Health experts have urged the government to take a more comprehensive approach to the outbreak of acute hepatitis of unknown origin in children, as more potential cases are reported across the country.

Indonesia’s student movement is struggling to retain its role as an agent of change, as previously united fronts fragment and alliances with the governing elite are nurtured, not avoided.

A new set of Press Council members – headed by prominent Muslim scholar Azyumardi Azra – took up their positions on Wednesday for three-year terms with a focus on improving the welfare of the country’s media workers.

Journalists are caught in a maelstrom of proliferating false information on social media and threats to their own safety and their work, showing that freedom of the press remains precarious, especially in the region of Papua, observers say.

Health experts are calling for the government to proceed with caution in easing the COVID-19 curbs while redoubling testing and tracing efforts to avoid a resurgence in cases.

Singapore has barred the entry of Indonesian Muslim preacher Abdul Somad Batubara, citing the preacher’s “extremist and segregationist teachings.”

National Police's elite Densus 88 counter-terrorism taskforce arrested two dozen suspects during raids on Saturday and subsequent interviews revealed some had performed bayat, or a pledge of allegiance, to Islamic State's new leader, Abu al-Hassan al-hashemi al-Quraishi, police said.

Masks are no longer required outdoors as "the pandemic is getting more and more controlled", President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said in a statement streamed online.

Health experts are urging parents to take their children to a hospital or Puskesmas whenever they notice fever, nausea or loss of appetite for early detection and treatment.

ASEAN countries have agreed on the establishment of a regional body to detect diseases that have the potential to become the next pandemic, as well as to synchronize regional health protocols to prevent the spread of communicable diseases in the region.

The Indonesian International Islamic University (UIII) is set to begin the admissions process for the 2022/2023 academic year on Sunday.

Jokowi invited potential investors to Indonesia and the region while stressing the importance of ASEAN.

Podcast lead to Indonesian netizens aiming disapproving and hostile comments toward the LGBT community. 

The recent doxing by an anonymous account on social media targeting a car passenger who was caught in a mudik (exodus) traffic jam and was seen shouting abuse at a police officer has raised questions over digital data security.

Government officials are entertaining further pandemic restriction easing as the country emerges out of the Idul Fitri holiday largely unscathed.

The Health Ministry is investigating a death in East Java thought to be connected to an ill-understood form of hepatitis.

Mudik (exodus) travelers appear to be heeding the government’s call to stagger their return journeys to limit traffic congestion, as only around half of the vehicles that left Greater Jakarta ahead of Idul Fitri had made the return trip as of Saturday.

The World Health Organization said last week that it had received reports of at least 228 probable cases from 20 countries of child hepatitis, or inflammation of the liver.

Homebound travelers are now making the return trip as the Idul Fitri holiday season comes to an end.

The Health Ministry has received more reports of jaundice after three children in Jakarta died of unexplained acute hepatitis, which might be linked to a mysterious outbreak that has emerged among children in at least 20 countries.

Thousands of people have flocked to tourist destinations across Jakarta during the Idul Fitri holidays, after the government lifted COVID-19 travel curbs for this year's festivities due to encouraging pandemic indicators.

The country’s encouraging pandemic indicators and a higher vaccination rate prompted President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to announce in late March that the government would lift Idul Fitri restrictions previously enacted in 2020 and 2021.

The Health Ministry said it was investigating the deaths of three children in Jakarta that it said might be linked to a mysterious hepatitis outbreak that has sickened hundreds of children in at least 20 countries.

This severe strain of acute hepatitis has been identified in nearly 230 children in 20 countries, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, raising concerns of the disease's "unknown origin".

The Manpower Ministry is preparing a more accurate, targeted scheme for the wage subsidy program (BSU) for low-income formal workers to help shield the workforce from high inflation.

Indonesian Muslims were able to celebrate Idul Fitri 2022 with a return to festivities, including the annual tradition of mudik (exodus) and congregational prayers.

The first day of Syawal month, which marks the Idul Fitri celebration, will fall on Monday.

The Manpower Ministry has found that 782 companies have failed to pay their employees’ THR. 

 Some 477,000 vehicles have left Jakarta for mudik over the past week 

The Religious Affairs Ministry will announce on Sunday evening whether the Idul Fitri celebration begins on Monday.