Parents are thrilled that the government will begin administering COVID-19 vaccine to some 26 million children aged 6 to 11 years starting next year, saying they want to give their children as much protection from the virus as possible, including when the children are at school.

After seeing the long-awaited Bali reopening drive fail to attract sufficient visitor numbers, Indonesia is now pushing for a vaccine travel lane policy with other ASEAN countries.

The Attorney General Office’s (AGO) plan to seek capital punishment for corruptors implicated in two of Indonesia’s largest graft cases has been met with raised eyebrows from experts and antigraft activists, who highlighted the prosecutors’ office inconsistent stance for indicting graft suspects in the past.

Civil society organizations have raised concerns about the nomination of Army chief of staff Gen. Andika Perkasa as the sole candidate for the Indonesian Military (TNI) commander, calling it a setback in the efforts to reform the nation’s armed forces.

Under the new requirement, airline passengers are allowed to provide a negative result of the more affordable antigen test.

Indonesian youth are highly concerned about the impacts of climate change, with some having started climate conscious movements of their own as they feel that environmental issues are not well represented in politics.

The regulation stipulates that higher education institutions across the country are obliged to have a clear mechanism, including a special task force, on addressing allegations of sexual violence.   

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has pledged that Indonesia is fully committed to controlling climate change, including reducing emissions by 29 percent by 2030.

The Indonesian leader heads to the G20 Summit in Italy, the COP26 climate summit in Scotland and the World Expo in the United Arab Emirates on his first trip overseas since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jakarta, along with some other cities, has reopened some of its public parks, museums and zoo to its residents as the capital city has been relaxed into level 2 of the government’s multitiered public activity restrictions (PPKM).

Recent cases of bullying and assault among police officers have put a spotlight on a systemic culture of violence in the institution, with calls growing for the National Police chief to mobilize his reform plans.

Indonesia is ramping up efforts ahead of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), with more people perceiving the climate crisis to be more important and environmentalists recommending continuous improvements.

Provisions in the Capital City Bill that deal with a new capital city authority have sparked fresh concerns that the new administrative region could do away with people’s democratic rights.

Experts have urged the government and lawmakers to immediately enact the data protection bill, which will provide guidelines for law enforcement agencies to impose stern penalties against the illegal use of personal data.

Currently, negative PCR test results are required only for passengers traveling by air in Java and Bali, as well as in other regions with a high risk of COVID-19 transmission.

Many people have already fallen victim to illegal peer-to-peer (P2P) lenders and are languishing in debt in the midst of a crushing pandemic.

Indonesia is preparing its own carbon-trading regulation ahead of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, next week as it prioritizes, among other issues, pushing for the completion of international rules to govern carbon-emissions trading in the summit.

A senior government minister has said the government will not intervene in the work of a recently assembled committee to select new election administrators and supervisors, dismissing critics’ concerns of conflicts of interest as the committee was filled with government allies.

Under the new travel rules, which will come into effect on Sunday, airlines are allowed to operate at almost full capacity without any seat distancing, compared to the 70 percent limit set in the previous regulation. They are only required to provide three empty rows during their flights as a "quarantine zone" for passengers who show COVID-19 symptoms.

Concerns over the liberal use of mosque loudspeakers in urban centers have been a topic of profound sensitivity in Muslim-majority Indonesia, but talks are under way to bring some order to the ubiquity of mosques that have come to define the modern urban landscape.

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said the government will continue to accelerate COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the country, aiming to inoculate more than 70 percent of Indonesia's targeted population with the first jab by the end of this year.

By Sunday, more than 300 houses and one education center were found to have been heavily damaged in Karangasem and Bangli, as well as at least 100 Balinese Hindu temples.

Indonesia, home to about a fifth of the world’s mangrove forests, has gained more than 50,000 hectares of mangroves, according to the latest edition of its national mangrove map, as the government counts on the forestry sector, including mangroves, to contribute to its carbon-emission reduction goals.

For the Balinese businesses that have borne the costs of the island’s desertion, Thursday's reopening represents the possibility of reemerging from financial torpor, and recent rosy virus figures have buoyed the government's hopes.

The government lauded local authorities and residents for the smooth organization of the games, the first major sporting event in the restive easternmost region in Indonesia.

On the first day of its reopening on Thursday, Bali did not see any incoming international flights or visitors to help revive its faltering economy, after over a year of COVID-19 travel restrictions.

With unemployment among people with disabilities running high, they are calling for a fair chance at getting a job and creating an inclusive workplace.