Ihsan Ali Fauzi – The Religious Affairs Ministry must immediately reconsider plans to involve the Indonesian Military (TNI) in managing religious harmony.

Jakarta – Activists have criticised the lack of progress of a historic Jakarta air pollution lawsuit, which remains unresolved a year after it was first filed on July 4, 2019.

Jakarta – Indonesia imposed a 10% value-added tax on sales by technology firms including Amazon, Netflix, Spotify and Google on Tuesday, as spending patterns shift with increased remot

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The government is speeding up efforts to issue a regulation on carbon trading as part of Indonesia's commitment to reducing global greenhouse gas emissi

Jakarta – Jakarta began to trial its first electric buses on the city's busiest route between City Hall and the Blok M business center on Monday.

Sania Mashabi, Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) Chairperson Asfinawati has revealed several indicators that show the Indonesian government wants to return to the era o

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – An investigative report has revealed the political links between Indonesia's fisheries minister and a slew of companies recently awarded permits for a controve

Oliver Crawford – The Indonesian Marxist and anti-colonial revolutionary Tan Malaka (1894-1949) exists in two forms, real and fictional.

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) central executive board has recommended Rahayu "Sara" Saraswati Djojohadikusumo, the niece of Gerindra Part

Hendartyo Hanggi, Jakarta (Bisnis) – Following the controversy surrounding the decision to open the lobster seeds export, Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Minister Edhy Prabowo firmly an

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – University of Indonesia epidemiologist Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono suggested Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan take the courageous decision to stop the transitional PSBB

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police's Criminal Investigation Unit (Bareskrim) announced the arrest of "ADC" which police said was responsible for hacking more than 1

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Tjahjo Kumolo said the government has started to consider the removal of state institutions or commissions in ord

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Garuda Indonesia (IDX: GIAA) CEO Irfan Setiaputra reported that at least 300 employees have taken early retirement as of today, July 7.

Harry Suhartono and Arys Aditya – Bali, Indonesia's most-popular holiday destination, will welcome back visitors from the end of this month even after the resort island reported a four

Sultan Anshori, Karangasem – Bali conducted mass prayers on Sunday as the Indonesian resort island prepares to reopen to tourists shut out due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

James Massola – Indonesia will become the third coronavirus epicentre in Asia after China and India, according to one of the country's top epidemiologists.

A disturbing new development to Tokopedia's massive user data leak has been reported, with a cyber security firm finding evidence that 91 million users' private information were put up

A 14-year-old rape victim in Lampung province became the victim of another alleged sexual assault at the hands of an official who was supposed to provide her counseling and protection,

Ever wonder why, in many parts of Jakarta, the "new normal" feels just like the old normal?

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The surge in coronavirus infections in Indonesia continued on Monday with 1,209 new cases, taking the country's total to 64,958.

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – State Secretary Pratikno has downplayed the possibility of a Cabinet reshuffle, saying that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's recent fiery rebuke of his ministe

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesia's nontariff barriers on food imports may limit the accessibility and affordability of nutritious foods, which have become increasingly impo

Riska Rahman and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Transferring the Financial Services Authority's (OJK) supervision over banking back to Bank Indonesia (BI) could cause investors to l

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Indonesian households have seen abnormal electricity bills for the third consecutive month, likely a result of the accumulation of monthly charges in state el

Jakarta – Banyuwangi regency in East Java has begun to reopen tourist destinations under "new normal" policies to alleviate the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism, reg

Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – The government has collected more than Rp 40 trillion (US$2.82 billion) in dividends from five major state-owned enterprises (SOEs) alone this year, while

Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – Lion Air Group, Indonesia's largest airline group by fleet size, has decided to slash 8.9 percent of its workforce to keep the group afloat during the

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Dangdut King Rhoma Irama hits the wrong note when singing on stage in front of hundreds of people amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – A joint survey by the Social Resilience Lab Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and crowdsourcing platform Lapor Covid19 claims that Jakartans are not ready

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Milder weather is expected to bring about a less severe forest fire season across Indonesia this year compared to 2019.

Yogyakarta – Dozens of people from various different Islamic groups, which make up the Jogja United Alliance, held a Crush the Indonesian Communist Party (Ganyang PKI) action at the ze

Jakarta – The Women's Anti-Violence Alliance Movement (Gerak Perempuan) opposes the removal of the Draft Law on the Elimination of Sexual Violence (RUU PKS) from the 2020 Priority Nati

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Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia are battling with challenges ranging from an unstable internet connection and logistics disruptions to fi

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Commuter line operator PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI) reported an increasing number of passengers on Monday, with commuters seen crowding train stat

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government brought forward the rice-planting season this year to ensure sufficient supply, and it now estimates a harvest of 12.5 million to 15 m

Marcel Thee – Seven passionate record collectors are helping to preserve long-forgotten Indonesian music of the 20th century with their archival project Irama Nusantara, Indonesian for

Kate Thresher – A decade in the making, the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) comes into force today.

Erwin Renaldi – While more than one million Australians travel to Indonesia annually, a recent poll shows this hasn't necessarily enhanced people's knowledge of one of Australia's clos

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has touted online courses as the default mode of learning for many university students as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has

Tri Indah Oktavianti and Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Agriculture Ministry plans to release a eucalyptus-based "antivirus necklace" that minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo claims can help

Beritasatu, Jakarta – Counter-terror squad Detachment 88 arrested three suspected militants in Central Java in connection to last month's attack on police officers, a spokesman said on

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported 82 deaths from coronavirus-related diseases on Sunday, the highest single-day fatalities since the outbreak, to take the total death toll

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Australian resident Joel Backwell, 39, experienced what most Indonesian students go through when he studied art law for a year at Gadjah Mada University

Jakarta – Participants at Sunday's "Crush Communism Rally" in Jakarta from organisations such as the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), the 212 Alumni Brotherhood (PA 212) and the National

Hengky Ola Sura, Sikka, East Nusa Tenggara – Award winning author, Felix K.

Michael Taylor, Kuala Lumpur (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An Indonesian government plan to develop a huge farm on Borneo island would likely increase planet-warming carbon emissions

Jakarta – The police have named a former Starbucks Indonesia employee a suspect in an alleged sexual harassment case after he posted on social media a video showing himself and another

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – As elephant-human conflicts continue to be reported in Sumatra amid massive deforestation that prompts the critically endangered species to go to plantations a