Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Nine fishermen's associations made up of 123 fishers at a fishery on Buru Island, Maluku, have been certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) wit

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The government plans to start the new academic year normally in July, but classes may reopen at a later time due to national health crisis caused by the coron

Yeremia Sukoyo, Semarang, Central Java – A helicopter belonging to the Indonesian Army crashed and burst into flame in the Central Java town of Kendal on Saturday afternoon, killing fo

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Indonesia soared by 993 on Saturday, the highest single-day rise since first cases were detected in early March,

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The Indonesian Health Ministry confirmed 993 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the highest single-day increase in the official count to date.

Randy Mulyanto – The deaths of four Indonesians after working on Chinese fishing vessels – which came to light last month after footage emerged showing one of their bodies being dumped

Jakarta – Companies must face the new normal with innovation. There will be no place for the old ways of doing business.

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Indonesia receives hundreds of thousands of health equipment from China, including PCR testing kits, personal protective equipment, and masks on Friday.

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Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – The government claims it has ensured there will be a sufficient supply of food to avoid a potential food crisis following the COVID-19 outbreak.

In 2002, Rukam villagers sold their land to a palm oil company. Since then, they've seen their peatlands, forests and fish stocks vanish.

James Massola and Amilia Rosa – Indonesia has recorded its largest single-day rise in new coronavirus infections, with 993 new cases reported on Saturday and 31 new deaths.

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – Indonesia's second-largest Muslim group, Muhammadiyah, said on Thursday that its members and Muslims in general may again take part in public prayers in mosqu

The case of Ferdian Paleka, the YouTuber behind the infamous transphobic viral video, has officially ended with his victims dropping the charges against him and leading to his subseque

West Sumatra Governor Irwan Prayitno has filed a formal request to the Communications and Information Ministry for the removal of a local language bible app from the Google Play Store,

James Massola – Indonesia's top diplomat in India is promoting anti-vaccination views on his personal Facebook page, arguing that building physical fitness and immunity is preferable t

Triyan Pangastuti, Jakarta – Indonesia's state budget deficit is set to widen further this year as the government projects lower tax revenue despite bills piling up for its Covid-19 mi

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The Al Azhar mosque in South Jakarta was a hive of activity on Friday morning (Jun 5), with caretakers getting the house of worship ready to stage its first Fri

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives is mulling over changing the current open-list proportional representation electoral system and raising the 4 percent minimum parl

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Foreign investors are starting to put their money back into Indonesian assets as countries around the world begin to ease their COVID-19 restrictions, spurring

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesian farmers suffered losses in May as low prices and supply chain disruptions hit the sector as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Randy Mulyanto, Jakarta – Two Indonesian brothers will go on trial next month for the murder of their teenage sister in a so-called honor killing, police said on Tuesday, a rare case i

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman has received hundreds of complaints about the distribution of COVID-19 social aid, including alleged recipient data manipulation and benefit cuts.

Jakarta – Dozens of residents of Silale in Ambon, Maluku, staged a protest on Thursday to turn away a medical team that had intended to perform rapid COVID-19 tests on a family living

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Norman Harsono, Jakarta – State-owned electricity company PLN will relax bill payments this month for household customers whose bills spiked because of the company's flawed new bill-ca

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Claiming to have lowered coronavirus transmission rates, Jakarta has decided to ease large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) as they are extended to the end of

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Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Freelancers and entrepreneurs are among those who have been hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak, many of whom are reporting income losses and declining acti

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Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Jakarta, the first epicenter of the COVID-19 epidemic in Indonesia, is claiming a reduction in the rate of infections and welcomes a period of fewer restriction

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto is set to remain as leader of the Great Indonesia Party, or Gerindra, for another five years after the "entire representatives" of

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Garuda Indonesia president-director Irfan Setiaputra suggested the government to help lower the cost for flight passengers to undergo PCR-based COVI

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian held Friday a virtual coordination meeting with regional heads on the nation's preparations ahead of the 2020 gener

Jakarta – A farmer from the Sakai tribe in Bengkalis has been jailed for cutting down trees on land owned by a company. This is an offense against justice.

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – The West Sumatra provincial administration is currently under the spotlight after its letter requesting the central government take down a Bible application

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) expects the rupiah to strengthen even after the currency returned to levels seen before the COVID-19 crisis, as foreign investors make

Jakarta – The number of criminal cases in Indonesia in the 22nd week of this year, or the last week of May, soared by 16.6 percent compared to the previous week, according to the Natio

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – People are becoming increasingly cautious about spending as they prepare for the possibility that the pandemic will have a long-term impact on their finan

Jakarta – Two civilians were shot to death by unknown assailants in Poso regency, Central Sulawesi on Tuesday.

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Independent researcher Ravio Patra has filed a pretrial motion against the Jakarta Police for the latter's move to detain and accuse him of inciting riots thro

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The government is devising plans to ensure food security in the country after the coronavirus pandemic has passed, as the Food and Agriculture Organization, or FA

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investments Luhut Pandjaitan assured that future foreign investors will be required to transfer t

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Mark Tan, Clarice Chiam and Donavan Lim, Singapore – Southeast Asia's largest buyer of gasoline, Indonesia, has taken another step toward lowering its overall oil purchasing costs by r

Ade Mardiyati – When Indonesian artist and manager Sulung Landung went to Bali in January, he met up with a long-time friend, well-known tarot card reader Noviana Kusumawardhani, for a

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – After around two months of coronavirus restrictions in four provinces and 26 cities, the government is planning to ease the restrictions, but has yet

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The nation's airlines will have to brace for a lengthy recovery period of more than a year, as public perception of air travel has turned negative amid the CO

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The Indonesian banking industry will face tougher challenges throughout the rest of the year following the sector's slumping performance in the first quarter as

Riska Rahman and Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Several ailing state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are still in the dark over how to raise funds to finance their operations and pay debts des