Herman, Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – State-run airline Garuda Indonesia has "technically" gone bankrupt due to the fact of being insolvent and in negative equity amid allegations of

Taufik Wijaya, Palembang, Indonesia – Silo Siswanto picks a rejung melody over a guitar fretboard under stage lights in the Teater Potlot in the city of Palembang, evoking the fragility

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Legal Aid Institute of the Indonesian Women's Association for Justice (LBH APIK) opined that the Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Ministerial Regu

Agung Sandy Lesmana and Ria Rizki Nirmala Sari – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo signed Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 98/2021 on the Economic Value of Carbon on Friday October

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – UNESCO has renewed its call for the closure of a road running through Indonesia's Lorentz National Park after the nation's environment minister said shutti

Jakarta – Activists from the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) and the Alliance Against Climate Change (APPI) were forcibly escorted out of a seminar at the Environment and F

Jakarta – The House of Representatives accepted the nomination of Andika Perkasa as the new military chief during a plenary session on Monday, the same day when outgoing commander Hadi

Aisyah Llewellyn – The curious incident of a dog left to die in a crate for transporting cabbages has shocked Indonesia and sparked a discussion on "halal" tourism, as Southeast Asia's

Jakarta – The government is preparing several policies to prevent a Covid-19 third wave during the year-end and Christmas holidays – a period that will likely increase people's mobility

Hendro Situmorang, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is considering buying 1 million doses of Covid-19 antiviral drug developed by US pharmaceutical company Merck & Co Inc., Healt

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Chris Barrett, Singapore – Inside an abattoir in Indonesia's West Java province, a Brahman cross calf is struck twice with a stun gun from above and rolled out onto a concrete platform

Kartika Sukarno – My father, Sukarno, the first elected president of Indonesia, was put under house arrest in March 1967 a few days after I was born. He was 67.

Putu Savitri, Fadhli Ruhman – On Wednesday, House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Puan Maharani said that the parliament had received a Presidential letter proposing a single candidate

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The national disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) recorded that two people died of the flash floods that hit a number of districts in West Kalimantan, as per Thursd

Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – Indonesia has signed a deal worth $15 billion with an American gas processing and chemical company to develop a coal gasification industry in the country, a gove

Rieka Rahadiana and Arys Aditya – An Indonesian parliamentary commission gave its nod for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's nominee to lead the armed forces as the country seeks increase

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded the lowest additional daily Covid-19 cases this year, as per Saturday, November 6.

Danang Triatmojo, Jakarta – Environmental activists from the Alliance Against Climate Change (APPI) held a counter conference at the Horse Statue in Central Jakarta on Friday November 5

Heru Asprihanto, Jakarta – Hundreds of activists gathered in the streets of Indonesia's capital Jakarta on Friday, questioning the government's commitment to tackle global warming after

The Alliance Against Climate Change (APPI) held a protest action at the Horse Statue monument in Central Jakarta on Friday November 5 calling on the government to take concrete action t

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The British Embassy in Jakarta recently announced a new #350 million – or about $470 million – partnership between the UK and Indonesia in climate investme

Jakarta – Indonesia's Covid-19 response has reached a new milestone this week by exceeding 200 million doses of vaccine administered across the country.

Jakarta – Indonesia's economy expanded again in the third quarter, official data showed Friday, thanks to a pick-up in exports, but the rate slowed from the previous three months as the

Jakarta – The government on Friday took over land assets linked to an automaker company owned by the son of late president Soeharto, in its latest attempt to recover money from the once

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesian officials have backtracked on the country's pledge at the COP26 climate summit to end deforestation by 2030, calling it unfair and inappropriate

Chris Barrett, Singapore – When British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the British Parliament last week that Indonesia was bringing forward its target to phase out coal to 2040, it s

Hannah Ellis-Petersen and agencies – Indonesia has questioned the terms of a Cop26 deal to end deforestation by 2030, days after joining more than 100 countries in signing up to it.

Prasto Wardoyo, Surabaya – A zoo in Indonesia is breeding Komodo dragons in an effort to save the world's largest lizards from extinction, with climate change posing new dangers for the

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia forest campaigner M.

Philanthropy is commendable as long as it's done right, an organization of Muslim clerics said in Indonesia, who just issued a fatwa (religious edict) declaring that giving money to str

Andita Rahma, Majalah Tempo, Jakarta – The Just and Prosperous People Party (PRIMA) on Thursday officially filed a report to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) against two stat

Friski Riana, Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) legislator from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) Ledia Hanifa Amaliah on Thursday urged the Minister of Education to revoke the

Jakarta – Non-government organisations (NGOs) which are part of the Civil Society Coalition have criticised President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's decision to propose Army Chief of Staff Gene

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) says that the claim by Environment and Forestry Minister (LHK) Siti Nurbaya Bakar that deforestation is acceptable for the sak

Two senior officials in President Joko Widodo's cabinet are set to be reported to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) over allegations of conflicts of interest in the nation's p

Jakarta – Indonesia's environment minister has dismissed as "inappropriate and unfair" a global plan to end deforestation by 2030, days after her country, home to a third of the world's

London – UK Government should apologise for encouraging 1960s massacres of alleged leftists in Indonesia and appoint independent counsel to investigate

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Indonesian police have frozen the bank accounts of a leading charity that they say is funding the activities of Jamaah Islamiyah (JI), a major terror group in So

Eko Listiyorini – Indonesia, the world's biggest producer of palm oil, plans to balance keeping up production of the commodity to meet demand while fulfilling its pledge to end deforest

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Carlos Ky Paath, Jakarta – Army Chief of Staff General Andika Perkasa has been nominated by President Joko Widodo to become the next commander of the Indonesian Mi

Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia says that the claims made by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo when speaking at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotlan

Heru Andriyanto, Glasgow – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his US counterpart Joe Biden called on the Myanmar military to end violence and restore democracy when both leaders met dur

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia on Tuesday criticized the speech delivered by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo at the World Leaders Summit at the United Nations Climate Chang

Jakarta – About 4 million doses of the Sinovac vaccine landed in Indonesia on Monday, making it the 110th arrival of Covid-19 shots in the country.

Jakarta – Beverage giant Coca-Cola Indonesia is rolling out a 'Recycle Me' message on its package labels across all its brands and products, as the company seeks to create a World Witho

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Jack Board, Glasgow – Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Monday (Nov 1) that developed economies need to contribute more funds and share technology in order for his country to ram

It feels like we've flown back in time and landed at the start of the pandemic; a time of mixed messages and constant backtracking on COVID-19 regulations.

Heru Asprihanto and Adi Kurniawan, Bekasi – Seated cross-legged amid a fog of incense and platters of fragrant offerings, dishes of red chillies, garlic bulbs and frangipani petals, Ind