Official footage of President Joko Widodo's visit to East Kalimantan this week, which has since been edited, sparked anger after senior officials in the President's entourage were caught on tape claiming to have received a third “booster” shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, which is currently reserved only for health workers.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has issued a new regulation requiring his ministers to seek his approval before issuing any new regulations, a move that experts fear could potentially create an administrative bottleneck in the regulatory process.

Experts have criticized the government's policy on proof of vaccination, deeming it "untimely" and "unfair" to the public because Indonesia is still struggling with a low vaccination rate.

Decades of conflict, racism and human rights abuses are fuelling COVID-19 conspiracy theories among his neighbours at a time when their breakaway region is facing a renewed threat from the pandemic.

The Indonesian Navy has deployed 60 boats and warships to scour thousands of kilometres of coastline in the hunt for unvaccinated fishermen, from westernmost Sumatra to holiday island Bali and remote Papua.

As community activity curbs are eased in more areas around the country, schools are finding themselves caught in the crossfire between the government's desperate push for in-class learning, which has met resistance from critics, and the health risks that it entails.

Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Bintang Puspayoga said 4,287 children had lost at least one parent to COVID-19.

Antigraft activists say that the former minister should have received a heavier sentence, given the severity of his crime, and criticized the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for not pursuing a harsher punishment in the case.

Places of worship and restaurants will be allowed to operate at 25 percent capacity while shopping malls will be allowed to operate at 50 percent capacity in those areas, the president said during a virtual press conference.

Activists and critics are concerned about the increasing role of the military in the country's pandemic response, particularly in the second year of the health crisis.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost all parts of society, it has deeply impacted people with disabilities, many of whom have been dragged closer to the poverty line as the ongoing crisis severely reduces their income.

The National Police counter-terrorism squad Densus 88 rounded up 53 suspected extremists in nearly a dozen provinces across the world's biggest Muslim majority nation over the past week, authorities said.

According to the 2017 General Elections Law, Indonesia will hold its next presidential, legislative and regional elections in 2024.

The Indonesian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (POGI) revealed that based on Health Ministry data, nearly 20 percent of the 2,179 maternal deaths recorded this year were COVID-19-related, and a majority of these women could have been saved by early detection.

Epidemiologists warn that the country is not yet out of the woods when it comes to the recent surge of cases driven by the Delta variant of the coronavirus, considering the persistently high death rates, fluctuating virus figures in Java and the continuing rise of cases in Bali and outlying regions.

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin predicted that COVID-19 would be endemic within five or 10 years -- thus everyone must learn to live with it.

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo commended his administration for its COVID-19 handling in his annual state of the nation address on Monday, but critics say more work must be done as the health crisis wears on.

The highly controversial civic knowledge test that led to the dismissal of 51 Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) employees was marred by numerous human rights violations, the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) said.

Indonesia’s 76th Independence Day carries the theme “Indonesia Tangguh, Indonesia Tumbuh” (Powerful Indonesia, Growing Indonesia). The theme keeps the spirit of not giving up on creating a better tomorrow for Indonesia.

Sumatra is home to a large proportion of the peatlands of Indonesia and that is why fortified efforts to protect the peatland ecosystem on the island are indispensable as the forest fire-triggering dry season has arrived.

The easing of certain measures included allowing restaurant dine-in at 25 percent of capacity and increasing the number of shoppers allowed in malls, for regions where the strictest level of curbs are in place.

The President has maintained his tradition of wearing the ethnic dress of Indonesia's diverse cultures in delivering his annual State of the Union Address, this time dressed in  traditional Baduy attire, complete with a cap and bag.

As the nation looks to marking the 76th anniversary of Indonesian Independence tomorrow, its second since the COVID-19 pandemic emerged last March, the President has stressed mutual cooperation as the underlying strength of the country's COVID-19 response.

The recent omission of the daily number of fatalities from the government’s assessment of the multi-tiered public activity restrictions (PPKM) has thrown the spotlight on the government’s COVID-19 data management, which mired in problems since the pandemic began.

Eurico was among four people awarded with the Bintang Jasa Utama – one of the nation’s third-highest civilian honors – in a limited ceremony at the State Palace

While some COVID-19 orphans can rely on relatives, it is feared that many others have no one to look after them and miss out on government help due to a lack of data.

This ship, called the KM Umsini, used to ply a route ferrying up to 2,000 passengers between cities in Sulawesi. Now, it has been turned into an isolation centre for COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms, amid the spread of the highly infectious Delta coronavirus variant.

As the dry season continues, heed must be given to peatland forests in Indonesia, especially on Kalimantan Island. Hots spots are expected to rise, which will potentially lead to forest fires.

The government has clarified its decision to exclude the daily death tally data from the group of indicators it uses to establish the level of curbs in its multi-tiered public activity restrictions (PPKM), saying that the move was only a “temporary” measure.

"Two-finger tests", where doctors check the hymen of female recruits to try to determine their virginity, was systematic, abusive and cruel, according to the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW), which conducted investigations in 2014 renewed calls for it to end.