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Bangkok – Indonesian authorities should immediately release journalist Diantara Putra Sumedi and stop legal proceedings against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

The trial of Diananta Putra Sumedi, former chief editor of local online media, banjarhits.id, began in Kotabaru District Court, South Kalimantan on June 8.

Dyaning Pangestika and Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – As part of a campaign against sexual harassment, a cactus shaped like a penis and testicles has been sold in a Twitter-based char

Made Anthony Iswara and Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Wearing a black-and-gray scarf as a face mask, teacher Fransiskus Xaverius Faimau, 37, in North Central Timor regency, East Nusa

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – A recent study that examined the COVID-19 safety and risk assessment of countries around the world has put Indonesia in 97th position, which is a relatively

Jakarta – Yogyakarta Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, who is also the Yogyakarta governor, has threatened to close Jl.

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation, or YLBHI, said they had discovered 38 blasphemy cases in Indonesia from January to May.

Jakarta – The National Police have reported that the number of road accidents during this year's Idul Fitri mudik (exodus) season was 31 percent lower than last year's, a decline from

Jakarta – The Bandung administration in West Java will temporarily close three traditional markets in the city after several sellers were found to have contracted COVID-19.

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Pita, a Jakarta resident who asked to use a pseudonym for this article, said anxiety had kept her from sleeping for several days at a time during the pan

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Less than a month since the central government's first call to "co-exist" with the coronavirus, Jakarta is among the first provinces in Indonesia to ease restr

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo and West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil are trending upward as potential candidates for the 2024 presidential race, according

Jakarta – The Indonesian government will not change its decision to cancel this year's haj even if Saudi Arabia reopens Mecca and Medina for the annual pilgrimage, a minister has said.

Rakhmat Nur Hakim, Jakarta – The Indonesian police (Polri) were the institution which the public reported most to the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) in 2019.

Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) recorded 38 cases of religious blasphemy between January and May, 2020.

Jakarta – Greater Surabaya in East Java officially ended its large-scale social restrictions (PSBB), a partial lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19, on Monday.

Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has urged people to prepare for the dry season, expected to peak in August, although it is expected to be less sever

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – State-owned airport operators Angkasa Pura I and II are turning to cargo and warehousing services to shift their revenue source as the government's social res

Zowi Milanovi – The Dutch King has apologised for violence committed by the Netherlands during Indonesia's independence struggle.

Triyan Pangastuti, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves swelled to $130.5 billion in May, up from $127.9 billion in April, as the government took out more loans from foreign

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has issued a circular stipulating requirements for people seeking to travel within or into the country during the transition to th

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Jakarta – The Bali provincial administration has reported an increasing number of local COVID-19 transmissions in the resort island recently, particularly in the four regencies of Badu

Bisnis, Jakarta – The Indonesian government noted that the number of layoffs caused by the coronavirus disease or COVID-19 pandemic had reached 3,05 million as of June 2, 2020.

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – Jakarta Metro Police spokesman Sr. Comr.

The Covid-19 pandemic has hit Indonesian workers hard.

Grace Sihombing and Eko Listiyorini – Retail stores, restaurants and offices reopened in Indonesia's capital after more than two-months as authorities eased social restriction rules to

Jakarta – The rupiah's recent rally and capital inflows have been a breath of fresh air against the backdrop of a lacklustre domestic economy and increasing numbers of Covid-19 cases.

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Long queues and a throng of visitors are no longer common sights in hospitals across Indonesia as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and it is likely to stay

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – East Java was the biggest contributor to Indonesia's new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Monday, accounting for 43 percent of 847 cases nationwide in the p

Heru AndriyantoJakarta – Indonesia reported 50 more deaths from coronavirus on Sunday, bringing the total death toll to 1,851.

Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – Restaurant owners are finding new ways to serve customers as they prepare new protocols to ensure safety for when they reopen for the first time since the

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The usual bustle Jakarta is known for returned on Monday morning as commuters packed train stations across the city and its peripheral areas to get to the

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Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's 2020 budget deficit will widen further to accommodate a larger stimulus package, but economists and business representatives say it will still

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has announced that ride-hailing ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers are allowed to transport passengers again starting on Monday.

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign exchange (forex) reserves rose to US$130.5 billion in May thanks to the government's new debt issuance and increased forex levels stor

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Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Investment said the Covid-19 pandemic has forced Indonesians to change their behavior and adopt a cleaner and

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The police have arrested three people and charged them with fraud for pretending to sell face masks to buyers in Indonesia and Hong Kong.

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesian business players are demanding the government provide an additional stimulus package of Rp 625.1 trillion (US$44.6 billion) in working cap

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Parties that failed to meet the legislative threshold in 2019 have voiced their objections to the House of Representatives' proposal to amend Law No.

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has expressed its opposition to granting Indonesian coal miners' request to relax coal royalty payments amid the COV

Rizki Fachriansyah, Sausan Atika and Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – The sight of busy roads, crowded bus shelters and train stations that have long defined capital Jakarta as a business h

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The West Java administration has extended large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in Bogor, Depok and Bekasi (Bodebek) until July 2.

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) is preparing health protocols to prevent COVID-19 transmission during the 2020 simultaneous regional elections, which th

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Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) Minister Erick Thohir has appointed presidential spokesperson Fadjroel Rachman as the new commissioner of state-owned construction firm Waskita

Jakarta – An online petition calling for the release of South Kalimantan journalist Diananta "Nanta" Putera Samedi, who was recently arrested for his reporting of a land dispute, conti