Istiqomatul Hayati, Jakarta – The documentary 'Pulau Plastik' or Plastic Island will be played limitedly in theaters starting April 22, to coincide with the commemoration of World Earth

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Singapore reacted strongly on Friday to allegations by an Indonesian anti-corruption official that the city-state has become a safe haven for graft fugitives

Febriana Firdaus, Bali – On Sunday at midnight, Linda Tagie, 29, rested her three-year-old baby on the bed.

Emanuel Dile Bataona, Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Lembata, Indonesia – Gregorius Hide, a 70-year-old farmer in the eastern Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara, said the only warning h

Tatang Guritno, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) believes that the judicial and legal system in Indonesia has yet to create a deterrent for corruptors.

Indonesia will suspend domestic flights and other modes of transportation for the annual homecoming exodus tradition popularly known as mudik next month, as the government seeks to prev

David Fogarty, Singapore – Indonesia has made significant strides in controlling forest and land fires and aims to reduce their incidence even further by all means possible, Indonesia's

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Two attacks and the arrest of nearly 100 suspects in recent weeks show that Islamist terrorism remains a substantial threat in Indonesia – both from pro-Islamic

Lembata, East Nusa Tenggara – A new cyclone was barrelling toward Indonesia and threatened to spark more floods and landslides, authorities warned Friday, as the archipelago reeled from

Denpasar, Bali – A French man has been sentenced to eight years in jail for molesting a young boy in Bali, prosecutors on the Indonesian holiday island said Thursday.

Friski Riana, Jakarta – The Health Ministry and the Indonesian Mosque Council (DMI) introduced Friday a program that designated mosques as COVID-19 vaccination hubs.

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan announced Friday that restaurants were permitted to open longer during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as this would allow

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) has officially given a green light for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodoto establish a new ministry dubbed the Investment

Friski Riana, Jakarta – The data coordinator of the Bogor branch of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), Hadi Saputra, on Friday urged regional administrations an

Jakarta – The explosion at Balongan adds to the long list of incidents at Pertamina refineries and depots. Structural changes are necessary to stop this from happening again.

Tatang Guritno, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) says that since 2015 the government has formed numerous bodies and mooted various ideas to

Indonesia's Health Ministry said Jakarta has a fresh case involving a new strain of the coronavirus, which has a name that resembles an Indonesian word for poo.

With Ramadan just a few days away, we have established by now that getting a COVID-19 shot does not break one's fast, but what about getting cotton swabs shoved up your nose and down yo

Antara, Jakarta – A total of 9,187,757 people in Indonesia have received their first shots of the COVID-19 vaccine as of Wednesday, an increase of 212,391 compared to the day before, ac

Naaman Zhou – Monash University in Melbourne has signed a formal agreement with the Indonesian government to strengthen ties between the two countries as Australian universities try to

Ricko Wawo and Niniek Karmini, Lembata, Indonesia – Two Indonesian navy ships have arrived with aid and medical equipment in the east of the country, as the death toll from mudslides ro

Lies Marcoes – Last week, an Indonesian woman opened fire at police at the National Police Headquarters in Jakarta.

Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – Indonesia is in talks with China on getting as many as 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to plug a gap in deliveries after delays in the arrivals of AstraZe

Jakarta – A lavish wedding of one of Indonesia's biggest YouTube stars, Atta Halilintar, costing 100 billion rupiah (S$9.2 million), has courted controversy, with questions raised on wh

Lembata, East Nusa Tenggara – Two Indonesian Navy ships packed with aid arrived Thursday in a cyclone-ravaged section of the archipelago, as the disaster's death toll rose to nearly 180

Jakarta – Indonesia and the United Kingdom have agreed to improve trade and investment cooperation to boost economic recovery while strengthening initiatives in counterterrorism and eff

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto in Wednesday's press conference strongly urged businesses to pay the Eid allowances, or

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Director General of Land Transportation of the Transportation Ministry Budi Setiyadi said his side will block the road access in 333 points during th

Many health workers did not have access to adequate personal protective equipment or COVID-19 tests.

Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia recorded 132 cases of violations of freedom of expression which were suffered by social groups in 2020.

Jakarta – The government has banned mudik, the annual exodus during the Idul Fitri holidays at the end of the Ramadan fasting month.

Sylvia Looi, Kuala Lumpur – A man in Indonesia nearly married the wrong woman after navigation application Google Maps led him to the wrong location.

With Indonesia set to ban the annual homecoming exodus tradition next month, officials in Bali say the province will step up security measures at various ports of entry, ready to turn a

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The National Police's Criminal Investigation Department has named two personnel of the Metro Jaya Police as suspects in the unlawful killing case of six Islamic

Jakarta – Amnesty International's annual report has found that the human rights situation in Indonesia worsened in 2020.

Jakarta is today starting a trial reopening of 85 schools ahead of a nationwide resumption of face-to-face learning in July.

Pedro Naolo, Adonara, East Nusa Tenggara – Homeless, injured, and with his daughter dead, Sugeng stares blankly as he comes to grips with the devastation left by floods and landslides o

Bandung, West Java – A district court in West Java has handed death sentences to a gang of more than a dozen drug traffickers, including an Iranian couple and a Pakistani man, the prose

Antara, Jakarta – Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto, chief of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI), laid the cornerstone for the construction of the command headquarters of the Marine Combat Force

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The Press Council appreciated the National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo who apologized and revoked the telegram letter regarding the internal media

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Friski Riana, Jakarta – Latest study of human rights group Setara Institute revealed that the Covid-19 pandemic creates fertile ground for discrimination and intolerance.

Jakarta – Without accountability, the police will lose public trust. People will suspect that the war on terror is being used to distract attention from other issues.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Today, the Indonesian young generation stands to benefit from its rapid growth and capital market development that present ample investment returns in the

Arys Aditya and Haslinda Amin – President Joko Widodo has set a $200 billion goal for Indonesia's new wealth fund in the next two to three years, aiming to fund his push for the resourc

Jakarta – A survey by Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) has found that people are becoming increasingly afraid of speaking about politics and of arbitrary arrest by police.

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said the upcoming rate of the Covid-19 vaccination distribution will not be as fast as before as the supply will drop due to a

Update: The National Police has apologized and rescinded the circular amid the public backlash.

Original story follows.

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police (Polri) Chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo has issued a circular that firmly instructs every police internal media unit not to bring media

Ricko Wawo and Niniek Karmini – Lembata, Indonesia Rescuers in remote eastern Indonesia dug through the debris of a landslide on Tuesday in search of as many as 21 people believed to be