Nina Loasana, Jakarta – Indonesia scored 74.92 points out of 100 in the 2019 democracy index, up by 2.53 points from the previous year, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) reported on Tuesday.

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Many Indonesians are fed up with Indonesia's thriving political dynasties, a recent survey by the Research and Development Department of Kompas daily has re

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) is looking into alleged law violations by a prosecutor who had reportedly made face-to-face contact with graft convict Djoko Soegiarto Tja

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Critics have decried the government's recent decision to lift a ban on the recruitment and placement of Indonesian migrant workers, which was suspende

Jakarta – The State Palace vowed compliance with health protocol on Tuesday after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and several ministers faced criticism on social media for not wearing m

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Several students of the Indonesian Islamic University (UII) in Yogyakarta have expressed disappointment over the news that former student Ibrahim Malik, w

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Indonesian singer/songwriter and YouTuber Erdian Aji Prihartanto, popularly known as Anji, has sparked controversy after his interview with Hadi Pranoto, who c

Antara, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) ordered to conduct a two-week "wear face mask" campaign on a massive scale throughout Indonesia to curtail the spread of the coronaviru

Rafi Abiyyu, Jakarta – Member of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), Choirul Anam, said his side was still examining the report against Education and Culture Minister

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Lifting people out of poverty in Indonesia has also helped slow the country's rate of deforestation, a new study finds.

Jakarta – Inflation in Indonesia has slowed down in July to the lowest level in more than two decades, as consumer demand has yet to recover despite the government's decision to reopen

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The number of foreign tourists arriving on Indonesia's shores plummeted 59.96 percent to 3.09 million in the first half of the year as the COVID-19 p

Update: Police have charged Edo Putra and his friend with spreading disinformation and content that violates moral norms, which are punishable by up to 10 years in prison under the Inf

Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) suspects that an incident in which the director of the East Kalimantan chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (

Jack Board, Dili – An alien structure is humming over the distant lapping of some of the world's clearest and biodiverse waters.

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah said on Sunday that a tripartite forum consisting of labor union groups, the Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) an

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia continues to disproportionately affect women, exacerbating gender inequalities that were already present in t

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Oil and gas companies in Indonesia may now choose to either use a cost recovery or gross split-based production sharing contract (PSC) thanks to a recently is

Jakarta – The government plans to roll out a new education scheme that will simplify the curriculum and address existing hindrances to remote learning, which has been in place because

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The government has ordered state-owned electricity giant PLN to waive minimum monthly electricity fees for businesses, industries and public services to exped

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives may not conclude the deliberation of the omnibus bill on job creation in August as it is still working through problems, including

Jakarta – West Papua province has again been recorded as having the worst democracy index.

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) noted a positive growth in the occupancy rate of Indonesian flights.

Fana Suparman, Jakarta – The Supreme Court has issued a regulation encouraging judges to deliver a life sentence against any graft convict who has inflicted a loss of more than Rp 100

Dina Fitri Anisa, Jakarta – At least 72 doctors have died from Covid-19 in the five months the health workers battling with the increasing number of cases in the country, putting Indon

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Jakarta – People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo has proposed that 9-millimeter pistols and ammunition be made legally available to certified gun owners for self

Randy Mulyanto – The spectre of communism still looms large in two of Southeast Asia's most vibrant democracies.

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – Mining players are optimistic the central government's take over of environmental licensing and management authorities in the natural resources sector from reg

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration is amassing a significant amount of money from city residents who seem not to care about flouting COVID-19 health protocols, as the

Jakarta – At least 72 doctors across the country have died from COVID-19, the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) said on Saturday.

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Medical workers in Jakarta are concerned about the increasing bed occupancy rates in the city's hospitals and the increasing number of COVID-19 cases, with t

Jakarta – The Manpower Ministry has announced that it will reopen recruitment and placement of Indonesian migrant workers in a bid to strengthen the country's economy amid the COVID-19

James Massola and Amilia Rosa – Indonesia's famous holiday island, Bali, has officially re-opened to domestic tourists.

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The University of Melbourne in Australia has found that Ibrahim Malik, a student accused of sexual assault by dozens of women in Indonesia, did not breach

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Indonesia should include youths as one of the priorities in COVID-19 relief efforts, since it is the younger generation who will bear the brunt of the lon

Febriana Firdaus, Ubud – Ni Kadek Erawati, 40, used to work in a villa in her village, Tegallalang, a Balinese district famous for its Instagram-able rice terraces.

Jakarta – More than half of the people tested for COVID-19 at houses of worship were found to have the disease, health authorities have revealed.

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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – The Indonesian Public Health Experts Association (IAKMI) has criticised the government for failing to involve professional healthcare organisations in dealing w

Jakarta – Finally, long-time fugitive Djoko S. Tjandra could no longer evade arrest.

Zakarias Demon Daton, Samarinda – Health officials in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, tried to force three activists to undergo isolation at a local hospital after claiming that they had t

Kompas, Jakarta – The West Java provincial government decided on Saturday to extend the large-scale social restrictions, or PSBB, in five districts and municipalities that share border

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Central Java surpassed South Sulawesi to join the top three provinces with the most cases of coronavirus on Saturday, while Jakarta is closing in on East Jav

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – Authorities are investigating allegations that a student at Airlangga University (Unair) in Surabaya, East Java, sexually assaulted multiple people after severa

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Millions of Muslims in Indonesia observed this year's Idul Adha (Day of Sacrifice) under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic and health protocols that limited

The Timorese government is evaluating options to allow Portuguese teachers who left the country in April, due to the Covid-19, to return to Timor-Leste, the deputy prime minister told

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Ninety-one endangered animals endemic to Indonesia that had been smuggled to the Philippines have returned to their home country.

I Wayan Juniarta, Denpasar – After a five-month hiatus imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bali was officially reopened for tourism in a modest ceremony in Bali's tourism enc