Yogyakarta – Protesting workers in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta held an action on Thursday July 16 opposing the House of Representatives' (DPR) deliberations on the Draft Omnibu

Surabaya – Thousands of protesters from the Movement Alliance Against the Omnibus Law (Getol) packed Jl Pahlawan in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya on Thursday July 16.

Jakarta – Representatives of demonstrators who held a protest action against the Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation said they were disappointed after meeting with leaders from the House

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – Thousands of people from various labor groups and farmer unions as well as university students staged a rally in front of the House of Representatives complex i

Tri Indah Oktavianti and Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Watchdogs and a lawmaker have urged the National Police to take stern action against police officers allegedly involved in helping fug

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Most Indonesians who are aware of the omnibus bill on job creation want the House of Representatives to pass it, hoping the regulations could increase the numb

Francisca Christy, Jakarta – As many as 400 Garuda Indonesia employees have accepted the company's offer to take early retirement.

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government and the House of Representatives have agreed in principle on 2021 state budget assumptions with a deficit of 4.7 percent of gross domestic

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Indonesian naval ship KRI Teluk Jakarta-541 sunk on Tuesday morning while carrying out logistical duties off the coast of Kangean Island in East Java.

Rizki Fachriansyah and Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) has expressed dismay over a widely circulated image of a list detailing the names of severa

Andi Hajramuni, Makassar – Severe flooding that hit North Luwu regency, South Sulawesi, on Monday, has left at least 15 people dead and dozens more missing.

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The logistics disruption due to social restrictions to contain COVID-19 has affected the food distribution to many regions in Indonesia, particularly

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government expects the House of Representatives to finish deliberating the omnibus bill on job creation by late August or early September, Coordi

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo plans to disband or streamline the organizational structure of ineffective state agencies many people might never hear of

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – The Save Jakarta Bay Coalition opined that Governor Anies Baswedan has broken his campaign promises as the latter allowed the Ancol reclamation project.

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria called on the public to file a report of any violation against orders during the transitional large-scale social

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Construction of a hydropower plant in the only known habitat of a critically endangered orangutan species on the Indonesian island of Sumatra might be del

Those entering or exiting Jakarta are no longer required to present a permit at the capital's points of entry, with honesty now apparently sufficient in determining whether or not one

Daniel Peterson – The hashtag #MarufAminNgapain (What is Ma'ruf Amin doing?) first appeared on Twitter four months ago, on 11 March.

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – The Indonesian government's controversial decision to allow the resumption of lobster larvae exports now threatens another, far more endangered, species: the J

Harry Jacques, Jakarta (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Indonesia's plans to cut red tape to attract investment could lead to an increase in forest clearing and fires, environmentalists

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – One of Indonesia's largest Islamic organizations, Muhammadiyah, on Wednesday announced that it has sent the House of Representatives (DPR) an academic s

Riska Rahman, CMS – The recent stock market crash may have spooked foreign investors out of Indonesia, but domestic investors have swarmed and dominated transactions in the country's e

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia is catching up China in the global ranking of confirmed coronavirus cases, as Southeast Asia's biggest country reported a total of 80,094 cases on

Alya Nurbaiti and Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The National Police have launched an investigation into a police general at the Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) who reportedly

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Jakarta is under pressure from the central government and health experts to once again put the capital under lockdown, as loosened restrictions have predictably led to spikes in COVID-

A man in Siberut Island, which is part of the Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra, allegedly raped and impregnated his teenage daughter.

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Around 1.63 million Indonesians fell into poverty in March compared with September last year as the COVID-19 pandemic took its toll on the poor across the

Tim Stickings, for Mailonline – A convicted sex offender was given 74 lashes in a public whipping in Indonesia today – wearing a face shield emblazoned with the name of a local travel

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Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia booked a trade surplus of US$1.27 billion in June as both exports and imports rose from the slump recorded in May, signaling increasing economic

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government plans to start in-person training courses in August under its preemployment card program, despite the daily surge in new COVID-19 case

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On Tuesday July 15 a protest action against Papuan Special Autonomy (Otsus) Chapter II was held at the zero kilometre point in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta.

On Tuesday July 14, pro-democracy and gender equality organisations and individuals in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta from the Enact the Draft Law on the Elimination of Sexual Vio

Arnold Belau, Jayapura – Surya Anta revealed the rot behind Indonesian prisons.

On Tuesday July 7, the Women's Anti-Violence Movement (Gerak Perempuan), which is an alliance of dozens of organisations and individuals, held a protest action in front of the House of

A 12-year-old girl was married off to a 45-year-old polygamist in Banyuwangi, East Java, highlighting once again the pervasiveness of child marriages in the country.

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – A growing women's movement in support of the sexual violence eradication bill (RUU PKS) has encouraged more politicians to publicly and vocally support the leg

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The COVID-19 pandemic has wiped out around Rp 85 trillion (US$5.87 billion) of Indonesia's tourism revenue so far this year, forcing business associations

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – As part of a multi-faceted effort to highlight oft-overlooked perspectives on unresolved human rights violations in Indonesia through intergenerational di

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The widespread use of rapid antibody tests for COVID-19 as requirements for various activities during the pandemic, including for traveling in Indonesia, has

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The Jakarta chapter of the Legal Aid Foundation of the Indonesian Women's Association for Justice (LBH APIK Jakarta) is raising funds to support victims

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Major electricity industry trade unions are considering public protests and strikes to opposite revisions to the 2009 Electrification Law in the controversial

Jakarta – The national COVID-19 task force is considering releasing patients' personal data in an effort to encourage adherence to health protocols in affected areas.

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – Over 50 media workers in Surabaya, East Java, have tested positive for COVID-19, with three succumbing to the disease, the Surabaya branch of the Alliance of In

Jakarta – Papuan students from the Action Committee Against Special Autonomy demonstrated in front of the Home Affairs Ministry offices in Jakarta on Tuesday July 14 against Special Au

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government is planning to develop 30,000 hectares (ha) of farmland in Humbang Hasundutan district, North Sumatra, next year in an effort to secur

James Massola – Private hospitals and clinics in Indonesia are charging patients up to $1450 for a coronavirus test, more than three times the monthly minimum wage.