Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has passed yet another toughest week in the Covid-19 outbreak with 11,950 more confirmed cases and 435 deaths, the highest ever by seven-day averag

Febriana Firdaus in Bali and Rebecca Ratcliffe – Attempts to control a growing coronavirus outbreak in Indonesia, the worst-hit country in south-east Asia, are being hampered by a lack

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – A Metro TV journalist who was recently found dead in Pesanggrahan, South Jakarta, was a murder victim, police confirmed on Saturday.

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The Jakarta Archdiocese has allowed three parishes to restart Sunday service after months of holding online services during large-scale social restriction

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has dismissed South Grogol subdistrict head Asep Subahan for alleged misuse of authority after issuing an e-ID card for high-

Jakarta – The World Health Organization has urged Indonesia to perform more COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests on people suspected to have the illness because it has noted

Farouk Arnaz, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – A man who works at the customer service unit of state-owned telecommunication company Telkomsel was arrested for allegedly stealing personal da

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Istiqlal Mosque in Central Jakarta will refrain from holding congregational prayers for the upcoming Idul Adha (Day of Sacrifice) this year amid the COVID

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – With the world racing to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Indonesia may miss an opportunity to increase its role in the global value chain of the pharmac

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – For 32-year-old Wiji Cahyono, the back pains that have cost him so many nights of sleep are now becoming so unbearable that he felt "like dying", if it were

Eisya A. Eloksari, Jakarta – Indonesian consumers are opting to buy used cars instead of new ones as the COVID-19 pandemic dampens people's spending power.

Jakarta – A panel of judges of the Pamekasan District Court in East Java has sentenced Ani Fatini, a former employee of East Java administration-owned lender Bank Jatim, to four-and-a-

Jakarta – The South Sumatran police have arrested an 18-year-old man suspected to have raped and murdered his former elementary school teacher in Marga Rahayu village, Banyuasin regenc

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Indonesian doctor Susana Somali and her staff cut tightly-bound plastic ropes off dozens of whimpering dogs rescued from the butcher's block after being sold or

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The national COVID-19 task force has encouraged the public to keep wearing masks to prevent the transmission of the novel coronavirus, following a recent repor

Jakarta – Police personnel occupy many positions that are not relevant to law and order. The force has a reputation for violence.

Jakarta – The Health Ministry's disease control and prevention director general, Achmad Yurianto, announced on Friday that the term "new normal" to describe Indonesia's post-pandemic e

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The number of cured or discharged Covid-19 patients in Indonesia increased by a record 1,190 on Saturday to a total of 34,719, or 46.9 percent of the overall

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Syahril Parlindungan, who allegedly sexual assaulted dozens of altar boys of St.

Jeffrey Hutton, Jakarta – Indonesia is pushing ahead with a data protection law following a series of high-profile data breaches in recent months at some of its biggest e-commerce comp

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The National Police have brought multiple charges relating to corruption and money laundering against captured fugitive Maria Pauline Lumowa, who has been want

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government on Wednesday issued a new regulation for its flagship incentivized training program to close loopholes in the previous regulation that

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has added 15,962 confirmed cases of coronavirus since the opening of the month, or 1,596 new cases per day, as the country's most densely-populated

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – The World Health Organisation said Indonesia should start to prioritize tests for Covid-19 suspects to improve its tracing capability – instead of spending about

Police in Banyuasin regency, South Sumatra have arrested a young man who allegedly raped and killed his own elementary school teacher, citing childhood grudge as a motive for the crime

Labuhan Lombok (AFP) – An Indonesian politician is under fire for ordering female civil servants to wear face veils once a week in what he defended as a bid to guard against the corona

Jakarta – A group made up of activists and regional officials submitted on Friday a request for a judicial review of Indonesia's mining law at the Constitutional Court, arguing there h

Alexander R Arifianto and Jefferson Ng – A draft law on Pancasila Ideological Guidance (RUU Haluan Ideologi Pancasila, HIP) was recently proposed by the Indonesian parliament.

Jakarta – When complaining in front of his cabinet, the President simply showed his weak leadership. It is time to replace incompetent ministers.

Antara, Jakarta – Commissioner Otniel Siahaan has been officially stripped of his position as the Percut Sei Tuan Police Sector chief following alleged police abuse that was committed

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Epidemiologist at the University of Indonesia (UI) Syahrizal Syarif on Thursday said the surging number of COVID-19 spread in Jakarta, as well as in other Indones

Vindry Florentin, Jakarta – Indonesian coal entrepreneurs are exploring new export destinations in non-traditional markets in the Asian region, including Vietnam and Pakistan.

Kumparan, an online media based in Jakarta sacked almost 100 media workers on the basis of decreases revenue from the Covid-19 outbreak.

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Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Fachrul Razi appears to have backed off from a plan to tap into the Indonesian Military's (TNI) resources

Jakarta – A French retiree could face the death penalty in Indonesia on charges that he molested over 300 children and beat those who refused to have sex with him, authorities said Thu

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have stopped an investigation into alleged bribery involving a Jakarta State University (UNJ) staff member, claiming no laws had been violated.

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has removed politician Rieke Diah Pitaloka from her post as House of Representatives Legislation Bod

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Several studies have found increasing levels of frustration, anger, stress, fear, anxiety and other negative emotions during the pandemic.

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has issued a regulation on the upcoming 2020 regional polls that stipulates health protocols for the concurrent election

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – A minister touted a necklace made of eucalyptus while researchers, including from the national intelligence agency, announced the discovery of a combin

Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – A man groped my breast in broad daylight when I was walking with my coworkers after lunch near our office in Palmerah, just 10 minutes' walk from the House

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman has urged the government to review the regulation on COVID-19 rapid tests as there might be price discrepancies between test providers, resulting in

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Jakarta – There is a new item in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo daily agenda now: looking at the day-to-day progress of the ministries state budget spending.

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government has pledged to accelerate healthcare spending, including disbursing incentives to medical workers, as bureaucratic red tape hinders the pro

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Budi Sutrisno and Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD has expressed optimism fugitive Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra can be tracked

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Jakarta – A 21-year-old woman who was the victim of rape allegedly committed by seven men was found dead on Wednesday, apparently by her own hand at her home in Bangkalan, Madura Islan