James Massola – Jakarta's provincial government began monitoring and tracking potential cases of coronavirus in January, more than a month before Indonesia belatedly reported its first

Amy Chew – New coronavirus cases are rising in Indonesia's provinces despite the government's efforts to contain the outbreak in Jakarta, as hundreds of thousands of migrant workers in

Barita News Lumbanbatu, adapted by Basten Gokkon, Deli Serdang, Indonesia – A forest in Indonesia's Sumatra Island is being cleared to build access roads for a state-funded dam project

Yuddy Cahya Budiman, Johan Purnomo, Bandung – A team of Indonesian engineers working around the clock says it has produced in two months a compact ventilator to sell at a fraction of t

Eryk Bagshaw and James Massola – A free trade deal covering $18 billion in agriculture, education and health services between Australia and Indonesia will be activated within two month

Richard Maude – Indonesian President Joko Widodo, facing pressure to act aggressively against rising coronavirus infections, has declared a national emergency and given virus hotspots

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Urban life is slowing down in Greater Jakarta, the region hit hardest by COVID-19, after authorities imposed large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in the past

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Internal rifts remain within the National Mandate Party (PAN) following a violent clash during its national congress in February and the resignation of Hanafi

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The COVID-19 outbreak has reshaped the communal practice of Buddhism in Indonesia, as with other faiths, as worship moves online to comply with calls by authori

Heru Andriyanto, Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – Indonesia has a total of 12,438 confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday, up by 367 in the past 24 hours, as the government plans to r

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Mardika Parama, Jakarta – A circular letter issued by the COVID-19 task force on Wednesday allows businesspeople and state officials that are involved in health and essential services

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – According to data from the National Traffic Police, a total of 30,193 vehicles, including private cars, buses and motorcycles, have been forced to turn back d

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia is confident Indonesia's economy would continue to grow in the second quarter of this year after the country recorded a 2.97 percent gross domes

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – Environmental advocacy group Greenpeace criticized President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo who planned to convert peatlands into rice fields.

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – The government is set to revise its data on confirmed and possible coronavirus cases across the country amid efforts to ramp up testing and to get a clearer

Michael Leach – Just two months after it was announced by Xanana Gusmao, Timor-Leste's majority parliamentary coalition has collapsed.

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – A white homemade hazmat suit was folded neatly near Sukamti's sewing machine in the corner of her living room in Wukirsari village, Sleman, Yogyakarta.

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Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The number of unemployed people across the country increased slightly to 6.88 million in February, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) data reveals, although this

Riska Rahman and Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government's planned relief program for borrowers affected by COVID-19 will hurt the liquidity of state-owned banks if they are not g

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded a steep drop in foreign tourist arrivals number in March as the COVID-19 pandemic decimates the country's tourism industry, Statistics Indo

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Indonesia's top fuel distributor, state-owned Pertamina, is offering a Ramadhan holiday fuel promotion for purchases of unsubsidized fuels amid the COVID-19 p

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy grew 2.97 percent in the first quarter, the weakest since 2001, as household spending and investment growth slowed amid the coronaviru

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Trade Minister Agus Suparmanto has asked traditional markets across the country to remain open to prevent sellers from incurring losses caused by the

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The Bekasi administration in West Java is set to conduct polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing starting Tuesday on residents passing the city's borders

Markus Makur, East Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara – While the COVID-19 pandemic forces students to study from home and interact with their tutors through the internet, a teacher in East

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government's new preemployment card program, a mix of cash aid and training subsidy for unemployed workers, needs to be converted to full-fledged

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – Migrant Care called on the Indonesian government on Monday to avoid a heavy-handed approach to health security toward repatriating Indonesian migrant worker

Jakarta – Indonesia will likely face a "drier than usual" dry season in key agricultural regions this year, President Jokowi Widodo said on Tuesday, adding that measures must be put in

Officials from the Muntigunung traditional village (desa adat) in Bali's Karangasem regency are reportedly investigating a case of incestuous rape, in which a 46-year-old man allegedly

Going by international coverage of the Covid-19 crisis in Indonesia, one might conclude that the country has little hope of managing the outbreak.

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Indonesia has bound to have polymerase chain reaction tests at 6,000 to 7,000 per day as the country lacks laboratories technician capable of carrying o

Eko Wahyudi, Jakarta – A work of journalism has yet again been subjected to the Electronic Information and Transactions Law (ITE Law) as the former editor in chief of local media start

Eko Wahyudi, Jakarta – The Indonesia Communication & Information System Security Research Center (CISSReC) on Monday reasserted the urgent need for House legislators to pass the pe

Jakarta – Former Banjarhits.id chief editor Diananta Putra has been detained at the South Kalimantan regional police (Polda Kalsel) detention centre since Monday May 4.

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's manufacturing output and new orders collapsed in April as the COVID-19 pandemic forced factories to close and crushed demand for manufactured

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Having lost to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's ticket in the 2019 presidential election, businessman and Gerindra Party politician Sandiaga Uno surprised and

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Access to clean water, housing and health service will be key if Indonesia is going to survive the Covid-19 pandemic, Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation, or YLBH

Kurnia Sari Aziza, Jakarta – A video posted by YouTuber Ferdian Paleka has gone viral on social media after his prank against waria or transwomen was not appreciated by netizens.

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) Coordinator Merah Johansyah Ismail suspects that the owners of mineral and coal (minerba) mining businesses are driving

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The domestic defense industry is feeling the pinch from COVID-19 as it struggles to maintain manufacturing output amid disruption to supply chains and

Ulta Levenia and Alban Sciascia – Since the beginning of 2020, 57 individuals suspected to be members of terrorist groups have been arrested by the Indonesian National Police.

One would hope that, in these challenging times, basic human decency is alive and well.

PT HM Sampoerna Tbk, the producer of some of Indonesia's most popular cigarette brands, says it's taking extra precautions regarding the distribution of its products after one of its f

Early reports have indicated that as the Covid-19 pandemic intensifies in Indonesia, domestic violence is emerging as a parallel public health crisis.

Fidelis Magalhaes – The Timorese people and their government are about to combat a historic shock to our struggling health care system and emerging economy.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – Residents in Pulau Sembilan village of Langkat regency, North Sumatra, refused to allow a Chinese fishing vessel to dock at a local port on Sund

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – COVID-19 national task force chief Doni Monardo has asked the public to prepare for a "new normal" for the next several months, saying physical distancing

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called for transparency in the distribution of social assistance in response to the COVID-19 outbreak amid mounting issue