Indonesia's forced withdrawal from badminton's All England Open Championships over coronavirus fears prompted a diplomatic appeal on Thursday as players were "in shock" and fans erupted

Grace Sihombing and Claire Jiao – Indonesia's central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged and pledged greater efforts to stabilize a currency that's weakening amid global ma

Jakarta – Conquering the Democrat Party – through Moeldoko or 'defanged' Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono – for temporary benefits of Jokowi is more than just a power play.

Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore – Indonesian girls and women have frequently been ordered to wear Muslim dress regardless of their religion in what has been described as a b

The West Java Police say they're giving "special attention" to a viral porn clip depicting a couple having sex in a Bogor hotel.

Authorities in Aceh believe they have found a cop who had been missing for a little over 16 years; specifically since the day of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto on Thursday officially handed over the CN 235-220 MPA aircraft produced by PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI) to the Re

Syam Terrajana, Yogyakarta – Her eyes are sad. Her arms stretch out, palms facing up. One hand has a tray with cups on it, on another hand she has a bag hanging. In the bag were books.

Antonia Timmerman, Jakarta, Indonesia – Teguh Aprianto thought he was doing the Indonesian National Police a favor when he sent them a message on Twitter in June last year: "Hello @DivH

Inang Jalaludin Shofihara – More than 50 individuals and organisations have initiated a petition through the platform change.org urging President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to immediately dec

Nithin Coca – In a little more than 20 years, Indonesia has gone from being a minor player in the global coal industry to playing a central role as a key consumer and producer of coal.

Getting a jab of the COVID-19 vaccine will not break your fast, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) said, after concerns were raised ahead of the holy month of Ramadan.

Human rights defenders are concerned about the welfare of two West Papuan activists detained in Indonesia's capital.

John Duerden – Most of the 260,000 foreign tourists who visited North Sumatra in the pre-pandemic year of 2019 arrived at the international airport at Medan, the island's biggest city a

Yonhap – The head of South Korea's arms procurement agency on Wednesday attended a ceremony in Indonesia to mark the handing over of a 1,400-ton submarine to its navy, his office said.

Jakarta – Hundreds of regions across the country in 2022-2024 will be led by acting regional heads appointed by the central government.

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' (DPR) Commission VI member and Deputy Chairman of the Legislation Body (Baleg), Achmad Baidowi, questioned the government's plan to

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Transportation Safety Commission (NTSC) chairperson Soerjanto Tjahjono on Wednesday's virtual discussion revealed that a numb

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia condemns police's plan to award people with a 'badge of honor' for reporting alleged criminal offenses committed in the vast soc

Sania Mashabi, Jakarta – The wife of renowned human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, Suciwati, says that there has been serious neglect in the handling of her husband's murder case.

Maria Fatima Bona, Jakarta – The Health Ministry claimed on Wednesday 1.21 million registered health workers have received two doses of Covid-19 vaccine since the campaign began on Janu

Fiji Women's Crisis Centre hosted a gathering to remember the women and girls of West Papua in Suva this morning.

Tempo, Iqair.Com, Jakarta – The latest annual IQAir quality report on the world's most polluted countries in 2020 ranks Indonesia 9th and is listed as having generally unhealthy air qua

Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On March 15, 12 international non-government organizations (NGOs) have conveyed the conditions that have been and are happening in West Pap

Hans Kapisa, Bintuni, Jubi – Indigenous people in Fruata and Rauna villages in Bintuni Bay Regency, in West Papua province, rejected logging activities done by PT Prabu Alaska in the fo

Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has criticised the "badge awards" program announced by the national police criminal investigations directorate cyber crimes division.

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Epidemiologist from Griffith University Dicky Budiman doubted that the national Covid-19 vaccination program has decreased the trend in new positive cases.

Bisnis, Francisca Christy, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo planned to gradually reopen the economic sector, especially tourism in Bali once the spread of Covid-19 started to sl

Jakarta – Astra International, Indonesia's largest car distributor, has seen its car production picks up pace this year in line with rising demand, giving the company hope for a recover

Jakarta – More than 1.1 million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine from the global procurement scheme Covax arrived in Indonesia last week.

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Katharina R. Lestari, Jakarta – Two state agencies in Indonesia have accused police in West Java of dragging their feet in a sexual abuse case involving a "Catholic brother".

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Indonesia's multiparty political system is at risk of splintering further after an apparent coup in a former ruling party.

Jeremy Mulholland and Zainal Arifin Mochtar – Indonesia's once formidable Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is now metamorphosed into an impaired government agency.

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The Transportation Ministry today said it will not ban the annual homecoming exodus tradition known locally as mudik this year despite the ongoing pandemic.

Indonesia's newly-launched Virtual Police has all but proved its critics right after it shut down a man for his criticism of President Joko Widodo's son and Solo Mayor Gibran Rakabuming

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Presidential Staff Deputy V, Jaleswari Pramodhawardani, called a stop to the public discourse alleging the government of attempting to pass a law that extends a p

Antara, Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Head of the Ilaga Airport, Herman Sujito, said that flights to Wangbe in the Puncak Regency, Papua, is currently still closed after a the pilots and thre

Jakarta – The cyber crimes division at the national police's criminal investigations directorate will give out rewards in the form of badges or pins to members of the public who activel

It will be at least another year until Bali opens to international tourists, Indonesia's health minister said last week, a statement which has prompted backlash from public figures and

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Fires have flared up in at least 10 provinces in Indonesia, with some of the burning occurring in peatlands.

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – The Jakarta Ombudsman was set to summon the city's Health Agency over the implementation of Covid-19 vaccination for the family members of the Regional Legislative

Jakarta – The much-anticipated trial of firebrand Muslim cleric Rizieq Syihab was postponed on Tuesday after judges at the East Jakarta District Court encountered internet connection pr

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The framework for resolving land disputes involving palm oil companies in Indonesian Borneo has largely failed, allowing conflicts to fester for a decade o

Arlina Arshad, Singapore – A new policy that exempts Indonesian migrant workers in 10 job sectors from hefty placement fees which keep them in debt for months, and which was supposed to

Gaby Gabriela Langi – In 2015, the government began implementing a rehabilitation program for drug convicts in Indonesian prisons, with the support of the conservative National Narcotic

Aristyo Rizka Darmawan – In early 2020 last year, dozens of people, mostly from fisher's associations, gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy in Jakarta.

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – The superior of the Society of the Divine Word congregation in Timor-Leste has moved to scotch rumors that ex-priest and self-confessed pedophile Richard Daschbach