Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The number of cured or discharged Covid-19 patients in Indonesia increased by a record 1,190 on Saturday to a total of 34,719, or 46.9 percent of the overall

Jakarta – The Health Ministry's disease control and prevention director general, Achmad Yurianto, announced on Friday that the term "new normal" to describe Indonesia's post-pandemic e

Kim McGrath – In the first week of January 2019, a private jet landed at Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport in Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has added 15,962 confirmed cases of coronavirus since the opening of the month, or 1,596 new cases per day, as the country's most densely-populated

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government on Wednesday issued a new regulation for its flagship incentivized training program to close loopholes in the previous regulation that

Jakarta – When complaining in front of his cabinet, the President simply showed his weak leadership. It is time to replace incompetent ministers.

Antara, Jakarta – Commissioner Otniel Siahaan has been officially stripped of his position as the Percut Sei Tuan Police Sector chief following alleged police abuse that was committed

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Epidemiologist at the University of Indonesia (UI) Syahrizal Syarif on Thursday said the surging number of COVID-19 spread in Jakarta, as well as in other Indones

Vindry Florentin, Jakarta – Indonesian coal entrepreneurs are exploring new export destinations in non-traditional markets in the Asian region, including Vietnam and Pakistan.

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Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Fachrul Razi appears to have backed off from a plan to tap into the Indonesian Military's (TNI) resources

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The National Police have brought multiple charges relating to corruption and money laundering against captured fugitive Maria Pauline Lumowa, who has been want

Jakarta – A French retiree could face the death penalty in Indonesia on charges that he molested over 300 children and beat those who refused to have sex with him, authorities said Thu

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have stopped an investigation into alleged bribery involving a Jakarta State University (UNJ) staff member, claiming no laws had been violated.

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – The World Health Organisation said Indonesia should start to prioritize tests for Covid-19 suspects to improve its tracing capability – instead of spending about

Police in Banyuasin regency, South Sumatra have arrested a young man who allegedly raped and killed his own elementary school teacher, citing childhood grudge as a motive for the crime

Labuhan Lombok (AFP) – An Indonesian politician is under fire for ordering female civil servants to wear face veils once a week in what he defended as a bid to guard against the corona

Jakarta – A group made up of activists and regional officials submitted on Friday a request for a judicial review of Indonesia's mining law at the Constitutional Court, arguing there h

Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – A man groped my breast in broad daylight when I was walking with my coworkers after lunch near our office in Palmerah, just 10 minutes' walk from the House

Alexander R Arifianto and Jefferson Ng – A draft law on Pancasila Ideological Guidance (RUU Haluan Ideologi Pancasila, HIP) was recently proposed by the Indonesian parliament.

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – A minister touted a necklace made of eucalyptus while researchers, including from the national intelligence agency, announced the discovery of a combin

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has issued a regulation on the upcoming 2020 regional polls that stipulates health protocols for the concurrent election

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Syahril Parlindungan, who allegedly sexual assaulted dozens of altar boys of St.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Several studies have found increasing levels of frustration, anger, stress, fear, anxiety and other negative emotions during the pandemic.

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has removed politician Rieke Diah Pitaloka from her post as House of Representatives Legislation Bod

Jeffrey Hutton, Jakarta – Indonesia is pushing ahead with a data protection law following a series of high-profile data breaches in recent months at some of its biggest e-commerce comp

Christopher Knaus – Bernard Collaery has signalled he will appeal against a ruling that shrouds crucial parts of his trial in secrecy.

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – The COVID-19 pandemic is now threatening access to HIV/AIDS treatments, as countries, including Indonesia, are focusing on curbing the highly infectious

Firdia Lisnawati, Denpasar – Indonesia's resort island of Bali partially reopened after a three-month virus lockdown Thursday, allowing local people and stranded foreign tourists to re

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has once again called on his Cabinet to accelerate and streamline bureaucratic procedures in mitigating the overarching imp

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government has pledged to accelerate healthcare spending, including disbursing incentives to medical workers, as bureaucratic red tape hinders the pro

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Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman has urged the government to review the regulation on COVID-19 rapid tests as there might be price discrepancies between test providers, resulting in

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Budi Sutrisno and Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD has expressed optimism fugitive Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra can be tracked

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Jakarta – A 21-year-old woman who was the victim of rape allegedly committed by seven men was found dead on Wednesday, apparently by her own hand at her home in Bangkalan, Madura Islan

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Mardika Parama and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – A lack of financing and the country's age-old issues with land acquisition have delayed the development of the government's strateg

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – State-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura I (AP I) recorded an increase in passenger numbers in early July after the government extended the expiry date for p

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Indonesia has reported the highest daily rise of COVID-19 cases for two days in a row, with 2,657 cases recorded on Thursday, bringing the total number of i

Toru Takahashi, Bangkok – Indonesian President Joko Widodo is known for his gentle personality.

James Massola and Amilia Rosa – Indonesia has recorded a huge jump in daily coronavirus cases with 2657 new infections reported on Thursday.

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has opened a complaint service at St.

Jakarta – No wonder many people have dubbed fugitive tycoon Djoko Sugiharto Tjandra "Joker" as he has turned the Indonesian justice system into a laughing stock.

Benny Wenda – For over 50 years, Indonesia has been promising West Papua "autonomy". Each time, underneath autonomy lies only bullets and killings.

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The government will temporarily turn its preemployment card program, which included a mix of social assistance and up-skilling for laid off workers affected by

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Two resident doctors from Airlangga University (Unair) in Indonesia's COVID-19 epicenter – Surabaya, East Java – had been on track to wrap up years of studie

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Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Indonesia's high rate of COVID-19 infection has not stopped people throughout the archipelago from refusing to be tested, largely because of employment concerns