New York – Indonesia, the current president of the UN Security Council, organized an informal meeting on Wednesday to address growing threat on critical public infrastructure posed by c

New York – The International Committee of the Red Cross acknowledged "the real and growing threat" posed by cyber attacks against civilian infrastructure in future conflicts and warned

Yudha Baskoro, Jakarta – Non-governmental organization Greenpeace Indonesia and Indonesian Labor Union (SBMI) held a protest at Aspiration Park in front of the National Monument, Centra

Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – The Cross-Factory Labour Federation (FBLP) has spoken out in response to a request by House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Puan Maharani who asked wor

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Videos apparently showing four Indonesian crew members begging to be rescued from abuse aboard a Chinese fishing vessel have gone viral on social media,

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has announced that it will allow candidates to use personal protective equipment (PPE) and hand sanitizer as campaign props during the 2

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The daily rise of coronavirus cases in Jakarta reached a new high on Wednesday, the third time this month the capital city broke its own record as a surge in

Health authorities in Batam, Riau Islands have located the woman who allegedly smeared her own face with the saliva of a deceased COVID-19 patient.

Christopher Knaus – Attorney general Christian Porter has been accused of abusing the National Security Information Act after interfering in court proceedings to screen documents held b

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia aims to produce 70 per cent of its medical supplies domestically as COVID-19 has served as a timely reminder that it is important to be self-reliant, s

Aninda Dewayanti, Singapore – Indonesia is bracing for a prolonged dry season that typically induces forest fires in peatland areas.

Herlambang P Wiratraman – In mid-August, the government acknowledged that it has asked Indonesian human rights activist Veronica Koman to return Rp 774 million (A$73,400) in scholarship

Jakarta – Gravediggers working at two public cemeteries designated for COVID-19 victims in Surabaya, East Java, have reportedly buried some 1,500 bodies since the pandemic started.

Jakarta – The disbursement of financial stimuli for active employees earning less than Rp 5 million (US$344.16) per month has been postponed from Aug. 25 to the end of this month.

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – The Jakarta Covid-19 mitigation task force confirmed that this week's Covid-19 positivity rate in the city reached 10 percent, up from the previous 9.6 p

Antara, Jakarta – The occupancy rate of ICU or intensive care unit beds in 67 Covid-19 referral hospitals in Jakarta has reached 71 percent as of Sunday, August 23.

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo urged his administration to push for bureaucratic reform in business permits and commerce in order to prevent people from

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The Democratic Party faction has once again joined the deliberation of the controversial omnibus bill on job creation after withdrawing from the working committ

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Jakarta would allow movie theaters to reopen soon after the city administration held a meeting with the Health Ministry and the Tourism and Creative Industries

Jakarta – Two police generals have admitted to accepting bribes in exchange for helping graft convict and ex-fugitive Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra evade capture.

Sania Mashabi, Jakarta – Association of Indonesian Public Health Experts (IAKMI) board member Hermawan Saputra says that it is not the right time for the government to reopen cinemas wh

Jakarta – Papuan Traditional Council (DAP) Second Secretary John Gobay is asking President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to quickly issue a government regulation on the mechanisms for establishi

Erwin Renaldi – Indonesia's popular tourist destination Bali has postponed its plans to reopen to international visitors by September and will instead remain closed until at least the e

Sydney and Jakarta – A spate of hacking attacks on Indonesian media that published articles critical of the government's response to the coronavirus has raised concerns over press freed

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's economic recovery is "fragile" as state revenue weakened in July after an improvement recorded in the previous month, Finance Minister Sri Muly

Jakarta – Indonesia has seen an increase in its COVID-19 positivity rate – the percentage of those tested found to be infected – in the past month, COVID-19 task force spokesperson Wiku

Jakarta – Gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia has agreed to meet the demands of its employees at the Grasberg complex in Tembagapura, Papua, after more than 1,000 workers blocke

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration and cinema owners are gearing up to reopen movie theaters soon after consulting with the COVID-19 task force, Jakarta Governor A

Jakarta – The East Jakarta Police have arrested a Quran teacher in Jakarta who allegedly molested three children.

Jakarta – The COVID-19 task force in Depok, West Java, has claimed that newly-emerged "office clusters" outside the city had contributed to the rising number of coronavirus cases in Dep

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated on Tuesday the Indrapuri-Blang Bintang section of the Sigli-Banda Aceh toll road, the first ever toll road in Aceh p

Jakarta – Deputy Attorney General Setia Untung Arimuladi insisted on Tuesday that the Rp 546 billion (US$36.5 million) seized as evidence in the high-profile Bank Bali graft case had lo

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met on Tuesday with 200 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) in Banda Aceh to disburse the productive social assi

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Jakarta, Indonesia – South Korea's LG Electronics has temporarily shut a factory near Indonesia's capital after some 200 employees contracted coronavirus, the company and a local offici

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is set to assign more personnel to track down graft fugitive Harun Masiku who remains at large to this day.

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Representatives from news websites tempo.co and tirto.id visited the Jakarta Police headquarters on Tuesday to report recent cyberattacks they have encounter

Jakarta – Members of the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) have once again gathered in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) compound in Senayan, Central Jakarta, to

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Breaking the chain of transmission is key to containing the COVID-19 outbreak, but in Indonesia, contact tracing remains weak due to problems ranging from an

Jakarta – Hundreds of college students and labors joined in the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) arrived at the headquarters of the House of Representatives (DPR) to prot

Alexandra Helena, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) on Tuesday announced that the poverty rate in Indonesia's Eastern regions correlates wit

Jakarta (Reuters) – More than 100 Indonesian farmers gathered outside the presidential palace in Jakarta on Monday (Aug 24), having walked about 1,800km from the island of Sumatra to pr

Jakarta – Several Indonesian media outlets critical of the government's coronavirus response have been hit by a series of computer hacking attacks that the International Federation of J

A group of West Papuan political prisoners just released from jail have paid tribute to a human rights lawyer who died last week.

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Jenny Lei Ravelo, Manila – Recently, Indonesian President Joko Widodo expressed hopes of a novel coronavirus vaccine being available to the Indonesian population by 2021.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Navy launched on Monday two domestically manufactured Type PC-40 M warships called Karotang-872 and Mata Bongsang-873.

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Four Indonesian strategic upstream gas projects are facing headwinds from pandemic-related restrictions and exiting operators, presenting challenges to the cou

Fana Suparman, Jakarta – The Jakarta Anti-Corruption Court on Monday sentenced former General Election Commission, or KPU, commissioner Wahyu Setiawan to six years in jail for taking br

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported 99 coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday, the highest daily death toll in the outbreak since July 23.