Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The North Sumatra police have arrested a 28-year-old woman in Deli Serdang regency, North Sumatra, for allegedly defaming the flag of the Republic of Indonesia

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The rising number of coronavirus cases in Jakarta has forced the capital's administration to add 13 city-owned hospitals to the roster of COVID-19 referral hospi

Alya Nurbaiti and Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – In what seems to be an irony in the country's fight against the coronavirus, the Health Ministry office in Kuningan, South Jakarta, turns out

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The Association of Indonesian Automotive Manufacturers (Gaikindo), which previously slashed its domestic car sales target by 40 percent to just 600,000 units t

Jakarta – Djoko Soegiharto Tjandra, a graft convict and former fugitive in the high-profile Bank Bali corruption case, allegedly planned to bribe officials at the Supreme Court and the

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Jakarta – Health authorities suspect that several patients currently in treatment at the Wisma Atlet COVID-19 hospital in Jakarta contracted the coronavirus from family members, because

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Indonesia registered a record high of 4,168 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the country's total to 240,687 cases with 9,448 fatalities.

Yudo Dahono, Yustinus Paat, Dina Manafe, Jakarta – The latest data have revealed that the ministries and government institutions' offices as hot spots for the Covid-19 spread in Jakarta

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – An epidemiologist with the University of Indonesia, Pandu Riono, viewed that President Joko Widodo or Jokowi should directly intervene in the Covid-19 mitigation

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – State pharmaceutical holding company PT Bio Farma will have a chance to become an international vaccine producer as it has partnered with the Coalition for

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Authorities in the Jakarta Metro Area have recorded 22,801 people violating health protocols – including wearing masks – in just four days.

Jakarta – General Elections Commission (KPU) chairman Arief Budiman tested positive for COVID-19 after undergoing a swab test on Thursday evening.

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Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The Public Works and Housing Ministry aims to expedite the construction of regional border crossings and their supporting facilities, such as roads and markets

Joshua Mcdonald – In Jakarta, on the evening of August 29, 2020, a 31-officer police unit raided a private "gay party" of 56 men in a hotel, arresting and charging nine, the alleged eve

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government will need to augment its social safety net to offset the economic blow of the reimposed large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in Jakar

Nur Azizah Rizki Astuti. Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD said Wednesday that law enforcement in Indonesia has a terrible image.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The North Sumatra National Movement to Safeguard the Ulema Fatwa (GNPF) has filed a lawsuit against the General Elections Commission (KPU) and the Elections Sup

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Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry is working with the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) to provide hotel rooms to isolate COVID-19

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – State-owned banks have collectively disbursed Rp 88 trillion (US$5.94 billion) in working capital loans using funds placed in them by the government, with almost

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Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto – When Ari Harifin Hendriyawan's mother tested positive for the coronavirus, their neighbors brought a hammer and nails and boarded up the lane.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) has called on the government to form a health protection committee for medical personnel as more than 100 members of the association h

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The National Police's Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) has found reason to believe that the fire that ravaged the main building of the Attor

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Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Indonesia has lost yet another senior government official to COVID-19 following the passing of the Jakarta administration's secretary Saefullah, who has spent

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The University of Indonesia (UI) has clarified and rebuffed criticism against the consensual sex subject taught in this year's freshman orientation progr

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Around 50 percent of the country's construction companies have permanently shut down their businesses as of July, with small firms taking the biggest hit, amid

Jakarta – National COVID-19 task force chief Doni Monardo says diabetes mellitus has been the most common comorbidity in COVID-19 deaths in Indonesia.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Health Ministry is distributing financial incentives to resident physicians who have been contributing to COVID-19 care at Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung, We

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – After months of being prevented from returning to Indonesia because of entry restrictions, foreign members of mixed-nationality families abroad can now reunite

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan is in hot water for holding a final tribute to Jakarta secretary Saefullah, who died after contracting COVID-19, by bringing his

Jakarta – A joint team comprising the National Police, Indonesian Military (TNI) and local stakeholders have netted hundreds of thousands of health protocol violators through Operasi Yu

Jakarta – As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to claim more lives across the country, many provinces have issued stringent health regulations and imposed hefty penalties on violators to

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's accumulated debt to fund the COVID-19 fight and falling tax revenue will weaken its "debt affordability" and may deteriorate its credit quality

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie and Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has confirmed that 11 City Hall employees have tested positive for COVID-19.

Muhammad Beni Saputra – In August, RCTI and iNews TV – two television stations owned by Indonesia's most influential media oligarch and Perindo Party Chairman Hary Tanoesoedibjo – filed

Jakarta – A crew member aboard KM Yuliner was killed while four others were missing when the cargo ship burst into flames off the coast of South Buton regency in South-east Sulawesi, In

Phelim Kine – Indonesia's parliament is poised to pass a massive "omnibus bill" stimulus package by early October to help offset the economic damage incurred by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sheany – Bali Governor Wayan Koster today urged for stricter adherence to health protocolos following a worrying rise of COVID-19 cases on the island lately, with the province bringing

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia's government institutions must set examples of disciplined health protocols, said House of Representatives Speaker Puan Maharani following the emergenc

Aisah Putri Budiatri – The month of September is associated with some of the worst violations of human rights in Indonesian history.

Police in Indonesia are on the hunt for a female motorcyclist who flashed her panties on the road for all of TikTok to see, with the act of alleged exhibitionism possibly in violation o

Jakarta – Two weeks after Depok, West Java, imposed curfews to counter the rising number of cases of COVID-19, the city has seen businesses beginning to close down.

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – Members of the public across the country have been left puzzled by health protocol regulations issued by authorities, especially regarding the use of face masks

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Indonesian lawmakers and academics have demanded education issues be scrapped from the omnibus bill on job creation, arguing that some provisions within the dra

Jakarta – Government officials have expressed their concern over a regulation issued by the General Elections Commission (KPU) that allows crowd-pullers, including music concerts, to be

Jakarta – The National Military Police Headquarters (Puspom TNI) has named nine more Indonesian Military (TNI) members as the suspects in an attack against the Ciracas Police Station in