Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) and Muhammadiyah have advised Muslims in the country to avoid conducting Idul Fitri prayers in large congregations at mosque

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's trade balance swung back to a trade deficit of US$350 million in April on the back of falling commodity prices and plummeting global demand am

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – A series of YouTube videos featuring a young married couple, Adhiguna and Sabrina Sosiawan, has caused a stir on social media for allegedly endorsing chil

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – Even after convincing lawmakers to enact an executive order on the country's pandemic response, the government still faces scrutiny from civil groups claiming

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's imports have fallen for 10 consecutive months in April as manufacturing companies cut production output while consumer demand continues to shr

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Hospital letters declaring the holder COVID-19-free is being offered on a number of e-commerce platforms for people hoping to travel amid the mudik (exodus) ba

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – National Mandate Party (PAN) patron Amien Rais, known as an outspoken critic of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, is preparing to form a new political party foll

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Jakarta – A 15-year-old girl who is accused of killing her 5-year-old neighbor in a shocking murder case in March was allegedly the victim of sexual abuse and is currently 14 weeks pre

Arya Dipa, Bandung – An epidemiologist has claimed that the government's plan to ease large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) could extend the outbreak until 2024.

Jakarta – Heavy rainfall throughout the week has caused floods and landslides in several provinces, as the rainy season is expected to be last longer than initially forecasted.

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto is reportedly lying low amid a string of controversial policies enacted by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration to

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Farmers in Central Java have set aside 5 tons of rice and 500 kilograms of eggs to be donated to residents affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in another community

Jakarta – Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia's main airport, was reportedly packed with passengers on Thursday morning despite the government's call f

Officials have placed 28 Tambora, West Jakarta residents on the People Under Surveillance (ODP) list after they took part in a congregational prayer led by a neighborhood chief who was

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Jakarta provincial government said a total of 3,998 companies in the capital city had adhered to the rules of the large-scale social restriction, or PSBB,

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Confirmed cases of coronavirus infections in Indonesia spiked by 689 on Wednesday in yet another highest single-day rise to take the total cases to 15,438, i

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on the public to remain patient and calm as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to threaten the lives of Ind

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The Public Works and Housing (PUPR) Ministry and the Transportation Ministry have had their 2020 budgets slashed by a combined total of Rp 54.8 trillion (US$3

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo called on all people of faith to pray for humanity as part of efforts to ease the struggle against COVID-19 and join a glo

Asip Hasani, Surabaya, East Java – Airlangga University's Institute of Tropical Diseases (ITD-UNAIR) in Surabaya has completed six whole genome sequencing analysis on genetic data of S

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Who runs the schools? Women.

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia will raise premiums for health insurance provided by a state company but also increased subsidies for the lowest rate, impacting tens of thousands of poli

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Blood supplies across the country are dwindling as a result of fewer people participating in blood drives during the fasting month of Ramadan and the COVID-19 o

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The House of Representatives passed a revision of the 2009 Coal and Mineral Mining Law on Tuesday in a move criticized by some experts and NGOs over a lack of

Jakarta – Food delivery service platform GoFood, a part of ride-hailing application Gojek, has seen a jump in transactions in recent months as people dine at home during the COVID-19 p

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Projected slower economic growth caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to worsen Indonesia's struggle to promote inclusive development in the c

Ardila Syakriah, Arya Dipa, Asip Hasani and Suherdjoko, Blitar/Semarang/Jakarta – Indonesia's most populous island of Java has become the country's epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak,

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The country's airlines are in dire need of financial stimulus to withstand the COVID-19-induced crisis, amid a sharp revenue decline and looming deadlines

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – A coalition of civil society groups has criticized law enforcement officials in Pekanbaru, Riau, for pursuing criminal cases against those found in violation of

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Volunteers for crowdsourced database KawalCovid-19 have renewed their calls for the government to release all of its COVID-19 data as the number of suspected C

Jakarta – A 20-year-old woman identified as AR was arrested and named a suspect on Wednesday after pulling a "prank" on the medical workers of two hospitals in Bone regency, South Sula

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government has defended its decision to raise Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) premiums after concerns were raised that the mov

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has fined the management of the McDonald's restaurant in the Sarinah shopping center in Central Jakarta Rp 10 million (US$670

Arya Dipa and Tri Indah Oktavianti, Bandung and Jakarta – Jakarta's satellite areas of Bogor, Depok and Bekasi in West Java have extended their large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) p

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – Malaysian authorities arrested more than 1,300 undocumented migrants, including 421 Indonesian citizens, in a raid on Monday.

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Eight civil society organizations plan to mobilize grassroots support in challenging the controversial new Mining Law passed on Tuesday by the House of Repres

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has reported more than 1,250 new confirmed coronavirus cases over the past two days, the first time there were more than 1,000 cases in a 48-hour p

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Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The government plans to conduct polymerase chain reaction (PCR) "pool tests" in eight provinces that have been hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak, namely

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesia's advertisement spending dropped sharply in April as most big ad spenders reduced their marketing activities amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Once an English teacher, Afghan refugee Zakir Hussain has given up hope of having a bright future.

James Massola and Karuni Rompies – Indonesia has recorded 689 new coronavirus cases, another single day record, as the country looks to be backing away from plans to reopen the economy

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – State-owned energy and utility companies are taking measures to cut expenditure and diversify their businesses to survive while the COVID-19 pandemic is batte

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Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – While the House of Representatives has claimed it focused on regulations related to the COVID-19 outbreak in the recently concluded legislative session, activi

Jakarta – After admitting his role in a bribery case implicating former Youth and Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi, retired Indonesian shuttler Taufik Hidayat later claimed that such corru

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The government plans to allocate an additional Rp 56.5 trillion (US$3.8 billion) to a number ministries and agencies in 2021 to revive the economy, according

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Family members of victims of the Semanggi tragedies in the late 1990s filed on Tuesday a lawsuit against Attorney General ST Burhanuddin over his statem

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Stay home and make babies?