Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – With the COVID-19 pandemic still accelerating at an alarming rate, healthcare workers remain prone to the virus and social persecution, a medical associ

Joe Cochrane – One is an Indonesian businesswoman and corruption suspect who fled the country 17 years ago while being investigated for allegedly embezzling more than US$200 million in

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry introduced a program dubbed Kita Cinta Papua or We Love Papua as an effort to build a bridge of solidarity from the country's west

Sophie Chao – A decade ago, the Indonesian government began to heavily promote large-scale plantation developments in Papua province, a region of savannahs and rich rainforests.

One of Indonesia's largest sushi restaurant chains in West Jakarta has been fined for failing to observe new dine-in protocols amid the pandemic.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia is working hard to contain the spread of coronavirus in three key battlegrounds – East Java, Jakarta, and South Sulawesi – but cases continue to ri

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto is set to oversee the development of the national food estate program, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said.

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The West Java administration has decided to impose stricter measures against residents who do not comply with COVID-19 protocols in public.

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The Judicial Commission (KY) began its search for a new Supreme Court justice and eight ad hoc judges on Friday, amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia.

Jakarta – Papuan activists and former political prisoner (tapol) Surya Anta has revealed that his first upload from a series of tweets (thread) on conditions at the Salemba prison in C

Teuku Faizasyah, Jakarta – Among my duties at the Foreign Ministry, spokesperson happens to be one of them.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The rector of the North Sumatra University (USU) in Medan, Runtung Sitepu, along with deputy rector Rosmayati and the university's board of trustees member Dar

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The government has issued a regulation that gives the Indonesian Deposit Insurance Corporation (LPS) more room to manage its own liquidity and to prevent banks

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Anies Baswedan, who won the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election by campaigning against coastal reclamation, insisted on Sunday the landfill project at the Anco

Antara, Jakarta – PT Daimler Commercial Vehicles Manufacturing Indonesia (DCVMI) announced in a press release on Monday that its West Java Wanaherang factory had restarted manufacturin

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Indonesian government was mulling to impose sanctions upon violators of health protocols amid the COVID-19 pandemic in order to tighten the public disciplin

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – The Jakarta Legislative Council (DPRD) Commission B chairman Abdul Aziz urged Governor Anies Baswedan to immediately take strategic measures to contain the COVID-

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – An epidemiologist from the University of Indonesia, Syahrizal Syarif, opined that the government was not serious in handling the COVID-19 cases so that led to the

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – An article in the controversial omnibus bill on job creation that broadens the scope of the National Police's authority has raised concerns among activi

Djemi Amnifu, Fadli and Apriadi Gunawan, Medan/Kupang – After months of studying from home, students in several parts of the archipelago returned to school on Monday in accordance with

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Jakarta, the country's first epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, is mulling whether to reimpose restrictions it previously eased as the daily number of new case

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia has raised Rp 18.33 trillion (US$1.27 billion) from government retail bond issuance ORI-017, the Finance Ministry announced on Monday, the highe

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is drafting a regulation that will make the wearing of face mask in public compulsory during the coronavirus outbreak, Preside

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The number of cured or discharged Covid-19 patients in Indonesia increased by 1,051 to a total of 36,689 on Monday, outnumbering active cases for the first t

Jakarta – Papua activist Surya Anta was released from prison in August after serving a nine-month sentence for makar (treason, subversion, rebellion).

Abdurrachman Satrio – While politicians in most countries are busy handling the Covid-19 pandemic, Indonesian politicians seem more interested in debating how to regulate ideology.

Erwida Maulia and Ismi Damayanti, Jakarta – The governor of Jakarta raised fresh alarms over the spread of coronavirus infections in the Indonesian capital as daily cases hit new recor

The Indonesian government updated its immigration policy for foreigners effective today, bringing an end to the automatic extension of stay permits that were introduced due to travel r

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Factory activity in Indonesia fell to its lowest level ever in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic caused a slump in demand and disrupted suppl

Eisya A. Eloksari, Jakarta – Indonesia will conduct a worker-exchange program with Australia to boost its human resources.

Jakarta – A French citizen who was recently arrested for allegedly molesting over 300 children died on Sunday evening following a reported suicide attempt while in detention in Jakarta

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The government has officially started construction on 10 planned tourism villages around Lake Toba in North Sumatra.

Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – The Banten administration has decided to extend COVID-19 mobility restrictions in Greater Tangerang for the sixth time, until July 26.

Febriana Firdaus in Bali and Rebecca Ratcliffe – Attempts to control a growing coronavirus outbreak in Indonesia, the worst-hit country in south-east Asia, are being hampered by a lack

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – A Metro TV journalist who was recently found dead in Pesanggrahan, South Jakarta, was a murder victim, police confirmed on Saturday.

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The Jakarta Archdiocese has allowed three parishes to restart Sunday service after months of holding online services during large-scale social restriction

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has dismissed South Grogol subdistrict head Asep Subahan for alleged misuse of authority after issuing an e-ID card for high-

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has passed yet another toughest week in the Covid-19 outbreak with 11,950 more confirmed cases and 435 deaths, the highest ever by seven-day averag

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – "She would send WhatsApp messages to our hotline early in the morning or at noon, when her husband was asleep," said Uli Pangaribuan, a lawyer represent

Eisya A. Eloksari, Jakarta – Indonesian consumers are opting to buy used cars instead of new ones as the COVID-19 pandemic dampens people's spending power.

Jakarta – A panel of judges of the Pamekasan District Court in East Java has sentenced Ani Fatini, a former employee of East Java administration-owned lender Bank Jatim, to four-and-a-

Jakarta – The South Sumatran police have arrested an 18-year-old man suspected to have raped and murdered his former elementary school teacher in Marga Rahayu village, Banyuasin regenc

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Indonesian doctor Susana Somali and her staff cut tightly-bound plastic ropes off dozens of whimpering dogs rescued from the butcher's block after being sold or

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The national COVID-19 task force has encouraged the public to keep wearing masks to prevent the transmission of the novel coronavirus, following a recent repor

Jakarta – The World Health Organization has urged Indonesia to perform more COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests on people suspected to have the illness because it has noted

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – For 32-year-old Wiji Cahyono, the back pains that have cost him so many nights of sleep are now becoming so unbearable that he felt "like dying", if it were

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – With the world racing to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Indonesia may miss an opportunity to increase its role in the global value chain of the pharmac

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Istiqlal Mosque in Central Jakarta will refrain from holding congregational prayers for the upcoming Idul Adha (Day of Sacrifice) this year amid the COVID

Jakarta – Police personnel occupy many positions that are not relevant to law and order. The force has a reputation for violence.

Farouk Arnaz, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – A man who works at the customer service unit of state-owned telecommunication company Telkomsel was arrested for allegedly stealing personal da