Former President Megawati Soekarnoputri seems eager to grease herself away from accusations of being tone deaf by holding a cooking demo without cooking oil amid a nationwide shortage o

Jakarta – Political observer Hendri Satrio from the KedaiKOPI survey institute has criticised the plan to fund the construction of the new capital city (IKN) Nusantara in East Kalimanta

Antara, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry recorded a significant increase in the number of international travelers arriving at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali Province, and S

Jakarta – Many Indonesian students attend after-school tutoring sessions to get a better grasp of the material they are learning, but the success of these tutoring agencies raises quest

Kornelius Purba, Jakarta – In 2021 only 45 foreign tourists visited Bali after Indonesia closed its borders almost the whole year to prevent the spread of COVID-19, as other countries d

Jakarta – Former Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto has been kicked out of the Indonesian Doctors Association, or IDI, for "serious ethical misconducts", prominent members confirmed

Jakarta – Several young Indonesians have over the past two years been frequently referred to as the "crazy rich" on social media, television news, newspapers and other mass media outlet

Jakarta – The government said Indonesia would hold the G-20 Summit neutrally and impartially, resisting calls from the West to exclude Russia from the annual meeting of the world's 20 l

Khalis Surry, Raka Adji, Banda Aceh, Aceh – The Ministry of Health stated that the number of Indonesian citizens going abroad, especially to Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand, for medic

Rizky Alif Alvian – Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia was banned in 2017, but the propagation of HTI's ideology has continued to thrive in Indonesia via various media channels.

Jakarta – The scarcity of cooking oil in various parts of Indonesia has continued for at least three months.

Muhammad Zulfikar, Suharto, Jakarta – Chief of the National Defense Forces (TNI), General Andika Perkasa, and Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia, Kanasugi Kenji, have discussed plans for

Jakarta – Anwar Usman, a 65-year-old widower and chief justice of the Constitutional Court, will give his fiance Idawati the ultimate gift of love for her 56th birthday on May 26: a wed

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Friday instructed his government to spend more on domestic products for their procurement needs to propel economic growth

Tempo.Co, Rini Kustiani, Jakarta – Indonesia ranks third in the world in the number of tuberculosis cases after India and China with a total of 824,000 cases and a fatality rate of 93,0

Moh Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) legislation body (Baleg) deputy, Willy Aditya, on Thursday said that sessions regarding the Personal Data Protection Bil

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – An epidemiologist from Australia's Griffith University, Dicky Budiman, assessed a number of factors causing the low rate of booster vaccination in Indones

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition insists that the emergence of Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menko Marves) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan's name in a video di

Eka Yudha Pratama, Jakarta – Director of Lokataru Foundation Haris Azhar, who was named as a suspect for a defamation case against coordinating minister of Maritime Affairs and Investme

Jakarta – The government will lift a ban on domestic travel during the Muslim holiday season of Idul Fitri in early May, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Wednesday, after banning

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Jakarta governor Anies Rasyid Baswedan is to provide more funding to a multi-million-dollar scheme to help restore more than 3,000 places of worship in the Indon

Gayatri Suroyo (Reuters), Jakarta, Indonesia – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has trimmed its economic growth forecast for Indonesia in 2022 to 5.4 percent, down from 5.6 percent

Ika Karlina Idris and Muhamad Risqi Saputra (The Conversation), Jakarta – Indonesian politicians backing President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo have come up with the idea to postpone the next p

Johannes Nugroho (South China Morning Post) – A diminutive female figure carrying joss sticks and a singing bowl became a viral sensation at Indonesia's MotoGP Grand Prix on Sunday (Mar

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Law and human rights foundation Lokataru director Haris Azhar expressed concern over how state officials use their positions and institutions to criminalize

Sahat Simatupang, Jakarta – The North Sumatra Regional Police claimed there was no involvement of police officers in the death cases in the human cage belonging to the inactive Langkat

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is looking at ways to combat stunted growth in Christian-majority East Nusa Tenggara province, which has the highest prevalence of the di

Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore/Jakarta – Indonesia is facing a test of its ambition to be a global player as the United States and allies discuss the prospect of expelling

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Environmental group Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) on Monday highlighted the flooding that devastated East Kalimantan's north Sangatta and south Sangatta, whic

Cait Kelly, and Gemma Holliani Cahya in Jakarta – Six people are dead and another three are believed to have drowned after an Indonesian fishing boat capsized off the north-west coast o

Jakarta – Indonesia has dropped the quarantine requirement for international travelers who have received the complete vaccine doses against Covid-19 starting on March 22.

Indonesia's state-owned electricity company PLN has attracted a great deal of negative buzz over its failure to read the room amid a cooking oil shortage in the country.

Police in Semarang, Central Java have arrested a man on suspicion of having raped his own daughter and causing physical damage resulting in the victim's death.

Tiara Marthias and Likke Prawidya Putri – Indonesia is emerging from another surge in Covid-19 infections.

Dili (Reuters) – The top two candidates in Timor-Leste's presidential poll on Tuesday (March 22) appeared set for a second round next month, despite the latest vote count showing a comm

JC Gotinga – The stakes were high. Indonesia had not hosted a MotoGP motorbike race in 25 years.

Jakarta, Indonesia, – Bright colour paints with high lead content are found in public children's facilities and open spaces across Indonesia.

Prominent political figures have come under fire for recent unsupported claims that a majority of the public supports the postponement of the 2024 elections, a move that would extend Pr

Bisnis.Com, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati confirmed that the income tax rate or PPh of the rich people increased to 35 percent this year.

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing aims to finish constructing 32 dams by 2024.

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, in the CNBC Indonesia economic outlook on Tuesday said Indonesia is entering 2022 with an improved foundation which he attri

Mahfuzulloh Al Murtadho, Jakarta – The Civil Coalition for the Rights of Gender and Sexual Diversity (Kami Berani) on Monday protested against Bogor City administration that has issued

Freedom of expression in Indonesia is not improving, and the situation is of increasing concern where the opinion being expressed is critical of the human rights situation of West Papua

Jakarta – A Jakarta court has again extended flag carrier Garuda Indonesia's debt restructuring process by two months, a case official said on Monday, because the company has yet to fin

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Medan, North Sumatra – Twenty-six passengers reported missing when a fishing boat carrying undocumented migrant workers sank off the coast of North Sumatra have been found alive, some a

Don't rain on my parade! That was probably the song in the minds of the 2022 Indonesia MotoGP Grand Prix's organizers over the weekend.

Arrijal Rachman, Jakarta – The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) urged the Trade Ministry and the National Police to collaborate in investigating the practice of cooking oil mafias

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – NasDem Party has followed the steps taken by PDIP that has suggested to postpone the constitution amendment plan until the current government term ends in 2024.

Antara, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister of Politics, Law, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD in a written statement on Sunday asserts that the government is currently focused on preparing f