Jakarta – Restaurant and shopping malls operators have pleaded the Jakarta city government to allow people to dine in at restaurants and cafes in the malls as the city's latest round of

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has added 100,417 confirmed cases of coronavirus since the beginning of the month, with Jakarta taking a lion's share of 30 percent by averaging mor

Greg Fealy – Over the past four years, the government of Indonesian President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo has been conducting a concerted and systematic campaign of repression against Islamist

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Garment company PT Sejin Fashion Indonesia, a subsidiary of South Korean footwear manufacturer Parkland Co., Ltd., has made the decision to relocate its product

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo must take charge in handling the COVID-19 crisis in Indonesia as the country grapples with a consistent surge of daily coronaviru

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo reasserted the government's commitment to prioritizing health concerns in containing the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has revealed that dozens of its employees have resigned from the agency.

Jakarta – The actual COVID-19 death toll in Indonesia could be three times the reported figure, which reached 10,105 on Thursday.

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has appointed six military officers to strategic posts within the Defense Ministry, including two former members of the infamous

Arlina Arshad, Linda Yulisman and Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesian gravedigger Adang Saputra's heart breaks every time he hears the all-too-familiar prayers for the dead and

Fana Suparman & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, responded to recent media reports that tens of employees have resigned since the current le

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Three provinces on Sumatra Island have had their total number of confirmed coronavirus cases more than double within the last four weeks, leading to a dramati

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – The North Jakarta government has again found businesses that violated lockdown rules, or Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) as it is locally called.

Jakarta – The Agrarian Reform National Committee (KNPA) says that at least 49 protesters were arrested and are still being held by police around the country following peaceful commemora

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Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – For the third day in a row, Indonesia has logged a record daily high number of coronavirus cases as the Health Ministry reported on Friday 4,823 new infections

Jakarta – Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin has revealed that the Attorney General's Office (AGO) has arrested 78 fugitives so far this year through a program aptly called Tangkap B

Anne Barker – Bebalang village is best known to tourists as a stop on Bali's Eat, Pray, Love tour for fans of Elizabeth Gilbert's famous memoir.

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Jakarta – Indonesia has recently been rewarded for its forest policies.

Jakarta – Tegal Legislative Council (DPRD) deputy speaker Wasmad Edi Susilo held a dangdut concert in the Central Java city on Wednesday that attracted a huge crowd in violation of COVI

Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – Indonesia's coffee producers and farmers are calling for support, including financing and product absorption, to weather the pandemic's dire effects on ups

Jakarta – Akmal Taher has stepped down from his position as head of the health division of the national COVID-19 task force, citing what he said were the task force's insufficient effor

Jakarta – As the Jakarta administration extends large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) for another two weeks, Governor Anies Baswedan has claimed that without the policy, the capital ci

Jakarta – An Islamic boarding school in North Purwokerto, Banyumas, Central Java, has been closed temporarily after 127 students tested positive for COVID-19.

Jakarta – The Makassar Police have arrested 20 people who staged a protest in front of the South Sulawesi Legislative Council building in Makassar to mark 2020 National Farmer's Day on

Jakarta – The House of Representatives and the government agreed to drop provisions on education from the omnibus bill on job creation on Thursday."The government, represented by the Of

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – National COVID-19 task force spokesperson Wiku Adisasmito has warned the public about possible infection clusters at shelters for flood victims as the rainy sea

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The government has made strides in expanding hospital capacity and improving treatment standards for COVID-19 patients, the COVID-19 Response and Economic Recov

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid says that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has broken the commitment he made during his presidential e

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Indonesian carmakers are looking at the export market to boost sales and increase factory utilization rates as the COVID-19 pandemic is projected to continue w

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – The coronavirus pandemic did not stop agrarian reform activists from staging a protest in front of the House of Representatives compound in Central Jakarta to ma

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has extended large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in the capital – Indonesia's COVID-19 hotbed – by two weeks to further suppres

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – A newly-graduating doctor was arrested on Friday for allegedly harassing a woman during a rapid screening for coronavirus at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport, in a

Antara, Jakarta – According to a recent survey by the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the Food Agriculture Organiz

Bisnis, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry's Director-General of Air Transport, Novie Riyanto, said his side received information that three airlines allegedly violated the physical

An invisible workforce of millions of workers from some of Asia's poorest countries toil in the palm oil industry, many of them enduring various forms of exploitation, including child l

Jakarta – The extraction of sand for the reclamation of Makassar New Port threatens the livelihoods of fishermen. Matters will get worse after the omnibus law is passed.

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – At least 500 professional health workers signed an open letter for President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo, urging the government to prevent land and forest fires amid

Yogi Eka Sahputra, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has claimed the handling of COVID-19 pandemic in the country had proceeded

Jakarta – The Lampung Police have arrested three individuals who were allegedly engaged in illegal elephant ivory trade in the region.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has among the highest number of active coronavirus cases in the region, totaling 60,054 on Thursday or 22.9 percent of total cases, as the daily ris

Jimmy Daniel Berlianto Oley and Rendy Adriyan Diningrat – The Indonesian government's response to Covid-19 has been ineffective.

Jakarta – Indonesian activists and workers held rallies across the country on Thursday to protest against President Joko Widodo's flagship Job Creation bill, as parliament moves closer

Ghoida Rahmah, Jakarta – The Center of Reform on Economics (CORE) Executive Director Mohammad Faisal explained that the ongoing downturn of business performance and economy potentially

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a multimillion-dollar loan to support Indonesia's disaster resilience by providing quick access to emerg

Jakarta – An official of the Jakarta Tourism and Creative Economy Agency has said the office will disperse public wedding receptions held in the capital city while the large-scale socia

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