Dili – The threat posed by the coronavirus (Covid-19) has forced the Catholic Church in Timor-Leste to cancel mass during Easter in the whole country.

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – A landslide hit Maulu hamlet in Rembon district, Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi, on Thursday morning, killing a villager and destroying two houses.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Though the government has yet to decide whether to ban this year's Idul Fitri mudik (exodus), many Jakarta workers have reportedly returned to their hometowns ac

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The Jakarta Council has agreed to defer the search for Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan's deputy governor until April 6, after the city's COVID-19 state of emerg

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The Trade Ministry's data from 34 provinces are showing a reasonable national average price for staple food, except for sugar and garlic that have shown a sig

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Environmental experts have warned of a resurgence in illegal logging in Indonesia after the government declared that wood exports would no longer have to

Yudha Baskoro – The Jakarta provincial government has issued its standard funeral procedures to bury Covid-19 victims.

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta, Central Java – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his family gathered on Thursday to pay their final respects to Jokowi's late mother, Sujiatmi Notomiharj

Jakarta – The Cianjur Police criminal investigation unit has arrested four suspects, identified only by the initials IS, RN, YH and CR, for stealing hundreds of boxes of masks from Pag

Jakarta – A video showing a family uncovering the shroud of a deceased woman suspected to have been COVID-19-positive in Kolaka regency, Southeast Sulawesi went viral over social media

Jakarta – The National Police have arrested four individuals allegedly affiliated with the Islamic State-linked Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) terror network in Batang regency, Central J

Jakarta – Working from home takes on a whole new meaning in the fight against graft in Indonesia, with courts moving to the virtual world to hear corruption cases.

Arya Dipa, Jakarta and Bandung – After receiving medical supplies from China, the country is set to hold COVID-19 tests in Jakarta, West Java and Banten, focusing on vulnerable groups

Temboro (East Java) – Only the rider's eyes were visible from behind her black face veil.

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Dozens of patients put under surveillance for COVID-19 crowded the emergency hospital at the Kemayoran athletes village in Central Jakarta after it opened on M

Agustinus Hari, Markus Makur, Belseran Christ and Benny Mawel, Manado/Ambon/Jayapura – Several churches across Indonesia have decided to cancel their Easter celebrations, planned for t

Patrick O'Connor – East Timor recorded its first confirmed COVID-19 virus case on Saturday.

Jakarta – To protect the economy from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has decided to speed up the disbursement of training funds for workers through the preemploym

Jakarta – Despite various controversies and an allegation of ethical violations, police general Firli Bahuri was selected by the House of Representatives as the new chairman of the Cor

Jakarta – A total of 470 boxes of surgical masks have reportedly been stolen from Pagelaran General Hospital in Cianjur, West Java.

Rizki Fachriansyah and Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The COVID-19 situation is already bad in Indonesia, which now has the highest death toll in Southeast Asia just a few weeks after declari

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – At least five high-ranking central and regional government officials have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Tuesday.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The Financial Services Authority (OJK) will extend loan payment deadlines for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) for

Tom Allard, Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – Indonesia has a significant deficit in hospital beds, medical staff and intensive care facilities as health experts warn that it is primed to be

Jeffrey Hutton, Jakarta – On Monday (March 23), Indonesia's Ministry of State Owned Enterprises opened the 1,800-bed Covid-19 Emergency Hospital – repurposed over four days from the at

James Massola and Karuni Rompies – Indonesia is imploring its citizens not to panic and to practise social distancing and self-isolation, as the country's health system strains under t

Benny Mawel and Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Papua – Papua is set to restrict entry into the province both through sea and air travel in an effort to stem the spread of COVID-19 in Indones

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Jakarta – A coalition of civil society groups is calling on the House of Representatives to perform its checks and balances function during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure the governme

Suherdjoko and Arya Dipa, Jakarta – Indonesian companies have been working to make up for the shortage of protective health equipment for medical workers treating COVID-19 patients.

Jakarta – The process of relocating Indonesia's capital city to East Kalimantan is to go on as planned despite the COVID-19 pandemic in the archipelago, the Office of the Coordinating

Jakarta – The streets are almost empty, public places deserted and malls quiet in cities and regions across Indonesia as authorities have banned gatherings to wind down the spread of t

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The government and House of Representatives have agreed to cancel the national exam for elementary, junior high and high school students amid the novel coronav

Adrian Wail Akhlas and Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The rupiah fluctuated at around 16,500 per US dollar on Tuesday despite a slight gain after falling sharply to near the 17,000-mark the p

Jakarta – The government has announced that it is providing full medical coverage for COVID-19 patients through the national health insurance provider, the Health Care and Social Secur

Asip Hasani and Severianus Endi, Tulungagung, East Java/Pontianak, West Kalimantan – Villagers in Wajak Kidul hamlet, which is located some 10 kilometers from Tulungagung regency, East

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – As COVID-19 spreads throughout the nation, the 20-second hand-washing routine has echoed across the airwaves and has been religiously inscribed on both conve

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Concerned about spreading COVID-19 from the capital to villages across the country, the Transportation Ministry will not provide any travel assistance thi

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Ni Komang Erviani and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's call to practice social distancing to slow down the spread of COVID-19 is prac

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has urged the government to issue a government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) to revise the 2020 state budget, expand the

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – Greater Jakarta, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia, has remained open to visitors and continued to export the virus across the country, with n

Fadli, Batam – Riau Islands acting governor Isdianto has urged manufacturing companies operating in the Batam bonded zone in the province to temporarily shut down their factories to pr

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – The Indonesian Metal Workers Federation (FSPMI) urged the government to cut the prices of electricity and fuel to help people amid the weakening economy caused

James Massola, Karuni Rompies and Amilia Rosa – A decision to fast track coronavirus testing for all of Indonesia's 575 politicians and their families has prompted a furious response,

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's lack of leadership and failure to respond tactically to the Covid-19 crisis has become increasingly clear over recent weeks.

James Massola – Indonesia has recorded more than 100 new coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time, while the death toll is rising in south-east Asia's most populous nation.

Single-use plastic raincoats are all that stand in the way between healthcare professionals and the novel coronavirus in Bogor regency, West Java, as a shortage of standardized protect

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Police tackled 41 cases of hoaxes on COVID-19 spread through social media and will continue to conduct cyber patrolling, spokesman of the Indonesian Po

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto on Monday urged citizens to respect the protocols laid down by the government to contain the spread of the novel coronavi

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – As many Indonesians have had to make peace with the disconcerting reality of self-quarantining to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus disease CIVID-1