Jakarta – National COVID-19 task force head Doni Monardo said on Monday that the government would allow the reopening of schools outside green zones, areas with the lowest risk of COVI

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Civil society actors across Indonesia have laid out a two-phase lawsuit to challenge the controversial Coal and Mineral Mining Law at the Constitutional Court

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – A police general faces multiple charges after being named a suspect for allegedly assisting graft convict and fugitive Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra and issui

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has called on all Muslims living in Jakarta's red zones to avoid mass prayers during Idul Adha (Day of Sacrifice), which is expected to fall on Jul

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Corruption has become one of the risks to the President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo administration's push to develop Indonesia's infrastructure to help boost economi

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The recent closure of a tomb built by Sunda Wiwitan, an indigenous faith group in West Java, is a violation of human rights, the National Commission on Human R

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Jakarta city administration has urged private and public offices in the capital to conduct coronavirus tests on their employees after the number of Covid-1

Jakarta – National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) Commissioner Choirul Anam says that the government's narrative on lifestyles under the "new normal" has in fact complicated the

Jakarta – The Jakarta Tourism and Creative Economy Agency has banned entertainment establishments from operating on Thursday and Friday in observance of Idul Adha (Day of Sacrifice).

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The COVID-19 epidemic is expected to put at risk Indonesia's target of eliminating hepatitis B and C by 2030 as it has interrupted screening and early-detect

Jakarta – Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto's widely publicized plan to purchase a batch of used Eurofighter Typhoon jet fighters from the Austrian air force has been met with criticis

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – State-owned banks have collectively disbursed Rp 43.5 trillion (US$2.99 billion) in working capital loans using funding provided by the government, deputy State

On Monday July 27 in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta, SOLIDER (People's Solidarity for Democracy) held a commemoration of the Kudatuli affair (the July 1996 riots), which was a man

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Akhyar Nasution, the acting mayor of Medan in North Sumatra, has switched parties from the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) to the Democr

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The West Java administration will require all residents to wear face masks starting Monday, with violators of the new policy to be fined as the province steps

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono, the head of the Department of Epidemiology of the University of Indonesia, suggested the government thoroughly evaluate the policy on the

Police in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta say they are going after the uploader of a viral video that suggested the Chinese army was gearing up to invade Indonesia.

The police's Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) officers in West Jakarta raided a hotel in Kembangan, West Jakarta following complaints by locals that they were able to see a couple havin

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – A high ranking police officer accused of discreetly facilitating the return of graft fugitive Djoko Tjandra has not been slapped with criminal charges, despite

Rizky Maulana and Jonathan Vit, Jakarta, Indonesia – There's never been a more dangerous time to work as an EMT in Indonesia.

Indonesia confirmed its 100,000th coronavirus case on Monday as the Red Cross warned that the health crisis in the world's fourth most populous country risked "spiralling out of contro

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Indonesia has crossed the 100,000 mark for the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday (Jul 27), with scientists saying that it is hard to predict wh

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Monday instructed the National Covid-19 Task Force to focus on eight provinces he said have contributed 74 percent to

Heru Andriyanto, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – National Covid-19 Task Force Head Doni Monardo admitted on Monday he had no idea when the number of coronavirus cases will arrive at it

Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – The World Bank has expressed strong criticism toward the omnibus bill on job creation, arguing that the proposed reform currently under deliberation at th

Rizki Fachriansyah and Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Indonesia's official tally of COVID-19 cases has reached 100,303 after the government recorded 1,525 new infections on Monday,

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government has so far spent almost a fifth of its stimulus budget to contain the health and economic effects of the pandemic as President Joko "J

Ghina Ghaliya and Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has issued a presidential regulation (Perpres) on remuneration for the directors of the preemploymen

Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has predicted that the dry season will last until October while also issuing drought warnings for four regions in In

Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – Indonesian banks face challenges with human resources as they strive to bolster digital banking during the global health crisis.

Jakarta – State-owned train operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PT KAI) has started providing rapid testing at several train stations in a bid to boost ridership and ensure safe protocol

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – A majority of female workers do not know what to ask from the government to protect their rights amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has hit them harde

Batam, Indonesia – Indonesian police have charged four more people in connection with the alleged torturing to death of an Indonesian crew member found in a freezer aboard a Chinese fi

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The government has threatened to sanction nickel businesses that fail to comply with nickel ore pricing regulations and, therefore, pose a risk to the country

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The government is set to grant protection and compensation to people were impacted by past acts of terrorism at home and abroad.

Victor Mambor, Jayapura – An 18-year-old resident of Asiki district in Bovel Digoel regency, Papua, reportedly died after being tortured by Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel statione

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – Indonesian policymakers are not putting the nation's healthcare eggs in one basket.

Ivany Atina Arbi, Evi Mariani and Dwi Atmanta, Jakarta – Victims of sexual abuse and harassment in the Indonesian Catholic Church face "thick walls" of silence, secrecy and denial, hav

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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has submitted an amicus curiae to support Diananta Putra Sumedi, former chief editor of local online media Banjarhits.id.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Jakarta's city administration has pledged to accelerate the construction of intermediate waste treatment facilities to convert waste to energy at four location

Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan claimed he was pleased to see the surge in daily confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city, reasoning it was in line with the local governm

Max Walden and Sastra Wijaya – While Malaysia managed to flatten its COVID-19 curve with a strict stay-at-home order, a slowed economy has seen many migrant workers from neighbouring I

Jakarta – The Banten provincial administration has, once again, extended large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) to flatten the curve of COVID-19 infection in the region.

Jakarta – Residents of South Tangerang, Banten, have largely adhered to health protocols put in place to curb COVID-19 transmission, with a compliance rate of 88.2 percent, the South T

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Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – Most Indonesians disagree with the government's decision to hold the 2020 simultaneous regional elections on Dec.

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police has ruled out a murder case in the death of Metro TV editor Yodi Prabowo, saying on Saturday he had committed suicide using a knife he ap

James Massola, Karuni Rompies and Amilia Rosa – The Indonesian government has decided to scrap its daily coronavirus briefings, a move labelled "suspicious" and designed "to hide some

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – North Sumatra University (USU) in Medan will suspend all activities for a week starting July 27 after five lecturers tested positive for COVID-1