Ganug Nugroho Adi, Wonogiri – As COVID-19 continues to spread across Indonesia, some residents of Wonogiri, Central Java, have resorted to wearing amulets, which they believe will help

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Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government announced on Sunday there had been 181 confirmed Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours to bring the country's total to 2,273, the h

Markus Makur, East Manggari – Christians in East Nusa Tenggara celebrated Palm Sunday in their own homes following the government's instructions to avoid social gatherings in an effort

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Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Heavy rain has caused flash floods and landslides in two districts of Tana Toraja regency in South Sulawesi, leaving at least four people dead.

Tom Allard, Kanupriya Kapoor and Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – The number of funerals in Jakarta rose sharply in March, a development the governor of Indonesia's capital city said sugges

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch's coordinator, Adnan Topan Husodo, said on Friday a government regulation in lieu of law, or Perppu, on state financial policies an

Ade Mardiyati – One Saturday morning in January, when Arif returned home from a fishing trip, his mother-in-law asked him to check on his young sister-in-law, who was in her room.

Jakarta – Poaching and habitat loss have decimated Indonesia's orangutan population, but now coronavirus has emerged as another potential deadly threat to the critically endangered spe

Indonesia – one of the worlds most populous and far-flung nations – only just closed its borders, but experts fear this came too late.

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Alya Nurbaiti and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta and Medan – Regional authorities have released inmates early from penitentiaries across Indonesia following a regulation issued by the Law an

Dyaning Pangestika and Yulia Savitri, Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry has suspended marriage registration for new applicants as of Wednesday.

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – A recent study by the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reveals that the high temperatures and humidity of Indonesia can, in fact, help cur

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Popular Muslim preachers have urged the public to stop stigma related to Covid-19 and avoid discrimination against its victims after reports about people in se

Jakarta – Judges at the Garut District Court in West Java have found a 20-year-old woman guilty of creating and starring in several pornographic videos, sentencing her to three years i

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The government is confident about the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) for medical workers in Indonesia, given that the domestic textile and garme

Jakarta – A Dengue fever outbreak in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) has worsened as the province records more than 200 patients treated for the disease in less than a week, while the number

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – The National Police's Water Police Directorate has arrested Sahril, 23, and Zulkarnaen, 25, on suspicion of illegal logging and shipping illegal timber in Me

Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors indicted businessman Saeful Bahri, who was also identified as a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI

Belseran Christ, Ambon – Dozens of travelers arriving at Yos Sudarso Port in Ambon, Maluku, on Wednesday morning reportedly expressed outrage after the city failed to provide them with

Jakarta – Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) Coordinator Adnan Topan Husodo has criticised Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) Number 1/2020 on State Financial Policy and Fina

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The government will disburse social aid to low-income families in order to dissuade people from participating in the Idul Fitri mudik (exodus), presidenti

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – About a month after Indonesia reported its first coronavirus cases and three days after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo declared the outbreak a public health eme

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Community forum Risalah Jakarta has urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to improve health facilities and impose a strict territorial quarantine as COVID-19 ca

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – A senior Cabinet minister has justified the government's decision to not officially ban people from traveling home for the Idul Fitri holiday, saying

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has its eyes set on deliberating three problematic bills, namely the omnibus bill on job creation and revisions to the Criminal Co

Galih Gumelar, News Desk – A study by the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) has warned that the novel coronavirus pandemic in the country may reach its peak in the next three months, cul

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – One of Indonesia's biggest labor groups, the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI), intends to hold a massive protest against the omnibus bill on job

Ghina Ghaliya and Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto has said that a variety of issues is hampering the country's efforts to contain the COVID-19 outbrea

Farida Susanty and Markus Makur, Jakarta/West Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara – Physical distancing, closed shops and empty roads have changed the daily activities of Tedy Abdullah, a 27

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The government has rolled out new housing loan subsidies and opened the door for more citizens to access the facility amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which i

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – A senior minister in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's Cabinet is adamant that SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes the deadly coronavirus disease, will soon get

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The government's recently issued import policy has failed to ensure a steady supply of garlic as importers have been late to complete garlic imports, Bus

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Thousands of jobs within the country's aviation industry are at risk as the coronavirus pandemic has crippled almost all airline operators.

Nina Loasana and Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has announced that mudik (mass exodus) from areas affected by the COVID-19 pandemic is haram – forbidden un

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – At least 204 Indonesian citizens abroad have now been infected by the highly contagious novel coronavirus, the Foreign Ministry has said, with five cases th

Feriawan Hidayat, Dion Bisara, Bandung – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has asked for the central government's help to do more rapid testing for Covid-19 in the province, fearing that

Alexander R Arifianto – On March 31, 2020, Indonesian president Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo declared a national emergency to institute quarantine orders to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Jakarta – Automotive manufacturer PT Suzuki Indomobil Motor is halting its car production in Indonesia for two weeks in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Tabita Diela, Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – A plunge in the rupiah could leave Indonesian firms exposed to $4 billion in debt next year, after credit ratings agencies hit some companies th

Jakarta – Palm oil plantations in top palm producer Indonesia have imposed protocols to prevent the spread of coronavirus among workers but have no plans to reduce workers' hours or ot

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has asked the Indonesian government to grant him early release along with other prisoners to prevent a possible coronav

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The National Police have instructed investigators to refrain from detaining individuals declared suspects in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – The National Police have named 33 people suspects for allegedly stockpiling masks and hand sanitizers and selling them at higher prices amid increasing demand

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's response to contain the COVID-19 outbreak has been slower compared with some other countries in the region despite policies to limit the econo

Norman Harsono and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government has set a target of electrifying 433 remote villages in Indonesia's four most impoverished provinces before year end

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Indonesia has been carrying out rapid testing that has resulted in the discovery of hundreds of potentially positive COVID-19 cases, but a backlog in further

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Two-thirds of Indonesia's 142 state firms and around 800 subsidiaries and sister companies will be consolidated as the government focuses on "slimming down" to