Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) supervisory council has declared the commission's chairman, Firli Bahuri, guilty of an ethics violation for displaying a "hedonisti

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Prosecutors have sought sentences ranging from 18 years to life in prison for former executives of state insurer PT Asuransi Jiwasraya for their alleged in

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's household spending will take a greater hit than previously expected this year as Jakarta goes back into large-scale social restrictions (PSBB)

Jakarta – A medical worker accused of sexual misconduct and extortion by a person who underwent a rapid COVID-19 test at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, has d

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Indonesia's political parties are set to campaign virtually for the 2020 regional elections, which the government and the House of Representatives agreed to hol

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has said that air pollution is a significant health issue in the capital, causing more than 5 million illnesses a year.

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – A coalition of educational institutions that includes the academic branches of Indonesia's two largest Muslim groups, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Indonesia's one-day increases in COVID-19 cases have continued to hit consecutive new highs in the past few days as the country has constantly recorded more

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Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – The start of the 2020 academic year was like no other, especially for freshmen.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police is set to block websites that offer illegal abortion services and products over public health and safety concerns.

Yudha Baskoro, Jakarta – With no more self-isolation, hotels are getting ready to quarantine asymptomatic Covid-19 patients.

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Febri Diansyah, the head of the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) public relations bureau, has resigned from the antigraft agency.

Jakarta – The Save Indonesia Action Coalition (KAMI) has sent an open letter to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in which they demanded he take serious action against of the resurgence of

Moh Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – Researchers from the Yogyakarta Gadjah Mada University (UGM) announced that it has developed a COVID-19 detector dubbed the "GeNose" that is claimed to be

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Head of the East Jakarta Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) Budhy Novian said that during the nine days of 'Operation Yustisi', 14 office areas violated healt

Jakarta – The government seems to has lost its way in the fight against the pandemic. Jokowi's leadership is at stake.

Jakarta – As many as 290 farmer, fisherpeople, student, labour and environmental organisations have united to reject the Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation – which is still being deliber

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The government has determined that the country's food estate will be primarily developed in Central Kalimantan and North Sumatra, bringing the program clos

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Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesia needs to address corruption to improve public services so that the job creation omnibus bill can bring about the significant changes necessa

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – In February last year, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan announced that his administration would gradually take over the city's water management from the private o

Helena Kobagau and Haeril Halim, Timika – With the coronavirus devastating jobs across the country, desperate Indonesians are flocking to illegal gold mines as the soaring price of the

Jakarta – The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has seen a 50 percent decrease in its blood supply amid rising demand and fewer blood donations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization's

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Nine provinces and 50 cities and regencies that plan to hold simultaneous local elections in December are highly vulnerable to COVID-19-related disruptions, the

Jakarta – The National Standardization Agency (BSN) has issued the Indonesian National Standard (SNI) for cloth face masks, which requires them to have at least two layers of fabric for

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Bilateral cooperation between Indonesia and France remains strong amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jakarta – Berau Regent H. Muharram died on Tuesday evening after undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at Pertamina Hospital in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan.

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has called on the public to use only masks that actually protect them against the coronavirus, explaining that not all masks are made e

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Jakarta – Research and Technology Minister and National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) head Bambang Brodjonegoro has said the ministry is developing COVID-19 test kits to improve

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Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Indonesia saw a one-day record of 4,465 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 257,388 nationwide, government data

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – In Indonesia, government officials would boast about the country's COVID-19 recovery rate as they try to suppress the rising number of deaths.

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Jakarta – Prosecutors mentioned the names of Attorney General ST Burhanuddin and former Supreme Court chief justice Hatta Ali on Wednesday in their indictment against prosecutor Pinangk

Jakarta – The National Agrarian Reform Committee (KNPA) has recorded at least 35 cases of agrarian conflicts between March and September 2020 or since the Covid-19 pandemic started in I

In the latest bid to revive the local economy and tourism sector in Bali, government officials yesterday announced an upcoming program aimed at raising awareness on health protocols and

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Indonesian Traditional Fishermen (KNTI) secretary, Ling Rohimin, in a virtual discussion on Wednesday said that the Indonesian government has yet

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The government has committed to providing periodic COVID-19 tests for health professionals working closely with coronavirus patients.

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Low-cost carrier Lion Air on Wednesday's webinar says it supports the idea of increasing passenger quota back to 100 percent amidst the government's

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – House of Representatives Commission IV approved on Monday a vastly increased Agriculture Ministry budget that is aimed at supporting the national econ

Jakarta – The Bekasi COVID-19 task force has reported that 869 factory workers have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the outbreak.

Jakarta – The Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Police have received a report from a woman who says she was extorted and sexually harassed while undergoing a rapid COVID-19 test at t

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The State Palace has maintained that Indonesia will hold the 2020 regional elections on Dec.

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Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The Home Ministry and election organizers have agreed to revise a General Elections Commission (KPU) regulation (PKPU) to ensure COVID-19 health protocols are f

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – Floods have inundated several parts of Jakarta due to heavy rainfall that occurred in the capital and its upstream areas on Monday.

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Arya Dipa and Tri Indah Oktavianti, Bandung – A flash flood on Monday has left at least two people dead, 20 others injured and hundreds more displaced in Sukabumi, West Java.