Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The Indonesian Caucus for Academic Freedom (KIKA) member, Robertus Robet, slammed the Rectorate of the University of Indonesia (UI) for summoning the uni

Jakarta – Forty-four Student Executive Councils (BEM) from several different campuses along with a number of civil society organisations have slammed the University of Indonesia (UI) au

Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid has challenged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to prove that he is not the "King of Lip Service" as he was dubbed

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Several members of the University of Indonesia's Student Executive Board (BEM UI) experienced cyber attacks as their social media accounts got hacked.

Hellena Souisa, Sastra Wijaya and Zena Chamas – The body of a man who died after testing positive for coronavirus lay in front of his house in North Jakarta for more than 12 hours befor

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Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Indonesia and the United States have broken ground on a new $3.5 million maritime training centre in the strategic area of Batam, in the Riau Islands,

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – It is only noon and the grave diggers at Rorotan cemetery have buried 23 bodies of Covid-19 patients since they started work at 7am.

Wahyuni Sahara, Jakarta – A number of parties ranging from medical experts to politicians are urging the government to reapply large scale social restrictions (PSBB) or a lockdown to co

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Thirty doctors have died of Covid-19 so far this month in Indonesia, as the country battles a second wave of infections driven by the Delta variant, tri

Juli Hantoro, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan asked the capital city residents to stay home on Saturday and Sunday as the number of Covid-19 cases keeps rising.

Jakarta – The Domestic Workers Protection Bill is yet to be passed. The cultural relationship that allows such imbalances must end.

Pribadi Wicaksono (Contributor), Yogyakarta – The Indonesian special region Yogyakarta revealed two serious issues it faces amid the rising Covid-19 case, namely transmission among chil

Conor Skelding – Thousands climbed an active Indonesian volcano Saturday morning to perform a centuries-old sacrificial ritual, according to AFP.

COVID infections have surged in Indonesia, a nation of 270 million people, in the past week, with more than 2 million cases reported as of Saturday, and hospital occupancy rates soared

Jakarta (NY Times) – Dr Suhendro Sastrowiwoho was fully vaccinated and eager to help this month as Indonesia faced a new and deadly wave of Delta variant coronavirus cases.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Business conglomeration Bakrie & Brothers recently unveiled its plan to ramp up its focus on the electric bus market.

Jakarta – Murder fugitive Hendra Subrata was flown to Jakarta on Saturday to serve his jail term after eluding justice for around 10 years, during which he stayed in Singapore.

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has set a goal of administering 1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine per day starting on Saturday, with the president aiming to

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Pematang Siantar – North Sumatra regional police have arrested three people over the murder of Mara Salem Harahap or Marsal (42), a Media Online journalist in Simalungun regency, North

Jakarta – The Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) says that the Joint Decree (SKB) on Guidelines for Implementing the Information and Electronic Transaction Law (UU ITE), which

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Leaders of political parties joined in the Jokowi-Ma'ruf Amin coalition reportedly held a meeting on Wednesday evening, June 23.

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Jakarta – The government's plan to increase value-added tax and widen its coverage triggers controversy. The key is build public trust.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo insists the micro-scale restriction on community activities, also known as PPKM Mikro, is still the best option available against the Covid-19 p

Jakarta – Indonesia has reported 20,574 new daily cases and 355 deaths from Covid-19 on Thursday, placing it among the top five countries with the highest daily number of cases worldwid

Stanley Widianto and Fransiska Nangoy (Reuters), Jakarta – Indonesia is shifting medical emergency units in Jakarta to tents outside hospitals to create more room for COVID-19 beds, the

The Bekasi General Hospital in Bekasi City, West Java was forced to treat patients in tents this morning, as patients kept coming despite the facility having reached its emergency unit

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia's Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said on Friday (Jun 25) that more hospitals and beds have been prepared in Jakarta to cope with another surge of

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia is converting more hospital beds to treat Covid-19 patients amid a surge in cases dominated by the Delta variant of the coronavirus.

Max Lane – Indonesia's latest Covid-19 surge has piled pressure on the Widodo government, which is under pressure to reconsider some form of lockdown to rein in the spread of the corona

Yudha Baskoro, Cianjur, West Java – Officials in a West Java subdistrict have turned to an uncommon tactic by offering a live chicken in exchange for an immunization shot to persuade th

Mega Safitri (Intern), Jakarta – The Indonesian Institute (TII) Center for Public Policy Research executive director Adinda Tenriangke Muchtar on Wednesday urged the government to revis

Novy Lumanaw, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called Indonesians to improve discipline in wearing masks and implementing health protocols to curb the Covid-19 spread, which

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has been criss-crossing vaccination centres in Jakarta, keeping tabs on the national vaccination programme and rallying those in the capita

Jessica Washington, Syarina Hasibuan and Jamaah, Jakarta/Kudus – It should have been a time of celebration for Puji Apriani's family – she was pregnant with her second child, and just w

Audrey Tan, Singapore – There is a low risk of severe haze originating from forest fires in Indonesia this year, a local think-tank has assessed.

Jakarta – Generous Indonesians donating their spare change to the poor and needy are unwittingly helping finance deadly terror attacks and militant training camps in a scam that has net

An Indonesian court has sentenced hardline religious leader Rizieq Shihab to another four years in prison on charges of spreading false information about the results of his COVID-19 tes

Niniek Karmini and Dita Alangkara, Jakarta – An influential firebrand cleric was sentenced to another four years in prison in Indonesia on Thursday for concealing information about his

Bernadette Christina, Jakarta – Indonesia is considering a plan to restrict construction of smelters producing nickel pig iron or ferronickel in order to optimise use of its limited nic

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Priests and nuns in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province have called for heavy punishments to be imposed on the owners and managers of four nightclubs after 17

Febriana Firdaus and agencies – Indonesian health authorities are battling a new surge in coronavirus infections, as the National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) reported the high

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Hong Kong has announced a ban on all flights, including transit, from Indonesia, which would be in effect on June 25, following a steep increase in Covi

Antara, Jakarta – Investment Minister or the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) chief Bahlil Lahadalia announced that Indonesia's factory of electric vehicles or EV battery will start

Jakarta – A number of politicians in Senayan are campaigning for an extension to the presidential term limit to three terms. This is a betrayal of the 1998 reformasi spirit.

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police (Polri) Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo has officially signed a joint decree (SKB) on implementing guidelines of the Electronic

Adam Prireza, Lani Diana, Jakarta – Head of the Jakarta Parks and Forest Agency data center, Ivan Murcahyo, on Wednesday revealed that the capital city has logged in total 19,800 funera

Robert Campion – Indonesia's daily cases reached a record high on Monday as the country passed the mark of two million cases since the pandemic began.