Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – As countries around world face the COVID-19 pandemic, some Indonesian students said that they felt safer…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Heavy rain has caused flash floods and landslides in two districts of Tana Toraja regency in South…

Jakarta – A Dengue fever outbreak in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) has worsened as the province records more than 200 patients treated for the disease…

Markus You, Nabire – It is hoped that a new policy by Justice and Human Rights Minister (Menkumham) Yasonna Laoly to release thousands of…

Jakarta – Poaching and habitat loss have decimated Indonesia's orangutan population, but now coronavirus has emerged as another potential deadly…

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch's coordinator, Adnan Topan Husodo, said on Friday a government regulation in lieu of law, or…

Ade Mardiyati – One Saturday morning in January, when Arif returned home from a fishing trip, his mother-in-law asked him to check on his young…

Indonesia – one of the worlds most populous and far-flung nations – only just closed its borders, but experts fear this came too late. As the BBC…

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Arya Dipa and Ardilla Syakriah, Jakarta – The governors of Jakarta and West Java, the two regions of the country hit…

Dyaning Pangestika and Yulia Savitri, Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry has suspended marriage registration for new applicants as of…

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – A recent study by the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reveals that the high temperatures and…

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Popular Muslim preachers have urged the public to stop stigma related to Covid-19 and avoid discrimination against its…

Alya Nurbaiti and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta and Medan – Regional authorities have released inmates early from penitentiaries across Indonesia…

Jakarta – Judges at the Garut District Court in West Java have found a 20-year-old woman guilty of creating and starring in several pornographic…

Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors indicted businessman Saeful Bahri, who was also identified as a member of the…

Tom Allard, Kanupriya Kapoor and Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – The number of funerals in Jakarta rose sharply in March, a development the governor…

Belseran Christ, Ambon – Dozens of travelers arriving at Yos Sudarso Port in Ambon, Maluku, on Wednesday morning reportedly expressed outrage…

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – The National Police's Water Police Directorate has arrested Sahril, 23, and Zulkarnaen, 25, on suspicion of illegal…

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The government is confident about the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) for medical workers in Indonesia,…

Jakarta – Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) Coordinator Adnan Topan Husodo has criticised Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) Number 1/…

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The government will disburse social aid to low-income families in order to dissuade people from participating in…

Nina Loasana and Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has announced that mudik (mass exodus) from areas affected by the…

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – A senior Cabinet minister has justified the government's decision to not officially ban people from traveling…

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has its eyes set on deliberating three problematic bills, namely the omnibus bill on job…

Galih Gumelar, News Desk – A study by the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) has warned that the novel coronavirus pandemic in the country may reach…

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – One of Indonesia's biggest labor groups, the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI), intends to hold a massive…

Ghina Ghaliya and Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto has said that a variety of issues is hampering the country's…

Farida Susanty and Markus Makur, Jakarta/West Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara – Physical distancing, closed shops and empty roads have changed the…

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The government has rolled out new housing loan subsidies and opened the door for more citizens to access the…

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – A senior minister in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's Cabinet is adamant that SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes the…

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – About a month after Indonesia reported its first coronavirus cases and three days after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo…

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Thousands of jobs within the country's aviation industry are at risk as the coronavirus pandemic has crippled…

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The government's recently issued import policy has failed to ensure a steady supply of garlic as importers have…

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – At least 204 Indonesian citizens abroad have now been infected by the highly contagious novel coronavirus, the…

Feriawan Hidayat, Dion Bisara, Bandung – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has asked for the central government's help to do more rapid testing for…

Guteriano Neves – As of today, Timor-Leste has one confirmed case of Covid-19. Nonetheless, the feeling of panic among the public has been…

Alexander R Arifianto – On March 31, 2020, Indonesian president Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo declared a national emergency to institute quarantine orders…

Jakarta – Automotive manufacturer PT Suzuki Indomobil Motor is halting its car production in Indonesia for two weeks in an effort to curb the…

Tabita Diela, Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – A plunge in the rupiah could leave Indonesian firms exposed to $4 billion in debt next year, after credit…

Jakarta – Palm oil plantations in top palm producer Indonesia have imposed protocols to prevent the spread of coronavirus among workers but have…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has asked the Indonesian government to grant him early release along with other…

Indonesian authorities have released dozens of prisoners from a main prison in West Papua's highlands.

Thirty prisoners were released from…

Dili – Vice-minister of health, Elia Antonio dos Reis Amaral, has been sacked from her post. Prime minister Taur Matan Ruak had…

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Sausan Atika, Jakarta – For West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil, the consequences of letting people go to their hometowns…

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The National Police have named 33 people suspects for allegedly stockpiling masks and hand sanitizers and selling them…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's response to contain the COVID-19 outbreak has been slower compared with some other countries in the…

Norman Harsono and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government has set a target of electrifying 433 remote villages in Indonesia's four most…

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Indonesia has been carrying out rapid testing that has resulted in the discovery of hundreds of potentially positive…

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Two-thirds of Indonesia's 142 state firms and around 800 subsidiaries and sister companies will be consolidated as the…

Jakarta – The public prosecutor has demanded that six Papuan activists each be sentenced to one year and five months in jail. The prosecutor said…