With the government looking to move on from COVID-19 as cases continue to decline despite the dropping of pandemic curbs, Indonesia has begun looking for allies to lobby the World Health Organization into declaring the pandemic over.

The Indonesian Islamic University (UII) in Yogyakarta has denied that its lecturer might have joined an extremist organization after such rumors popped up following his mysterious disappearance abroad.

Indonesia continues to see a declining number of COVID-19 cases in the past few weeks despite the absence of the pandemic curbs and the recent discovery of new Omicron subvariant “Kraken” that have caused case surges abroad, including in the United States and the United Kingdom.

The National Police are of the view at this time that the information technology lecturer planned and carried out his own disappearance.

Prosecutors from the Attorney General's Office (AGO) have lodged motions with the Jakarta High Court in opposition to appeals by murder convict and former police general Ferdy Sambo and three of his accomplices against a lower court’s rulings in their cases.

Appearing in his capacity as a newly elected chairman of the Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) on Sunday, Erick Thohir outlined his ambitious goal to completely eradicate match fixing in Indonesia, taking the fight to the soccer mafia, which has taken root in the country’s soccer system.

Just one day after the Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) welcomed its new chief on Thursday, soccer fans clashed with the police outside Jatidiri Stadium in Central Java.

Police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse hundreds of football fans who tried to attend a closed-doors match in Semarang, Central Java, on Friday, officials said, four months after the country suffered one of the world's deadliest stadium stampedes.

Two days after originally planned, the two sides have finally come to an agreement on a fee of Rp 49.8 million for this year's haj program, at no extra cost to delayed 2020 pilgrims but Rp 9.4 million more for 2022 pilgrims.

The panel of judges at South Jakarta District Court sentenced on Wednesday Richard Eliezer, the police officer who shot his colleague Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat on the orders of their commanding officer Ferdy Sambo, to one and a half years in prison, a much lighter sentence than the 12 years sought by prosecutors.

Despite plans to announce the new haj pilgrimage cost on Monday, discussions between the House of Representatives Commission VIII overseeing religious affairs and officials from the Religious Affairs Ministry have turned heated as lawmakers remain unsatisfied over the hotel and catering costs proposed by the ministry.

The South Jakarta District Court has sentenced two accomplices of disgraced police general Ferdy Sambo to 15 and 13 years in prison, respectively, for abetting in the murder of Ferdy’s aide-de-camp Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat.

The South Jakarta District Court sentenced Kuat Ma’ruf, a private chauffeur of disgraced police general Ferdy Sambo, to 15 years in prison on Tuesday for his role in the premeditated murder of Ferdy’s aide-de-camp Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat.

The government has portrayed the provisions on online felonies in the much-decried KUHP law as “good news for democracy” as they impose more lenient punishments than those stipulated under the ITE Law.

The government’s plans to reduce the number of number of international airports from 32 to about 15 is unlikely to have an affect on tourism, said Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno on Monday during a weekly briefing.

The South Jakarta District Court sentenced on Monday former National Police internal affairs chief Ferdy Sambo to death for the premeditated murder of his own aide-de-camp Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat and for tampering with evidence in orchestrating a cover-up.

One year since its introduction, the new Kurikulum Merdeka (Freedom Curriculum) is seeing wide adoption in schools, ranging from early childhood education institutions all the way up to senior high schools,

Experts have urged that public health infrastructure should be top of mind among relevant state institutions during the development of the nation's new capital city.

Celebrating their centennial anniversary on Tuesday, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the nation’s Islamic organization, is setting an ambitious goal for the next one. 

Nahdlatul Ulama's central executive board is set to discuss the legitimacy of the United Nations Charter from the perspective of Islamic jurisprudence in an international congress on Monday.

The European Union says that its upcoming regulation on deforestation and forest degradation is not seeking a ban on a particular country or commodity but a call for a sustainable chain supply that is free from deforestation.

This year’s first round of negotiations for the Code of Conduct (COC) at the South China Sea will commence in March, said the Foreign Ministry on Friday, where Indonesia as ASEAN chairman will lead efforts to “explore new approaches” in navigating the increasingly “destabilized” region. 

Vandalism and clashes by soccer fans over the past few days have once again put the issue of hooliganism at the forefront of Indonesian soccer, despite it being under the international spotlight following the deadly stadium stampede in October and ahead of hosting the youth world cup in May.

The Religious Affairs Ministry’s plan to nearly double the administered price of the haj pilgrimage this year continues to divide opinion, even among government officials, as the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) flags aspects of the state’s haj management as inefficient and lacking transparency.

The Constitutional Court's rejection of a petition against the Marriage Law, at least the third since 2012, maintains the lack of clarity in three provisions that have led to the law's prevailing interpretation as banning interfaith marriage.

Authorities have said two ingredients, ethylene glycol (EG) and diethyelene glycol (DEG), found in some syrup-based paracetamol medications are linked to acute kidney injury, which many of the children suffered.

The Constitutional Court has formed an oversight team to investigate an apparent mismatch between two versions of a November 2022 ruling that upheld the controversial dismissal of court justice Aswanto the month prior.

Experts warn that dams in both Indonesia and the Philippines, crucial for irrigation, drinking water and electricity generation, may face increased strain as climate change brings unpredictable and high-precipitation weather patterns.

Indonesia strongly condemned the use of excessive force by Israeli security forces during a raid in the West Bank city of Jenin that killed at least nine Palestinian civilians.

The EU's ambassadors to Indonesia and ASEAN emphasized that the bloc would continue to pursue diplomatic means to establish productive and sustainable cooperation in Southeast Asia.