Tempo.Co, Jakarta – Two farmers in the Kawende mountains in Poso, Central Sulawesi, were allegedly mistaken to be members of the East Indonesia Mujahidin terrorist group by the Tinomba

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Head of the pedestrian's coalition 'Koalisi Pejalan Kaki' Alfred Sitorus on Monday argues that pedestrians of the capital city will probably not abide by p

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Dyaning Pangestika and Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – As part of a campaign against sexual harassment, a cactus shaped like a penis and testicles has been sold in a Twitter-based char

Rakhmat Nur Hakim, Jakarta – National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) Deputy Commissioner Hairansyah says that 2019 was a gloomy year for human rights (HAM) in Indonesia.

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Long queues and a throng of visitors are no longer common sights in hospitals across Indonesia as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and it is likely to stay

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Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign exchange (forex) reserves rose to US$130.5 billion in May thanks to the government's new debt issuance and increased forex levels stor

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has announced that ride-hailing ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers are allowed to transport passengers again starting on Monday.

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's 2020 budget deficit will widen further to accommodate a larger stimulus package, but economists and business representatives say it will still

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Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The usual bustle Jakarta is known for returned on Monday morning as commuters packed train stations across the city and its peripheral areas to get to the

Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – Restaurant owners are finding new ways to serve customers as they prepare new protocols to ensure safety for when they reopen for the first time since the

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has sent the Timor Leste Red Cross (CVTL) medical supplies for COVID-19 mitigation measures as part of ongoing efforts to str

Heru AndriyantoJakarta – Indonesia reported 50 more deaths from coronavirus on Sunday, bringing the total death toll to 1,851.

Triyan Pangastuti, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves swelled to $130.5 billion in May, up from $127.9 billion in April, as the government took out more loans from foreign

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has issued a circular stipulating requirements for people seeking to travel within or into the country during the transition to th

Jakarta – The rupiah's recent rally and capital inflows have been a breath of fresh air against the backdrop of a lacklustre domestic economy and increasing numbers of Covid-19 cases.

Grace Sihombing and Eko Listiyorini – Retail stores, restaurants and offices reopened in Indonesia's capital after more than two-months as authorities eased social restriction rules to

The Covid-19 pandemic has hit Indonesian workers hard.

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – Jakarta Metro Police spokesman Sr. Comr.

Jayapura – The Coalition for Law and Human Rights Enforcement of Papua complains about some issues that their clients encountered during the trial of seven Papuan political prisoners i

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – East Java was the biggest contributor to Indonesia's new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Monday, accounting for 43 percent of 847 cases nationwide in the p

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Investment said the Covid-19 pandemic has forced Indonesians to change their behavior and adopt a cleaner and

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The police have arrested three people and charged them with fraud for pretending to sell face masks to buyers in Indonesia and Hong Kong.

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesian business players are demanding the government provide an additional stimulus package of Rp 625.1 trillion (US$44.6 billion) in working cap

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Parties that failed to meet the legislative threshold in 2019 have voiced their objections to the House of Representatives' proposal to amend Law No.

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has expressed its opposition to granting Indonesian coal miners' request to relax coal royalty payments amid the COV

Rizki Fachriansyah, Sausan Atika and Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – The sight of busy roads, crowded bus shelters and train stations that have long defined capital Jakarta as a business h

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Jakarta – The Bali provincial administration has reported an increasing number of local COVID-19 transmissions in the resort island recently, particularly in the four regencies of Badu

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has called out the Indonesian government for failing to address human rights abuses in Papua, including dozens of extra-judicial k

Bisnis, Jakarta – The Indonesian government noted that the number of layoffs caused by the coronavirus disease or COVID-19 pandemic had reached 3,05 million as of June 2, 2020.

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – The giant wave of the United States' #BlackLivesMatter campaign has now swept across Indonesia.

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) is preparing health protocols to prevent COVID-19 transmission during the 2020 simultaneous regional elections, which th

Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) Minister Erick Thohir has appointed presidential spokesperson Fadjroel Rachman as the new commissioner of state-owned construction firm Waskita

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Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The West Java administration has extended large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in Bogor, Depok and Bekasi (Bodebek) until July 2.

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Nine fishermen's associations made up of 123 fishers at a fishery on Buru Island, Maluku, have been certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) wit

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Prosecutors at the Balikpapan district court in East Kalimantan are seeking between five and 17 years of prison for seven Papuans charged with treason f

Jakarta – An online petition calling for the release of South Kalimantan journalist Diananta "Nanta" Putera Samedi, who was recently arrested for his reporting of a land dispute, conti

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James Massola and Amilia Rosa – Indonesia has recorded its largest single-day rise in new coronavirus infections, with 993 new cases reported on Saturday and 31 new deaths.

The human rights watchdog TAPOL has condemned a demand by Indonesian prosecutors for a 17-year imprisonment for West Papuan activist Buchtar Tabuni.

In 2002, Rukam villagers sold their land to a palm oil company. Since then, they've seen their peatlands, forests and fish stocks vanish.

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – The government claims it has ensured there will be a sufficient supply of food to avoid a potential food crisis following the COVID-19 outbreak.

Yeremia Sukoyo, Semarang, Central Java – A helicopter belonging to the Indonesian Army crashed and burst into flame in the Central Java town of Kendal on Saturday afternoon, killing fo

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Indonesia receives hundreds of thousands of health equipment from China, including PCR testing kits, personal protective equipment, and masks on Friday.

Jakarta – Companies must face the new normal with innovation. There will be no place for the old ways of doing business.

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The government plans to start the new academic year normally in July, but classes may reopen at a later time due to national health crisis caused by the coron