Jessica Washington and Syarina Hasibuan, Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia's national motto is unity in diversity, but Wiwin's experiences in school have made her question how that maxim p

Jakarta – The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Ankur Tanwar, Indonesia – Southeast Asia's biggest economy – will be propelled by consumption in the months ahead in a boost that will raise corporate revenues and reduce leverage, acco

The West Java Police say they're giving "special attention" to a viral porn clip depicting a couple having sex in a Bogor hotel.

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto on Thursday officially handed over the CN 235-220 MPA aircraft produced by PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI) to the Re

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo, disclosed the government's plan to import four basic commodities to ensure the supply ahead of this year's Eid al-Fi

Jakarta – Conquering the Democrat Party – through Moeldoko or 'defanged' Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono – for temporary benefits of Jokowi is more than just a power play.

Nithin Coca – In a little more than 20 years, Indonesia has gone from being a minor player in the global coal industry to playing a central role as a key consumer and producer of coal.

Sania Mashabi, Jakarta – The wife of renowned human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, Suciwati, says that there has been serious neglect in the handling of her husband's murder case.

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia condemns police's plan to award people with a 'badge of honor' for reporting alleged criminal offenses committed in the vast soc

Getting a jab of the COVID-19 vaccine will not break your fast, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) said, after concerns were raised ahead of the holy month of Ramadan.

John Duerden – Most of the 260,000 foreign tourists who visited North Sumatra in the pre-pandemic year of 2019 arrived at the international airport at Medan, the island's biggest city a

Yonhap – The head of South Korea's arms procurement agency on Wednesday attended a ceremony in Indonesia to mark the handing over of a 1,400-ton submarine to its navy, his office said.

Jakarta – Hundreds of regions across the country in 2022-2024 will be led by acting regional heads appointed by the central government.

Maria Fatima Bona, Jakarta – The Health Ministry claimed on Wednesday 1.21 million registered health workers have received two doses of Covid-19 vaccine since the campaign began on Janu

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Transportation Safety Commission (NTSC) chairperson Soerjanto Tjahjono on Wednesday's virtual discussion revealed that a numb

Tempo, Iqair.Com, Jakarta – The latest annual IQAir quality report on the world's most polluted countries in 2020 ranks Indonesia 9th and is listed as having generally unhealthy air qua

Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has criticised the "badge awards" program announced by the national police criminal investigations directorate cyber crimes division.

Inang Jalaludin Shofihara – More than 50 individuals and organisations have initiated a petition through the platform change.org urging President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to immediately dec

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' (DPR) Commission VI member and Deputy Chairman of the Legislation Body (Baleg), Achmad Baidowi, questioned the government's plan to

Katharina R. Lestari, Jakarta – Two state agencies in Indonesia have accused police in West Java of dragging their feet in a sexual abuse case involving a "Catholic brother".

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Presidential Staff Deputy V, Jaleswari Pramodhawardani, called a stop to the public discourse alleging the government of attempting to pass a law that extends a p

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Epidemiologist from Griffith University Dicky Budiman doubted that the national Covid-19 vaccination program has decreased the trend in new positive cases.

Bisnis, Francisca Christy, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo planned to gradually reopen the economic sector, especially tourism in Bali once the spread of Covid-19 started to sl

Aristyo Rizka Darmawan – In early 2020 last year, dozens of people, mostly from fisher's associations, gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy in Jakarta.

Jakarta – Astra International, Indonesia's largest car distributor, has seen its car production picks up pace this year in line with rising demand, giving the company hope for a recover

Jakarta – More than 1.1 million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine from the global procurement scheme Covax arrived in Indonesia last week.

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Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Indonesia's multiparty political system is at risk of splintering further after an apparent coup in a former ruling party.

Jeremy Mulholland and Zainal Arifin Mochtar – Indonesia's once formidable Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is now metamorphosed into an impaired government agency.

The Transportation Ministry today said it will not ban the annual homecoming exodus tradition known locally as mudik this year despite the ongoing pandemic.

Indonesia's newly-launched Virtual Police has all but proved its critics right after it shut down a man for his criticism of President Joko Widodo's son and Solo Mayor Gibran Rakabuming

Arlina Arshad, Singapore – A new policy that exempts Indonesian migrant workers in 10 job sectors from hefty placement fees which keep them in debt for months, and which was supposed to

Jakarta – The much-anticipated trial of firebrand Muslim cleric Rizieq Syihab was postponed on Tuesday after judges at the East Jakarta District Court encountered internet connection pr

Jakarta – The cyber crimes division at the national police's criminal investigations directorate will give out rewards in the form of badges or pins to members of the public who activel

Gaby Gabriela Langi – In 2015, the government began implementing a rehabilitation program for drug convicts in Indonesian prisons, with the support of the conservative National Narcotic

It will be at least another year until Bali opens to international tourists, Indonesia's health minister said last week, a statement which has prompted backlash from public figures and

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Fires have flared up in at least 10 provinces in Indonesia, with some of the burning occurring in peatlands.

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – The Jakarta Ombudsman was set to summon the city's Health Agency over the implementation of Covid-19 vaccination for the family members of the Regional Legislative

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The framework for resolving land disputes involving palm oil companies in Indonesian Borneo has largely failed, allowing conflicts to fester for a decade o

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin confirmed the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in Indonesia had shown a downward trend in the last one to two months.

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) deputy speaker Ahmad Basarah – and member of PDIP which is the Party of the current president – claims that the Party doe

Antara, Jakarta – People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Deputy Speaker Hidayat Nur Wahid confirmed there was no agenda to propose an amendment to the 1945 Constitution (UUD 1945) to allo

Budiarti Utami Putri, Majalah Tempo, Jakarta – Politics, Law, and Security Coordinating Minister Mahfud MD on March 12 said that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo had summoned himself and

Friski Riana, Koran Tempo, Jakarta – Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Doni Monardo on Monday made a statement following a report conducted by Tempo Magazine's inve

Jakarta – Indonesia expects to receive 20.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Moderna Inc and China's Sinopharm from the second quarter to use in a private vaccination sch

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) firmly believes that the government's decision to no longer deem coal fly ash and bottom ash (FABA)

Max Lane – On 2 February, Agus H Yudhoyono (AHY), the Chairman of the Democrat Party (PD), publicly accused President Joko Widodo's Chief of Staff, retired General Moeldoko, of plotting

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Zainudin Amali recently announced the pandemic-delayed 20th National Sports Week, or PON XX, will be held from October 2-