Indonesians have headed to the polls to vote in regional elections as health experts warn of the risk of new coronavirus clusters emerging across the country.

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Jakarta – A total of 1,762 traders in traditional markets across the country have tested positive for COVID-19 in recent months, with 68 of the traders succumbing to the coronavirus dis

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesian police have obtained hard evidence confirming that the bodyguards of Islamic Defenders' Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab illegally possessed

Stanley Widianto, Yuddy Cahya Budiman, Jakarta/Depok, Indonesia – Indonesians streamed into polling stations to vote in regional elections on Wednesday, with health experts warning of t

Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – The eldest son of Indonesian President Joko Widodo is set to become the new mayor of Solo, a position that propelled his father into political stardom, unofficia

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders says that the human rights situation has worsened during the second term of President Joko "Jokowi" Wi

Yogyakarta – Further discussion is needed regarding the reopening of schools to decide on the right steps so as not to further spread the coronavirus, an expert has said.

Jakarta – The Supreme Court has reduced the sentence of graft convict Fahmi Darmawansyah in its case review decision for a bribery case involving former Sukamiskin prison warden Wahid H

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan's decision to extend the transitional large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) policy for another 14 days has raised mixed reactions from the pub

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has once again been included in Forbes list of the 'world's 100 most powerful women' in 2020 alongside Pertamina president

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The General Election Commission (KPU) reported problems in distributing the logistics of the 2020 Regional Election in several regions of Papua, particul

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Deputy coordinator of Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) Feri Kusuma on Tuesday worries that the alleged clash between police and m

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Head of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) Miftachul Akhyar on Wednesday urged police to reveal the facts and be truly transparent related to the alleged clash b

Lily Wakefield – A former policeman in Indonesia is suing the country's police force for wrongful dismissal over his sexuality, in a landmark case in the conservative nation.

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The shooting of Papuan Pastor Yeremia Zanambani is not an independent incident but part of the most recent and most significant shift in the trend of conflicts

Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – The first gay policeman to sue the country's police force for wrongful dismissal due to sexual orientation was back in courts this week, determined to be rei

Fadli, Batam – The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry's Hiu Macan Tutul 02 patrol boat captured Malaysian-flagged fishing vessel KF 5152 caught illegally fishing in the Indonesian

Jakarta – The Indonesian Teachers Association (PGRI) of Bogor has requested the central government to vaccinate teachers prior to school reopening.

Bandung – State-owned pharmaceutical company PT Bio Farma has allocated 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine final product made by China's Sinovac Biotech for health workers in the count

Andi Hajramurni and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Makassar – The exposure of a number of regional election candidates and current leaders to COVID-19 has somewhat marred this year's celebration

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded the highest daily death toll in the coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday, when the country also extended the longest run of three-digit deaths

Jakarta – The son and son-in-law of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo won mayoral elections in their respective city on Wednesday, according to quick count results by credible research age

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia's state-owned pharmaceutical company Bio Farma said on Tuesday (Dec 8) that interim data on trials it was conducting on vaccines produced by the Chinese co

Resty Woro Yuniar (South China Morning Post) – More than 100 million people are eligible to vote in Indonesia's regional elections on Wednesday (Dec 2), making it one of the largest suc

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – The residents of two villages in Jambi who have suffered recurring fire disasters have welcomed La Nina's arrival to the province, which has brought additional rain

Jakarta – The government must check the readiness of each school throughout the country before embarking on the controversial school reopening plan amid the recent spike in new COVID-19

Jakarta – National COVID-19 task force chief Doni Monardol has advised the public to remain at home during the year-end holidays due to potential extreme weather in the next two to thre

Riska Rahman and Arya Dipa, Jakarta/West Java – The Financial Services Authority (OJK) expects the newly passed Job Creation Law to help spur the issuance of municipal bonds and sukuk a

Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Tomorrow more than 106 million Indonesians will vote for elect nine governors, 224 municipal regents and 37 mayors.

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Ben Bland – The children of five of Indonesia's first six presidents followed their parents into politics, reflecting the dynastic power that permeates much of Asia.

Sandiaga Uno has contracted COVID-19, the politician confirmed, shortly after his wife tested positive for the disease.

What would have been a crucial piece of evidence in the alleged shootout between the police and members of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) on the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road simply doe

Hendartyo Hanggi, M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – Executive director of Amnesty International Indonesia, Usman Hamid, on Monday urged for the police institution's transparency in reporti

Jakarta – Hundreds of polling station officers across 12 regencies and cities in South Sulawesi have shown reactive results after taking COVID-19 rapid tests ahead of the simultaneous r

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) on Tuesday strongly criticized the fatal shooting by police personnel against six members of

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – An area of natural forest the size of 1,500 football fields has been cleared since January in an oil palm concession in Indonesia's easternmost region of P

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) is determined to provide a way for self-isolating and hospitalized people with COVID-19 to exercise their voting rights in the simultane

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – State-owned toll road operator PT Jasa Marga saw signs of recovery in its operations and finance nearing the end of the year, following the loosening

Farouk Arnaz & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian Police on Tuesday welcomed a plan by the National Commission on Human Rights, or Komnas HAM, to launch probe into the killin

Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has extended the transitional period of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) for another two weeks starting Monday until Dec.

Tan Jia Ning, Singapore – Pollsters in Indonesia have been unerring since direct presidential elections were introduced in 2004.

James Massola – The arrival of 1.2 million Sinovac vaccines in Jakarta is, for President Joko Widodo, desperately welcome news given his country has been hit harder by COVID-19 than any

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia has spent Rp 637.3 billion (US$45 million) to procure a coronavirus vaccine from China as the government prepares for a mass vaccination program.

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Jakarta – An expert has expressed his concerns over public resistance to a future COVID-19 immunization program caused by hoaxes surrounding the vaccines being developed.

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government on Friday released a shipment of exports worth US$1.64 billion by 133 large and small businesses to seek alternative markets and to rev

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have shot dead six people thought to be supporters of Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab in response to a purported attack

Rizki Fachriansyah and Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – Indonesia's ongoing battle against corruption appears to be making little headway as fewer people expressed enthusiasm for the government