The incumbent West Java governor has set his sights on the vice presidency in 2024, eyeing Golkar as his election launchpad.

The prosecution has demanded the court hand down a life sentence to Ferdy Sambo for the premeditated murder of Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat.

About 200 children have died of acute kidney injury in Indonesia since last year and authorities have said two ingredients, ethylene glycol and diethyelene glycol, found in some syrup-based paracetamol medications are linked to the illness.

More than 200 health workers have yet to receive the promised financial incentives for their work on the frontlines of Indonesia's pandemic response throughout 2022, independent data initiative LaporCOVID-19 has found.

Environmentalists have criticized Indonesia and Malaysia’s pledge to fight “discrimination” against palm oil, saying it puts the countries’ commitment to halting deforestation into question.

The government urges parents to be more vigilant and has ordered local health agencies to increase their monitoring of food establishments, particularly after multiple children throughout the country were poisoned by consuming a street-side snack that was frozen by liquid nitrogen.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is looking into possible money laundering in an ongoing investigation against graft suspect Lukas Enembe, who has previously been linked with bribes and suspicious financial transactions during his time as Papua governor.

Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest son of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, has denied rumors that he is planning to run for Jakarta governor.

The government is preparing to "rehabilitate" the rights of victims and families of victims of a dozen serious past human rights violations after President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday acknowledged and expressed regret over the country's dark events.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday expressed regret over mass human rights violations committed in the country's past, including a violent anti-communist purge in the 1960s and the disappearance of student protesters in the late 1990s.

Last month, the world's largest Muslim-majority country, and its third-largest democracy, banned people from having sex outside marriage or even living together, at the risk of prison time.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested one of Papua’s most popular and controversial figures, governor Lukas Enembe, who had been on the commission’s radar for months after he failed to appear for a summons in relation to a bribery investigation.

After lifting all remaining pandemic health restrictions at the end of last year, the government now plans to focus its attention and resources on transforming the country’s healthcare system.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s state visit to Jakarta next week will offer an opportunity for Indonesia to strengthen its ties with Kuala Lumpur and address persisting bilateral issues, experts say, amid regional and global tensions. 

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has filed an appeal against a human rights court ruling that acquitted the sole defendant in the 2014 fatal shooting of civilians in Papua's Paniai regency, as rights groups are pushing for reinvestigation.

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo’s electability has ticked up slightly amid speculation that the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) matriarch Megawati Soekarnoputri will make her final decision on the party’s 2024 presidential candidate during the party’s upcoming 50th anniversary celebrations. 

As floods hit regions in the northern coast of Central Java, Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) forecast the rainy season in the province would reach its peak in January and February.

Indonesia condemned Tuesday's controversial visit by Israel National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound that has stirred protests from across the Arab world.

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal and upheld the death sentence handed down to an Islamic boarding school teacher who had raped 13 of his students.

AGO investigators arrested on Wednesday three suspects in connection with the graft case surrounding the BTS procurement auction, part of the 4G infrastructure development project helmed by the communication ministry's accessibility agency, BAKTI.

Silmy Karim, a businessman with a track record of restructuring ailing state-owned enterprises, was inaugurated on Wednesday as the country’s new immigration director general.

The government is expecting that this year will be drier compared to the past three years, which might translate to higher risk of forest fires than the previous years.

Although the PPKM has been revoked, the government is reminding the public to stay vigilant and to continue to follow the 3M health protocols of mask-wearing, handwashing and social distancing, and that the COVID-19 curbs could be reinstated if cases spiked again.

Indonesia is inching toward an endemic phase of the COVID-19 outbreak after the government lifted all of the remaining COVID-19 restrictions just before the turn of the year, but epidemiologists say the war on the virus is far from over.   

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Friday removed all remaining measures to control the spread of COVID-19 effective immediately, saying that most of the country's population already has antibodies against the disease.

Indonesians are bidding farewell to another terrible year, 2022, the latest annus horribilis, filled with global conflicts, national tragedies and lingering uncertainties. But while we say good riddance to it, 2022 appears to have revealed some silver linings, giving us reasons to be more upbeat about the new year ahead.

Freshly appointed Malaysian Foreign Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir embarked on his first bilateral trip to Jakarta on Thursday, meeting with his Indonesian counterpart Retno LP Marsudi to prepare for the visit of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim next month.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said that he is not worried about a possible surge of COVID-19 infections from foreign tourists amid concerns of surging of cases in China, which has decided to relax its strict pandemic measures.

The President is optimistic that Indonesia has brought COVID-19 transmissions under control, citing the results of a serological study in July that showed 98.5 percent of 20,501 total respondents had developed antibodies against the coronavirus.

Following up on Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s speech seeking forgiveness for slavery, Dutch King Willem-Alexander said in his Christmas address that the government and the monarchy will remain invested in the matter beyond apologies.