The Bakamla-USCG virtual workshop was conducted after several incidents related to maritime safety and security took place in Indonesian waters.

Indonesia’s two biggest Muslim organizations say the government must provide details of a new policy that aims to tackle violent extremism and terrorism, or it could become a new source of conflicts in the country.

“I'm still confused because the [vaccine recipient] data keeps changing,” the health minister said last week.

Indonesian netizens have gone into a rage accusing an American woman of disrespecting the local way of life by promoting a lavish lifestyle in Bali and encouraging other foreigners to move to the resort island.

Public compliance with the existing COVID-19 protocols is said to remain an integral part of evacuation and mitigation efforts following a string of fatal disasters that struck several regions across the archipelago over the last two weeks.

Families of victims are facing harrowing uncertainty as authorities are working to verify human remains and wreckage pulled from the waters, while investigators are seeking to uncover how the crash took place.

At least 81 people were killed and thousands left homeless by the powerful 6.2-magnitude quake that struck early Friday, reducing buildings to a tangled mass of twisted metal and chunks of concrete in the seaside city of Mamuju.

A new presidential regulation in Indonesia will enable people to watch and report individuals and acts of violent extremism and terrorism in their neighborhoods. 

The government is considering granting the private sector the authority to market COVID-19 vaccines in Indonesia as it races against the clock to vaccinate enough of the population to achieve herd immunity.

In a plenary meeting on Thursday, the House of Representatives and the government agreed to include the bill on this year’s National Legislation Program (Prolegnas) list after removing it from last year’s.

University of North Sumatra (USU) rector-elect Muryanto Amin has been accused of committing multiple cases of self-plagiarism in recent years, compromising his appointment as the university’s head that had been scheduled for later this month.

Hospitals were overrun with hundreds of injured after the 6.2-magnitude quake struck in the early hours of Friday, triggering panic among residents of the island, which was hit by a 2018 quake-tsunami disaster that killed thousands.

Authorities warned residents living around the volcano to remain alert for additional volcanic hazards.

Heavy rainfall has drenched the province since Jan. 3, causing rivers in the regencies of Tanah Laut and Balangan to overflow.

The Constitutional Court has found that the petitioner, a man who was sentenced to six years in prison for growing marijuana, does not have a strong basis to challenge the Narcotics Law.

The indigenous people of Sabuai village in Maluku have proven time and again their tenacity to go up against commercial entities out to desecrate their sacred forests.

Hundreds were also injured when the 6.2-magnitude quake struck in the early hours, triggering panic among the terrified residents of the island, which was hit by a huge quake and tsunami two and a half years ago that killed thousands.

Although Ali tested positive for COVID-19 in December, doctors declared him coronavirus-free prior to his death.

Over-the-top (OTT) service providers are regulated by several laws, the Constitutional Court argued in its ruling.

The recorder, which holds information about the speed, altitude and direction of the plane, could supply critical clues as to why the aircraft plunged about 10,000 feet (3,000 metres) in less than a minute before crashing into waters off Jakarta on Saturday.

Meteorologists warn of extreme weather and more natural disasters as response efforts are strained by the pandemic and an investigation into the Sriwijaya plane crash.

The epicentre of the quake was six kilometres (3.73 miles) northeast of Majene city at a depth of 10 kilometres.

“Heading back to Pontianak, guys! We’re now in the airport,” said Athar Rizki Riawan, 8, as he recorded himself at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, before boarding Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182.

Hours after getting his first COVID-19 vaccine shot, photos of Raffi Ahmad attending a social gathering without wearing mask were circulating on social media.

The 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck in the early hours, triggering panic among the terrified residents on the part of the Sulawesi island, which was hit by a huge quake two and a half years ago in which thousands were killed.

Indonesia began its vaccination program on Wednesday using Chinese firm Sinovac Biotech's CoronaVac vaccine, which would be used on the largest share — or some 65 million — of the targeted 181.5 million Indonesians.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo had ordered his aides to follow up on the National Human Rights Commission’s (Komnas HAM) recommendation of its investigation into a recent fatal incident between Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) members and the police.

Insufficient integration among ministries and related stakeholders has made it difficult for food to be distributed to remote areas of the country.

Indonesia has introduced public activity restriction enforcement (PPKM) rules for a majority of Java and Bali, adding to the list of mobility jargon that includes large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) and the transitional PSBB phase.

The country's health system is nearing full capacity, prompting calls for the government to strengthen health protocols alongside the nationwide vaccination rollout.