Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – An online survey carried out by the Health Ministry has found that only one third of Indonesians wanting to get COVID-19 shots are willing to pay for a vaccin

Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – The government will limit restaurants', movie theaters,' and shopping malls' operation hours and ban crowds and New Year celebrations in public places a

Jakarta – Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) chief Jusuf Kalla has asked regional branches of the organization to collect convalescent plasma for COVID-19 treatment.

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Bali provincial government has issued circular No.

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has responded to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo request for the institution to resolve cases of past human rights violations.

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesia has kept its trade balance in the black for the seventh month in November, posting a $2.62 billion surplus thanks to improving coal and palm o

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has recorded more than 90,000 new cases of coronavirus in the first half of the month in another confirmation that the country is currently in its w

Jakarta – The Indonesian Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has announced that it will extend the monitoring stage of a phase three clinical trial for the Chinese-developed vaccine

Jakarta – The government has required residents to register at a health facility before paying for the COVID-19 vaccine or receiving it for free.

Jakarta – The Supreme Court has accepted a case review filed by the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) over its dealings with former party stalwart Fahri Hamzah, who sued over his dismissal

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign debt rose to US$413.4 billion in October driven by higher borrowings by the private sector and the government, Bank Indonesia (BI) anno

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesia's abundant nickel reserves and the Job Creation Law may help the country attract investment from American electric automaker Tesla, an exper

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesian vigilante group Islamic Defenders' Front (FPI) has enticed ex-members of disbanded Muslim hardline group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) to joi

Jakarta – Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen.

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Retail sales in Indonesia dropped significantly in October and are expected to drop further in November in another sign that the nation's economic recovery

Jakarta – Authorities in East Java have prepped 2,400 staff for the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.

The Bogor Police will close the route leading to Puncak, West Java, in the latest attempt to hinder year-end vacationers from crowding the popular mountainous tourist destination.

The police have offered an updated chronology of events related to the killing of six Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) members on Dec.

Jakarta – As COVID-19 case figures keep rising, hospitals need to restructure their health services to help curb virus infection and survive the pandemic.

Jakarta – Sleman regency is one of five regencies/cities in Yogyakarta with red zone status in all of its subdistricts.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to resolve past cases of human rights abuses in the country and show c

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – More than 2,000 Covid-19 patients have died since December 1 as Indonesia is entering the worst period of the outbreak halfway through the month.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has said that the province will ban crowd-pulling New Year's Eve celebrations in public spaces indoors and outdoors, saying they pos

Jayanty Nada Shofa & Natasha Christy Wahyuni, Jakarta – Foreign Affairs Ministry's spokesman Teuku Faizasyah denies Israeli media claims of Indonesia seeking to normalize diplomatic

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Indonesia's anti-terror police squad Densus 88 has arrested Zulkarnaen, also known as Aris Sumarsono, a senior member of the Jamaah Islamiyah, or JI, a terrorist

Jakarta – As Indonesia continues its struggle to control the COVID-19 pandemic, many regions have come up with creative ways to curb the spread of the disease, including various punishm

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has summoned Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen.

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government is preparing to reopen Bali to international tourism, but the plan hinges on the island's COVID-19 situation, a ministry spokesman has

Jakarta – The government has raised its target of providing the Covid-19 vaccine for free to 53.5 million people from just 32 million people earlier, Widodo Muktiyo, the director-genera

Indonesian police have arrested a man believed to be the military leader of the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah network who has eluded capture since 2003, and is suspected of being inv

Jakarta – The government will prioritize Java and Bali islands for the first round of vaccination programs due to their high number of COVID-19 cases.

Jakarta – As COVID-19 cases in Tasikmalaya, West Java increase, Tasikmalaya acting mayor M.

Jakarta – Firebrand Muslim cleric Rizieq Syihab wore an orange vest as he walked out of the Jakarta Police's interrogation room just after midnight on Sunday, a confirmation that he was

Jakarta – Controversial Islamic cleric and leader of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) Rizieq Shihab was arrested on Saturday after undergoing questioning in a case pertaining to the alle

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The number of coronavirus-related deaths in Indonesia has been rising steadily in the last three weeks, during which 100 or more people died of the virus ever

Jakarta – Many pesantren (Islamic boarding schools) in Indonesia are reportedly ill-prepared to handle the COVID-19 pandemic as the number of confirmed cases at the facilities has been

Kevin Knodell – On a rainy November day outside of Wahiawa at the 25th Infantry Division's Lightning Academy, a platoon of U.S.

Jakarta – The deliberation of the Draft Law on the Eradication of Sexual Violence (RUU PKS) is still the subject of a polemic.

Jakarta – The spread of the coronavirus is becoming increasingly worrying.

Robert Leslie – In a wild animal market in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province, bats are still on the menu.

Jakarta – Rizieq Syihab, the self-proclaimed supreme leader of hardline group Islamic Defenders Front, or FPI, arrived at the Jakarta Police headquarters for a questioning on Saturday a

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Newly coronavirus cases in West Java have been spreading at the speed matching that of worst-hit Jakarta since the beginning of the month while several other

Irfan Kamil, Jakarta – The Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy has released its human rights performance index for the first year of the second term of President Joko "Jokowi" Wido

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A 30-year-old mother in North Sumatra has allegedly killed her three toddlers because she could not bear the economic burden of caring for them.

Jakarta – The chairman of the South Tangerang General Elections Commission (KPU South Tangerang), Bambang Dwitoro, died from COVID-19 on Saturday after a week of hospital treatment and

Jakarta – Nearly a week after the fatal incident that killed six of his supporters, Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab voluntarily went to the Jakarta Police headquarters

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Pematang Siantar Police in North Sumatra have named four men as suspects for bathing a deceased body of a female patient suspected to have contracted COVID-

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The total number of coronavirus cases in Indonesia passed the 600,000 mark on Friday amid ongoing surge in new infections and daily deaths, which also saw a n

Mathias Hariyadi, Jakarta – In Indonesia, the urgent need to fight COVID-19 is facing certain uncertainties, most notably the logistical problem of distributing the vaccine across the c

Jakarta – Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen.