Jakarta – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has blamed Thursday's spike of 1,648 daily cases in the province on data discrepancies.

Jakarta – Karawang in West Java has seen a recent surge of asymptomatic COVID-19 carriers that brought several referral hospitals and isolation facilities to full capacity.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The coronavirus outbreak is entering the worst period in Indonesia more than nine months after first infection cases were confirmed, with the surge in newly c

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Banten – Hotels just outside Jakarta are doing brisk business, with their meeting rooms mostly booked for the past few months by civil servants, who incidentally

Medan, Indonesia – Torrential rains in Indonesia's third largest city caused four rivers to overflow, flooding thousands of homes and killing at least five people, officials said Friday

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has launched the SDG7 road map for Indonesia to help the country accompl

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – With waste management problems continuing to mount globally, Indonesia, as one of the world's largest waste producers, has a key role to play in developing comp

Jakarta – The coal downstream project could lead to the state losing money. It is more expensive than importing LPG.

Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Jakarta – The head of the Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network's (SAFEnet) Association of Victims of the Transactions Law (UU ITE) sub-division, Muhammad A

James Massola – When Indonesia clocked up more than 8369 coronavirus cases on Thursday, there was a collective intake of breath among COVID-19 watchers across the region.

Jakarta – As countries begin taking the leap by approving the use of candidate vaccines to fight the pandemic, the Indonesian government issued on Friday a decree to allow for the use o

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – British alcoholic beverage company Diageo focuses on responsible drinking campaigns while the House of Representatives weighs in on deliberating the alcoho

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Daily death toll in the Indonesian coronavirus outbreak has exceeded 100 in the last 13 days, the longest run since the outbreak began as newly confirmed case

Lucie Godeau, Jakarta – Every year, pounding rains wash away mountains of plastic waste from the streets of Jakarta, with some of it ending up as far away as Bali's beaches.

Jakarta – Amid the government's robust campaign on the coronavirus health protocols, a survey conducted between Oct. 28 and Nov.

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government is considering several ways to collect the Rp 773.8 billion (US$54.86 million) loan made by oil and gas company Lapindo Brantas Inc.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) and the University of Indonesia (UI) have joined the national team for the development of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Andita Rahma, Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – The National Police (Polri) on Friday said it would continue to uphold Indonesia's anti-cannabis law despite the World Health Organization (WHO)

Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has revealed that around 45 percent or 665 candidates running in the December 7 election of regional heads are bus

Indonesia's National Police have arrested a man believed to be behind one of the hugely controversial viral videos showing the Islamic sacred adhan (call to prayer) being modified to in

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Senior economist from the University of Indonesia, Faisal Basri, criticized the way President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo handled the coronavirus pandemic.

Bilveer Singh – On November 10, the firebrand Islamic preacher Rizieq Shihab returned to Indonesia from exile in Saudi Arabia to a hero's welcome.

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – Dr Sardjono Utomo, a senior Indonesian doctor, admitted himself to his local hospital in East Java late Tuesday afternoon.

Herlambang P Wiratraman – The pandemic has justified governments around the world restricting certain rights.

Dina Afrianty, Mahalli and Slamet Thohari – Indonesia had made considerable progress in introducing policies that promote the inclusion of people with disabilities in public life in the

Johannes Nugroho – Indonesia's new Omnibus Law has attracted a great deal of commentary.

Ian Lloyd Neubauer, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia – Graffiti as a bona fide art form in Indonesia can be traced to the early 1990s when hip-hop, break dancing and elements of the urban Amer

Aja Styles – The Australian Indonesian Business Council has written to Murdoch University's vice chancellor calling for the reconsideration of a decision to axe its Indonesian language

Jakarta – The government should not allow schools in high-risk COVID-19 areas to reopen for in-class learning, Network for Education Watch Indonesia (JPPI) has said.

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has detained former commissioner of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), Rizal Djalil, for alleged bribery in relation to a potable wate

Hotman Siregar, Jakarta – Pondok Ranggon Public Cemetery, a burial ground in East Jakarta reserved for the Covid-19 victims, has run out of space and resorted to stacking the victims' b

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The National Police's counterterrorism detachment unit Densus 88 announced Friday the arrests of 32 suspected terrorists affiliated with the East Indonesia Mujah

Antara, Jakarta – The All-Indonesia Workers Union Confederation (KSPSI) and Indika Foundation are channelling 5000 sacks of rice weighing five kilograms each to workers who have been la

Jakarta – The environment and forestry minister issues permits for the use of protected forests for the food estates project. This endangers the future.

Jakarta – Amid the significant spike in COVID-19 cases across the country, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has threatened regional administrations with a "stern warning" if the rise in i

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Indonesia reported on Thursday afternoon the highest daily COVID-19 surge the country has yet seen with 8,369 new cases, shattering all previous single-day

Jakarta – Indramayu, Purwakarta, Karawang, West Bandung, Bandung city and Banjar, all in West Java, have been categorized as COVID-19 high-risk red zones since Nov. 23.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia set a new record in daily number of coronavirus cases on Thursday amid a dramatic single-day surge in West Java and Papua.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Paying villages in Indonesia to ensure they don't burn their land for farming appears to have little to no effect on reducing fires, researchers have found

Kurniawan Ulung – Jakarta has seen a decline in hotels' support for the government-initiated quarantine programme intended to accommodate Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms, following

The General Election Commission (KPU) says it will fulfill the rights of all to vote – including COVID-19 patients – with the highly controversial Dec.

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta provincial government recorded a total of 9,085 burials based on the COVID-19 protocol from March 4 until December 2, 2020.

Heru Andriyanto, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo claimed Thursday government response in the coronavirus pandemic has produced results as the country beat

Jakarta – In light of the rising COVID-19 hospitalizations in South Tangerang, Banten, Mayor Airin Rachmi Diany is looking at providing hotel rooms for self-isolating asymptomatic carri

Jakarta – Families across the country, especially younger ones, are still working hard to provide adequate nutrition and attention for their children, which are necessary to ensure prop

Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab has come forward to address his recent controversies, during which he apologized for being irresponsible during the pandemic while als

Free internet at a public facility is basically a crowd magnet in Indonesia, and officials in Jakarta may have just realized that they've shot themselves in the foot by providing free W

I Nyoman Sutarsa, I Md Ady Wirawan and Putu Ayu Swandewi Astuti – After nine months of constant battles with the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems Indonesia, Southeast Asia's most populous co

Jakarta – Men, women, rich or poor, COVID-19 can infect anyone and without prejudice.

Jakarta – The government has decided to reduce the number of collective leave days for the Christmas and New Year celebrations, including a substitute for Idul Fitri leave.