Jakarta – Entering the last week of Ramadan, shopping centers across the country are packed by shoppers getting ready to welcome the annual celebration of Idul Fitri, with many neglect

Arya Dipa, Jakarta – The Industry Ministry has issued more than 5,800 operational permits to companies in West Java to keep operating amid the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB).

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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of a journalist held since 4 May in South Kalimantan province, in the far south of the Indonesian part of the island of

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Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The government will tighten its monitoring of the Idul Fitri mudik (exodus) ban as the Islamic holiday, which falls on May 24 and 25 this year, approaches, the

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Weakening purchasing power following business disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has battered the country's automotive industry, forcing carmakers to

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Jakarta has cracked down on thousands of individuals and companies for violating the capital's large-scale social restrictions (PSBB), imposing sanctions that

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the South Kalimantan Police to drop a defamation charge against a blogger who published articles about a land dispute

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – A music video featuring various state officials and regional heads encouraging citizens to stay at home ahead of the Idul Fitri holidays has been met with

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Political factions at the House of Representatives are divided over the title of the controversial omnibus bill on job creation, with four parties in President

Apriadi Gunawan, Asip Hasani and Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta/Medan – As the country still struggles to flatten the COVID-19 transmission curve, more medical workers have fallen victi

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The government needs to expand its definition of vulnerable groups during the coronavirus pandemic to be able to help more people in need, Santi Kusumaningrum

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry has suspended a flight operated by Batik Air on the Jakarta-Denpasar, Bali, route as the airline was found to have violated physic

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – National airlines are grappling with losses due to low passenger demand and social distancing restrictions, despite getting the government's green-light t

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – State-owned electricity company PLN's net profit nosedived last year as a result of higher tax expenses and operational costs that had offset its higher incom

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's current account deficit narrowed in the first quarter of this year as imports fell and the deficit in services dwindled amid the coronavirus p

Eid is less than a week away.

Erin Cook – There's nothing like Idul Fitri in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country. Jakarta hums endlessly all year – except for those two days.

Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat – Southeast Asia's largest economy, Indonesia, has again shown it prioritises the economy over its people during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has inaugurated Adm.

Hotman Siregar, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has decided to extend the city's large-scale social restriction, or PSBB, until June 4 for what he wished wou

Jakarta – Indonesians are less likely to use hand sanitizer compared to citizens of other Southeast Asian countries, according to a recent survey by global public opinion and data comp

With Eid al-Fitr coming this Sunday, the Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) protocol currently in place in regions across the country seem powerless to stop Indonesians from shoppi

Habib Bahar bin Smith, a firebrand cleric who was sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting minors in 2019, has been sent back to prison briefly after he was released on probat

Harry Suhartono and Bruce Einhorn – In a country with one of the developing world's worst Covid-19 fatality rates, public health experts see a link between the new coronavirus and an o

Gravedigger Junaidi Hakim shouts "hurry up" as he summons his weary colleagues in a never-ending race to bury novel coronavirus victims at a Jakarta cemetery.

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Ramadani Saputra, Jakarta – The presence of agnostics and atheists is not often felt in conservative Indonesia, where society largely defines itself along religious lines.

Galih Gumelar and Marchio Irfan Giordano, Jakarta – After being criticized for undermining the rule of law in a series of COVID-19 pandemic response policies, the government is under s

Suherdjoko, Jakarta and Semarang – A total of 132,978 Indonesian citizens abroad – consisting of crew members, migrant workers and students – had arrived in the country as of Monday, t

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The Trade Union Rights Centre (TURC) is calling on the government to reallocate its funding for the preemployment training program as cash assistance while pus

Asip Hasani, Surabaya – The East Java administration has revoked its permit that allowed Al Akbar Mosque in Surabaya to hold Idul Fitri mass prayers following criticism from experts wh

Jakarta – Pademangan district in North Jakarta has become the latest densely populated area in the capital to be declared a COVID-19 red zone after local authorities recorded a high nu

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – A critically endangered Sumatran tiger was found dead in a conservation area in the Siak administrative region of Riau on Monday with one of its legs caught

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Indonesia's readiness to shift toward a clean energy economy took another step back last year because of fossil fuel subsidies and faces a monumental hurdle t

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government is rolling out a Rp 641.17 trillion (US$43 billion) economic recovery stimulus, bigger than previous allocations, to soften the impact of C

Erfan Dana – Last Friday, a refugee living in a shelter run by the International Organization of Migration, or IMO, in Makassar, tested positive for Covid-19.

Herman, Jakarta – According to the latest data from market research firm International Data Corporation, or IDC, smartphone shipment to Indonesia reached 7.5 million units in the first

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry has projected the government to post its biggest deficit in at least three decades this year as a combined result of shrinking state reven

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs is formulating a scoring system to determine if a region is ready for reopening under the coronavirus pandemic.

Jakarta – New confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Indonesia have been consistently high by averaging 535 in the last eight days until Monday, more than double the daily average

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – The Head of Jakarta Transportation Agency, Syafrin Liputo, reported that last week's number of new coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in the capital increased fr

Imam Hamdi, Dio Suhenda (Intern Translator), Jakarta – Chief of the Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP), Arifin, has admitted that numerous violations have occurred against the Lar

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The government's COVID-19 task force explained the reason why it changed the way it presented the data of its coronavirus counter, especially those categorized

Antara, Jakarta – People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Deputy Speaker Lestari Moerdijat on Monday reminded the government to loosen its coronavirus (COVID-19) large-scale social restri

Yustinus Paat, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan confirmed on Tuesday that the large-scale social restriction, or PSBB, in Jakarta will be extended until

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Indonesia's central bank has bought $1.6 billion worth of government bonds in the primary market, underlining its commitment to remain active in it as the coun

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Indonesia's infamous red tape could dissuade investment from US pharmaceutical companies looking to relocate from China, experts say.

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