Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has urged Padjajaran University's Medical School research team in Bandung, West Java to make the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine available for widespr

Tri Indah Oktavianti and Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The Indonesian Anticorruption Community (MAKI) reported House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Azis Syamsudin to the House's ethics c

Jakarta – Hundreds of workers and businesspeople grouped under the Jakarta Association of Entertainment Entrepreneurs (Asphija) staged a rally in front of City Hall in Central Jakarta

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – As four junior high schoolers waded across a fast flowing river on their way to school, they struggled to keep their balance against the force of the cu

Ghina Ghaliya and Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo has topped the list of potential candidates for the 2024 presidential race, a recently published survey

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – An animal protection organization, Animals Australia, has reported that the COVID-19 pandemic has put animals in a dire situation, with many of them lef

Triyan Pangastuti, Jakarta – Foreign direct investment into Indonesia has dropped 6.9 percent in the second quarter from the same period last year, showing the latest sign of the count

Jakarta – The National Police are currently investigating 92 cases of alleged embezzlement surrounding COVID-19 social aid in 18 provinces across the country.

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The Health Ministry announced 139 more COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, by far the highest one-day death toll linked to the contagious disease in Indonesia.

Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has urged the public to use locally produced rapid testing kits developed by the Agency for the

Jakarta – Police in Indonesia have charged three recruiting agency bosses over the torture death of an Indonesian crew member found in a freezer aboard a Chinese fishing vessel, an off

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – New confirmed cases of coronavirus infections in Jakarta surged by 433 on Tuesday – the city's highest single-day rise so far – to take its total to 17,279,

Yudha Baskoro, Jakarta – Nightclub workers in Jakarta held a rally in front of City Hall in Central Jakarta on Tuesday demanding reopening of their workplaces as they sought to end the

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy is on track for a significant contraction this year as the coronavirus crisis has hit the global economy more severely than previously

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government launched on Monday a new team to tackle both the public health and economic aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic as the country's economy

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has officially disbanded 18 state bodies deemed irrelevant as the government shifts its focus to COVID-19 pandemic mitigati

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Ardila Syakriah and Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – After almost a month of taking gradual steps to reopen the economy, Indonesia has seen its COVID-19 cases and deaths double as crowds reeme

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded a Rp 257.8 trillion (US$17.5 billion) budget deficit in the first half of the year as the government seeks to bolster stimulus spending

A man in his 20s allegedly assaulted his wife out of impatience, all because the victim couldn't finish frying ikan asin, or salted fish, any sooner.

The majority of new coronavirus patients in the past week were infected in offices, Indonesia's COVID-19 task force said, as the government continues to urge health precaution complian

Maria Cellina Wijaya and Rizqy Rahmatyah, Jakarta – When Jakarta became the epicentre of Covid-19 transmission, other regions, including the East Java capital of Surabaya, lagged behin

Rainer Heufers – Governments around the world have been borrowing money during the COVID-19 crisis to fund programs to protect vulnerable citizens.

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Most Indonesians no longer want large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) to be in force as the country takes gradual steps to reopen the economy, a survey conduc

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government inaugurated on Monday a facility to produce refuse-derived fuel (RDF), a fuel made of various types of waste, in Cilacap, Central Java

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Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – Experts have highlighted the need to support industry sectors dominated by women, as the economic downturn from the pandemic was affecting a disproportion

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The government will no longer be reporting COVID-19 updates through daily press briefings, a task previously carried out by the Health Ministry's disease contr

Jakarta – Rahayu Saraswati Djojohadikusumo, a former TV presenter and legislator who is also a niece of Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, has been nominated as the deputy mayor candid

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – A potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech is set to have its Phase III clinical trials in Bandung, West Jav

Jakarta – Residents of Cilimus Hideung village in Cibatu district, Garut, West Java, are now able to access low-cost internet thanks to the efforts of resident Budi Hermawan.

Jakarta – The Draft Law on the Agency for Pancasila Ideology Education (RUU BPIP) which will replace the Draft Law on Pancasila Ideology Guidelines (RUU HIP) contains a prohibition on

Nadirsyah Hosen and Jeremy J Kingsley – As Indonesia's health care system, bureaucracy and economy was being buffeted by the Covid-19 pandemic over the last few weeks, a debate was als

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Ministry is seeking to relax the requirements to establish a cooperative by reducing the min

Adrian Wail Akhlas and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) has given the 2019 central government's financial report an unqualified opinion (WTP), the best

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Just as the COVID-19 pandemic began to emerge in January, 21-year-old Dian gave birth to her premature son in Tuban, East Java, which is now the epicenter of

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has recently issued a regulation stipulating that the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) will work directly under the President in a bid to stream

Jakarta – Indonesia's hard won democracy still allows for political dynasties to thrive, a fact resented by many following the euphoric regime change in 1998 for fostering the kind of

Sylviana Hamdani – The island of Sumba in eastern Indonesia has abundant natural charms and ancient cultural traditions.

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – The top leader of South-east Asian terror group, Jemaah Islamiah (JI), was sentenced to seven years jail on Monday (July 20) by an Indonesian court for

Jakarta – All schools in Pariaman, West Sumatra closed their doors again and returned to online instruction on Monday after two staff members of a school in the city tested positive fo

Novan Iman Santosa, Jakarta – Surprises in Indonesian defense procurement seem like a constant feature now.

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Jakarta officially extended its period of COVID-19 social restrictions by another 14 days late on Thursday, amid the continued threat of viral transmission that

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The Indonesian Market Traders Association (IKAPPI) recorded 1,172 positive COVID-19 cases at 201 traditional markets throughout 83 regencies or cities of 26 Ind

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The civil society group "Indonesian People's Society Against Covid-19" on Sunday urged the government to perform better crisis communication and avoid creating a

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Over just four days, Covid-19 decimated half of Surabaya resident Dea Winnie Pertiwi's family, killing her parents and eldest sister, who was eight months pre

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported 1,693 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Monday with Jakarta, Central Java and East Java becoming the main drivers, according to the Na

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The Health Ministry announced 127 COVID-19 deaths on Sunday, the highest one-day death toll so far.

Chairul Fikri, Jakarta – The Tangerang district government has closed a makeshift quarantine facility for Covid-19 patients as cases have been declining over the past weeks, in a sharp

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The widespread use of rapid antibody tests for COVID-19 as requirements for various activities during the pandemic, including for traveling in Indonesia, has