Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria said the city government had not received negative reports in the first phase of the back-to-school trial (PTM).

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Indonesia received the tenth batch delivery of COVID-19 vaccines at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport at 13:00 local time today, April 30.

Jakarta – There is no longer any need for the government to be responsible for research into the Nusantara vaccine being promoted by former Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto.

A high-ranking official has been dismissed from his position at the Jakarta Provincial Government after he was found guilty of workplace sexual harassment during his time in City Hall.

Jakarta – Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has urged students and graduates of the Institute of Quran Studies (IIQ) to play a bigger role in national development.

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) assessed that labeling the armed criminal groups in Papua terrorists is an attempt t

Authorities have shuttered a RedDoorz budget hotel in Tebet, South Jakarta following a recent underage prostitution bust.

Armed violence has escalated in Puncak Regency in the "land of Papua" – known internationally as West Papua – following President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's order to crack down on the rebel

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia has urged people to avoid the annual exodus to home villages ahead of Hari Raya next month, fearing a surge in coronavirus cases in the nation

Jakarta – The government has declared that armed criminal groups (KKB) in Papua are terrorists, following a string of clashes with security forces that saw the region's intelligence chi

Farouk Arnaz, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government officially labeled an armed separatist group in the easternmost province of Papua as terrorist organization on Thursda

Rahel Narda Chaterine, Jakarta – National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) Deputy Commissioner Amiruddin Al-Rahab said he is disappointed with the government's decision to pin the t

Jakarta – The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has criticised the Indonesian government's decision to label the Free Papua Movement (OPM) or armed criminal groups (KKB)

Rahel Narda Chaterine, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia says that labeling armed groups in Papua as terrorist has the potential to add to the long list of human rights violatio

Yunita Amalia – Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy Chairperson Hendardi has criticised the government's move to label armed criminal groups (KKB) in Papua as terrorists.

Budiarti Utami Putri and Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Human rights group Setara Institute deputy chair Bonar Tigor Naipospos deemed that the government was emotional and in a hurry to label

Jakarta – Lawyer and human rights activist Veronica Koman has commented on the Indonesian government's move to label the Free Papua Organisation (OPM) a terrorist group.

Imam B, Rahmad Nasution, Jakarta – All separatist terrorist groups must be rooted out from the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua as they pose a serious security threat, a leg

Syaiful Hakim/Suharto, Jakarta – Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Coordinating Minister Mahfud MD urged the Indonesian police, military, and state intelligence body to take swift,

Li-Li Chen – On 8th of April, in the aftermath of devastating floods, Timor-Leste's government declared that Timor-Leste entered the state of emergency for thirty days, when the governm

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The Metro Jaya Police traffic unit announced it had arrested dozens of illegal Eid 'mudik' transportation services ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Head of the Jakarta Labor, Transmigration, and Energy Agency, Andri Yansah, on Wednesday said that the agency has taken steps that are hoped to curb the surge of C

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – The Jakarta Legislative Council (DPRD Jakarta) Speaker Mujiyono called for the city's inspectorate to remain objective and professional upon investigating the sexu

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The Indonesian Police have named Munarman, former general secretary of the now-disbanded Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), a terrorist suspect.

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's biggest airline Lion Air has resumed flight between Jakarta and the Chinese city of Wuhan, the first known epicenter of coronavirus outbreak before it beca

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The European Union, or EU, has extended its support for higher education in the Asean region until the end of 2022, helping keep running a program that all

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Indonesian Covid-19 task force announced on April 25 updated the risk zone map and recorded an increase in areas considered red zones (high risk) and yellow z

Yudha Baskoro, Jakarta – A group of refugees and asylum seekers has been back to live in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) offices in Central Jakarta fo

Alfian Kartono – Attacks by rebels in several districts in Papua have increased over the past year.

Police have arrested employees at a Kimia Farma lab located at Kualanamu International Airport in North Sumatra, who allegedly reused antigen rapid test kits on customers to cut costs.

The Jakarta Metro Police has arrested one more suspect accused of receiving a bribe to help a traveler circumvent mandatory hotel quarantine, bringing the total number of suspects in th

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Human rights group Setara Institute criticized a public statement made by the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo who urge auth

Indonesian officials have finally closed down the dolphin attraction facility accused of animal exploitation in Sanur, Bali after it was revealed that the space was still open despite o

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Indonesia's President Joko Widodo reshuffled his Cabinet on Wednesday (Apr 28), after the parliament approved his plan to reorganise several agencies while creat

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday (Apr 28) announced a new Investment Ministry and the merger of two other ministries, in an effort to enhance the ease of doing business in

Aisyah Llewellyn and Tonggo Simangunsong, Medan, Indonesia – A child molestation incident in Medan, North Sumatra has highlighted the need for schools and local authorities in Indonesia

A shapeshifting boar demon was beheaded in Depok, West Java after it stole money and valuables over the past month.

The killing of a senior officer in the Indonesia army in Papua has prompted President Joko Widodo to order a crackdown on rebel groups.

Jayapura – President of Republic of Indonesia Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ordered Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto and National Police chief Gen.

Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy human rights and security sector researcher Ikhsan Yosarie is urging the government to use a soft approach in dealing

Imam Hamdi, Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Jakarta Manpower, Transmigration, and Energy Office Head Andri Yansyah confirmed a recent surge in Covid-19 cases in office clusters.

The Jakarta Metro Police has arrested a traveler and two airport officials over an alleged bribe that allowed the former to skip hotel quarantine, which is mandatory for all incoming tr

Jakarta – The foreign direct investments into Indonesia has grown rapidly first quarter this year, reflecting investors' confidence in Indonesia's structural reform as global investment

A Jakarta official says the provincial government is struggling to enforce the work from home policy (WFH) in the city despite a worrying uptrend in the number of COVID-19 clusters from

Bali province only has nine active tsunami warning sirens, an official said, despite 153 villages being identified as high-risk areas for the disaster, thus revealing the notable lack i

Jakarta – A regional intelligence chief was killed in an ambush by rebels in Papua over the weekend, the Indonesian Military (TNI) confirmed Monday as President Joko "Jokowi' Widodo vow

Yudha Baskoro, Jakarta – Istiqlal Mosque, one of the largest and busiest mosques in Southeast Asia, has been welcoming worshipers and the public again last week with strict health proto

Alfian Kartono, Jayapura – An Indonesian brigadier general was killed in an ongoing clash between security forces and a rebel group in restive Papua province, authorities said.

Fatima Gud, a 54-year-old Indonesian widow, visits the Al-Mashun Mosque in the city of Medan, North Sumatra, almost every day during Ramadan – the Islamic holy month during which Muslim

Denpasar – A missing Indonesian submarine has been found, broken into at least three parts, deep in the Bali Sea, army and navy officials have said, as the president sent condolences to