Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – The son-in-law of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, Bobby Nasution, officially registered himself as a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party o

Jakarta – Due to the limited availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as hazmat suits, medical personnel from a state-owned hospital in Tasikmalaya, West Java were forc

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung, the largest hospital in West Java province, has been flooded by people asking its staff to issue them a "COVID-19-free certifica

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia plans to relax restrictions on importing goods as one of its fiscal measures to combat the harmful economic effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Indonesia's chief security minister Mahfud M.D.

Jakarta – Jiwasraya investments hit a bottleneck in the share's repossession of the Bakrie Group companies. The BPK should not cover up the results of an audit investigation.

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo reportedly gathered leaders of his coalition parties at State Palace last Friday, March 6.

Kusumasari Ayuningtyas, Sleman, Yogyakarta – Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima joined an interfaith discussion on religious tolerance, among other issues, during their meeti

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has vowed to maintain the country's financial market stability amid expectations that economic growth will slow due to the COVID-19 sp

Panca Nugraha, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Rabies has killed at least 15 people in West Nusa Tenggara's Dompu regency to date with more than 2,000 dog bites reported since the outbre

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's stocks dropped sharply at Thursday's opening as anxious investors left markets across the world, poised for another day of tumultuous trading

Gemma Holliani Cahya and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – With cryptic updates on the coronavirus situation and a refusal to reveal the nationality and location of the first fatality

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Workers in the manufacturing industry will not have to pay income taxes for six months as the government has announced measures to shield the economy from

Made Anthony Iswara, Fadli, Asip Hasani, Markus Makur, Jon Afrizal and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/Batam/Blitar, East Java/Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara/Jambi, Medan – From empty malls

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Papua Legal Aid Institute (LBH Papua) has urged the government to deploy Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) personnel to restive areas of Papua to provide assis

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government plans to enlist the help of universities and other institutions to address the COVID-19 outbreak, which has officially been declared a

Nurdin Tubaka, Ambon, Indonesia – Activists in Indonesia have called on police to drop criminal charges against two indigenous men who took part in a confrontation against a company ac

Protests against the Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation have also come from international labour organisations.

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – The circumstances surrounding the confirmation of Indonesia's first death linked to COVID-19 on Wednesday (Mar 11) has revealed what may be a lack of coordinati

Asip Hasani, Agustinus Hari and Markus Makur, Blitar, Manado and Manggarai – The Indonesian Health Ministry has recorded a total of 17,820 cases of dengue fever since January this year

Asip Hasani, Surabaya – A pastor at a Protestant church in Surabaya, East Java, has been named a suspect for allegedly sexually abusing a minor, the East Java police confirmed on Thurs

Narno, Jambi – On March 11 at least 500 people from a number of student and labour organisations held a protest action in Jambi, South Sumatra, to oppose the Draft Omnibus Law on Job C

Jayapura – The public prosecutor failed to present any witnesses during the fourth court hearing at the Sorong District Court on March 12 in a case related to anti-racist protest in Pa

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – Indonesian Human Rights Watch Imparsial is warning the government that military training for civilians in the Reserve Component (Komcad) will create new proble

Jakarta – Despite supporting President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in the 2014 and 2019 presidential elections, the Indonesian Confederation of Prosperity Labour Unions (KSBSI) opposes the Dr

Ryana Aryadita Umasugi, Jakarta – Thousands of workers and employees from trade unions affiliated with the Jakarta Labour Movement (GBJ) held a protest action at the city hall in Centr

Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – Indonesia's second-largest Islamic organization has officially entered the national battle against the coronavirus by establishing the Muhammadiyah COVID-19

Rizki Fachriansyah and Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Within the first few weeks of the initial COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei province, China in January, the Indonesian govern

Dinda Wulandari, Palembang – Thousands of workers from a number of different trade unions in South Sumatra held a protest action opposing the Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation.

Pebriansyah Ariefana – Thousands of protesters opposing the Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation who arrived from the south-west and east of Sidoarjo have begun to pack into the streets a

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesian Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian urged the Indonesian Military (TNI) and National Police to fortify security in Papua following shootings by an armed c

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The United Liberation Movement for West Papua is calling for mining company Freeport to stop operating in Papua until local conflict ceases.

Tassia Sipahutar and Fathiya Dahrul – Indonesia is reintroducing a raft of market measures deployed during the global financial crisis as authorities warn the impact of the novel coron

Dili – A six-party coalition in East Timor has chosen independence hero Xanana Gusmao to lead the next government, pending approval from the country's president.

Jakarta – One person has died of dengue fever in South Sumatra, while up to 562 have been infected since the beginning of the year, the South Sumatra Health Agency has reported.

Nedi Putra, Jon Afrizal, Asip Hasani, Suherdjoko, Blitar/Semarang/Malang – As many as 500, 60-milliliter bottles of hand sanitizers with 96 percent alcohol content are now produced eve

Jakarta – Some international schools in Jakarta are closing their doors in an effort to protect students and teachers from the COVID-19 coronavirus, which continues to spread globally.

Agustinus Hari, Manado, South Sulawesi – A Constitutional Court ruling in 2017 ordering the government to recognize indigenous native faiths and put them in the religious column on ide

Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) is holding a National QRIS Week event across Indonesia to promote cashless transactions among small businesses using its Quick Response Indonesia Standard

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia reported its first death from the coronavirus on Wednesday, a 53-year-old COVID-19 patient and foreign citizen identified as Case 25.

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has decided to postpone the much-anticipated Formula E electric motorsports championship, which was initially scheduled to take place on June

Jakarta – At least 12 endemic species of trees in the country are threatened with extinction, a researcher at the Indonesia Institute of Sciences (LIPI) Research Center for Biology has

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said the government was seeking solutions to a variety of problems occurring in Papua.

Taufiq Siddiq, Galuh Kurnia Ramadhani (Intern Translator), Jakarta – Central Jakarta Police Station deployed hundreds of personnel, two water canon cars and a barracuda vehicle to guar

Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD has scolded non-government organisations (NGOs) who frequently cite the TNI (Indonesian military) and

Beritasatu, Jakarta – Former Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi is being investigated by the Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, on Tuesday for allegedly updating his WhatsApp status

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – A 53-year-old foreign woman holidaying in Bali became Indonesia's first COVID-19 fatality on Wednesday, but local authorities were only informed after her

Surabaya – An action by thousands of workers and students from the East Java Movement Alliance Against the Omnibus Law (Getol) has urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to immediately c

Beritasatu, Jakarta – The Indonesian capital has decided to postpone its controversial electric car race, the Jakarta Formula E scheduled to take place on June 6, to avoid worsening th