Adrian Wail Akhlas and Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The rupiah breached Rp 16,000 against the US dollar on Friday, the weakest since the 1998…

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has extended its recess period for seven days until March 29 amid the COVID-19 pandemic,…

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Balinese authorities have confirmed that a French national who died on the resort island six days ago tested…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration must make the case for a lockdown in Indonesia as the COVID-19 pandemic is projected to…

Asip Hasani, Tulungagung, East Java – Tulungagung Police in East Java arrested a fisherman for catching nine long-beaked common dolphins from the…

Dili – East Timor reported its first case of coronavirus, its Ministry of Health said on Saturday, adding that the case was from…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia has estimated the number of people who have had possible contact with Covid-19 suspects to be at more…

Jun Suzuki, Jakarta – Ride-hailing drivers and others working in Indonesia's informal economy have lost work after the government responded this…

Randy Mulyanto – I Gusti Ngurah Adi Mahendra, the owner of a tour agency in the Indonesian holiday island of Bali, has lost 80 per cent of his…

Len Garae – The Vanuatu West Papua Association and Unification Committee (VWPAUC) Chairman, Pastor Allan Nafuki, has welcomed two new young…

Yudha Baskoro – The busy Indonesian capital has turned quiet since restrictions on work places and public gatherings were imposed on Friday due…

Matthew LoCastro & Diovio Alfath – The UNHCR data says there are about 13,657 persons registered at the UNHCR Indonesia as refugees or asylum…

Jakarta – Despite declaring an emergency status over the COVID-19 pandemic, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan needs to step up his game to…

Jakarta – Artists should focus on the management and curation of activities at Taman Ismail Marzuki post-revitalization. It's time to end the…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government warned on Saturday that asymptomatic persons may act as unsuspected carriers of the highly…

Indonesia's Deputy Defense Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono assured that Jakarta has not canceled the purchase of 11 Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets from…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Jakarta residents remained at home on Saturday (March 21), a day after the city's governor declared a state of…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said the government had officially kicked off rapid tests to detect COVID-19 on Friday afternoon.

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Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The frame of a 45-meter-tall statue of Jesus in North Tapanuli regency, North Sumatra, was dismantled Thursday following…

Gemma Holliani Cahya and Aman Rochman, Jakarta – On a Friday night several nurses were seen sitting on the floor of an intensive care unit (ICU)…

Jakarta – Unimpressed legal experts have called on the government to make the Indonesian justice system fairer despite the country's improved…

Jakarta – Most mosques in Tangerang, Banten are holding Friday prayers on March 20 despite a warning from the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) to…

Jakarta – Talk of sex is still taboo in most parts of predominantly Muslim Indonesia, but over the past few years the country has borne witness…

Jakarta – The National Police have named 30 individuals across the country by Thursday as suspects for allegedly spreading false information…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Home Minister Tito Karnavian is urging village heads and local leaders to speed up their budget proposals to immediately get…

Jakarta – Several Blora Legislative Council members from Blora regency, Central Java, have refused to take a screening test of the novel…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has bought about Rp 163 trillion (US$10.1 billion) worth of government bonds to stabilize the…

Jakarta – The effect of social distancing and the work-from-home policy has created a significant decrease in the number of public transportation…

Depok, Indonesia – While many Muslims in Indonesia's capital accepted advice to avoid religious gatherings and prayed at home on Friday elsewhere…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – A number of mosques in Jakarta have disregarded appeals by Governor Anies Baswedan to cancel Friday prayers for…

I Nyoman Sutarsa, Atin Prabandari and Fina Itriyati – The spread of COVID-19 continues to unfold across the globe. More than 209,000 people in…

Protesters targeted the Indonesian magazine company, Tempo following the paper's publication on a politician allegedly involved with money…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – South Sulawesi health authorities put the participants of a suspended international Islamic event in Pakkato village…

The Leader of Opposition Hon. Matthew Wale on Thursday met with the Spokesperson for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) Mr.…

Jakarta – Indonesia's death toll from COVID-19 has risen to 32 with 369 cases reported nationwide on Friday, as the novel coronavirus spread to…

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government will reallocate Rp 62.3 trillion (US$3.9 billion) of state spending from the 2020 budget to tackle…

Budi Sutrisno and Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Indonesia is to fly military aircraft to the Chinese city of Shanghai on Saturday to pick up medical…

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has declared a state of emergency for the next two weeks in the capital city in an effort to contain…

Jakarta – Two patients under surveillance for COVID-19 in Tasikmalaya, West Java, became an unusual spectacle for dozens of locals when they were…

Jakarta – The long search for a figure to fill the Jakarta administration's deputy governor position will be postponed amid the novel coronavirus…

Jakarta – The North Jakarta District Court held a session on Thursday to hear the indictment against two active police officers allegedly…

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Civil society groups assisting HIV patients in the country have urged the Health Ministry to pay attention to the…

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – Indonesian authorities have ordered a temporary closure of dozens of national parks and conservation sites to curb the…

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – Conservationists and affected communities have slammed a plan to build a road through a jungle-clad mountain in…

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The Financial Services Authority, OJK, has advised banks and financing companies against using debt collectors during…

Ardila Syakriah, Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Sausan Atika, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ruled out the possibility of imposing a…

Dylan Tokar – The palm oil industry's sustainability certifier has for the first time been asked to review allegations that one of its member…

Ed Davies, Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – Indonesia likely faces a large surge in coronavirus cases after a slow government response masked the…

Chandra Iswinarno, Ria Rizki Nirmala Sari – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has return the investigation dossier on alleged gross human…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – As the coronavirus outbreak gains pace in Indonesia, so far affecting 17 out of 34 provinces, the number of infected…