Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's economic downturn is likely to be worse than previously expected as Southeast Asia's largest economy struggles to contain the coronavirus pande

Jakarta – The number of flights at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport went up by 5 percent on the first day of relaxed large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in Jakarta.

Novan Iman Santosa, Jakarta – Defense Minister Prabowo is scheduled to visit Austria later this month to discuss the possible purchase of Eurofighter Typhoon jet fighters after his much

Jakarta and Medan – Members of the Indonesian professional sports community are among those who have to slow things down as the pandemic continues to thwart plans to put on regular even

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Jakarta – The National Police on Monday deployed around 7,500 Mobile Brigade (Brimob) officers to ensure public safety and security in Jakarta amid continuing protests against the newly

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The government, along with businesses, need to reassure tourists of the health and the safety aspects of diving tourism to attract visitors after the COVID-19

Pipin Jamson – After three days of smaller actions, on October 8 larger demonstrations exploded in scores of cities and towns in Indonesia, including the capital Jakarta and the other m

Jakarta – A building within the House of Representatives compound in Central Jakarta has been on lockdown since Monday after at least 41 House lawmakers and staff members tested positiv

Jakarta – Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto says foreign interference is behind the series of nationwide rallies against the Job Creation Law and called out protesters for falling for d

Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – Hard-line Islamic organizations led demonstrations against Indonesia's controversial "job creation" omnibus law on Tuesday, calling on those gathered to continue

Jakarta – Thousands of conservative Muslims marched in Indonesia's capital on Tuesday demanding that the government revoke a new law they say will cripple labor rights.

Amy Chew – An exiled Indonesian firebrand Muslim cleric has called on his followers to lay siege on Jakarta's presidential palace on Tuesday afternoon and to topple President Joko Widod

Noory Okthariza – Indonesia is set to hold its concurrent regional elections on 9 December 2020 amid the country's battle with COVID-19.

Jakarta (Reuters) – Hundreds of workers riding motorbikes and waving flags held a rally in the Indonesian capital Jakarta yesterday, as protests calling on President Joko Widodo to repe

Jakarta – Trade unions and social organisations again held protest actions against the Omnibus Law on Job Creation on Monday October 12.

Haryanti Puspa Sari, Jakarta – Defense Minister and Greater Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) Chairperson Prabowo Subianto says that many of the protesters involved in actions opposin

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Some public transportation companies across Jakarta have halted their services as the capital braces for yet another round of large-scale protests against

Jakarta – The government says it has secured commitments for the delivery of 271.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines.

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Dion Bisara, Nida Sahara, Jakarta – The State-Owned Enterprises Ministry seeks to merge three Islamic banks under the state-controlled lenders to establish a new $14.5 billion entity th

Francisca Christy Rosana, Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) economist, Bhima Yudhistira Adhinegara, argues that the constant cha

Ahmad Faiz, Jakarta – Democrat Party Chairman and former Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) in Monday's virtual talk show uploaded in his Youtube channel addressed the

Hans Nicholas Jong, Philip Jacobson – Multiple versions of a sweeping deregulation law passed in Indonesia last week contain substantial differences affecting the nation's plantation se

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – What began as a peaceful protest against the Job Creation Law turned into riots on Tuesday as violent opposition to the controversial law continued in the capit

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The National Police have arrested eight people affiliated with Save Indonesia Coalition (KAMI) for allegedly spreading hate speech and violating the Electronic

Jakarta – Several religious mass organizations, including the hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and the 212 Alumni Brotherhood (PA 212), took to the streets in Jakarta on Tuesday to

Helen Regan – Last week, Indonesia's parliament passed a controversial and sweeping jobs law that environmentalists say will have a disastrous impact on the country's forests and rich b

Moh Zaki Arrobi – As Covid-19 cases continue to climb across Indonesia, Jakarta and some other local administrations have reimplemented "large scale social restrictions" (PSBB) in an at

Edward Aspinall – The last week has seen a wave of huge protests around Indonesia against the new so-called omnibus law – a massive law that amends 79 existing statutes and is touted by

Dipo Negoro and Leon Kastayudha – The Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation was finally enacted into law by the House of Representatives (DPR) on October 5.

Friski Riana, Jakarta – The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) researcher, Kurnia Ramadhana, on Sunday announced that lighter punishments have been handed to a higher number of defendants

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Leaders of two workers unions claims to have been approached by police personnel and National Intelligence Agency (BIN) agents prior to the nationwide protests ag

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The final draft of the omnibus job creation law that the House of Representatives (DPR) passed on October 5 has yet been published up until Sunday, Octobe

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Riau and West Sumatra have been experiencing a dramatic surge in coronavirus cases since the beginning of the month, with daily numbers nearly matching those

Dion Bisara, Feriawan Hidayat, Jakarta – Indonesian cellphone makers are on the brink of collapsing after a government's snafu preventing them from making new sales, which are already d

Triyan Pangastuti, Jakarta – Indonesia has agreed on a deal to procure 100 million dosages of Covid-19 vaccines from British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, as part of the country's

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – A coalition of disability rights activists and groups across the country raised their call on the government to repeal the newly passed Job Creation Law,

Indriyani Astuti – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has finalised the hundreds of candidate pairs which will compete in the simultaneous election of regional heads (pilkada) on De

Heru Andriyanto, Bali – Eighteen years ago today, twin bombings at two popular nightclubs devastated tourism industry in Bali, so severe that the Indonesian government moved nearly all

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – COVID-19 has killed eight people with HIV/AIDS in Indonesia, and 77 people with HIV have tested positive for the coronavirus, the Health Ministry has sai

Rizki Fachriansyah and Jon Afrizal, Jakarta and Jambi – Members of labor unions and the general public have once again taken to the streets nationwide to protest the controversial Job C

Jakarta – The Indonesian government has initiated various efforts to secure access to a COVID-19 vaccine.

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Hundreds of workers riding motorbikes and waving flags held a rally in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Monday, as protests calling on President Joko

The murder of a boy in Aceh has shocked many in the country, with the victim brutally killed during his heroic attempt to protect his mother from a rapist.

The West Papua Council of Churches wants an end to what it says is the re-militarisation of the region.

Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir and Rafiqa Qurrata A'yun – The highly contentious omnibus bill on job creation (RUU Cipta Kerja) has just been passed into law by the House of Representatives (DP

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia is aiming to start administering coronavirus vaccines in early November by relying on supply from Chinese drugmakers, as the world's fourth mo

Singapore – Singapore and Indonesia have agreed to reopen borders between the two countries for essential business and official travel after they were shut to curb the spread of COVID-1

Jakarta – The Indonesia Hotel and Restaurants Association (PHRI) predicts that up to 30 percent of restaurants will close down as a result of phase II of the large-scale social restrict