Apriza Pinandita and Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representative's Commission I overseeing foreign affairs started on Tuesday fit and proper tests for Indonesian ambassadorial

Meitilda Yaung, Darwin, Australia – The long history of systematic racism against African-Americans in the United States seems to have reached its breaking point over the last few week

An official from the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment says airlines operating in Indonesia are permitted to raise their ticket prices and make use of the upper

Catherine Graue – June in Timor-Leste would usually mean the end of the wet season and a drop in cases of dengue fever.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – As soon as Indonesia announced its first two COVID-19 cases on Mar 2, hundreds of thousands of people began flocking to online healthcare platform Halodoc with

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on law enforcement officers to work hard to anticipate and act decisively against his functionaries found to be takin

Jakarta – The National Police have named three people as suspects in a case of alleged human trafficking on Chinese-flagged fishing vessel Lu Qing Yuan Yu 901.

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Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – House of Representatives Commission III, which oversees legal affairs, is set to question Attorney General ST Burhanuddin regarding the one-year prison sentenc

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The Health Ministry is planning to extend the operational hours of polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, laboratories for Covid-19 around the country to meet Pre

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – This year's national census shows that Indonesians are becoming more intolerant of corruption.

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The lawyers of two police officers on trial for their alleged roles in an acid attack against Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesia is expecting investment from American, Japanese and South Korean firms seeking to relocate their factories out of China and set up manufact

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Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The government has rejected a plan to deliberate a bill initiated by the House of Representatives on Pancasila Ideology Guidelines (HIP) amid outcry from membe

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – More than half of schools across the country say they are not ready to resume face-to-face learning in the so-called "new normal" period due to a lack of in

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – A ventilator developed by the University Indonesia (UI) has passed clinical trials and is ready for distribution to hospitals, the university announced on Tues

Michele Ford – For the last thirty or so years, Indonesia's small and divided union movement has relied primarily on its mobilisational capacity in key industrial centres to wrest conc

Deny Prastyo Utomo, Surabaya – Dozens of Papuan students held a demonstration at the Apsari Park in front of the governor's office in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya on Tu

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The sluggish handling of past human rights violations has raised questions about the government's commitment to resolve them, as the National Commissi

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) head of networking and campaign, Arip Yogiawan, on Monday addressed the recent hacking attempts against acti

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – When President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo tapped Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) chairman Ma'ruf Amin as his running mate in the 2019 presidential election, the motiv

Yuni Sri Rahayu, 38, was working at two different homes in Indonesia's capital Jakarta when COVID-19 hit.

Ramadani Saputra, Jakarta – For the past five years, Abi – not his real name – has had three distinct recurring dreams that have almost cost him his sleep.

Dina Fitri Anisa, Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – The Indonesian Medical Association, or IDI, has warned that during the transition period to a new normal, public transportation and t

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported a record number of cured or discharged Covid-19 patients on Sunday, with 755 being declared free from coronavirus in the 24-hour period.

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The Indonesian police said members of shadowy terror network Jemaah Islamiyah are regrouping, following the arrest of a number of suspected militants in several

Heru Andriyanto, Yeremia Sukoyo, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military needs to modernize its defense system and do it as soon as possible, especially after two military aircraft crashed w

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – For millions of Indonesians, pasar (traditional market) has always been the first stop to buy daily supplies, thanks to affordable prices, a chance for haggling

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – An Indonesian Air Force Hawk 209 jet fighter crashed in a residential area of Kampar regency, Riau, on Monday morning.

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia booked a trade surplus of US$2.09 billion in May as imports fell steeper than the export slump against the backdrop of social restrictions world

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Holidaymakers have begun planning trips, a positive sign for the hard-hit tourism industry, but the financial concerns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic-induced

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign debt growth accelerated in April, driven mainly by the government's issuance of sovereign debt papers (SBN) and global bonds to cover

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Retailers and shopping centers should run an extensive public relation (PR) campaign regarding their property's health and safety standards to lure consumers

Patrick O'Connor – The East Timorese government has widened the multi-party coalition on which it is based, securing the support of 41 out of the 65 parliamentarians.

Thousands of police and military personnel are going to ensure precautions against COVID-19 are being observed, police said, as hundreds of malls in the Greater Jakarta Area are reopen

Bintang Emon, a rising comedian known for his strong satire game, is facing an onslaught of character-assassinating accusations over his takedown of the justice system – and, by extens

Police in Tangerang regency, Banten are investigating the death of a teenage girl who is believed to have died after she was drugged and gang raped by seven men, one of whom was her bo

Jenny Munro – Just as it has in many countries around the world, the death of George Floyd in the United States has prompted a broader discussion about racism in Indonesia.

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Monday reminded law enforcers to focus on prevention in terms of supervising the country's financial accountability amidst the

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leader, Bambang Widjojanto along with public figures, on Sunday, paid a visit to one of the anti-graft watchdog's

Budi Sutrisno and Dhoni Setiawan, Jakarta – Protests took place simultaneously in several cities in Indonesia on Monday demanding that authorities drop all charges and release seven Pa

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – As Indonesia struggles to contain one of the deadliest coronavirus outbreaks in Asia, the country's president has quietly issued a new regulation on emine

Ernes Kakisina, Fardah, Sorong, W Papua – Michael Manufandu, a senior official of Papua, opined that the special autonomy status granted to Papua and West Papua has heralded significan

Reza Gunadha and Yosea Arga Pramudita – Demonstrators from the Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners (Tapol) held a protest action at the Aspiration Park and the Supreme Cou

Jakarta – Demonstrations demanding the release of seven Papuans being tried on treason charges at the Balikpapan District Court in East Kalimantan were not just held in Jakarta.

M Nurhadi and Muhammad Ilham Baktora – An action calling for the release of Papuan political prisoners (tapol) which was held at the zero kilometer point in the Central Java city of Yo

Tubagus Achmad – A rally by the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) in the East Java city of Malang on Monday June 15 demanded the release of Papuan political prisoners (