The outspoken preacher has again found himself afoul of the law as well as Indonesia's largest Muslim organization for "hate speech".

A survey conducted by Indikator Politik Indonesia has shown that most respondents want regional leader candidates who have violated COVID-19 health protocols to be disqualified from the December elections. 

Employees stationed in air conditioned facilities must wear face masks, face shields and gloves. 

While it may be dubbed the third largest democracy in the world, a recent survey has found that more and more Indonesians are feeling unsafe about expressing their views in public, especially if it goes against the government's rhetoric.

A long weekend from Oct. 28 to Nov. 1 is expected to see many people out and about.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has sought to defend the passing of the highly controversial Job Creation Law, arguing the law is necessary to make Indonesia more economically competitive amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2008, three Jiwasraya executives manipulated the state insurer’s asset portfolio to polish its bleak financial report that year. Ten years later, it ended as one of the largest corruption cases in the country's history.

More than 100 tons of carp and tilapia in Lake Toba, Samosir regency, North Sumatra were found dead on Thursday, possibly due to extreme weather, local officials have said.

The coronavirus knows no administrative borders. It has spread to 501 of the country’s 514 regencies and cities, including some remote regencies, prompting doctors to worry that the pandemic might spread further to remote areas and exhaust their already poor health infrastructure.

Some regional leaders in Central Java are deliberately refraining from conducting COVID-19 tracking and testing in order to maintain the “green zone” status of their areas, Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo has said.

The Aceh Ulema Council (MPU) has demanded that players of the highly popular online game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) and other games depicting violence be subjected to public flogging.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has signed a government regulation that requires regional administrations to have special units for the employment of people with disabilities.

The infected prisoners are currently being isolated in the penitentiary's Kuta block.

The public has been encouraged not to leave town for the upcoming long weekend on Oct. 28 to Nov. 1 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jakarta has issued a bylaw that stipulates sanctions for residents refusing to participate in the COVID-19 vaccination program.

Members of the North Sumatra COVID-19 task force were attacked by an unidentified group while conducting a raid to enforce the mandatory face-mask policy in a suspected gambling den in Labuhan Deli district, Deli Serdang regency, early on Thursday. 

Candidates in the upcoming regional elections found to be violating COVID-19 health protocols during their campaigns will be subject to various sanctions, including three-day bans on holding campaign events, the West Java Elections Supervisory Agency has warned.

The grand imam of Jakarta’s Istiqlal Mosque, Nasaruddin Umar, said santri (students of Islamic boarding schools) had to play an active role in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic.

A new report by UN Women reveals how COVID-19 exposes women's vulnerability to economic shocks and deepens inequality that has existed in Indonesia since before the pandemic, which is likely to reverse progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The KSPI is also planning to file a judicial review request against the Job Creation Law to the Constitutional Court.

The Medan District Court in North Sumatra has acquitted the director of an orphanage in Medan Petisah district, who was indicted of molesting a 14-year-old child under his care over the course of seven years.

The police sealed a coal mining area in Hajran village in Batang Hari regency, Jambi, on Thursday over a dispute between coal miner PT Kurnia Alam Investama (KAI) and mining service company PT Pelabuhan Universal Sumatra (PUS).

Indonesia’s doctors have warned the government not to rush its COVID-19 vaccination programs and patiently wait instead for the results of ongoing trials to be published, as the state pushes for the emergency use authorization of vaccine candidates currently being developed in China.

Judges at the Medan District Court in North Sumatra have sentenced a becak (pedicab) driver to death for attempting to transport heroin.

The National Police have named eight suspects in a fire incident that ravaged the main building of the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) complex in August, concluding that worker negligence and careless use of flammable materials caused the blaze.

As of Thursday, he said that 25 people from the National Police and the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) had applied for the positions, but only nine had passed.

The police have named three surviving miners suspects in the collapse of an unauthorized coal mine in Muara Enim regency, South Sumatra.

The management of Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park in West Java has planned to report two male hikers to the police for allegedly taking nude photos of themselves within the park.

The National COVID-19 task force’s spokesperson and experts team coordinator, Wiku Adisasmito, said in a virtual press conference that as of Thursday the country had 63,576 active cases, 16.8 percent of the total number of COVID-19 cases confirmed so far, adding this figure was lower than the 21.9 percent recorded globally. 

Using both online and offline data collection methods, experts are already hailing the 2020 census as a "milestone" tool for better policymaking and public services.