Indonesia and Norway are at odds over which country is responsible for the collapse of an agreement to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation.

Cyber experts have called the discontinuation of the police investigation into the alleged e-HAC data leak "premature" while lamenting the absence of a data protection law, with the bill languishing in the deliberation stage between legislators and the government.

Nationwide COVID-19 vaccine coverage for the first dose stood at 33 percent by Thursday, and for the second shot it was around 19 percent. But there is a stark gap in vaccination rates among the 34 provinces, partly blamed on unequal distribution of supply and poor vaccine management.

A fire at the Tangerang Class 1 Penitentiary in Banten on Wednesday killed at least 44 inmates, sparking fresh calls for the government to take responsibility amid persisting overcrowding problems in the country's prison system.

Wednesday's fire at the penitentiary on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta, took hold in a prison block housing more than three times the number of prisoners it was designed to contain.

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has created a new team to dig deeper and find out whether or not the murder of rights defender Munir Said Thalib constituted a gross human rights violation following pressure from activists.

Fifty-one Rohingya refugees have fled from a shelter in Medan, North Sumatra, mere months after their boat landed on an island off the coast of East Aceh.

More than 5,000 people have signed a Change.org petition to “protect freedom of religious belief and worship in Indonesia,” following the destruction of a mosque belonging to the minority Ahmadiyah community.

The sexual violence eradication bill (RUU PKS) has faced another setback in its nearly decade-long drafting process as the bill's latest watered-down version drew the ire of activists, particular over its failure to address victims' rights.

Yasonna told a news conference the foreigners were from South Africa and Portugal.

A coalition of activists has demanded that the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) declare the murder of prominent rights defender Munir Said Thalib, which occurred 17 years ago, a grave human rights violation so it cannot lapse and the masterminds behind the crime can be brought to justice.

The positivity rate, or the proportion of people tested who are positive, peaked at 33.4 percent in July when Indonesia became Asia's coronavirus epicentre, driven by the highly contagious Delta variant.

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) remains divided on whether the murder of prominent human rights activist Munir Said Thalib should be considered a gross human rights violation as the prosecution deadline draws closer.

The team had sent a letter to the President on Aug. 23 that suggested their status be converted to civil servants, citing the mandate outlined in the 2019 KPK Law as well as the Ombudsman and Komnas HAM’s findings.

Religious and human rights organizations have condemned a "mob" attack on a mosque belonging to the minority Ahmadiyah community in Sintang, West Kalimantan, and have called on the government to take concrete action against intolerance and religious violence.

MS wrote in a statement that the bullying and sexual abuse he experienced started not long after he joined the commission.

The government is pressing ahead with plans to hold the 20th National Games (PON) in Papua, despite security concerns deepened by a recent attack on Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel and reservations about holding such a large event during the ongoing pandemic.

After conducting a trial run of the app, which was required for vaccinated people to access certain public facilities in designated regions, the government is planning to apply the system across Indonesia.

Following the alleged breach of eHAC data, House of Representatives Speaker Puan Maharani has urged that the personal data protection bill be ratified as soon as possible.

While the government has been pushing to ease vaccine access for vulnerable groups, geography and physical infrastructure remain an issue in vaccinating indigenous communities and people with disabilities.

A reported data breach of the now-defunct electronic Health Alert Card (eHAC) system has raised serious concerns about the security of the PeduliLindungi application, a key part of the government’s “living with COVID-19” strategy.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) supervisory council's decision this week to hand down a light punishment to a senior KPK official over an ethics violation has sparked anger amid the country’s waning anticorruption drive, with critics saying it only fueled public mistrust in the antigraft body.

After the government's incessant push for classroom learning to alleviate learning loss, schools in 69 regencies and cities across Java are welcoming students back to class this week, although parents still fear for their children's safety.

Senior cabinet minister Luhut Pandjaitan laments Indonesia's continued overreliance on health equipment imports and has repeatedly called for local manufacturers to fulfill domestic demand.

The number of people living with high blood pressure in Indonesia has generally increased in the past three decades, but the condition remains largely untreated, according to a recently published international study.

A newly formed government task force has started to seize assets from debtors who were bailed out using the Bank Indonesia liquidity support (BLBI) funds during the 1998 financial crisis. 

Nearly two decades after the establishment of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) – a key institution that, to many, symbolizes the spirit of reformasi (reform) that flowered after the downfall of Soeharto – Indonesia appears to be running out of steam in its fight against graft.

After more than a year’s delay, the plan to relocate the nation’s capital to East Kalimantan will proceed, the government has said, with the first order of business being to formalize the legal framework for the construction of the new city.

The government is preparing a strategy on how to live with COVID-19 on expectation that the disease will become endemic in the country, in a policy shift away from the current approach of imposing partial lockdowns to curb the spread of the virus.

The 18-month COVID-19 crisis has put a heavy strain on regular people, especially the poor and vulnerable, who, in their constant battle to escape starvation, couldn’t care less about living alongside another disease.