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Jakarta – Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has instructed his subordinates to draw up a list of pesantren (Islamic boarding schools) to receive financial assistance from the government durin

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Public health experts have called for accessible birth control programs ahead of the so-called new normal, as the number of unplanned pregnancies in the c

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Almost unnoticeably, sometime in early May, the coronavirus crept into a house in Indonesia's emerging COVID-19 epicenter of Surabaya and ensnared four membe

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Airlines are seeking to regain passengers' confidence to fly through the enforcement of health protocol during the "new normal" period as the industry see

Jakarta – The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has begun clinical trials of two new herbal medicines intended to boost the immune systems of COVID-19 patients.

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has warned of a second COVID-19 wave as the number of new cases continued to soar over the past few days, following the loosenin

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has instructed the Public Works and Housing Ministry to expand the government's food-estate program by developing 165,000 hecta

Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – Hundreds of children in Indonesia are believed to have died from COVID-19, giving the Southeast Asian country one of the world's highest rates of child deat

James Massola and Karuni Rompies – Indonesia's coronavirus case count could double to more than 60,000 infections in the next two weeks as testing becomes more widespread, according to

Yudo Dahono, Jakarta – The State-Owned Enterprises Ministry has devised a plan to extend the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train project to Surabaya in East Java to improve connectivity o

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The Indonesian Press Council and the Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) urged the removal of articles concerning press affairs from the draft of Job

Jakarta – Seemingly at odds with the existing laws, the government regulation on the involvement of the military in dealing with terrorism has sparked criticism.

Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – Lion Air Group's Lion Mentari Airlines, Wings Abadi Airlines and Batik Air – Indonesia's largest private airline group – resumed flights on Wednesday a

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry has revoked a rule that requires the passenger load factor of public transportation and private vehicles to not exceed 50 percen

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – As the Jakarta administration gradually eases COVID-19 social restrictions and reopens certain business sectors, people are preparing themselves for a safe comm

Jakarta – Despite the strict protocols in place surrounding the burial of victims and suspected victims of COVID-19 there have been a number of incidents reported recently of family an

Jakarta – Indonesia reported 1,241 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Wednesday in another record high for the second consecutive day, taking the country's total to 34,316.

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives Legislation Body (Baleg) is considering dropping proposed revisions to the Press Law from the omnibus bill on job creation.

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – A report conducted by the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has revealed that accusations of blasphemy are still rampant amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto will soon decide on the candidate for the party to endorse in the 2024 presidential election, a party top official has

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Recipients of funds and training under the government's preemployment card may not be able to practice the skills they learn through the program beca

Jakarta – A 45-year-old man from Samarinda, East Kalimantan, was arrested for alleged sexual assault against a 5-year-old girl at a daycare operated by his wife.

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Quantity does not equal quality for the Indonesian textile industry, which has contributed to a production surplus of personal protective equipment (PPE) to m

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – Three months ago, professional DJ Ganarjito Abirowo was still performing at multiple nightclubs in Jakarta.

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Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government is pinning its hopes on restarting the economy to kickstart recovery, despite the latest surge in new COVID-19 cases and as sales continue

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi has sent letters to at least 30 of her counterparts around the world urging them to reject the Israeli government's plan t

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – Indonesian National Police (Polri) spokesperson Brig. Gen.

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Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Village administrations need to play a bigger role in containing the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak so they can carry out more effective preventive meas

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has rejected an invitation to attend a public hearing with the House of Representative's (DPR) Legislative Body (Baleg) to di

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – A group of activists under the Advocacy Coalition for Narcotics Usage for Medication along with several other civil society groups have called for the decrimina

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The government has to improve digital infrastructure around the country, especially in poorer remote areas, since fast internet connection will be one of the

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo held a video conference with governors of all Indonesian provinces on Wednesday to order renewed measures in curbing the

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Yogyakarta-based Gadjah Mada University (UGM) has joined the ranks of the world's top 300 universities, moving up 66 places to land in 254th position on the 20

Jakarta (Reuters) – Jakarta's motorcycle taxi drivers have a new weapon in the battle against the coronavirus – a plastic shield they can strap on backpack-style to isolate them from p

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Central Java's Mayor of Semarang Hendrar Prihadi on Tuesday said that the COVID-19 cases happening in his region had surged after the Eid celebration, w

Jakarta – The move by President Joko Widodo to increase the Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) premiums at the beginning of May is mistaken.

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Indonesia has been categorized as an unsafe country in a recent report that studied Covid-19 responses in 200 countries and regions in terms of government respons

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported 1,043 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, the highest rise in a day since the first cases were detected in the country in

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) will grow at zero percent this year as the global economy is expected to see its deepest downturn since the Secon

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The government aims to boost homeownership in Indonesia through its public housing savings program (Tapera), which requires employers and workers to contribut

Abdurrachman Satrio – A few years ago, when I first decided to pursue constitutional law, my late grandfather, Padjadjaran University constitutional law scholar Sri Soemantri (1926-201

Harry Suhartono – Indonesia will allow airlines to carry more passengers in a rule that further eases curbs in the aviation industry, as Southeast Asia's largest economy allows more ci

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesia has been hit by trade remedies involving nine trading partners that launched an investigation into alleged unfair practices by the country,

Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police have apprehended two alleged masterminds, identified as TA and AS, behind a terror attack on a police station in South Daha district, South Kal

Rakhmat Nur Hakim, Jakarta – National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) Deputy Commissioner Hairansyah says that 2019 was a gloomy year for human rights (HAM) in Indonesia.

Tempo.Co, Jakarta – Two farmers in the Kawende mountains in Poso, Central Sulawesi, were allegedly mistaken to be members of the East Indonesia Mujahidin terrorist group by the Tinomba

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Head of the pedestrian's coalition 'Koalisi Pejalan Kaki' Alfred Sitorus on Monday argues that pedestrians of the capital city will probably not abide by p