Online learning has robbed Gita Rizkasari’s son, 8-year-old Abid, of the chance to see his friends at school in Jakarta. Abid, who entered his first year of elementary school not long after the pandemic hit the country last year, is now moving on to his second year as the government makes preparations to reopen schools.

Three weeks after Idul Fitri, Kudus has been overwhelmed by a devastating surge in coronavirus cases

The ruling Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has called on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to ignore the National Human Rights Commission’s (Komnas HAM) summons over the antigraft body’s attempts to remove senior KPK investigators.

The task force also reported 170 people died from COVID-19 on Wednesday, taking the total to 52,162.

The onset of COVID-19 has inadvertently produced more waste that ends up in Indonesia's marine ecosystem, communities and academia have found.

Concerns are growing over another COVID-19 wave as Central Java and parts of East Java have recorded rising case numbers in the weeks following increased mobility during the Idul Fitri holidays.

The government has started COVID-19 vaccination for people with mental illness residing in Jakarta's satellite cities earlier than planned.

The failure to restore degraded peatland by concession owners will increase the risk of forest and peatland fires in the future.

Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Firli Bahuri allegedly demanded that the agency's employees take the controversial civic knowledge test as part of the procedure to convert their status to that of civil servants, according to a new report by independent whistleblower platform IndonesiaLeaks.

For the second consecutive year, hundreds of thousands of Indonesian would-be pilgrims will have to put their haj plans on hold after the government cancels the 2021 haj due to COVID-19 concerns.

It is the latest wave of arrivals by the persecuted minority in Muslim-majority Indonesia, after often perilous, months-long sea journeys from cramped refugee camps in Bangladesh -- next to their native Myanmar.

New COVID-19 clusters found in the country's many correctional facilities have revived concerns of overcrowding that pose serious risks of virus transmission.

While acknowledging Indonesia's work on addressing the climate crisis, United Kingdom Business Secretary and COP26 president Alok Sharma expressed his hope of seeing a refined pledge from Indonesia to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Even as enthusiasm rises among teachers about seeing their students again, various concerns remain over the plan to reopen schools at the start of the new academic year in July.

Over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Indonesia is still struggling to present real-time, consistent data on cases and fatalities related to the disease.

The latest escalation of violence in the Israel-Palestine conflict has sparked huge solidarity among Indonesians on social media and further amplified the pro-Palestine voices in the country, which has the world’s the largest Muslim population.

The KM Karya Indah was heading to Sanana, a remote port in the northeast of Maluku when it was engulfed in flames. 

Indonesian health authorities find that most daily case rises and new emerging infection clusters are linked to mudik (exodus) travel or Idul Fitri gatherings.

Indonesia has seen people defying health protocols in recent weeks as they are getting weary of the COVID-19 restrictions over a year into the pandemic, which still shows no end in sight.

The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) cleared a batch of the vaccine on Thursday, ending a suspension of its use after reports linking the vaccine with rare blood clots.

A video that went viral on social media shows the East Java governor and deputy governor attending a party on May 19 at the governor’s official residence in Surabaya.

KPK leadership fires 51 employees for failing controversial civic test

An account with the username Kotz claimed on online hacking forum radforums.com on May 12 to have the personal data of 279 million Indonesians, alive and deceased.

The East Jakarta District Court sentenced on Thursday hardline Muslim cleric Rizieq Shihab to eight months in prison and fined him Rp 20 million (US$1,400) for breaching coronavirus curbs after his return last year from self-imposed exile.

The family of 14 were at picturesque Kandi Lake in West Sumatra when they gathered on the wooden structure to take a group photo, but their combined weight brought it down, police said.

In a press statement, the Drug and Food Monitoring Agency (BPOM) concluded that the vaccine batch "meets quality requirements and is safe to use."

In direct disregard of the President's response to the furor surrounding the controversial civil service qualifying test, the KPK is going ahead with the dismissal of 51 employees it claims have failed to make the grade.

Irregularities in the public records of the civil service apparatus was unearthed in 2014 after the National Civil Service Agency (BKN) initiated an electronic self-census of public service workers.

Both the UK and India variants — deemed concerning because they were found to be more transmissible — have been locally transmitted in Indonesia.

The suspects took more than 1,000 doses made by China's Sinovac from the prisoners' quota, offering them to buyers in Jakarta and in Medan for around Rp 250,000 ($17) each.