – The House of Representatives narrowly escaped public scrutiny last week after it shelved a plan to deliberate a…

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Greater Jakarta has seen an uptick in domestic abuse reports in the first month of home-quarantining for the…

Ivany Atina Arbi and Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Imposing a nationwide lockdown to flatten the curve of COVID-19 transmission would do nothing but…

Eisya A. Eloksari, Jakarta – Telecommunication company PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel) has reported a 16 percent increase in its broadband…

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has approved the Jakarta administration's proposal to implement large-scale social restrictions (…

Jakarta – The Labour Movement with the People (Gebrak) is urging the government and the House of Representatives (DPR) to halt the deliberations…

Fadli, Batam – The specialist hospital on Galang Island, which was purpose-built to treat COVID-19 patients from across the nation, opened on…

Eisya A. Eloksari and Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Business players expect to resume operations as usual around September or October as businesses are…

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Members of the House of Representatives are calling on Jakarta Governor Anies Baswendan to tighten law enforcement…

Scott Murdoch, Hong Kong – Indonesia has raised US$4.3 billion, including the longest-dated US dollar bond ever issued by an Asian nation, to…

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The national shipping industry has been hard hit by the COVID-19 outbreak, which has disrupted the flow of goods…

Sausan Atika and Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have asserted that there will be no limitation on travel to or from Jakarta, the…

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Indonesia's top oil and gas company, state-owned Pertamina, will press on with a plan to increase production by 1.8…

Leopold Sudaryono – Similar to the Iranian government, which released 73,000 inmates, the Indonesian government plans to release at least 30,000…

Asni Ovier, Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – While the Jakarta provincial government faces continuing uncertainties on local quarantine ruling, other cities…

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Indonesian industries are ramping up their capacity to produce the medical equipment required to combat COVID-19…

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The growing number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia has reignited the debate on reducing…

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The National Police's traffic corps will officially limit the number of passengers allowed in a vehicle that…

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – Deputy chairman of the Indonesian Doctors Association (PB IDI) Slamet Budiarto revealed that one of…

Antara, Dio Suhenda (Intern Translator), Jakarta – Chief of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) Hariyadi Sukamdani stated that…