James Massola – Indonesian authorities have defended their handling of the coronavirus epidemic after Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison cast significant doubt over Indonesia's

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Indonesia has expressed interest in developing railway infrastructure in Bangladesh by joining a tender for the export of 1,050 train cars to the South A

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The government will start blocking unregistered cell phones starting April 18 as it imposes the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) policy to c

Jakarta – As SARS-Cov-2 swiftly spreads across the globe, infecting thousands of people from Singapore to Northern Ireland, Indonesian Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto, a devout C

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Human rights activists and press organizations have lambasted the Supreme Court's new regulation that prohibits the taking of photographs or making soun

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has pumped Rp 87 trillion (US$6.2 billion) into the domestic bond markets so far this month as big sell-offs sent stock markets around

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Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesia's benchmark stock index plunged deeper on Friday, trading down more than 4 percent during the morning session and prompting the bourse operator to cal

Ramadani Saputra, Jakarta – The hitherto headless Indonesian Archery Association (Perpani) is gearing up to accelerate Olympic preparations as it now has a new chief, Illiza Sa'aduddin

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The Sustainable Districts Association, or LTKL, has introduced a sustainable economy model for improving the investment climate at the district level in Indon

Adam Prireza, Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – The Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) faction member Justin Adrian Untayana, said that Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan seemed to see Jakarta's fl

Adam Prireza, Galuh Kurnia Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Police has revealed an illegal face mask production at a warehouse in North Jakarta on Thursday, February 27, 2020.

Jakarta – Our House of Representatives (DPR) members are truly hilarious. For the sake of "improving family resilience," five politicians from four parties proposed a bill.

Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – Three trade union confederations have agreed to revive the Indonesian Trade Union Council (MPBI) to fight the Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation.

Jakarta – Almost 1,700 Indonesian nationals have been stranded in a number of transit countries by Saudi Arabia's decision to temporarily ban all foreign umrah (minor haj) pilgrims fro

Jakarta – The Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) office in the East Java capital of Surabaya was besieged by scores of people wearing black safari suits from the mass organisation (ormas) Panc

Jakarta – Recent flooding in Jakarta and its satellite cities has put the city's administration under public scrutiny again.

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The government will move up the distribution of the much-vaunted pre-employment cards to March in a bid to mitigate the adverse effects of the coronavirus outbr

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Jakarta – Judges with the Bale Bandung District Court in West Java found PT Kamarga Kurnia Textile Industry (KKTI) guilty of polluting a section of the Citarum River, the longest and d

Jakarta – Weak consumer demand is contributing to a decades-low inflation rate in Indonesia, as the central bank steps up efforts to control inflation rates at the same time, a Bank In

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is offering 50 percent off flight tickets to persuade domestic and international tourists to keep visiting the country's favorite tou

Antara, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said Indonesia should not rest on its laurels as a major market and consumer in the technology sector but must also be able to reap the

Muslim-majority Indonesia is dismayed by news that Saudi Arabia has temporarily closed its borders to Umrah pilgrims amid fears of the novel coronavirus outbreak, but the government sa

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – Executive Director of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Jakarta, Phillip J.

Beritasatu, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will introduce a special agency whose main task is to handle foreign and domestic investments in the development of the country's new ca

Fadli and Ivany Atina Arbi, Batam – Concerns about how the Indonesian government is handling the novel coronavirus outbreak have grown as none of the 132 Indonesian lab tests for the v

Asip Hasani, Tulungagung – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators have searched on Wednesday the house of Suhada Sumarni, the father-in-law of former Supreme Court secre

Jakarta – The Agrarian and Spatial Planning Ministry wants to asses spatial plans for Greater Jakarta following widespread flooding that hit parts of the capital on Tuesday.

Imanuddin Razak, Jakarta – While it remains unclear whether the arms procurement to fulfill the Minimum Essential Force (MEF) military modernization program will continue as planned, t

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) continued voicing its objection against the draft of the omnibus law on job creation set by President Joko "Jok

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan ensured that Taman Ismail Marzuki or TIM arts and culture center in Cikini will not be a commercial area after its revitalizatio

Djemi Amnifu and Hengky Ola Sura, Kupang – Almost 2,000 pigs across Timor Island in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) have died after contracting African swine fever (ASF), the NTT Animal Husba

Jakarta – Electronic money (e-money) transactions in Indonesia's retail market skyrocketed by 173 percent in January from a year earlier, with nonbank fintech dominating the scene as t

Jakarta – Demand for rooftop solar panels has increased sharply in recent years as more companies and households turn to solar energy to meet their electricity needs, an executive of a

Jakarta – Nine residents of Greater Jakarta have died as a result of the widespread flooding that has inundated the capital and surrounding cities over the past few days, the National

Riska Rahman and Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – The Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) nosedived to a level unseen since March 2017 on Thursday afternoon amid fears over the spread of COVID-19,

Jakarta – Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD Jakarta) head Subejo has resigned as severe flooding occurred across Greater Jakarta in the past several days.

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – The Defense Ministry has accepted a grant comprising 14 Insitu ScanEagle drones and three Bell 412 helicopters from the United States, as Jakarta expect

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court (MK) has ruled against the plaintiffs of the review petition on the simultaneous general elections that aimed to have the practice abolished, saying

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has promised United States-based technology company Microsoft it will create a simple regulation to allow the tech gian

Putu Ayu Palupi, Galih Priatmojo – Hundreds of workers from the Yogyakarta and Central Java United Workers Communication Forum (FKBB) held a demonstration at the Yogyakarta Regional Ho

Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) Minister Erick Thohir said the government was happy for private firms to work with state-owned companies in tapping the country's growing econom

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Made Anthony Iswara and Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The government is set to recruit international influencers to attract foreign tourists to Indonesia in the

Arya Dipa, Bandung – At least four people have died and thousands of others have been affected by severe floods that inundated 24 districts in Bekasi on Tuesday, the West Java Disaster

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – More than 30 local and foreign investors have expressed an interest in developing Indonesia's new capital city in North Penajam Paser and Kutai Kertanegar

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Climate change-driven global warming is a factor behind repeated instances of severe flooding across Greater Jakarta since early January, including a fl

Riza Roidila Mufti and Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – A "soft groundbreaking" and early construction on Indonesia's new capital city in East Kalimantan may take place in July, the Natio

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Thousands of houses and public facilities across Bekasi, Karawang, and Subang regencies in West Java were left flooded following a period of intense rain over the