Rising job losses and persistent xenophobia over the origins of the coronavirus are leading to growing resentment against Chinese migrant workers in Indonesia.

Jakarta – The Central Java administration has formed a team to track down about 1,500 residents who attended a mass religious gathering in South Sulawesi, following the emergence of a

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesian officials have begun discussions about reopening South-east Asia's largest economy in phases starting from next month, as job losses accelerate and bus

Jakarta – Reports about the easing of restrictions in other countries are ever so tempting.

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Health Ministry reported its biggest one-day rise in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases as it confirmed 533 new cases on Saturday.

Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – Halal food is rising in popularity as people turn to religious practices for comfort during this time of heightened uncertainty and anxiety, reports have

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – In a worst-case scenario, it may be necessary to kill zoo animals to feed other animals to resolve a hunger crisis at zoos stemming from a lack of revenu

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's household spending is expected to contract this year as consumers turn pessimistic amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disrupted businesses

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Fitch Solutions has forecast Indonesia's GDP to contract by 1.3 percent this year, compared with 2.8 percent economic growth in its previous projection, a

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The government's latest move to allow public transportation services to resume, even as the mudik (exodus) ban remains in force, has added unnecessary complica

Asip Hasani, Surabaya, East Java – While other regions have claimed that large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) have helped flatten the COVID-19 infection curve, East Java health autho

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – State-owned electricity company PLN acknowledged that the use of a new calculation method had caused an increase in electricity bills in April.

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Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) has spoken out against a circular issued by the Manpower Ministry that would purportedly allow employe

Sharon Bessell and Angie Bexley – A lack of access to a household toilet and clean water are putting many people in parts of Indonesia at risk of infection from the coronavirus.

Fadhilah Fitri Primandari – The Covid-19 outbreak has once again exposed Indonesia's lack of preparedness to handle disasters and emergencies.

Febriana Firdaus – Thousands of workers at the world's largest copper and gold mine, run by U.S.-based Freeport McMoRan in the Indonesian province of Papua, have been instructed to rem

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Activists in Indonesia have filed a legal challenge to stop legislation that would dismantle environmental protections in favor of facilitating business.

An online petition closing in on a thousand signatures is calling for the reopening of beaches across Bali, arguing that people should be allowed access as long as they obey social dis

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Indonesia's first McDonald's restaurant in the Sarinah shopping center in Central Jakarta, which for years has been an icon for urbanites in the capital, will

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – Indonesia will start exporting baby lobsters after a previous ban aimed at conserving the wild population of the crustacean was lifted by the fisheries ministr

Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – Indonesian provinces have blamed flawed distribution of reagents, too few laboratories and a lack of expertise for preventing them from getting near Preside

Ferdian Paleka was finally arrested early this morning following almost a week of pursuit, police say, after the YouTuber evaded authorities over his hugely controversial transphobic v

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Foreign exchange (forex) reserves surged to US$127.9 billion in April on the back of the government's issuance of US dollar-denominated bonds in the same

Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – The Trade Ministry has issued a circular asking regents and mayors in Indonesia's regions to support the operations of traditional markets while im

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry has decided to cancel its plan to issue "pandemic bonds", which were initially prepared as a part of the country's efforts to fund th

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – Fishermen in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) have suffered a major decline in their income not only because of smaller fish catches but also as a re

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Since Jakarta implemented large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) to curb the spread of COVID-19, 38-year-old Rasmono from Batang, Central Java, has lost his li

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The COVID-19 pandemic has hindered the government's efforts to attract new investment into the country, as evidenced by the new quarterly figures, ac

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The Muslim fashion industry is experiencing a sharp decline in revenue at a time when the Ramadan festivities would normally lead to peak sales, as C

Jakarta – Two people were killed and four severely injured following a landslide in a quarry in Blimbing village, Rembang regency, Central Java, on Wednesday afternoon.

Heru Andriyanto and Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has expressed concerns poverty rate in the country could climb to 12 percent from the current 9.2 percent

Jakarta – Tangerang District Court in Banten has sentenced two underage members of a so-called anarcho-syndicalist group to four months in prison despite attempts to get them noncustod

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Vlogger Ferdian Paleka has been arrested after posting a YouTube video of him and his friend apparently pulling a "prank" on transwomen by giving them fake sta

Istiqomatul Hayati, Jakarta – Police fugitive and Youtube content creator Ferdian Paleka, who briefly evaded police arrest, was eventually nabbed by the Bandung Police on early Friday,

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Two weeks after Indonesia banned air and sea travel to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the transport ministry has confirmed that flights and pu

Antara, Timika – The Mimika Legislative Council (DPRD), Papua province, wrote to President Joko Widodo or Jokowi in Jakarta, suggesting a temporary closure of PT Freeport Indonesia in

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Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – As countries around the world gradually relax their pandemic curbs, Indonesia appears intent on easing its large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) amid claims

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Andin is haunted by memories of being forced into an exorcism to "save" her from being transgender – a ritual that could become mandatory for Indonesia's LGBT c

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – The government's policy to allow the use of public transportation has the potential to increase the number of Covid-19 infection.

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Social Affairs Minister Juliari Batubara has responded to mounting criticism surrounding the delivery of aid, saying the data discrepancies in social assistanc

Suherdjoko, Semarang – The Central Java administration has announced that Brebes has been designated a COVID-19 "red zone" after 16 of its residents tested positive for the virus.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – As many as 30 female students from the Indonesian Islamic University (UII) in Yogyakarta have come forward and reported IM, an alumni of the school, to t

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Shortages in key commodities have been reported in most of Indonesia's 34 provinces as the nation copes with the double whammy of the coronavirus out

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Indonesian netizens have turned to memes to criticize the Communications and Information Ministry's apparent blase attitude toward a major data breach affec

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on the government and the public to flatten the curve of COVID-19 transmission in the country this month "by any means necessary".

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Trains, buses, planes and ships in Indonesia will resume operations from today, weeks earlier than planned, even as the country maintains its ban on the annua

Jakarta – The Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) is urging President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to temporarily halt operations by mining companies around the country which they believe are negl