The landslides at Cihanjuang Village in West Java, about 150 km (95 miles) southeast of the capital Jakarta took place at 4 p.m. (0900 GMT) and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, BNPB spokesman Raditya Jati said in a statement.

Founded in 2003, Jakarta-based Sriwijaya Air group flies largely to domestic locations in Indonesia as well as limited service to foreign destinations including Penang in Malaysia.

The aircraft was heading to Pontianak, West Kalimantan, but disappeared off the radar at about 1:40 p.m.

"A Sriwijaya (Air) plane from Jakarta to Pontianak (on Borneo island) with call sign SJY182 has lost contact," said ministry spokesman Adita Irawati.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo officially inaugurated the recently renovated Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta on Tuesday. It had undergone a large-scale renovation since May 2019.

Indonesia's Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) is expecting to grant Sinovac Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization, after it concludes analysis on late-stage clinical trials underway in Bandung, West Java.

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has determined that the killing of four members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) by police was a human rights violation, and called on the authorities to prosecute the perpetrators.

The attack was allegedly triggered by a fight over seats on the small utility aircraft, which only has space for nine passengers.

The Alumni Menteng 64 (AM64), a group of Kolese Kanisius Catholic high school alumni, publicly declared its support for the government’s mass vaccination program in Jakarta on Friday.

The Southeast Asia biggest country also reported 233 new COVID-19 deaths, taking that total to 23,753

Abu Bakar Bashir, 82, is considered the spiritual leader of militant group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), the Islamist network responsible for the 2002 Bali terror attack that killed more than 200 people, most of them foreign tourists. 

With National Police chief Gen. Idham Azis entering retirement next month, speculation has been rife as to whom President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will handpick to lead the police force.

The Constitutional Court is gearing up to settle more than a hundred regional election disputes filed with the court last month, with the court aiming to finish all judicial processes by late March.

Indonesia reimposes and expands social restrictions but experts say measures too little, too late.

A successful COVID-19 vaccination drive could help the government reach its target of reducing the budget deficit to under 3 percent in three years, a state official has said. 

The hardline group is known for its unlawful raids on brothels, bars and nightclubs, particularly during the Ramadhan fasting month, and for its attacks on religious minorities and movement it perceives to be a violation of Islamic norms.

The shootings came as the National Police counter-terrorism squad, Densus 88, raided a hideout of extremist group Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) in Sulawesi island's Makassar city, they said.

The government is moving to recruit 1 million contract teachers this year after suspending civil service entrance exams despite objections the teachers have been raising since last year. But a recent statement from National Civil Service Agency (BKN) head Bima Haria Wibisana has now sparked yet another concern -- that the government would permanently stop recruiting civil servant teachers.

Chief economic minister, Airlangga Hartarto, said some of the measures include changes to opening hours for malls and limited capacity at restaurants and places of worship.

The incident also involved personnel from the Makassar Police and South Sulawesi Police bomb squad.

The new government regulation offers further guidelines for handing down chemical castration as a punishment for convicted sex offenders of minors.

Doubts have been raised over Indonesia’s plan to complete the COVID-19 vaccination drive within a year, with health experts worrying that it may encourage a cavalier attitude toward health restrictions.

The government's plea for people to stay at home has apparently succeeded, as the Transportation Ministry recorded relativeley few holiday period travelers this year.

The police and the Densus 88 antiterror squad will supervise the preacher's release on Friday.

Activists have once again called into question the Pornography Law as popular singer Gisella Anastasia faces jail after a sex tape was leaked to the public.

The Indonesian Navy may propose a stricter regulation for foreign research vessels operating in Indonesian waters as they can be used as a platform to launch unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV) collecting various types of data.

Experts were quick to connect the agency's lackluster performance with the new KPK Law, which drew public outcry even before its deliberation by the House of Representatives and the government in late 2019.

A grieving mother has made yet another call for Indonesia to legalize the use of cannabis for medical purposes. The substance is banned in the country under the 2009 Narcotics Law, which is one of the world’s strictest drug regulations.

The double-burial policy has provided a glimpse into the state of the outbreak in Jakarta, where there have been renewed calls to reimpose large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) amid soaring cases, deaths and hospital occupancy rates.

The intensifying crackdown by the authorities on the Islam Defenders Front (FPI)—a once-fringe Islamist group that now poses a serious challenge to the administration of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo—has sparked concerns among prodemocracy activists.