Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesian borrowers are selling a record amount of dollar bonds, as the country's strong fiscal track record in recent years fuels optimism on its ability

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Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Syamsi Dhuha Foundation (SDF), a nonprofit organization representing autoimmune disease sufferers, has urged the government to pay more attention to people wit

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia's parliament has passed a controversial bill that effectively gives miners bigger concessions and longer contracts, with fewer environmental obl

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) researcher Egi Primayogha suspects that the practice of state highjacking or state capture has occurred through the revisions to Law Number 4

Imam Budilaksono, Jakarta – The chairperson of the Justice and Prosperity Party (PKS) faction in the House of Representatives (DPR), Jazuli Juwaini, says that his fraction opposes the

Hendartyo Hanggi, Dio Suhenda (Intern Translator), Jakarta – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has expressed his concerns over the inflating number of social aid recipients, as it has in

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Pandu Riono, an epidemiologist from the University of Indonesia (UI), assessed that Indonesia could not apply herd immunity to suppress the spread of the new co

Antara, Jakarta – A researcher from the Research Center for Population of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Rusli Cahyadi, assessed that the government's idea that allows pe

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government is set to provide a Rp 25 trillion (US$1.68 billion) stimulus package that includes airfare and hotel discounts to speed up the recovery of

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Indonesians are "fairly satisfied" with their country's response to the coronavirus pandemic, yet they are the most "surprised" at how other countries are b

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has proposed involving military forces to strengthen Indonesia's fight against terrorism through a presidential regulation (Perp

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – State-owned pharmaceutical company PT Kimia Farma has temporarily halted the distribution of Biozek rapid test kits following controversy surrounding the kits'

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The Indonesian Palm Oil Association, or Gapki, has reported higher export of palm oil but lower domestic consumption of the commodity during the coronavirus pande

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman said complaints about the government's social aid programs dominated hundreds of inquiries to its new Covid-19 online complaint cente

Sally Sara, Anne Worthington and Victor Mambor – In the highlands of Papua, in easternmost Indonesia, villagers are returning to the burnt-out remains of their abandoned homes.

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman and Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is mulling over a plan to start easing the COVID-19 social restrictions in June to allow businesses

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar, South Sulawesi – The police have arrested two brothers in Bantaeng regency, South Sulawesi, and named them suspects for allegedly killing their own 18-year-o

Four men in the West Java capital of Bandung have been arrested for selling pork disguised as beef in the past year.

The Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) protocol, enforced to curb the spread of the coronavirus, has been in place in Jakarta since April 10, but there were never any clear guideli

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Palm oil companies will no longer be required to allocate a fifth of their land for smallholder farmers under a new bill, a move activists and officials c

Shuli Ren – Since surviving an IMF bailout and violent change of government during the Asian financial crisis, Indonesia has shown an uncanny resilience in bouncing back from global se

Pacific Media Watch – The regent of Mimika in Papua has urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to temporarily close a mine in the regency owned by gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indon

Jakarta – The government has suspended entry for foreign workers during the COVID-19 outbreak following reports that hundreds of Chinese workers have tried to enter Southeast Sulawesi.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – The authorities have confirmed that at least seven crew members were killed in a fire on board the crude oil tanker Jag Leela at Belawan Port in

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has passed an executive order that will expand the government's authority to allocate emergency coronavirus spending despite mount

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Insisting against implementing large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) to slow the spread of COVID-19 across the resort island, the Bali administration has

Dwi Bowo Raharjo and Stephanus Aranditio – The release and reintegration of five out of six Papuan political prisoners (tapol) was suddenly cancelled today, Tuesday May 12.

Eisya A. Eloksari, Jakarta – Homegrown gaming companies are mostly thriving during the COVID-19 pandemic as people spend more time playing games during quarantine.

Ramadani Saputra, Jakarta – A group of sportscasters working for state-owned TV broadcaster TVRI is demanding up to seven months in back salaries, claiming they haven't been paid since

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Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – This week comes as a stark reminder for people to protect and uphold the rights of the country's many unsung heroes amid the COVID-19 outbreak: nurses wh

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – At least 22 workers were injured and tens of other crew members trapped when crude oil tanker Jag Leela exploded into flames at Belawan Port in Medan, North Su

Belseran Christ, Maluku – The Maluku provincial administration has temporarily closed Haulussy Hospital in Ambon after 25 medical staffers working in the facility tested positive for C

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The liquidity of Indonesian banks will remain in check despite economic risks brought by the COVID-19 pandemic and loan restructuring program that defers

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – With the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) and calls to cancel travel plans still in place, tourism workers have had to resort to temporary jobs to s

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Riska Rahman and Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government has issued a regulation on economic recovery to support, maintain and strengthen businesses, stipulating state capital inj

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Jakarta is home to some 10 million people, many of whom live in cramped, adjoined houses or in informal settlements with shared toilets.

Jakarta – The government is set to allow people under 45 years old to work outside their homes so as to prevent more people from being laid off amid mobility restrictions in place to c

Reza Gunadha and Erick Tanjung – Six Papuan political prisoners in Jakarta, namely Surya Anta Ginting and his companions are to be released from Salemba prison in Jakarta today, Tuesda

West Papuan independence movement leader Benny Wenda has demanded "urgent attention from the international community" to claims that Indonesia is using the Covid-19 crisis to further m

Budiarti Utami Putri, Dio Suhenda (Intern Translator), Jakarta – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Chief Secretary, Harmensyah, has called for all regions across Java to a

Novy Lumanauw, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Dion Bisara, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo held a meeting on Tuesday to evaluate how the large-scale social restriction, or PSBB, has wo

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – While many countries are imposing strict lockdown policies, Indonesia has recorded an influx of citizens returning from abroad – nearly 90,000 as of Monday.

A family of eight killed a 16-year-old girl in Bantaeng, South Sulawesi, police say, after the girl allegedly brought dishonor to the family by getting intimate with a man out of wedlo

A West Papuan church leader says he has support of local Christian churches over his right to speak about violence in the region.

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening the stability of Indonesia's financial system, as it causes a supply-demand shock and weakens the country's financial

Suherdjoko, Semarang – The Central Java administration is set to distribute sembako (staple food packages) to its residents living in Greater Jakarta, as the COVID-19 crisis has seen a

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Ori Kurniawan, the first Indonesian patient who has been reportedly reinfected with the COVID-19 virus, has said that he generally feels well, but had develope