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Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The number of sole candidates running in Indonesia's regional elections has steadily increased in the past five years, election data has shown, leading to growi

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Japanese automaker Daihatsu described in a simple chart how the two-month social restrictions in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak have sent national car s

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Indonesia reached the second-highest rise on Saturday with more provinces on Sumatra Island reporting a three-dig

Jakarta – The Mining Advocacy Network (JATAM) says that 11 people were arrested by the South Sulawesi regional water police (Polair) during an action against the ship Boskalis which was

Nezar Patria and Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on the Jakarta administration to thoroughly assess its plan to reimpose a partial COVID-19 lockdown o

Jakarta – Shopping malls in Jakarta will likely cease operation for a second time when large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) are reinstated in the capital on Monday, an official has sa

With Jakarta set to return to another phase of strict Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) next week, malls throughout the capital are collectively urging the capital's government to

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – Newly published research has linked the spread of oil palm and rubber plantations across a wetland area of Indonesia's Sumatra Island to worsening floods in the

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – The Press Council has released the survey results on the 2020 Press Freedom Index (IKP) in 34 provinces throughout Indonesia.

Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD says that almost 92 percent of candidate regional heads spread across all of Indonesia are funded by c

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – The Home Affairs Ministry announced 72 candidates for the 2020 Regional Head Election (Pilkada) had received a strong warning for violating health protocol

Jakarta – The Jakarta Administration has decided to impose a full-scale PSBB social restrictions starting on Monday, September 14, in a bid to flatten the rising COVID-19 infection case

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Civil servants (ASN) are often put in unfavorable situations that may cost them while staying neutral during elections, reveals Elections Supervisory Agenc

Jakarta – A key Indonesian parliamentary committee on Friday reached an agreement with the government to expand the 2021 budget deficit to 5.7% of gross domestic product, from 5.5% init

It's the question on everyone's mind recently: what's been driving Bali's increasing COVID-19 cases?

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – In July, credit analyst Budi Wardiman went back to work in his office in Jakarta, after having worked from home for almost three months due to a partial lockdown

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja and Jeffrey Hutton in Jakarta – Regions that share a border with Jakarta are set to follow the capital city in reimposing strict restrictions, locally termed as PS

Arlina Arshad – Tough restrictions will be reimposed in Jakarta from Monday, a move analysts have said is necessary but may be too little, too late as the number of Covid-19 cases in th

John West – Ben Bland paints an insightful and intriguing portrait of Indonesia's leader in his new book, Man of Contradictions: Joko Widodo and the struggle to remake Indonesia.

Jakarta – The Agency for the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BP2MI) has repatriated 52 workers who were stranded without pay in Saudi Arabia, an official said on Thursday.

Alya Nurbaiti and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta – As of Friday 109 doctors had died of COVID-19 in the country, Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) spokesperson Halik Malik has said.

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Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's tax office and its Australian counterpart have joined hands to exchange information as part of the latest efforts to fight tax avoidance, the T

Jakarta – Leaders of Jakarta's satellite cities are still undecided on whether they should follow the capital city in reimposing stricter COVID-19 restrictions that will take effect on

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Jakarta – The police have arrested a man in Riau who claims to have killed Metro TV editor Yodi Prabowo, 26, whose death was previously declared a suicide.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The team overseeing the clinical trial of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Bandung, West Java, announced that a volunteer receiving an injection in the trial had tes

Jakarta – The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) has urged the Jakarta administration to extend the length of its partial lockdown, also known as large-scale social restrictions (PSBB

Jakarta – Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) deputy chairman Muhyiddin Junaidi has advised Muslims to pray at home as COVID-19 cases in the nation have shown several spikes over the past fe

Jakarta – The government is currently preparing personnel from various institutions to jointly carry out an operation to ensure the implementation of the mask-wearing protocol in subdis

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia expects a long road to full economic recovery after Jakarta brought back strict social restrictions measures amid a continued rise in the number

Concerns are mounting that Jakarta will soon run out of hospital beds amid huge spikes in new COVID-19 cases lately.

Made Anthony Iswara and Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Indonesia lost one of its journalism heroes on Wednesday through the passing of Jakob Oetama, cofounder of the country's largest media a

Jakarta – The government has said that civil servants will be allowed to work from home in compliance with Jakarta's decision to reimpose full large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) sta

Rizki Fachriansyah – Late Kompas Gramedia cofounder Jakob Oetama was laid to rest in a military funeral at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery, South Jakarta, on Thursday.

Budi Sutrisno and Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Health and transportation experts have said that reimposing large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in Jakarta will be pointless if such restric

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The ongoing COVID-19 health emergency, which has forced Indonesian sports to postpone a host of major events, should be used as an opportunity to "reinvent

Jakarta – The Jakarta Health Agency has predicted that the capital city will run out of hospital beds for COVID-19 patients by December if cases continue to increase at the current pace

Alya Nurbaiti and Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Several ministers in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's Cabinet have expressed their concern over Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan's decisio

Erwin Renaldi and Hellena Souisa – Nadi bin Eji has worked in an east Jakarta cemetery since 1997, and has seen a thing or two.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Indonesia's stock market dropped 5% on Thursday morning, triggering a circuit breaker, after Jakarta Gov.

Heru, Asprihanto, Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Jakarta has recorded more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases on average each day this month, with the rising caseload placing considera

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) chairman Rosan P.

Jakarta – The government's poor handling of the Covid-19 pandemic has played a significant role in the high number of deaths of healthcare workers in Indonesia.

Yustinus Paat, Dion Bisara, Jakarta – Jakarta's burial numbers have reached its highest level in more than a decade as the Covid-19 pandemic took its toll in the capital.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The daily total of coronavirus cases in Indonesia set a new record on Thursday as Jakarta – the epicenter of the country's outbreak – topped 50,000 cases.

Jakarta – The Lubuklinggau, South Sumatra, chapter of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has urged authorities to dig up deceased COVID-19 patients buried at a cemetery in the area beca

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The Semarang administration offered investors five infrastructure projects worth a total of Rp 17.13 trillion (US$1.15 billion) in a business forum op