Dian Septiari, Jakarta – Indonesia has garnered praise for its decision to provide humanitarian assistance to the nearly 100 Rohingya migrants stranded off the northern coast of Aceh t

Jakarta – A passenger was allowed on a Garuda Indonesia flight from Jakarta to Sorong, Papua, despite having recently tested positive for COVID-19, Sorong health authorities have said.

Kit Gillet – In 1965, the Indonesian military killed as many as one million of their own countrymen, destroying the third-largest communist party in the world and taking with it pretty

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia saw a new high in confirmed coronavirus cases on Saturday with 1,385 new cases to take the country's total to 52,812, as two worst-hit provinces Ea

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) have warned about potential vote buying in the upcoming simultaneous

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Thereis Kalla, Nabil Alfaruq, Jakarta – Some of Indonesia's listed companies will enjoy a lower income tax rate of 19 percent this year and next year, with a further 3 percent cut star

Antara, Jakarta – The Coalition of Civil Society Organizations has praised the local people and Government of North Aceh for their initiative and lead in rescuing Rohingya refugees in

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported a record 1,027 Covid-19 patients who recovered in the 24-hour period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 22,936 on Sunday.

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Central Java, home to more than 30 million people, has chosen a different approach to handle the COVID-19 outbreak rather than imposing large-scale social restr

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – An epidemiologist at the University of Indonesia, Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono, reminded the government to slow down in opening the schools at the new normal period.

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Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia is facing an uphill challenge during a transition period towards a new normal in many cities as people joined crowds, disobeyed health protoc

Max Walden – Almost 100 Rohingya people were helped ashore by locals from fishing villages on the northern tip of the Indonesian province of Aceh before officials had decided to allow

Jakarta – The divorce rate has increased significantly in Bandung, West Java, as the government eased COVID-19 restrictions in the so-called new normal period, after the rate had dropp

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Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Jakarta, the first epicenter of the COVID-19 epidemic in Indonesia, has reportedly brought the outbreak "under control", officials have said, in a statement tha

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Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Easing mobility restrictions in various regions across Indonesia will not provide an instant boost to the country's retail sector as wary consumers are expected

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Members of the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) from across the country have reported to the police in their respective regions an incide

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Dian Septiari, Jakarta – With concerns over economic catastrophe taking center stage at the 36th ASEAN Summit, which kicked off virtually on Friday, some country members of the regiona

Moch Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The central government has defended the employment of some 500 Chinese workers to work on nickel smelter projects in South Konawe regency, Southeast

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) supervisory council has questioned the commission's chairman, Firli Bahuri, about a helicopter ride following a complaint filed by

Binoy Kampmark – This week has not been a good one for the Australian legal system.

Jeffrey Hutton, Jakarta – The Covid-19 outbreak is under control in Indonesia's biggest province thanks to widespread testing and lockdown measures, said West Java governor Ridwan Kami

Jakarta – Chairman of the Synod of Indonesia Gospel Tabernacle Church (Kingmi) in Papua, Rev.

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in East Java has exceeded that of Jakarta, making the province Indonesia's COVID-19 epicenter.

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – Public acceptance of homosexuality in Indonesia has improved slightly in the past few years, a recently published study by Pew Research Center suggests, tho

Jakarta – Local authorities have shut down a bar in Kuta in Badung regency, Bali, for hosting a party that failed to comply with COVID-19 health protocol.

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – State-owned electricity company PLN has slashed its capital expenditure (capex) for this year by almost half to Rp 53.6 trillion (US$3.7 billion) from an init

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Convalescent plasma can help in the recovery of Covid-19 patients with a severe condition but may become harmful if used carelessly as a means to prevent the

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Grab's ride-hailing, food delivery and digital retail services have strengthened Indonesia's economic resiliency and increased the income of millions of Grab part

Fitria Chusna Farisa, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) says that cyber torture has become a new form of torture which is predicted to beco

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The government has been making adjustments in various sectors of the bureaucracy – including by relying more on the use of advanced technology – to prepare for

Diego Garcia Rodriguez and Khanis Suvianita – Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, a group facing worsening discrimination in Indonesia, have been supporting people im

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – Confederation of Indonesian Labor Unions (KSPI) president Said Iqbal said ride-hailing firm Gojek had violated the law on manpower for laying off 430 of its emp

Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat and Dikanaya Tarahita – This week, a total of 156 foreign workers from China arrived at Kendari Haluoleo Airport in Indonesia.

Ihsan Reliubun, Jakarta – The Jakarta regional representative council (DPD) deputy chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), Wiliam Yani, expressed his rejection

There is always a rational explanation for mysterious events, but the horror movie junkie in us was hoping that there was truth to the rumor that a terrifying flying head monster was b

Nearly 100 Rohingya people who were stranded off the coast of Indonesia were pulled to shore on Thursday by local people furious at local authorities' refusal to give them shelter beca

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The low number of women in the Indonesian Military (TNI) has hampered gender equality within the institution as mandated by the TNI Law, scholars and activi

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – As the government reallocates most of its resources to the mitigation of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, children from across the archipelago have spoken u

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Six Indonesian manufacturers of personal protective equipment (PPE) are preparing to export coveralls as they meet international standards for the pr

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – Mosques have been urged to implement the COVID-19 health protocols if they decided to hold the qurban sacrificial ceremony to mark Idul Adha (Day of Sacrifice

Jakarta – Amnesty International has urged the government to show support for Aceh residents after they rescued dozens of Rohingya refugees in Northern Aceh waters.

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo signed Wednesday Perpres No.

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Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Nearly 400,000 individual and corporate taxpayers have applied for tax incentives as the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted economic activity, according t

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