After becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to reach the 1-million mark of COVID-19 cases, Indonesia has recorded nearly 30,000 deaths because of the coronavirus disease.

Amnesty International has condemned Aceh for carrying out a public caning punshment against a gay couple, particularly during the current wave of COVID-19 infections in the country.

The lawsuit will challenge the Indonesian government's narrative on the cause of massive flooding in South Kalimantan.

Hundreds of victims who have agreed to share their stories through the Instagram account said the perpetrator had carried out various kinds of sexual abuse including coercion, gaslighting, manipulation, unsolicited sex recording and material abuse.

In an exclusive interview, Kompolnas acting chief Insp. Gen. (Ret) Benny Mamoto speaks to The Jakarta Post about the guiding principles of the National Police Commission and his vision for the police oversight body's future.

Most observed conflicts were triggered by land grabbing for oil palm plantations and the plasma smallholder scheme. 

Experts say the latest public activity restrictions (PPKM) imposed in Java and Bali are less stringent than other COVID-19 restrictions imposed by authorities.

Similar mandatory hijab policies have been identified in other provinces across the country.

Just 112 refugees remain at the makeshift camp in Lhokseumawe on Indonesia's northern coast this week, well down from the almost 400 that arrived between June and September last year.

Indonesia, along with hundreds of other countries, has missed the deadline to submit improved carbon emission-reduction commitments under the Paris Agreement.

The volcano, near Yogyakarta, shot hot ash into the air around three dozen times throughout the day. 

Indonesia has extended its border closures for another two weeks until Feb. 8, allowing entry only to its citizens and foreign nationals with existing stay permits.

Newly appointed Deputy Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Muhammad Herindra talked with The Jakarta Post’s Dicky Christanto recently on topics surrounding that grand theme, on how Indonesia should respond to the current challenge, where we stand right now and what challenges lie ahead.

The government recently kicked off a national campaign to encourage COVID-19 survivors to donate their convalescent plasma for patients, despite other countries having halted the treatment following undesired results.

The two foreign crude oil carriers are currently headed to Batam, Riau Islands, after they were intercepted on Sunday illicitly transferring oil at sea in Indonesian waters.

The Indonesian Navy has arrested a Taiwan-flagged fishing vessel, the Hai Chien Hsing 20, over alleged conducting illegal, unreported, unregulated (IUU) fishing activities in Indonesia’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the North Natuna Sea.

As of Monday, health authorities logged a total of 999,256 COVID-19 confirmed cases as well as 28,132 deaths.

Sergey Kosenko's deportation comes days after Bali officials sent a gay American couple home after the women called the island "queer friendly" in tweets that went viral, and encouraged foreigners to come and stay there during the pandemic.

Police traffic stops have long been plagued with kickbacks and violators who don’t think twice about offering officers a quick monetary bribe to avoid having to attend a court hearing over a ticket.

The crude oil tankers -- Iranian-flagged MT Horse and Panamanian-flagged MT Freya -- were spotted Sunday off Kalimantan, Indonesia's section of Borneo island, and were later seized after the crew failed to respond to radio calls, authorities said.

In Indonesia, where a third of the population lacks health insurance, some COVID-19 patients have had both their health and their finances strained by the virus.

Prior to his positive test, Doni led disaster mitigation efforts in South Kalimantan and West Sulawesi.

The new regulation enables coordination across government agencies and ministries in renaming a wide variety of geographical features, from natural landmarks to man-made features and monuments.

The country has seen hundreds of natural disasters in the first month of the year.

Regional administrations are rolling out COVID-19 countermeasures, including testing and containment, in a number of disaster-stricken areas in an effort to avoid the additional burden of new infection clusters.

The charges were filed nearly 18 years after the three were captured in Thailand and after each has spent more than 14 years in the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Top cop wants to set up ‘virtual police’, revive civilian security force

The government has extended the current period of public activity restrictions (PPKM) for another two weeks in Java and Bali, from Jan. 26 to Feb. 8, as the country’s ever-increasing COVID-19 infection rate is expected to exceed the 1 million-mark in the coming days.

The government has downplayed the link connecting deforestation and tree cover loss with the recent widespread floods in South Kalimantan, saying the devastation was primarily caused by a weather anomaly.

A comprehensive report on food security and nutrition highlights a need for Indonesia to implement a three-pronged policy that promotes dietary diversity, food affordability and food sustainability to tackle the "triple burden of malnutrition".