Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has expressed disapproval over a decision by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to hand over a case of alleged briber

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has decided to extend the period of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) to the end of June as Indonesia's capital city enter

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has increased the COVID-19 testing target to 20,000 samples per day as new cases mount in several regions of the archipelag

Jakarta – A 31-year-old woman in Tandun district, Rokan Hulu regency, Riau was sentenced to seven days in jail and a two-month probation period after having been found guilty of steali

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – A recent survey by the International Labor Organization (ILO) has revealed that the majority of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia had been fo

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Students nationwide have written an open letter to urge Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim to reduce the Single Tuition Fee (UKT) for universit

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Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government unveiled on Wednesday a bigger stimulus package worth Rp 677.2 trillion (US$47.6 billion) to anchor the virus-battered economy, the growth

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government's decision to prepare hundreds of thousands of Indonesian Military (TNI) officers for deployment to help enforce pandemic health protoc

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Administrative and Bureaucracy Reforms Minister Tjahjo Kumolo said all government institutions will devise new systems to ensure uninterrupted public service d

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia reported 684 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Wednesday in a worrying start into the month, as projected Covid-19 peak is increasingly becomin

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The Manpower Ministry says a total of 1.7 million workers have either lost their jobs or been furloughed by their employers during the coronavirus pandemic.

Jakarta – The government and the DPR are continuing to deliberate problematic laws. This is immoral at a time of the pandemic.

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Indonesians have erred on the side of doubt and pessimism while the government struggles to mitigate the COVID-19 epidemic in the country, according to a

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The government aims to complete the disbursement of the BLT Dana Desa (village funds unconditional cash transfers) to around 8 million families this week, a

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Experts and volunteers with the LaporCovid-19 (Report Covid-19) community movement have warned of a potentially tumultuous "new normal" period following t

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration is set to begin implementing "new normal" protocols this week.

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan said on Tuesday that the government was expecting the House of Representatives

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The government has vowed to continue the development of national strategic projects during the COVID-19 health crisis with the addition of 89 new projects

Jakarta – Surabaya in East Java has turned into a "black zone" as the region recorded nearly 3,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday.

Willy Kurniawan, Hamba Praing, Indonesia – On Indonesia's Sumba island, the motifs displayed on traditional textiles produced by its weavers often depict animals, including the area's

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Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The Industry Ministry pushed back the deadline to achieve its import reduction target by a year, as the COVID-19 pandemic has battered productivity and demand

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government's plan to gradually reopen places of worship has drawn mixed responses from religious groups and health experts, many of whom insist th

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy may shrink 3.5 percent this year should the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) imposed by several regional administrations nationw

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Hardly ever mentioned alongside other front-line health workers like doctors and nurses, laboratory workers in Indonesia are grappling with an unprecedented

Stepanus Purba, Medan (iNews.id) – Personnel from the North Sumatra (Sumut) regional police General Crimes Detectives Directorate (ditreskrimum) have uncovered a plus-plus massage parl

Jakarta – Another hammer-and-sickle flag case has again raise its head after a flag with the communist logo was found in Makassar.

Elvira Anna Siahaan, Jakarta – Since Indonesia reported its first Covid-19 cases in early March, tourist arrivals have nosedived.

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman has suggested the government should carry out simulations of the "new normal" health protocol to make sure the public understands it

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Indonesian Teachers Association (PGRI) asserted that now is not the time for face-to-face teaching and learning activities in schools.

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – University of Indonesia (UI) Head of Epidemiology, Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono strongly suggests that the Jakarta administration should only loosen its COVID-19 social

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo should be honest and open about the latest situation regarding Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) in Indonesia.

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The Indonesian government's National Covid-19 Task Force denied claims the country is trying to reach herd immunity to try to put an end to the Covid-19 pandem

Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – Lion Air, the largest airline in Indonesia by fleet size, will ground all international and domestic flights on Friday until further notice – just five

Tassia Sipahutar – Indonesian companies from airlines to builders of luxury condos and cement makers are warning investors of plunging revenue and profit as the coronavirus pandemic ra

James Massola – A former Labor minister's snap decision to ban live cattle exports to Indonesia in 2011 has been ruled as unreasonable and invalid by the Federal Court.

Jakarta – Journalists and members of the public in a coalition of indigenous communities and press freedoms have started a crowdfunding campaign to support Diananta "Nanta" Putera Same

Jakarta – Riau Islands' Batam COVID-10 task force declared HOG Eden Park church a new cluster in Batam on Sunday after 26 of its congregation members tested positive for the virus.

Nilufar Rizki, Jakarta – Indonesia has cancelled the haj pilgrimage this year for people in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation due to concerns over the coronavirus, the religio

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested former Supreme Court secretary Nurhadi and his son-in-law Rezky Herbiyono for alleged graft surro

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – State-owned oil and gas giant Pertamina plans to explore opportunities in the pharmaceutical industry and expand its hospital business as Indonesian fossil fu

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – A recent study by the Health Ministry and the United Nations Children's Fund found that 84 percent of immunization services in Indonesia have been disrupted b

Gemma Holliani Cahya and Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – It has been three months since Heriyanto, 52, a fifth-grade teacher at SD 08 elementary school in Berinang Mayung in remote Land

Jakarta – Bali Governor I Wayan Koster has said he would revoke Badung Tourism Agency's decision to reopen two beaches in Badung regency for foreign surfers.

Jakarta – Indonesia posted its lowest inflation in almost two decades in May as restrictions to curb the coronavirus pandemic continued to suppress demands.

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The government is mulling over plans to reopen school campuses by the end of the year or at the beginning of 2021, after students were required to study from h

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Scholars and activists have raised concern about the freedom of speech in Indonesia following alleged acts of intimidation against critics of the government's

Jakarta – The number of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based testing for coronavirus has met the daily target of 10,000 for the sixth consecutive day on Monday, despite taking more th

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – A small group of militants with suspected link to global terror network Islamic State attacked a police station and killed an officer with a sword in Indonesia'