Andreas Harsono – Indonesian Army Chief Gen.

Natasia Christy Wahyuni, Jakarta – Indonesia is making preparations to double the daily number of Covid-19 vaccine jabs to 2 million per day, a target that should have been materialized

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A court in Indonesia has acquitted six villagers in a dispute against a tapioca factory, ruling that the criminal charges, allegedly brought at the behest

Indonesia's devastating second coronavirus wave, which saw the South-East Asian country become the epicentre of Asia's COVID-19 outbreak, has peaked, its Health Minister says.

Bloomberg – Most Indonesians cited a lack of available doses as the reason why they're not vaccinated against Covid-19.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Moderna Covid-19 booster shots are exclusively for health workers, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said.

Antara, Jakarta – A specimen study has shown that the highly-contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus has spread almost evenly throughout Indonesia, according to Siti Nadia Tarmizi,

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Kyoto University's Center for Southeast Asian Studies researcher and environmentalist Cypri Jehan Paju Dale on Sunday said that UNESCO's World Heritage C

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced on Monday the current social restrictions have been extended by another week, citing their early success in curbing the spread of Covi

A pair of Sumatran tigers are recovering from COVID-19 after testing positive for the disease at a Jakarta zoo in mid-July, Indonesian officials said on Sunday.

Jakarta – Indonesia on Sunday received 3.5 million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from the US government, bringing the total doses donated by the United States to 8 million.

Abbie O'Brien – The idle streets, vacant shops and deserted beaches across Bali are a sobering reminder of how the island has been devastated by the pandemic.

Antara, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD has called for religious leaders support to' expedite COVID-19 vaccination drive in the count

Antara, Jakarta – The number of active COVID-19 cases in Jakarta has dropped to 19,656 as of Saturday, July 31, 2021, according to data provided on the official government website, coro

Herman, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Japanese auto giant Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has recently announced that Indonesia became its largest market by country in the first quarte

Nivell Rayda, Bogor, Indonesia – The sun was blazing hot when four volunteers from the local COVID-19 task force, draped in full personal protective gear, descended on a densely populat

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesian mother Ekarina resorted to private tutors to teach her only daughter, Athira, from February this year as kindergartens were shut due to the Covid-19

Erwin Renaldi – Santi Nigro has been running to raise money for oxygen supplies in Indonesia.

Dewi Nurita, Antara, Jakarta – Legal adviser to Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko, Otto Hasibuan, rebuffed the statement made by the Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) that his

Jakarta – The Justice and Human Rights Ministry is donating 46,614 food packages for pandemic-affected communities across the archipelago.

Indonesians are not only uniting to cheer the country's representatives at the 2020/2021 Tokyo Olympics, but they've also come together to lambast a journalist for the needlessly sexual

Katharina R. Lestari, Jakarta – Prosecutors in Indonesia have sought the death penalty for eight people accused of smuggling crystal methamphetamine into the country last year.

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia's President Joko Widodo said the country still can't resort to a full lockdown even as it tops the world's daily number of coronavirus deaths.

Abdallah Naem and Aisyah Llewellyn – As the Delta variant sweeps through Indonesia, causing a record 2,069 deaths on Tuesday (July 27), regions outside the worst-hit areas of Jakarta, s

Antara, Jakarta – The number of passengers at MRT Jakarta declined by 80 percent or 4,450 people on average per day in July 2021, during the emergency state of the public mobility restr

Jakarta – The Indonesian government allegedly is not being honest in the provision of pandemic data for political reason.

Benjamin Brimelow – Tensions continue to rise in the Indo-Pacific, where China's economic growth and military modernization have drawn the attention and concern of politicians and defen

Friski Riana, Jakarta – The Association for Education and Teachers (P2G) asked the Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Nadiem Makarim to cancel the plan to conduct

Natasia Christy Wahyuni, Jakarta – The Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry predicts that the world is moving toward a new norm in which vaccine passports will become a globally accepted

A couple who have not received the COVID-19 vaccine are facing banishment from a Bali village, and are seeking legal action over the alleged rights violation.

Muhammad Beni Saputra – Indonesia's illegal gold mining problems reveal deeper issues with local level corruption and economic inequality.

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Indonesia needs to invest US$312 billion to reach its target for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030, according to Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indra

Medan – Indonesia's Mount Sinabung erupted on Wednesday, spewing a massive column of smoke and ash into the sky.

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Acting Secretary of the Jakarta Regional Legislative Council (DPRD) Augustinus clarified that there was no injection of the third dose of Covid-19 vaccine u

Antara, Mega Safitri, Jakarta – Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology Director, Amin Subandrio, stated that the Covid-19 Delta Plus variant (B.1.617.2.1 or AY.1) had been in Indonesia

Indonesia – Some residents of an Indonesian island where a world-class luxury resort and motor-racing circuit is being constructed with China-linked money say they have been threatened

Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) has again created controversy over a plan to provide special three-star hotel facilities for lawmakers, staff members and civil servants who

Heru Andriyanto & Maria Fatima Bona, Jakarta – Indonesia has been enduring its worst period yet of the Covid-19 pandemic with the highest monthly death toll and steepest rise in new

As the dust settles on the outrage surrounding a proposal for a dedicated COVID-19 hospital for members of the House of Representatives (DPR), the people's representatives have shown on

A street seller in West Jakarta may have had the shock of his life after finding out that COVID-19 patients were among his recent customers.

Chris Barrett, Singapore – The Australian government is working with Qantas to organise a flight for expats stranded in Indonesia, with nearly 800 registered as wanting to return home f

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Environment and Forestry Ministry (KLHK) recorded 18,460 tons of hazardous and toxic medical waste from the Covid-19 handling in all healthcare facilities, e

Antara, Jakarta – The Environment and Forestry Ministry (KLHK) said 59 percent of rivers in Indonesia are still severely polluted.

Fanny Potkin and Tabita Diela, Singapore and Jakarta – BRI Life, the insurance arm of state-owned lender Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), said on Tuesday it was investigating claims that th

Antara, Jakarta – There has been an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases outside of Java, in contrast with the declining trend in infections seen on the island, according to the Ind

Benjamin Mateus – Indonesia is now experiencing more than 1,500 deaths from COVID-19 each day on a seven-day average and has become the epicenter of the pandemic in Asia and globally.

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – Indonesia has once again enforced a full ban on the use of a group of seine and trawl nets that threaten the sustainability of the country's fish stocks.

Sydney Allen – Indonesia is facing a "COVID-19 tsunami" that is affecting families throughout the archipelago.

Jakarta – Indonesian prosecutors on Wednesday recommended a sentence of 11 years' imprisonment for former social affairs minister Juliari Peter Batubara who stands trial for allegedly t

Jakarta – Family members of Aceh's late entrepreneur Akidi Tio came under spotlight after they donated Rp 2 trillion (US$138 million) for COVID-19 mitigation efforts in South Sumatra.