The Communications and Information Ministry has denied that data on more than a billion registered Indonesian SIM cards, which have reportedly been compromised, was leaked from the ministry

Umar Patek was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2012 for his involvement in bombings that ripped through two Bali nightclubs, killing 202 people, including 88 Australians. He became eligible for parole this month after a series of remissions for good behaviour. 

It remains unclear whether the public will be able to use the two locally developed vaccines for the much-needed booster doses with the government slashing the national economic recovery (PEN) budget for the pandemic response next year and possibly cutting funding for further research.

COVID-19 vaccine booster shots have become mandatory for domestic travel as the government looks to get its slumping vaccine coverage up.

The government mulls winding down its mass vaccination drive after the 2023 COVID-19 budget was slashed, but experts insist any fixes should strive for the global target to protect 70 percent of the national population.

Following a day-long ethics hearing on Thursday, the National Police have dishonorably discharged former internal affairs chief Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo – the two-star general who has been charged with the premeditated murder of his own aide-de-camp, Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat.

Women’s rights activists are scrutinizing the failed attempt to cover up the murder of Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat with a sexual-harassment claim, insisting it would be detrimental to actual victims.

The government's latest reduction to Umar Patek's prison sentence -- revealed last week by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and confirmed by AFP -- means the bomber could be released on parole before the island marks the 20th anniversary of the attacks in October.

Rodrigo Ventosilla, 32, from Peru was detained by customs police when he arrived with his new husband, also Peruvian, his family said in a statement this week on Instagram, accusing Bali authorities of "police violence ... racial discrimination and transphobia".

The National Police began an ethics hearing against former internal affairs chief Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo – the two-star general who has been charged for the premediated murder of his own aide-de-camp Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat – at the police headquarters, in South Jakarta on Thursday morning.

Pressure continues to mount for a more open and transparent admission process to state universities, particularly in light of a recent graft case that has implicated a rector in Lampung.

The private data of millions of Indonesian citizens and corporations are at an increased risk of being exposed, amid the pandemic-influenced rise of remote work and a lack of robust personal privacy legislation.

The President has asked the public to remain calm in a reassuring statement, pointing out that monkeypox is a very different disease from COVID-19, and that the government is ordering vaccines and tightening screening measures.

The government has listed interventions to reduce stunting as one of the spending priorities in the budget allocated for the health sector in 2023, in a bid to achieve the country's target of reducing stunting prevalence to 14 percent in 2024.

Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan, a senior official at the ministry said in a statement the ministry had summoned representatives from Telkom and PLN and had sent recommendations on data protection to both firms.

The Health Ministry is stepping up efforts to manage monkeypox cases and limit the virus’ spread following the discovery of the country’s first confirmed case of the virus in Jakarta.

Almost a month after the WHO declared monkeypox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the Health Ministry said it had recorded the country's first case of monkeypox in a man who had recently returned from abroad.

The German Embassy in Jakarta will now recognize the use of Indonesian passports with add-on signatures for visa applications, as the two governments have agreed to settle the problem with a certain type of Indonesian passport that had resulted in the rejection of visa applicants.

Indonesia is standing at the peak of global leadership, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said in his annual State Address on Tuesday, praising the country’s growing stature on the global stage.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has continued his tradition of wearing customary regional attire while delivering his annual State Address, this time donning Bangka Belitung dress. 

People are relishing the thought of celebrating Indonesia's Independence Day festivities in person and en masse, after more than two years of being sequestered due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Law and Human Rights Ministry and Foreign Ministry are working to solve a problem with certain Indonesian passports that has resulted in the German Embassy’s rejection of visa applicants.

Almost all Indonesians have developed antibodies against COVID-19, according to the latest serosurvey conducted by the Health Ministry and the School of Public Health at the University of Indonesia in July.

The government is planning to strengthen its relatively lax regulation on smoking in a bid to curb the increasing number of child smokers in the country.

The Group of Seven has called on Indonesia to join its supplemental alliance, the G7+, and impose a price cap on Russian oil to bring the commodity down to pre-war prices, a United States official told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday. 

The Chief Editors Forum is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year with a reaffirmation of its commitment to the free press.

A senior US Treasury Department official will visit Indonesia and Singapore next week to talk with counterparts about the potential price cap on Russian oil exports planned as a response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Child vaccination rates have fallen in Java and Bali as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo appears to have reignited his lofty ambitions of holding an international sporting tournament by building new state-of-the-art sports training facilities in the country’s new capital of Nusantara, in East Kalimantan, as part of the country’s bid to host the 2036 Olympics.

The state-run Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) has found that more than half of the Rp 1.7 trillion (US$113.9 million) in charitable donations collected by popular humanitarian organization Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT) was transferred to entities affiliated with its executives and used for private profit.