Jakarta – The police have named a former Starbucks Indonesia employee a suspect in an alleged sexual harassment case after he posted on social media a video showing himself and another

Hengky Ola Sura, Sikka, East Nusa Tenggara – Award winning author, Felix K.

Pacific Media Watch – A senior Indonesian government official and a New Zealand journalism professor have clashed over differing perspectives on access for journalists and media to the

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The delivery services of e-commerce platforms and logistics firms have been affected by the logistics disruptions caused by the various large-scale social res

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia has raised 100 billion yen (US$930 million) from the issuance of five-tranche samurai bonds to help the government cover the fiscal deficit and

Undercounting COVID-19 cases is believed to be a problem hardly exclusive to Indonesia, but a recent claim from experts may be the strongest indication yet that some Indonesian regions

An Indonesian government official has characterised recent racism against West Papuans as an isolated pattern.

Heru Asprihanto, Jakarta – Confusion reigned in malls and markets in Indonesia's capital on Thursday as a new ban on single-use plastics in one of the world's biggest ocean-polluting n

Moch Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested East Kutai Regent Ismunandar and his wife, East Kutai Legislative Council (DPRD) speaker En

Jakarta – Indonesia is now officially an upper-middle income country, an upgrade from its previous status as lower-middle income, according to the World Bank's latest country classific

Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – Indonesia's anti-monopoly watchdog has decided to fine Singapore-based Grab's local unit after the ride-hailing startup was deemed to have provided preferential

Jakarta – Riau and South Sumatra, two provinces on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, have declared an emergency alert over land and forest fires as the regions enter the peak of this y

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD has instructed the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to immediately arrest Djoko Soegiha

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – The COVID-19 epidemic has not slowed the onset of the seasonal dengue fever across the country, the Health Ministry has said, with 70,418 cases and 458

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Fatmawati General Hospital in South Jakarta has denied news about Idul Fitri holiday bonus (THR) and salary cuts, as reported by The Jakarta Post on May 21.

Fadli, Batam – The Indonesian government has asked Singapore to soon reopen its borders, particularly those that connect the city state to the tourist areas of Bintan and Batam in Riau

Moch Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Anwar, an ad hoc corruption judge at the Jakarta Corruption Court, has been appointed to serve as one of the commissioners for PT Pertamina Patra Ni

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The COVID-19 outbreak has somewhat shifted people's perspective on public transportation, making them see it as presenting a high risk of transmission, especial

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Privately owned Lion Air Group has laid off 2,600 contract employees at its subsidiary airlines Lion Air, Wings Air and Batik Air amid declining flight traffi

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Miners in Indonesia, the world's top coal exporting country, have decided to cut domestic production by 50 million tons this year in their bid to increase glo

Fana Suparman, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, arrested East Kutai District Head Ismunandar and his wife Encek Firgasih, the speaker of the district legislativ

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Investment in the mining industry is expected to fall short by US$4.74 billion this year, 40 percent of the initial target, as a result of delays in several s

Moch Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Graft watchdog Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has reported the government's preemployment card program to the Indonesian Ombudsman for alleged mal

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – For years, media coverage on Papua has straddled narratives on politics, natural resources, development, security and human rights, attracting attention

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Ismi Damayanti and Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – Siti Alfira's family has been hoping to receive some financial assistance ever since the Indonesian government announced plans in April to pr

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Helen Davidson and Christopher Knaus – Decades-old documents relating to Australia's involvement in the Indonesian invasion of Timor-Leste will remain secret after a court upheld the A

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia is running out of time to rescue its businesses from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, and banks should immediately ramp up promised worki

Jakarta – In a remote area of Papua's Pegunungan Bintang regency, purchasing staple commodities will put a far bigger dent in your wallet than in most other areas of Indonesia.

Jakarta – Authorities in Bekasi, West Java, have discovered a cluster of COVID-19 cases in a factory run by publicly listed consumer goods giant PT Unilever Indonesia in the Cikarang i

Heru Andriyanto, Dina Manafe, Jakarta – Indonesia reported 1,385 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday to equal the highest single-day rise four days ago, taking the country's total to 57,77

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Several administrative issues have hampered the government's efforts to disburse COVID-19 funds swiftly, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said,

Jakarta – Home Minister Tito Karnavian has said that holding the upcoming simultaneous regional elections amid the COVID-19 pandemic could actually be beneficial, even as experts and o

Jakarta – Two provinces, Riau and South Sumatra, have declared an emergency alert status for land and forest fires as the regions enter the peak of this year's dry season.

Jakarta – Hundreds of students from the Jakarta United Student Movement (GMJB) Alliance held a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemendikbud) building on

Gemma Holliani Cahya and Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Activists and victims supporting the sexual violence eradication bill (RUU PKS) have stepped up their online campaign to push for the

Jakarta – Several vendors at Jakarta's markets are finding that shoppers are yet to abide by the administration's newly enacted ban on single-use plastic bags, with many shoppers arriv

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – A student from the National University (UNAS) in South Jakarta has been reported to the police after protesting against the university's fee discount policy ea

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – A House of Representatives plan to withdraw the highly anticipated sexual violence bill (RUU PKS) from this year's National Legislation Program (Prolegnas) pri

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Riza Roidila Mufti and Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded a slight monthly increase in foreign tourist visits in May after a sharp drop in the previous months but experts

Jakarta – Soekarno-Hatta International Airport has recorded an influx of air passengers and airport visitors as airlines have resumed operations under eased restrictions in the transit

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' Legislation Body (Baleg) has officially dropped the long-awaited sexual violence eradication bill (RUU PKS) from this year's Nati

Moch Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is set to file an appeal against the Jakarta Corruption Court's verdict sentencing former youth and spor

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – "Tak kenal maka tak sayang." This Indonesian adage seems to ring true when it comes to Australians, who still lack trust in Indonesia to do good in the w

Budiman Minasny – The anti-racism protest that started in the US has spread to Europe and the world.

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Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Confirmed cases of coronavirus infections in Indonesia soared by 1,624 on Thursday, the highest single-day rise since the outbreak, to take the country's tot

Yustinus Paat, Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration will continue requiring visitors to provide entry permit when entering the capital city, despite mounting critic