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Riska Rahman, Jakarta – State-owned banks have collectively disbursed Rp 88 trillion (US$5.94 billion) in working capital loans using funds placed in them by the government, with almost

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The North Sumatra National Movement to Safeguard the Ulema Fatwa (GNPF) has filed a lawsuit against the General Elections Commission (KPU) and the Elections Sup

Jakarta – The government will not provide additional social aid for the nine provinces hardest hit by COVID-19, economic recovery task force head Budi Gunadi Sadikin said on Wednesday.

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The National Police's Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) has found reason to believe that the fire that ravaged the main building of the Attor

Jakarta – National COVID-19 task force chief Doni Monardo said that 92 percent of COVID-19 patients in certain regions of the country had comorbidities, putting them at high risk from t

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Indonesia has lost yet another senior government official to COVID-19 following the passing of the Jakarta administration's secretary Saefullah, who has spent

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – After months of being prevented from returning to Indonesia because of entry restrictions, foreign members of mixed-nationality families abroad can now reunite

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Health Ministry is distributing financial incentives to resident physicians who have been contributing to COVID-19 care at Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung, We

Jakarta – National COVID-19 task force chief Doni Monardo says diabetes mellitus has been the most common comorbidity in COVID-19 deaths in Indonesia.

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Around 50 percent of the country's construction companies have permanently shut down their businesses as of July, with small firms taking the biggest hit, amid

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The University of Indonesia (UI) has clarified and rebuffed criticism against the consensual sex subject taught in this year's freshman orientation progr

Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto – When Ari Harifin Hendriyawan's mother tested positive for the coronavirus, their neighbors brought a hammer and nails and boarded up the lane.

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Jakarta – Two weeks after Depok, West Java, imposed curfews to counter the rising number of cases of COVID-19, the city has seen businesses beginning to close down.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) has called on the government to form a health protection committee for medical personnel as more than 100 members of the association h

Jakarta – A joint team comprising the National Police, Indonesian Military (TNI) and local stakeholders have netted hundreds of thousands of health protocol violators through Operasi Yu

Jakarta – As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to claim more lives across the country, many provinces have issued stringent health regulations and imposed hefty penalties on violators to

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's accumulated debt to fund the COVID-19 fight and falling tax revenue will weaken its "debt affordability" and may deteriorate its credit quality

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie and Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has confirmed that 11 City Hall employees have tested positive for COVID-19.

Muhammad Beni Saputra – In August, RCTI and iNews TV – two television stations owned by Indonesia's most influential media oligarch and Perindo Party Chairman Hary Tanoesoedibjo – filed

Jakarta – A crew member aboard KM Yuliner was killed while four others were missing when the cargo ship burst into flames off the coast of South Buton regency in South-east Sulawesi, In

Phelim Kine – Indonesia's parliament is poised to pass a massive "omnibus bill" stimulus package by early October to help offset the economic damage incurred by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sheany – Bali Governor Wayan Koster today urged for stricter adherence to health protocolos following a worrying rise of COVID-19 cases on the island lately, with the province bringing

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia's government institutions must set examples of disciplined health protocols, said House of Representatives Speaker Puan Maharani following the emergenc

Aisah Putri Budiatri – The month of September is associated with some of the worst violations of human rights in Indonesian history.

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The Health Ministry COVID-19 cluster is the largest in Jakarta, according to data provided by the city administration.

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Growth in demand for Indonesian palm oil this year will be driven by domestic consumption as exports drop amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Indonesi

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – New confirmed cases of coronavirus in Indonesia jumped by 3,635 on Thursday to take its total to 232,628, as Riau province in the center of Sumatra Island add

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has decided to leave its interest rate unchanged to safeguard financial market stability as the current coronavirus-induced economic do

Jakarta – The National Military Police Headquarters (Puspom TNI) has named nine more Indonesian Military (TNI) members as the suspects in an attack against the Ciracas Police Station in

Jakarta – Government officials have expressed their concern over a regulation issued by the General Elections Commission (KPU) that allows crowd-pullers, including music concerts, to be

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Indonesian lawmakers and academics have demanded education issues be scrapped from the omnibus bill on job creation, arguing that some provisions within the dra

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – Members of the public across the country have been left puzzled by health protocol regulations issued by authorities, especially regarding the use of face masks

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan is in hot water for holding a final tribute to Jakarta secretary Saefullah, who died after contracting COVID-19, by bringing his

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Jakarta – The repeated burning of the forests in recent years is proof that the state is powerless in the face of the corporations thought to be behind the fires.

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) confirmed that human rights advocate Veronica Koman Liau had paid back the scholarship funds.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The growing number of "palm oil free"-labeled products on the market can cast palm oil in an unfavorable light, according to a recent webinar held by the I

Police in Indonesia are on the hunt for a female motorcyclist who flashed her panties on the road for all of TikTok to see, with the act of alleged exhibitionism possibly in violation o

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – A study by the 10 November Institute of Technology (ITS) in Surabaya shows that Indonesia's sea transportation sector has recorded Rp 12.2 trillion (US$821.9 m

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The preemployment card program's management team is putting on hold a plan to conduct in-person training to ensure the safety of recipients and instru

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The University of Indonesia (UI) has found itself embroiled in a controversy for including sexual education, with an emphasis on consent, in this year's fr

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has appointed several of his Cabinet members and agency heads to directly supervise the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic mitigation

Jakarta – Bekasi, West Java is running out of available ICU facilities in its COVID-19 referral hospitals, an association has said, raising concerns amid the increasing number of corona

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to shrink even further than projected in the third quarter as capital city Jakarta reimposes large-sca

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Papua residents have raised more than Rp 773.8 million (US$51,900) to pay for the government-sponsored scholarship funding received by Indonesian human rights l

Though there have been tireless efforts to end child marriage in Indonesia, it appears that the country still has a long way to go to reach that ultimate goal.