Jakarta – General Elections Commission (KPU) chairman Arief Budiman has been dragged into a bribery case pertaining to the replacement of a deceased lawmaker that has already embroiled

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's palm oil exports, including oleochemicals and palm oil kernel, dropped nearly 19 percent in the January to February period driven by lower exp

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Labor unions will march on with their plans to hold mass protests against the omnibus bill on job creation, as many workplaces are still requiring non-essentia

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – One of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's much-hyped millennial advisors has resigned over allegations of conflict of interests after his online education app be

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Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Women's Solidarity Network for Justice has started an online petition demanding the Garut High Court in West Java rule in favor of PA also known as V, a

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Harmony in a number of communities in Indonesia is at risk as perceived COVID-19 carriers are stigmatized, even by their next-door neighbors, despite posing no

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The government has officially annulled the increase in National Health Insurance (JKN) premiums following last month's Supreme Court's ruling that voided Presi

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Under the blazing sun of Indonesia's capital Jakarta, gravedigger Minar wielded his shovel and dug into the ground.

David Firnando Silalahi – Indonesia is a tropical country with year-round sunshine.

I Nyoman Sutarsa, Atin Prabandari and Fina Itriyati – Amid the urgent need for mass testing to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia, poor people in the fourth-most-populous coun

Jeffrey Neilson – Indonesia's political leadership was slow to respond to COVID-19, and for a long while denied the virus had even entered the country based upon a sparse testing regim

The Indonesian Trade Union Confederation (KSPI), one of the largest labor groups in the country, says it will defy a police ban on staging May Day rallies in the capital, which was pas

Ghina Ghaliya and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government has announced that it is to provide interest subsidies for small borrowers in banks and finance companies to help sma

Jakarta – The central government's ban on the Idul Fitri tradition of mudik (exodus) is likely to help break the chain of COVID-19 contagion in the country and may cause the nation's o

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – While a number of large manufacturing companies are adapting to the shifts in demand toward health equipment and basic necessities during the COVID-19 pandemi

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Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – As citizens help low-income community members weather the COVID-19 outbreak, several civil society groups in Yogyakarta have reported police intimidation

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Recent controversies surrounding the perceived dual loyalties of certain expert presidential staffers have damaged public trust.

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) legislators from the Democrat Party faction officially withdrew from the job creation omnibus bill (RUU Cipta Kerja) work

Bisnis, Jakarta – The large-scale social restriction (PSBB) protocol imposed in the capital city of Jakarta and other major cities reduced the number of human activities and emission l

Rizki Ramadhani – National businessperson Sandiaga Uno says that the Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation is not a priority for investors at the moment.

Lona Olavia, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has spent Rp 777.59 billion, or $50 million, on imported medical supplies since the coronavirus outbreak began in earnest in the count

Ivany Atina Arbi and Arya Dipa, Jakarta and Bandung – Two local figures of Jayamukti village in Bekasi regency, West Java, attempted to disperse a Sunday service held privately by a fa

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Novy Lumanauw, Iwan M Putuhena, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo officially issued a ban on mudik, the annual exodus of millions of people from the countr

Friski Riana, Jakarta – The Jakarta Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) reported that there are 23 journalists that filed complaints and fell victim to layoff from a number of mass

Asip Hasani, Surabaya – The East Java Police have launched an investigation into a police officer suspected of having deceived a man into a same-sex relationship after photos depicting

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have announced they will ban all rallies commemorating May Day after workers in the capital city said they planned to hold protests on April 30, in spite o

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Five months pregnant, 33-year-old Niken Fajarsari has to juggle work, domestic chores and teaching her son, as schools have been closed in Jakarta to curb th

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesia's total investment realization slightly increased in the first quarter of this year, but the global economic woes caused by the COVID-19 pa

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is set to evaluate the implementation of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) as many non-essential workplaces are still ignoring t

Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta is on its 12th day of large-scale social restriction of PSBB.

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Adib Khumaidi, deputy chairman of the Executive Board of the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI), advised the government to temporarily stop public transporta

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Transportation Society (MTI) warned that the ban on the annual mass exodus, locally known as mudik, during the fasting month of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr

Jakarta – The Civil Society Alliance says that they were removed then locked out of a House of Representatives (DPR) Legislative Body (Baleg) online meeting discussing the Draft Omnibu

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – A number of journalists and media professionals in Jakarta have been left jobless with little to no financial support as the media industry cuts costs, ci

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – As the COVID-19 pandemic strikes the Indonesian economy, with almost 3 million people having lost their jobs and 70 million at risk of losing income because of

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – Enik Maslahah, 49, is quite attuned to the environment she lives in, despite being a relatively recent transplant to Kalimantan.

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – With Indonesians prevented from celebrating Kartini Day to the full extent with festive parades and group competitions due to COVID-19, many have taken

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Indonesia must export ready-to-use personal protective equipment (PPE) to South Korea as a form of compensation after the government bought raw materials from

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Dozens of Indonesian migrant workers returning from Malaysia have been caught attempting to sneak past border authorities via illegal routes.

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Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The National Police are planning to roll out its Idul Fitri security operation, known as "Operasi Ketupat," earlier this year after President Joko "Jokowi" Wi

Ari Supriyanti Rikin, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia's coronavirus infection rate continues to fluctuate with 375 new confirmed cases reported on Tuesday after only 185 new cases

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The National Alms Agency (Baznas) has reminded its agencies across the nation to help campaign against donation distribution involving mass gatherings dur

Sausan Atika and Asip Hasani, Jakarta – Living in self-isolation is daunting for Bima Mahardika, a high school senior in South Tangerang, Banten.

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The government is pushing regencies to slash street lighting taxes (PPJ) for 31 million of Indonesia's poorest homes in helping them weather the economic shoc

A patient under observation (PDP) for possible coronavirus infection left isolation from a hospital in the Central Java city of Tegal over the weekend, with his wife reportedly aiding

Rebecca Ratcliffe and Febriana Firdaus – Indonesia has banned an annual homecoming in which tens of millions of people travel to see their families for Eid-al-Fitr, fearing the mass ex