State-owned postal service Pos Indonesia has unveiled a set of stamps to celebrate the much-awaited visit of Pope Francis to Jakarta.

The aging pope was not scheduled to attend any public events on Tuesday to allow time for him to rest after a 13-hour overnight flight from Rome.

Indonesia's main international airport is requiring all inbound travelers to sign up with the SatuSehat electronic health pass prior to departure as part of a broader government policy to prevent the spread of mpox, especially the latest, more virulent clade Ib variant.

As AMR emerges as a global health concern, the government has launched a new strategy to better regulate and monitor the appropriate use of antimicrobials, including through public education, in both medicine and animal husbandry.

When Pope Francis visits Indonesia next week, he will stop by a mosque in Jakarta that has an unusual feature – a tunnel connecting it to the city's Catholic cathedral, as part of a push for interfaith harmony on his 12-day Asia-Pacific tour.

The plan, which appears in the draft state budget for 2025, would require riders to submit their personal information, including their identity card numbers (NIK), to purchase travel cards for the Commuter Line. Operators would then impose different prices based on the passenger’s income.

The Financial Services Authority (OJK) plans to blacklist online gamblers to stop them from using financial services in Indonesia.

The government has once again delayed the implementation of the long-awaited excise tax on sweetened beverages despite growing demands to curb rising obesity and diabetes in the country.

The Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Ministry stressed the need to educate the public about the health risks of high-sugar content foods and drinks.

A shipment of 1,600 vaccine doses, the second from the Scandinavian country, is expected to arrive next week, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said on Tuesday.

While gambling is illegal in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation -- with sentences of up to six years in prison -- government figures show around 3.7 million Indonesians engaged in it last year, placing more than $20 billion in bets.

The health minister announced on Tuesday that the government was reactivating the COVID-era health tracking system, previously known as PeduliLindungi, as part of its preventive measures against mpox.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Heru Budi Hartono, who also serves as acting Jakarta governor, said on Monday that citizens should preferably stay home on Sept. 5, or use alternative routes prepared by the city administration if choosing to travel. 

The commission has found evidence that the judges violated the code of ethics for acquitting Gregorius Ronald Tannur, a defendant accused of killing his girlfriend in East Java, following a probe into the trial and the case. 

Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) cofounder Jusuf Wanandi has received the Achmad Bakrie Award for his work in social thought, democracy and international relations.

More than 200 children died of the injury and about 120 more survived, some of whom lived with disabilities which led to financial hardships for their parents.

The Health Ministry has prepared more than 4,000 doses of mpox vaccines and readied dozens of laboratories across the country to test the viral disease, amid the latest global emergency status following the surge of cases in Africa and other regions.

IDI pushes for cultural change to address bullying of residents in PPDS scheme.

Some believe that the new regulation will help prevent teenage pregnancies, which bear serious health consequences for the mothers and baby. However, many have expressed concerns that it will instead promote extra-marital sex among students in the country.

The lifetime, multiple-entry visa for members of the Indonesian diaspora may provide members of the group with economic opportunities that will benefit them and the country, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Pahala Mansury.

A recent survey by the Health Ministry found that one in five medical residents suffered from depression, with 3.3 percent of the respondents, or almost 400 resident physicians, admitting to having thoughts of self-harm or suicide in the two weeks before the survey.

The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has revealed that most day care facilities in the country are unlicensed, taking cases in Depok, West Java, and Pekanbaru, Riau, as samples.

Yasonna Laoly, on his last day in office as law and human rights minister on Monday, said his predecessor should ensure the success of the Overseas Citizenship of Indonesia (OCI) visa plan, underlining that the inclusion of the Indonesian diaspora community was key to ensuring Indonesia’s long-term success.

Jessica's lawyer Otto Hasibuan said her client was released early after receiving an almost-five-year remission for having "good behavior".

A Health Ministry official says that the majority of the 88 mpox cases detected since 2022 had recovered, with the data showing a low fatality rate.

BMKG Earthquake and Tsunami Center head Daryono raised concerns about the potential for massive earthquakes along the Sunda Strait and Mentawai-Siberut megathrust zones, following the powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit Japan’s southwest on Aug. 8, injuring at least 15 people.

The recent suicide of a Diponegoro University medical resident in Semarang, Central Java, allegedly as the result of bullying, is only the tip of the iceberg, the Health Ministry has confirmed, while promising to take stern measures against the deep-seated problem found at medical education institutions across the country.

Following public criticisms over its perceived religious discrimination, the BPIP has quickly responded by denying that the Paskibraka dress code banned hijab and making assurances that this year's flag raisers would be permitted to wear the Muslim headscarf, if they chose to do so.

The judicial reviews were based on new evidence, among which include the alleged false testimonies made by two people who claimed to be witnesses in the case, namely Dede Riswanto and Liga Akbar.  

Psychologists have applauded the government's recent move to create a national suicide registry and to ban shackling people with mental health issues, but they emphasized that more thorough measures are needed to better protect the vulnerable group.