While the government works to improve online treatment services for self-isolating COVID-19 patients amid the ongoing third wave of the pandemic, reports continue to surface about complications in the use of telehealth apps.

While the government has not yet responded to a fresh apology from Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for the “extreme violence” committed by Dutch forces during Indonesia’s national revolution, an Indonesian historian has said it is time for the country to confront its own violence during the period.

As this year’s Group of 20 (G20) president, Indonesia will have a critical role in spurring other G20 members to come up with more ambitious climate action, the United Kingdom’s president for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) said.

As Indonesia reels from learning loss, the government is giving schools the option to choose a curriculum for the new academic year, including the much-vaunted Merdeka curriculum.

Puan’s statement came as lawmakers enter a three-week recess period from Saturday until March 14, which would potentially further prolong the start of the deliberation of the bill.

Dutch forces burned villages and carried out mass detentions, torture and executions during the 1945-49 conflict, often with tacit government support, said the four-year study by Dutch and Indonesian researchers.

The findings of the review by academics and experts from both countries were published late on Wednesday -- a day before they had been scheduled to be released -- after their main conclusions were leaked to Dutch news organizations.

Amid a surge in Omicron cases in the capital, Jakartans are staying alert while also hoping for an end to the pandemic soon.

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said the government expected daily confirmed cases in Jakarta to reach a peak this week.

The country has recorded 4.9 million cases overall and more than 145,000 deaths.

Health workers in Jakarta, the country's current epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, are starting to feel the brunt of the Omicron-fueled surge of infections, with hospitalizations climbing and daily new infections surpassing the peak of last year's Delta wave.

Under the current system, countries are "basically on their own" if they need emergency funds, vaccines, therapeutics or diagnostics, and as G20 president this year, Indonesia will seek to change that, Budi told a news conference.

Fatalities from COVID-19 in Indonesia reached triple digits on Friday, a level that was last seen in late September last year, as cases continue to rise, driven in large part by the highly contagious Omicron variant.

As countries slowly unwind their pandemic-era stimulus policies, greater coordination among developed and emerging economies is essential to ensure more inclusive global economic growth, experts from the Think-20 (T20) have said.

Lack of access to technology and digital illiteracy among teachers still complicate online learning, pushing some innovative teachers to find ways to improve distance education methods on their own.

The Education, Culture, Research and Technology Ministry has said that COVID-19 has exposed Indonesia’s deeply rooted problem of unequal access to quality education.

Research on the "Merah Putih" ("Red White") vaccine -- named after the colours of the Indonesian national flag -- is led by Airlangga University and Biotis Pharmaceutical Indonesia.

As the country celebrates National Press Day on Wednesday, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called for better management of foreign media in order to create a fairer ecosystem for local platforms.

The government has expressed its support for a draft regulation that would make news aggregators on digital platforms pay publishers for displayed content, in a move aimed at providing a level playing field between domestic news industries and digital platforms.

Under new regulations, supermarkets, malls and restaurants will operate at 60 percent capacity and houses of worship will be reduced to 50 percent of capacity, said Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Pandjaitan. It was not immediately clear when the measures would take effect.

The country has seen a jump in cases, with more than 36,000 infections recorded on Sunday and the bed occupancy rate at hospitals in the capital reaching 63 percent.

Parents previously had no say over whether to send their children to in-person classes, but a government official announced on Thursday that the choice would be theirs again.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said he had instructed Cabinet ministers to evaluate prevailing curbs in light of the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the country.

Govt opens up last chance for 758,000 contract teachers to be recruited as civil servants this year, as it looks to remove contract workers from its payroll starting from 2023.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested Mochamad Ardian Noervianto, formerly the Home Ministry's regional finance administration director general, on Wednesday for allegedly demanding kickbacks from local officials from Southeast Sulawesi derived from the National Economic Recovery (PEN) funds.

The President has instructed the heads of the country's COVID-19 response to conduct an immediate evaluation of the PPKM in view of the ongoing rise in cases.

Fringe Muslim groups have aired their grievances over a photo exhibition honoring Holocaust victims in North Sulawesi, alleging that it could be used as a way to endorse diplomatic relations with Israel.

Minister Luhut said the government would shift its focus away from containing the virus and toward limiting hospitalization and death rates.

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan also told a news conference that the period of time for coronavirus quarantine for fully vaccinated travellers into Indonesia had been shortened from seven to five days.

Authorities have projected the country will reach the peak of the third wave between late February and early March this year.