They call on Jokowi to honor his 2014 campaign pledge to resolve past rights violations through the intended channels and bring the perpetrators to justice.

The risks of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS and syphilis heighten, as there is an uptick in cases in recent years, while the number of pregnant women getting medical attention against these diseases remains dangerously low.

Prabowo's ministry could lose authority over the defense budget in proposed revisions, according to a TNI internal document.

Around 152,000 hectares of forests across 108 customary communities in 36 regencies/cities in 17 provinces have been recognized as customary forests by the Environment and Forestry Ministry.

The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) and the Press Council have warned about the damage a recently settled lawsuit against Jakarta-based television station KompasTV could inflict on Indonesia's already declining press freedom.

As the government casts its sights on declaring an end to Indonesia’s COVID-19 public health emergency, experts are calling on authorities develop a robust plan to manage any lingering threats from the virus.

National Police investigators have arrested a man and a woman suspected to be behind the trafficking of more than a dozen Indonesians to Myanmar, where the victims were forced to run online scams, as ASEAN nations seek a stronger regional response to human trafficking.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named Stefanus Roy Rening, a lawyer of suspended Papua governor Lukas Enembe, as suspect of obstruction of justice and is detaining him for 20 days.

The Health Ministry is working with other state institutions to issue a recommendation to the President on the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia, according to a ministry spokesman, who also urged the public to remain vigilant even after the public health emergency was revoked.

Southeast Asian leaders meeting in Indonesia will on Wednesday wrangle over an escalating crisis in military-ruled Myanmar, with patience in the ASEAN bloc wearing thin as its junta shows no intent to end hostilities and pursue a peace plan.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), along with the Jakarta administration, plans to offer courses to train civil servants and their spouses in how to live a more modest lifestyle, following recent instances of public officials parading their extravagant lives despite their wealth not matching their official incomes.

Two years since it became a "research superbody" tasked with consolidating all state-sanctioned research and innovation efforts, the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) is now looking to put its challenging transition period behind and make up for lost time in developing Indonesia’s research ecosystem.

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Friday the lifting of the PHEIC status of COVID-19, citing declining cases and mortality from the disease for more than a year, while population immunity had also increased from vaccination and infection.

As the fourth-biggest contributor to child marriages globally, Indonesia must achieve a seven-fold reduction in prevalence in order to reach the targets set out in the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Despite the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring on Friday that the COVID-19 pandemic no longer constitutes a global health emergency, concerns about an Arcturus-induced caseload spike in countries including Indonesia still linger.

Indonesia is seeing another spike of COVID-19 cases fueled by the spread of the highly contagious Arcturus subvariant and greater public mobility during the annual Idul Fitri mudik (exodus) season.

This year's Idul Fitri mudik (exodus) season saw improvements across the board in terms of traffic management compared to last year, with quicker average travel time and fewer reported incidents, authorities said.

The government is moving ahead with a new program to clear the names of at least 39 political exiles who were stripped of their Indonesian citizenship while abroad during the events of 1965-1966, as part of the Jokowi administration’s reparation policy.

Just days before the 2023 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Cambodia is set to officially kick off on Friday, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo met with the Indonesian delegates at the Merdeka Palace in Central Jakarta on Tuesday, setting a target for Indonesia to finish higher than third at the event.

Police are investigating the motive of the 60-year-old suspected shooter, Mustopa, who was allegedly visiting the office to seek an audience with the MUI leadership.

Investigators from the National Police’s cybercrimes unit have detained an employee with the national research agency in connection with the “threatening” comments he made regarding a discussion over the different dates for Idul Fitri.

The conflict between Sudan's army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has triggered a rush to extract foreign diplomats and citizens by several countries including Indonesia, United States, Japan, Germany and Britain.

Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) chief Erick Thohir has announced the formation of two task forces geared to tackle match-fixing and to ensure financial transparency within Indonesian soccer’s governing body.

On Friday noon, the government recorded 2,067 new daily confirmed cases, bringing the total tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 6,771,072 since the first case was confirmed on March 2, 2020.

The government has claimed that the omnibus bill on health could better protect doctors, but Ombudsman Indonesia warned that the proposed legislation leaves a lot to be desired in terms of protecting patients against medical malpractice.

The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) found that the Indomie chicken special variant did contain Ethylene oxide but it is at a level that is acceptable to the standard applied by the agency in Indonesia.

Authorities are claiming early success in managing this year’s record-breaking Idul Fitri travel season, buoyed by reduced congestion during the expected peak of traffic counterflows on Monday and Tuesday.

Marking the comeback of a vinyl-record pressing plant in Indonesia after a nearly 50-year hiatus, PHR Pressing is set to resume domestic vinyl production in the country with a new pressing plant in Cengkareng, West Jakarta. 

As the seven-day Idul Fitri holiday period came to an end on Tuesday, millions had begun the return trip from their hometowns, while others took the chance to flock to tourist destinations in and around Jakarta.

Forty years on, observers and government officials alike have noted how The Jakarta Post has not only become the world’s window into Indonesia, but has also helped bring the global agenda to local readers.