Jakarta – At least 1,000 residents from six districts in Garut regency, West Java, have been displaced by flash floods and landslides due to torrential rainfall in the region since Sund

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has said indoor sports centers and gyms may resume operations starting Monday, following the relaxation of large-scale social restrictions (PSB

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The National Association of University Student Executive Bodies (BEM-SI) has announced on behalf of university students across the country that it would co

Jakarta – Spending the past seven months mostly at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, some people with the ability to find financial opportunities have turned the unlikely situation

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The members of a government-sanctioned joint fact-finding team (TGPF) for the Intan Jaya shooting case have convinced the wife and family members of slain Papua

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia has added eight more technology companies to a list of "VAT collectors" – businesses that must charge 10 percent value-added tax (VAT) on all goo

Jakarta – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has shared his experience as one of the more than 1,000 volunteers in Indonesia's recent COVID-19 vaccine trials.

Jakarta – The Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry has encouraged organizers of meeting, incentive, convention and exhibition (MICE) events and tourist destination operators to work cl

Jakarta – Seven months have passed since Indonesia announced its first COVID-19 case with the crisis continuing unabated as testing remains insufficient.

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – A 36-year-old blogger from Makassar, South Sulawesi, was arrested on Friday for allegedly tweeting false information about the recently passed Job Creation L

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The National Police's campaign against alleged fake news about the recently passed omnibus law on job creation has drawn criticism from civil society org

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The Indonesian capital will gradually ease pandemic restrictions for two weeks starting Monday (Oct 12), given the slower growth in Covid-19 infections and act

Linda Yulisman, Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja and Arlina Arshad – Jakarta's iconic Tugu Selamat Datang, or welcome monument, featuring bronze statues of a man and a woman waving warmly was the

Jakarta – Some movie theaters in Bandung, West Java, have reopened for business as of Friday.

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Jakarta – With the SARS-CoV-2 virus continuing to spread at an alarming rate, more and more public figures are contracting COVID-19, including United States President Donald Trump.

Jakarta – The government, in cooperation with the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI), has prepared 120 hotels in nine provinces to accommodate asymptomatic COVID-19 pati

Jakarta – Citing the recent elimination of COVID-19 red zones in East Java and South Sulawesi, the national COVID-19 task force has said other regions should take the provinces as examp

Alya Nurbaiti and Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The Education and Culture Ministry's Higher Education directorate general issued a circular on Friday calling on university students not to

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The Education and Culture Ministry has been roundly criticized by academics and teachers for issuing a letter on Friday calling on university students no

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Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Activists have accused the police of using excessive force against protesters and journalists during Thursday's protests against the omnibus Job Creation Law, w

Arya Dipa, Bambang Muryanto and Aman Rochman, Bandung, Yogyakarta and Malang – Clashes between protesters and the police continued for a third day on Friday, as cities throughout the co

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Recipients of the government-funded social assistance Family Hope Program (PKH) have seen their livelihoods improve after receiving conditional cash transfers,

Jakarta – Jakarta residents can ask the Jakarta Fire Mitigation and Rescue Agency to disinfect their neighborhoods through a free service.

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Amid the uproar that has resulted from the passing of the controversial Job Creation Law by the House of Representatives, a lawmaker has claimed the legislature

Dyaning Pangestika and Ruslan Sangadji, Jakarta/Palu, Central Sulawesi – Civil groups have reported that more journalists were reportedly assaulted by law enforcement officers while cov

Jakarta – The number of asymptomatic COVID-19 patients undergoing self-isolation at three hotels in Jakarta has reached 319 patients, around 45 percent of the total capacity of 706 beds

Jakarta – Gerindra politician Soepriyatno died on Friday at Pertamina Central Hospital, South Jakarta, as a result of COVID-19.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Medan District Court has declared Rahmad Hidayat, a YouTuber from Medan, North Sumatra, guilty of insulting Aisyah, the wife of Prophet Muhammad, in a viral

Alya Nurbaiti and Benny Mawel, Jakarta/Papua – The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) has confirmed it was behind an attack on members of the government's joint fact-finding te

Jakarta – The National Police have denied a claim made by Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) accusing the force of allocating hundreds of billions of rupiah to make preparations for prote

Ana Salva – Australian and Indonesian scientists have been conducting trials on a technique they believe has the potential to eradicate the deadly dengue virus in its strongholds in Sou

Jakarta (VNA) – A recent survey conducted by Jobstreet Indonesia showed that 35 percent of workers in the country had been laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while 19 percent had be

Jakarta (Bloomberg, Reuters) – Indonesia's police detained thousands of people protesting against the newly passed omnibus law, according to state news agency Antara, amid concerns that

Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network) – Civil groups have reported that journalists were assaulted by law enforcement officers while covering protests against the highly controve

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) recorded 28 violent cases against journalists during the news reporting of anti-omnibus law demonstration in a numb

Aisyah Llewellyn and Tonggo Simangunsong – Protests continue to sweep across Indonesia following the passing of the unpopular Omnibus Law on October 5.

Jakarta/Palembang, South Sumatra – A number of regional leaders have expressed their intention to lobby the central government to cancel or reassess the recently passed Job Creation Law

Jakarta – The Indonesian Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) says that there is a repeated pattern to the violence committed by police against journalists covering protest actions

Haryanti Puspa Sari, Jakarta – The total number of people arrested by police during Thursday's protest actions around the country against the recently enacted Omnibus Law on Job Creatio

Jakarta – Protests against the Omnibus Law on Job Creation have spread to almost all parts of the country since it was passed into law during a House of Representatives (DPR) plenary se

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Yustinus Paat, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Officials expressed concern that recent mass protests against the newly-adopted job creation law may trigger a new wave of

Jakarta – Fourteen protesters arrested during a rally against the Job Creation Law in Jakarta on Thursday have tested positive for COVID-19.

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's Job Creation Law may facilitate investment and help revive the economy, but relaxed environmental regulation and widespread protests by labor u

Jakarta – People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo has urged authorities to conduct an overall evaluation of COVID-19 handling in Jakarta, Depok, Tangerang and Beka

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – A journalist was reportedly assaulted by members of the Jakarta Police while covering widespread protests against the recently passed and highly controversial J

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has suffered at least Rp 55 billion (US$3.74 million) in losses from damaged public facilities as a result of rallies against the rece

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – Civil society groups have urged the National Police to stop using repressive measures against protesters taking part in nationwide demonstrations to oppose the

Jakarta – The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) has warned of the possibility that new COVID-19 clusters may emerge from demonstrations against the Job Creation Law that have been ta