Psychologists have applauded the government's recent move to create a national suicide registry and to ban shackling people with mental health issues, but they emphasized that more thorough measures are needed to better protect the vulnerable group.

A recent spate of viral child abuse cases has shined a light on day care providers and an urgent need for better government oversight and stringent standards to regulate the childcare industry.

While breastfeeding is considered the healthiest option for both mothers and babies as it can reduce the risk of various illnesses, many mothers in Indonesia still face tough challenges and a lack of support to exclusively breastfeed their children.

To limit the consumption of salt, sugar and fat, the government will limit food additives in processed and instant foods, a move aimed at reducing the risk of obesity and noncommunicable diseases such as hypertension and diabetes that have been burdening the country.

A newly issued regulation rolls out stricter sales, marketing and packaging controls on cigarettes and e-cigarettes as part of the government's nationwide clampdown on tobacco use, especially among Indonesian youths.

Marijuana busts occur occasionally in Indonesia, but the transnational nature of this case is unusual, Marthinus Hukom, chief of the National Narcotics Agency, told reporters. 

While rights groups have applauded a new regulation that enhances access to safe abortion, especially for victims of rape and sexual abuse, they have also highlighted certain provisions that could make it difficult for eligible women to access abortion services or health facilities to provide them.

Hopes dim from badminton as only Gregoria Mariska Tunjung remaining in competition from nine shuttlers. About half of Indonesian 29 Olympians have also been eliminated in early rounds. 

In its latest bid to clamp down nationwide on the scourge of online gambling, the government plans to put a daily cap on mobile phone credit transfers and block access to free VPN services that it says are enabling the illicit practice.

The government has vowed to crack down on online gambling in recent months and has banned access to several such websites. Though illegal, government data showed 3 million Indonesians went online to gamble last year, spending an estimated $20 billion, or about 1.5 percent of gross domestic product.

This year so far, the LPSK has received 355 protection requests for victims and witnesses of human smuggling.

A recent viral post alleging a rise in cases of kidney disease among children has prompted public concern, leading some parents to rethink their approach to buying packaged foods and drinks for their children.

In celebration of the “International Day for Women” we put together a campaign that asked our readers to submit stories about the remarkable women in their lives who have been hugely influential in shaping their narratives toward the beauty, the strength, and the often-unspoken complexity of womanhood. We called this campaign “Leading Lady” – a role many would recognize primarily in film and television – because we believe every woman holds a central role in the lives of those around them.

Prosecutors had said Emirsyah Satar, who ran Garuda from 2005 to 2014, had procured Bombardier's CRJ and ATR 72 jets without proper procedures and board approval in 2011, a court document showed. A "lack of transparency" led to the planes' poor performance, costing the state about $610 million.

Despite being prohibited by law, for many people the line at which the use of the services of academic joki becomes unacceptable appears to be blurred.

Members of the House of Representatives are planning to ask the Judicial Commission and the Supreme Court to investigate three judges at the Surabaya District Court in East Java over the controversial acquittal of the son of a lawmaker accused of killing his girlfriend last year.

Some 54 percent of divorcing couples last year cited constant conflict and arguing as the reason behind their separation, with around 1,400 reporting domestic abuse in their marriage.

As a recent video message from an RSCM pediatric nephrologist makes assurances that the number of children receiving dialysis has not increased, the KPAI has used the resurgence in public concern to again urge the government to tighten controls for domestic production of unhealthy foods containing high amounts of sugar, fat and salt.

The government is facing mounting pressure to provide stronger protection for senior citizens following the recent death of an elderly couple in Bogor, West Java, who were reportedly abandoned by their family.

State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir, a well-known figure in sports management in Indonesia, accompanied president-elect Prabowo Subianto over the weekend to meet International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach in France as Indonesia dreams of one day hosting the Olympics.

A new global AIDS report by UNAIDS suggests that Asia-Pacific governments must invest urgently in prevention programs and community-led initiatives for the region, among those with the highest prevalence in the world, can attain its 2030 AIDS prevention goal.

The long-term visa scheme, called the golden visa, is only meant for “good quality travelers”, said President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo during the policy’s launch on Thursday, as he warned against allowing newcomers who bring no benefits or might pose a threat to national security.

​​With only five buses available to travel the Kupang-Dili route, calls are mounting for the government to assist the swaths of people hoping to complete the nine-hour long journey to see the head of the Catholic Church.

Students have praised the government’s decision to expand the removal of the science (IPA), social (IPS) and language (Bahasa) study pathways to approximately 95 percent of senior high schools this academic year, saying the move is “liberating” for them.

Wearing traditional Papuan attire, Jokowi danced alongside 2,600 students in an event that broke the Indonesian World Record Museum (MURI) record for a mass dance.

Activists and a state-affiliated women's rights agency have spoken out against “embedded sexism” in the government and say an ongoing controversy over the website names of regional administration institutions demonstrates the prevalence of sexism in the public sector.

Civil groups have raised concerns over violence against press workers and growing restrictions on press freedom following the alleged arson attack that left a reporter in North Sumatra dead, as well as assaults against several journalists in Jakarta.

​​As the world's second-largest plastic polluter, Indonesia has topped the global per capita intake of microplastics that are found mostly in seafood, studies suggest, with fishermen and coastal communities being the most affected.

As one of the latest surgical innovations, telerobotic surgery has increasingly attracted urologists’ attention for its ability to overcome geographical barriers and achieve safer surgeries with better outcomes. 

With online gambling growing exponentially in Indonesia and contributing to an increasing rate of suicides and serious crimes, the government is looking to address the issue through preventive measures, particularly by opening a rehabilitation center in Bogor, West Java.