Devina Halim, Jakarta – Amnesty International has recorded 47 cases of extrajudicial killings in Papua between February 2018 and September 2020.

Jakarta – A non-government organisation focusing on mining in South-East Asia, Transforming Energy and Development (Trend Asia), is urging the government to reveal detailed information

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Both parents and teachers should play an active role in instilling healthy dietary habits such as daily milk consumption in children, experts said in a rec

Jakarta – The head of police in South Tegal, Central Java, Joeharno, has been dismissed from his position after giving permission to Tegal Council Deputy Speaker Wasmad Edi Susilo to ho

Greg Fealy – Over the past four years, the government of Indonesian President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo has been conducting a concerted and systematic campaign of repression against Islamist

Raquel Carvalho – Indonesian migrant workers will no longer be required to pay their own placement and training fees under new regulations being introduced by Jakarta in a move that has

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – As the number of new cases keeps mounting, even one of the foremost COVID-19 referral hospitals in Jakarta faces a shortage of medical workers, a pulmono

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has added 100,417 confirmed cases of coronavirus since the beginning of the month, with Jakarta taking a lion's share of 30 percent by averaging mor

Jakarta – The speaker of the Bogor regency council, Rudy Susmasto, has announced on Friday that he will temporarily withdraw from council activities after testing positive for COVID-19.

Jakarta – More than 20 people living and working in the Bali governor's official residence, Jaya Sabha, have tested positive for COVID-19.

Jakarta – The caning of a convicted child rapist in Aceh had to be suspended after he developed severe bruising on his back.

Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – Labour groups have criticised the House of Representatives (DPR) for holding a meeting to discuss labour related articles in the Draft Omnibus Law on Jo

Jakarta – Restaurant and shopping malls operators have pleaded the Jakarta city government to allow people to dine in at restaurants and cafes in the malls as the city's latest round of

Ian Lloyd Neubauer – COVID-19 and the global collapse in oil and gas prices appear to have put the final nail into the coffin of East Timor's long-held dream to create a domestic petrol

Fana Suparman & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, responded to recent media reports that tens of employees have resigned since the current le

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has appointed six military officers to strategic posts within the Defense Ministry, including two former members of the infamous

Jakarta – The actual COVID-19 death toll in Indonesia could be three times the reported figure, which reached 10,105 on Thursday.

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Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo reasserted the government's commitment to prioritizing health concerns in containing the COVID-19 outbreak.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Three provinces on Sumatra Island have had their total number of confirmed coronavirus cases more than double within the last four weeks, leading to a dramati

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo must take charge in handling the COVID-19 crisis in Indonesia as the country grapples with a consistent surge of daily coronaviru

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has revealed that dozens of its employees have resigned from the agency.

Kendari – The Ombudsman's South-East Sulawesi representative office says that the regional police's use of a helicopter to forcibly disperse student protesters is a violation of Nationa

Arlina Arshad, Linda Yulisman and Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesian gravedigger Adang Saputra's heart breaks every time he hears the all-too-familiar prayers for the dead and

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Garment company PT Sejin Fashion Indonesia, a subsidiary of South Korean footwear manufacturer Parkland Co., Ltd., has made the decision to relocate its product

Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – Indonesia's coffee producers and farmers are calling for support, including financing and product absorption, to weather the pandemic's dire effects on ups

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The government has made strides in expanding hospital capacity and improving treatment standards for COVID-19 patients, the COVID-19 Response and Economic Recov

Benny Mawel and Budi Sutrisno in Jayapura and Jakarta – The killing of Pastor Yeremia Zanambani in Intan Jaya regency, Papua, last weekend – allegedly carried out by personnel from the

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Jakarta – Indonesia has recently been rewarded for its forest policies.

An invisible workforce of millions of workers from some of Asia's poorest countries toil in the palm oil industry, many of them enduring various forms of exploitation, including child l

There are reports from West Papua that Indonesian police have arrested about 200 demonstrators at different locations across Nabire regency.

Anne Barker – Bebalang village is best known to tourists as a stop on Bali's Eat, Pray, Love tour for fans of Elizabeth Gilbert's famous memoir.

Jakarta – Tegal Legislative Council (DPRD) deputy speaker Wasmad Edi Susilo held a dangdut concert in the Central Java city on Wednesday that attracted a huge crowd in violation of COVI

Jakarta – Akmal Taher has stepped down from his position as head of the health division of the national COVID-19 task force, citing what he said were the task force's insufficient effor

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has extended large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in the capital – Indonesia's COVID-19 hotbed – by two weeks to further suppres

Jakarta – The House of Representatives and the government agreed to drop provisions on education from the omnibus bill on job creation on Thursday."The government, represented by the Of

Jakarta – As the Jakarta administration extends large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) for another two weeks, Governor Anies Baswedan has claimed that without the policy, the capital ci

Jakarta – An Islamic boarding school in North Purwokerto, Banyumas, Central Java, has been closed temporarily after 127 students tested positive for COVID-19.

Jakarta – The Makassar Police have arrested 20 people who staged a protest in front of the South Sulawesi Legislative Council building in Makassar to mark 2020 National Farmer's Day on

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – National COVID-19 task force spokesperson Wiku Adisasmito has warned the public about possible infection clusters at shelters for flood victims as the rainy sea

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Indonesian carmakers are looking at the export market to boost sales and increase factory utilization rates as the COVID-19 pandemic is projected to continue w

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – A newly-graduating doctor was arrested on Friday for allegedly harassing a woman during a rapid screening for coronavirus at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport, in a

Antara, Jakarta – According to a recent survey by the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the Food Agriculture Organiz

Bisnis, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry's Director-General of Air Transport, Novie Riyanto, said his side received information that three airlines allegedly violated the physical

Jakarta – Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin has revealed that the Attorney General's Office (AGO) has arrested 78 fugitives so far this year through a program aptly called Tangkap B

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – The North Jakarta government has again found businesses that violated lockdown rules, or Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) as it is locally called.

Jakarta – The extraction of sand for the reclamation of Makassar New Port threatens the livelihoods of fishermen. Matters will get worse after the omnibus law is passed.

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – At least 500 professional health workers signed an open letter for President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo, urging the government to prevent land and forest fires amid

Yogi Eka Sahputra, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has claimed the handling of COVID-19 pandemic in the country had proceeded

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid says that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has broken the commitment he made during his presidential e