It could have been a lot worse if it came from someone else, but a Muslim influencer's complaint about a loud mosque has sparked a discussion – albeit a deeply divisive one – on the use

Authorities apprehended dozens of Persija Jakarta's supporters for taking part in the club's victory celebrations at Bundaran HI earlier this morning.

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – The Jakarta Provincial Government has called on the public to stay vigilant against COVID-19 transmission at workplaces as the number of workers exposed to the vir

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin announced that a new variant of COVID-19 that reportedly triggered a spike in cases in India had been detected in Indonesia.

Jakarta – Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Indonesia rose 14% in rupiah terms in the first three months of 2021 on the year, data from investment board BKPM showed on Monday.

Ryan Dagur, Ruteng – Legal experts in the Indonesian Church have agreed to help two farmers in East Nusa Tenggara province sue provincial officials, including the governor, for issuing

Resty Woro Yuniar – Growing up as someone who does not conform to traditional gender norms is not easy in Indonesia.

The government of Madiun City in East Java has prepared a special containment facility for those who insist on traveling to the city despite the upcoming mudik ban: an abandoned militar

Mataram – Minister of Home Affairs Gen.

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin confirmed on Monday at least 10 people have tested positive for a new variant of Covid-19 which was first

The Home Affairs Ministry is launching a new division at the Citizenship and Civil Records Agency (Dukcapil) dedicated to assist transgender people in applying for and obtaining civil d

Jakarta – People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo is calling on security forces to deploy their full strength and totally destroy armed criminal groups (KKB) in Pa

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A litany of loopholes and violations have undercut the Indonesian government's forest protection policies, allowing oil palm companies to continue obtainin

Arnold Belau and Tria Dianti, Jayapura and Jakarta – Indonesia's president ordered a crackdown against Papuan rebels Monday after insurgents killed an army general who headed the govern

Ryan Aditya, Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Coordinator Fatia Maulidiyanti says that Myanmar coup leader General Min Aung Hlaing's invitation

Nilufar Rizki, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Sunday the country's missing submarine had been found sunken in the Bali Sea and that he had sent his condolences to th

Anita Roberts – Vanuatu needs to advocate strongly with other MSG countries to ensure ULMWP application for full membership is accepted, says Regenvanu

Jakarta – The Indonesian government bans travel from India over Covid-19 concern starting on Saturday, following reports that a chartered flight from the country has arrived here with s

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia once again urged the Myanmar military to end violence, but this time, right in front of the coup leader Min Aung Hlaing.

Jakarta – Police have forced protesters demonstrating against the attendance of Myanmar military commander General Min Aung Hlaing at the ASEAN Ministerial Level Conference (KTT) in Jak

Jakarta – Police have released two Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) assistant public defenders – Andrie Yunus and Ridwan Herdika – who were arrested earlier in Jakarta along with othe

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo separated the National Research and Innovation Agency from the ministry of research and technology.

Indonesia's Alliance of Independent Journalists has condemned actions of intimidation against a leading West Papuan journalist.

Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore – It's the terrible outcome that was feared inevitable when a submarine vanished off the coast of Bali three days ago.

The Indonesian government is imposing a ban on all arrivals from India over the latter's deadly second COVID-19 wave and to prevent the transmission of dangerous new mutations of the co

Fana Suparman, Jakarta – In a very rare case, the Corruption Eradication Commission or KPK announced on Thursday it has arrested its own investigator for allegedly taking bribe.

As members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are set to discuss Myanmar's governance crisis at a summit in Jakarta on Saturday, Amnesty International is calling on t

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Transportation Society (MTI) Chairman for Advocacy and Social Affairs, Djoko Setijowarno, said the government's decision to tighten regulations on p

Michael Leach – The recent floods in Timor-Leste have now caused 45 deaths and some 10,000 people to be displaced, including 7000 in the capital, with widespread damage to roads and bri

Johnny Blades – Indonesia's president says greenhouse gas reduction commitments by developed countries powers must be credible if developing countries are to follow suit.

Indonesia's president has ordered an all-out effort to find a missing submarine in a race against time to save the 53 crew, whose oxygen supply was only expected to last another 24 hour

Jakarta – The internal conflict in the National Awakening Party (PKB) must be resolved democratically. There must be no government intervention.

Antara, Jakarta – A total of 772 hotels, restaurants, and tourist attractions in West Java have obtained the CHSE (cleanliness, health, safety, environmental sustainability) certificati

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has criticised a speech given by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo at the Leaders Summit on Climate Change on Thursday evening, A

Benny Mawel, Jayapura – Independent Journalists Alliance in Jayapura condemned the attack on executive director and guarantor of the Jayapura-based Jubi, Victor Mambor, in which unident

Jakarta – AM64, a group of Canisius College Catholic high school alumni in Menteng, Central Jakarta, has sent a congratulatory message to the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) youth wing organizatio

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Indonesian police have arrested a Protestant pastor in Papua for allegedly supplying arms to separatist rebels in the restive region.

Indonesian actor Jeff Smith has become a hero for marijuana advocates in the country thanks to his ballsy defense of the maligned narcotic plant in front of cops.

The COVID-19 Task Force has issued a circular introducing tightened domestic travel regulations ahead of and after the mudik homecoming exodus ban.

Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore – Indonesia was on Thursday night holding out hope of finding the KRI Nanggala-402 submarine that disappeared off the coast of Bali after the

A West Papuan envoy who was gagged while addressing the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues two years ago is due to speak again today.

Katharina R. Lestari, Jakarta – The number of death sentences handed down by Indonesian courts last year rose by 46 percent on the previous year, a leading rights group says.

Agencies, Jakarta – The East Jakarta District Court has sentenced six people to death for masterminding a riot inside a detention center at the headquarters of an elite Indonesian polic

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Pandjaitan said on Thursday the government is set to reach the net zero emission goal

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) Managing Director, Ali Ghufron Mukti, said 82.3 percent of the total population has regist

Tatang Guritno, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) is questioning the disappearance of two names in the indictment against former Social Affairs Minister Juliari Batubara prepar

A young doctor who received massive backlash over his problematic TikTok video last week is facing serious consequences for putting content above professional decency, following a heari

Jakarta – The results of an investigation by the police's professionalism and security affairs division (Propam) has found that Malang municipal police chief Senior Commissioner Leonard

Reza Gunadha and Chyntia Sami Bhayangkara – Journalist and editor of the Papuan based Tabloid Jubi, Victor Mambor, has become the victim of a terrorist act.

Arjuna Pademme, Jayapura – The South Jakarta District Court has rejected a pretrial motion filed by two Papuan student activists accused of robbery, Ruland Rudolof Karafir and Finakat M