Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration's sluggish delivery of crucial social assistance funds in response to the COVID-19 outbreak is putting the city's underprivileged cit

Antara, Muara Teweh – A flash flood swamped hundreds of houses in six villages in East Teweh Sub-district,, North Barito District, Central Kalimantan Province, after Teweh River overfl

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government announced on Sunday there had been 181 confirmed Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours to bring the country's total to 2,273, the h

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Heavy rain has caused flash floods and landslides in two districts of Tana Toraja regency in South Sulawesi, leaving at least four people dead.

Markus Makur, East Manggari – Christians in East Nusa Tenggara celebrated Palm Sunday in their own homes following the government's instructions to avoid social gatherings in an effort

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – A recent study by the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reveals that the high temperatures and humidity of Indonesia can, in fact, help cur

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Popular Muslim preachers have urged the public to stop stigma related to Covid-19 and avoid discrimination against its victims after reports about people in se

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch's coordinator, Adnan Topan Husodo, said on Friday a government regulation in lieu of law, or Perppu, on state financial policies an

Dyaning Pangestika and Yulia Savitri, Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry has suspended marriage registration for new applicants as of Wednesday.

Jakarta – Poaching and habitat loss have decimated Indonesia's orangutan population, but now coronavirus has emerged as another potential deadly threat to the critically endangered spe

Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors indicted businessman Saeful Bahri, who was also identified as a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI

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Alya Nurbaiti and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta and Medan – Regional authorities have released inmates early from penitentiaries across Indonesia following a regulation issued by the Law an

Jakarta – Judges at the Garut District Court in West Java have found a 20-year-old woman guilty of creating and starring in several pornographic videos, sentencing her to three years i

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The government is confident about the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) for medical workers in Indonesia, given that the domestic textile and garme

Jakarta – A Dengue fever outbreak in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) has worsened as the province records more than 200 patients treated for the disease in less than a week, while the number

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – The National Police's Water Police Directorate has arrested Sahril, 23, and Zulkarnaen, 25, on suspicion of illegal logging and shipping illegal timber in Me

Belseran Christ, Ambon – Dozens of travelers arriving at Yos Sudarso Port in Ambon, Maluku, on Wednesday morning reportedly expressed outrage after the city failed to provide them with

Tom Allard, Kanupriya Kapoor and Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – The number of funerals in Jakarta rose sharply in March, a development the governor of Indonesia's capital city said sugges

Markus You, Nabire – It is hoped that a new policy by Justice and Human Rights Minister (Menkumham) Yasonna Laoly to release thousands of convicted criminals from prisons across Indone

Indonesia – one of the worlds most populous and far-flung nations – only just closed its borders, but experts fear this came too late.

Ade Mardiyati – One Saturday morning in January, when Arif returned home from a fishing trip, his mother-in-law asked him to check on his young sister-in-law, who was in her room.

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Thousands of jobs within the country's aviation industry are at risk as the coronavirus pandemic has crippled almost all airline operators.

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The government has rolled out new housing loan subsidies and opened the door for more citizens to access the facility amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which i

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – A senior minister in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's Cabinet is adamant that SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes the deadly coronavirus disease, will soon get

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – About a month after Indonesia reported its first coronavirus cases and three days after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo declared the outbreak a public health eme

Guteriano Neves – As of today, Timor-Leste has one confirmed case of Covid-19. Nonetheless, the feeling of panic among the public has been mounting.

Farida Susanty and Markus Makur, Jakarta/West Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara – Physical distancing, closed shops and empty roads have changed the daily activities of Tedy Abdullah, a 27

Ghina Ghaliya and Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto has said that a variety of issues is hampering the country's efforts to contain the COVID-19 outbrea

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – One of Indonesia's biggest labor groups, the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI), intends to hold a massive protest against the omnibus bill on job

Galih Gumelar, News Desk – A study by the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) has warned that the novel coronavirus pandemic in the country may reach its peak in the next three months, cul

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has its eyes set on deliberating three problematic bills, namely the omnibus bill on job creation and revisions to the Criminal Co

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – A senior Cabinet minister has justified the government's decision to not officially ban people from traveling home for the Idul Fitri holiday, saying

Nina Loasana and Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has announced that mudik (mass exodus) from areas affected by the COVID-19 pandemic is haram – forbidden un

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – At least 204 Indonesian citizens abroad have now been infected by the highly contagious novel coronavirus, the Foreign Ministry has said, with five cases th

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Indonesia has been carrying out rapid testing that has resulted in the discovery of hundreds of potentially positive COVID-19 cases, but a backlog in further

Norman Harsono and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government has set a target of electrifying 433 remote villages in Indonesia's four most impoverished provinces before year end

Alexander R Arifianto – On March 31, 2020, Indonesian president Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo declared a national emergency to institute quarantine orders to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Jakarta – Automotive manufacturer PT Suzuki Indomobil Motor is halting its car production in Indonesia for two weeks in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Dili – Vice-minister of health, Elia Antonio dos Reis Amaral, has been sacked from her post.

Indonesian authorities have released dozens of prisoners from a main prison in West Papua's highlands.

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has asked the Indonesian government to grant him early release along with other prisoners to prevent a possible coronav

Jakarta – Palm oil plantations in top palm producer Indonesia have imposed protocols to prevent the spread of coronavirus among workers but have no plans to reduce workers' hours or ot

Tabita Diela, Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – A plunge in the rupiah could leave Indonesian firms exposed to $4 billion in debt next year, after credit ratings agencies hit some companies th

Jakarta – Three months of Firli Bahuri's chairmanship has ended hopes for the Corruption Eradication Commission. A betrayal of the reformasi mandate.

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The National Police have named 33 people suspects for allegedly stockpiling masks and hand sanitizers and selling them at higher prices amid increasing demand

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The government will disburse social aid to low-income families in order to dissuade people from participating in the Idul Fitri mudik (exodus), presidenti

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The government's recently issued import policy has failed to ensure a steady supply of garlic as importers have been late to complete garlic imports, Bus

Feriawan Hidayat, Dion Bisara, Bandung – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has asked for the central government's help to do more rapid testing for Covid-19 in the province, fearing that

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's response to contain the COVID-19 outbreak has been slower compared with some other countries in the region despite policies to limit the econo