OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has been granted Indonesia's first golden visa, officials said, as Southeast Asia's biggest economy looks to attract wealthy foreign investors.

Representatives of 15 news titles in Asia emphasized the need for elevating cooperation to a new level and making Asia's voice heard during the Asia News Network annual board meeting in Beijing on Monday.

The government appears to be gearing up to clamp down on a rise in the divorce rate and reported extramarital affairs that has been plaguing the civil service, like a never-ending sinetron (soap opera) series gasping for its final episode.

The Indonesian International Islamic University (UIII) held its inaugural graduation ceremony on Aug. 31 to celebrate the graduation of its 72 students from various master's programs, the first batch to ever graduate from the university.

Graduate-level students will no longer need to publish their work in a journal in order to graduate, according to a new policy recently signed by Education, Culture, Research and Technology Minister Nadiem Makarim.

The new ministerial decree, issued earlier this week, also ends the requirement for undergraduate students to submit a mini-thesis, providing an option for field projects instead.

Political exiles who were rendered stateless while abroad during the 1965 communist purge demanded that the government guarantee the continuity of a nonjudicial settlement program after President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo ends his second and final term next year.

Rights activists and victims of gross human rights violations are confounded by the government's response to an appeal by political exiles residing overseas to confront historical truths.

A growing number of young Indonesians have become concerned about how online loans could impact their futures, as companies begin scrutinizing prospective employees’ credit scores and banks deny loans to would-be homebuyers over their online debt histories.

The long haj queue leads to a high number of elderly pilgrims, who put their health and lives at risk during the pilgrimage to Mecca, according to Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy.

The government has lifted a moratorium on sending Indonesian citizens to the Middle East as domestic workers but has cautioned that people who take up offers of employment in the region must follow the proper procedures to ensure they are fully protected.

The Indonesian men's soccer team came out of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U-23 Championship as runner-up on Saturday night after losing an intense final to Vietnam on penalties.

In a sign that the government is ready to move beyond the pandemic toward developing the health sector, people must start footing their own bills for COVID-19 treatment and vaccination on Sept. 1, whether independently or through insurance.

The ministry's Environmental and Forestry Law Enforcement Director General Rasio Ridho Sani announced the decision on Wednesday with the order for the four companies to cease operation effective immediately.

Researchers found last year that the Puncak Jaya glaciers had shrunk to 0.23 square kilometers in total, equivalent to 32 soccer fields.

The Health Ministry is to form an independent board to better protect health professionals from malpractice litigation, in line with the new Health Law.

The Health Ministry has issued a warning to three government-owned teaching hospitals after their medical residents filed reports of alleged hazing during their training.

The hunger strike will be held in six cities across the country, including Medan, North Sumatra; Semarang, Central Java; Makassar, South Sulawesi; and Yogyakarta.

The government is set to expand the rollout of the rotavirus vaccine to prevent diarrheal diseases in infants nationwide starting Tuesday, as it seeks to further curb infant fatalities.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is still tracking down the whereabouts of fugitive Harun Masiku after receiving information that the politician is hiding abroad.

A 2023 World Bank study has found that Indonesian students on average lost 11.2 months of learning over three years of COVID-19, but that the government fared relatively well in managing education delivery during the pandemic.

The new Omicron subvariant, known as EG.5 or “Eris” has become the most prevalent strain in other countries, from the United States to China.

At least eight finalists of Miss Universe Indonesia 2023 have filed complaints with the police against staffers of the contest’s organizer, alleging they were sexually harassed during a so-called body check session.

The contestants, held in the capital Jakarta from July 29 to Aug. 3, said the organizers asked five of them to strip to their underwear for physical examinations in a room with more than 20 people, including men.

The Supreme Court has reduced the death sentence for disgraced former two-star police general Ferdy Sambo to life in prison on the grounds that he committed the premeditated murder of his own aide-de-camp Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat along with others, court spokesperson Sobandi said.

Experts warned of the increasing risk of contagious disease outbreaks and other health problems in Indonesia as the hotter El Niño climate phenomenon emerged in the tropical Pacific for the first time in seven years.

Police have named Al-Zaytun head Panji Gumilang as a suspect in a case that rights activists say is the latest example of the weaponization of the 1965 Blasphemy Law to shut down minority views.

Founded in 1996 and home to roughly 5,000 students, Al-Zaytun has caused a stir with practices like allowing men and women to pray alongside each other, and women to become preachers, which are uncommon in Indonesia

Health experts have raised concerns about the government's plan to reestablish sanatoriums, calling it a setback in the country's fight against tuberculosis.

Authorities have said a government regulation that will allow tourists to enter the country via the highly anticipated “golden visa” program is in its final stages and will be ready soon.