A family of eight killed a 16-year-old girl in Bantaeng, South Sulawesi, police say, after the girl allegedly brought dishonor to the family by getting intimate with a man out of wedlo

Riska Rahman and Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Businesspeople and economists have expressed concerns about the government's decision to ease travel restrictions, saying the policy coul

Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – Indonesian rating agency Pemeringkat Efek Indonesia (Pefindo) has revised the outlooks of several financial institutions and downgraded the rating of asse

Lona Olavia, Jakarta – Most businesses in Indonesia only have enough cash to continue operating until the end of next month with little to no sales under large-scale social restriction

Novy Lumanaw, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Monday he was disappointed the country has so far failed to meet its target of 10,000 polymerase chain reaction tests per

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – After receiving criticism over its claim that the number of new COVID-19 cases had been decreasing, the government said on Monday that its assertion w

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – While many countries are imposing strict lockdown policies, Indonesia has recorded an influx of citizens returning from abroad – nearly 90,000 as of Monday.

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry's Corrections Directorate General has recorded a decrease in prison overcrowding following the early release of prisoners and

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – First dates, a noisy study spot and late-night hunger pangs – such were the memories that drove hundreds of people to flock to the parking lot of the Sarinah sh

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The advocacy team for Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) senior investigator Novel Baswedan has expressed skepticism over the legal proceedings surro

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Rights groups have raised concerns over the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on residents.

Jakarta – Hundreds of thousands of rapid test kits imported by the government from the Netherlands were made in China and have low accuracy, a report by the Organized Crime and Corrupt

Tassia Sipahutar and Harry Suhartono – Indonesia is finalizing a US$1 billion financial bailout plan for its flag carrier to help it stave off a debt default after the coronavirus cris

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry has prepared two different scenarios for the 2020 hajj pilgrimage for Indonesian Muslims – many of whom have waited for years t

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – As the House of Representatives prepares to pass an executive order that will expand the government's authority to allocate emergency coronavirus spending, leg

Rizki Fachriansyah and Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – For many people in coronavirus-stricken Indonesia, tuning into the government's daily press conference detailing the latest data

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – As questions mount over the validity of the government's COVID-19 data, West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil confirmed that the numbers announced by the Health Mi

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – State-owned train operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PT KAI) is scheduled to open three temporary routes to accommodate travel starting Tuesday after travel re

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Internal rifts remain within the National Mandate Party (PAN) following a violent clash during its national congress in February and the resignation of Hanafi

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – As the head of security at Jakarta's overcrowded Cipinang penitentiary, Wisnu Hani Putranto spends his days inspecting the prison way past his shift from 8am ti

Lia Timson – The East Timorese government is facing an unprecedented constitutional challenge, after 19 MPs submitted a petition to the country's Court of Appeal requesting President F

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – A viral video showing the burial at sea of an Indonesian crew member who allegedly endured poor working conditions aboard a Chinese fishing vessel has exposed

Jakarta – Former Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. (Ret.) Djoko Santoso died at the age of 67 on Sunday morning at the Gatot Subroto Army Hospital (RSPAD).

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Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – A recent Manpower Ministry circular on holiday bonuses (THR) may violate workers' rights as it gives grounds for businesses to defer bonus payments, crit

Suherdjoko, Tegal – Large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in Tegal city, Central Java, which have been implemented for more than two weeks, are being hailed for successfully breaking

Alya Nurbaiti and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy has claimed that Indonesia recorded only a moderate number of C

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The University of Melbourne has stated that it has zero tolerance toward inappropriate behavior, a representative from the university said on Saturday in

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia's coronavirus-related deaths include at least 26 doctors, most of them have treated patients with the disease, the head of the National Covid-19 Ta

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Plasma transfusions using the blood of Covid-19 survivors have delivered promising results in at least three patients in critical conditions, an Indonesian o

Antara, Jakarta – The East Java provincial government has threatened it would not extend the driving licenses of drivers and motorists for another six months if they violate large-scal

A little-known provision in a sweeping deregulation package now before the Indonesian parliament could make it easier for plantation firms to preserve forests within the areas they hav

Salatiga, Indonesia (Reuters) – A traditional market on the island of Java has moved outdoors and set stalls at least a metre apart as Indonesia looks to safely maintain the bazaars wh

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Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition has expressed its opposition to a draft presidential regulation (Perpres) on the Indonesian Military's Role in Handling Terrorism being deliberate

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – A video showing YouTube prankster Ferdian Paleka – who was arrested on Friday for giving out "aid" packages filled with garbage to transwomen – being ab

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Taufik Hidayat, a retired Indonesian shuttler who took home a gold medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics, has admitted to acting as an intermediary in an alleged

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Environment and Forestry Ministry's rapid response team for the environment, the Leopards, has thwarted alleged attempts to smuggle hundreds of protected t

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The Agriculture Ministry has developed a eucalyptus-based treatment that it claims has been shown to reduce the transmission of COVID-19.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – A family of three in the city of Surakarta in Central Java lived and slept on a becak (pedicab) for a month after the breadwinner, 30-year-old Dul Rohmat, lost h

Jakarta – Reports about the easing of restrictions in other countries are ever so tempting.

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – Indonesian lawyers have filed a report with the police alleging human trafficking of Indonesian crew members aboard Chinese fishing vessel Long Xin 629, fol

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court has sentenced Emirsyah Satar to eight years in prison after finding the former president director of Garuda Indonesia guilty of

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Activists have put pressure on the Australian government and the University of Melbourne to revoke a prestigious scholarship awarded to Ibrahim Malik, a h

Jakarta – The COVID-19 economic downturn has caused two thirds of West Java residents to need assistance, governor Ridwan Kamil has said, while criticizing the central government for m

Chairul Fikri, Jakarta – Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Indonesia's largest and busiest airport, has imposed a new health protocol for international and domestic flights on Frid

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Over 50 zoos in Indonesia are in dire need of donations as Covid-19 hit reduces the zoo's income, putting its animals, including the endangered species at risk of

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The government has paid close to $1.5 million in down payments for treatments of 931 Covid-19 patients' medical treatment in 82 hospitals across Indonesia, as

Jeffrey Hutton, Jakarta – The first round of layoffs came in March and involved 476 trainees who had been readying themselves for work at Nike supplier Victory Chingluh in the Tangeran

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia's enforcement of its ban on the annual Hari Raya Idul Fitri exodus is taking on added significance as a number of Covid-19 transmissions have