Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The COVID-19 crisis has exposed fundamental problems in the distribution of social assistance, particularly the lack of reliable recipient data, as th

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – After a number of conflicting statements from city and police officials, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has reiterated that a local mudik (Idul Fitri exo

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – The latest data from the Jakarta COVID-19 task force revealed the number of asymptomatic carriers (OTG) testing positive for the COVID-19 jumped by 2,441 peopl

Jakarta – The Indonesian police in South Kalimantan province should drop criminal defamation charges against a blogger for articles in which he interviewed indigenous Dayak leaders abo

Heru Asiprihanto, Adi Kurniawan, Depok, Indonesia – Alarmed by how the coronavirus pandemic has left many Indonesians destitute, a group of volunteers are providing free meals to vulne

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Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – State-owned banks have restructured loans worth up to Rp 223.16 trillion (US$15 billion) to over 1.7 million borrowers as part of the loan-relaxation prog

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Communication and Information Minister Johnny G.

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Reports have emerged that numerous vendors have set up shop in Tanah Abang Market in Central Jakarta ahead of Idul Fitri despite the large-scale social re

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesian companies have preferred to raise capital from the debt market in the first four months of this year as banks experience tight liquidity, according t

Jakarta – The police have announced three suspects for human trafficking aboard Chinese fishing ship Long Xing 629.

Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – Individual investors are showing growing appetite for government bonds (SBN) because the low-risk securities provide promising returns amid uncertain mark

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has decided to furlough around 800 contract workers for three months starting May 14 as the airline struggles to st

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Elisabeth Gunawan, 49, was worried when she opened her pork restaurant, Warung BeDua, in Batu, East Java, in 2014.

Asip Hasani, Surabaya – At least 15 people have contracted COVID-19 after they opened the coffin of a resident who had died of the virus to perform a traditional bathing ritual, ignori

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The slow pace at which Indonesia is addressing digital inequality could jeopardize basic rights for those excluded, experts have warned, at a time when t

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Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – As Indonesia continues to report hundreds of new COVID-19 cases daily, the government appears to be preparing for the "new normal" by allowing people aged 44

Budiarti Utami Putri, Dio Suhenda (Intern Translator), Jakarta – Social politics expert from the Jakarta State University (UNJ), Ubedilah Badrun, has evaluated the government's 'new no

Asip Hasani, Surabaya, East Java – Epidemiologists from Airlangga University (UNAIR) in Surabaya have strongly criticized the East Java provincial administration's policy to allow mosq

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court will proceed with the judicial review petition filed against the executive order on the COVID-19 pandemic response as it has summonsed President Joko

Ramadani Saputra, Jakarta – A young couple from Cikupa, Banten identified only as R and M experienced what could be considered the worst night of their lives in November 2017.

Jakarta – The Health Ministry's Jakarta Environmental Health and Disease Control Center (BBTKLPP) has stated that it will continue receiving and testing COVID-19 samples throughout the

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesian health authorities are trialing quinine as a possible treatment of Covid-19 while also acquiring other kinds of medication touted as promising dru

Jakarta – The government is considering loosening the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) put in place to stem the transmission of COVID-19, Coordinating Human Development and Cultu

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – After weeks of relatively low official numbers of daily deaths, the Health Ministry announced 59 more COVID-19 deaths on Sunday, the highest one-day spike

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Social media users are deploying the hashtag #IndonesiaTerserah (#WhateverIndonesia) to express their frustration over the public's apparent disregard for

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Bali Police have arrested seven people of two alleged syndicates selling fake health certificates to people wishing to travel during the COVID-19 outbreak

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has issued a decree on Friday banning all Jakarta residents from leaving Greater Jakarta, with the exception of travel serving

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Padjajaran University (Unpad) and the Bandung Institute of Technology in West Java are jointly developing a new rapid COVID-19 test using antigens as an alternativ

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Jakarta – A journalist in Kotabaru, South Kalimantan, has been arrested and charged with spreading interethnic hatred in an article about a land conflict involving a plantation company

Elle Hunt, East Kalimantan – They were the lucky ones: Robin, Amalia, Eska; three orphaned orangutans unrelated but by circumstance, rescued from a private zoo in the East Kalimantan p

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The National Covid-19 Task Force reported 529 more confirmed cases on Saturday, taking the country's total to 17,025.

Asip Hasani, Surabaya, East Java – A member of the Regional Legislative Council (DPRD) of Gresik in East Java has allegedly offered Rp 1 billion (US$67,211) in compensation to the fami

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Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Hundreds of Indonesian migrant workers recently returning to the country gathered in a crowd outside the Kemayoran Athletes Village makeshift hospital for COVI

Jakarta – Scores of alleged members of a separatist group launched an attack on a police post in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua, seriously injuring a policeman, a police off

Harry Jacques, Denpasar (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Indonesia has rowed back on plans to weaken rules for the timber products it exports, as green groups warned the proposed move wo

With medical letters stating that one is COVID-19-free a requirement for travel in Indonesia these days, some of the dodgiest entrepreneurial minds have been producing fake letters and

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim has acknowledged that technological discrepancies between schools have reduced the effectiveness of home-based

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Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The Association of Media Companies and Profession said Thursday that media companies might need a relief package to help with paper procurement and u

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – State airport operator Angkasa Pura (AP) II is applying new policies at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, after images of passeng

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign debt growth slowed down in the first quarter as foreign investors sold off Indonesian assets over fears of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bank

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jaka – The government should boost economic recovery spending to Rp 600 trillion (US$40.17 billion) to help businesses cope with the economic impacts of the COVID-1

Jakarta – An officer of the Jakarta Police is being investigated by the police's internal affairs division after a video of him showing off his gun went viral on social media.

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has officially asked the United Nations Human Rights Council to pay attention to alleged human rights violations in the fishing indus

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – As illegal drug producers in the lower Mekong region in Southeast Asia continue to consolidate their operations, Indonesia has seen a decline in the price of s