According to the Freedom House report, Indonesia scored 49 out of 100, putting it in the bracket of “partly free” countries within the survey period between June 2021 and May 2022.

The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has alleged that cost-cutting measures by drug manufacturers are to blame for toxic medicines that have caused a recent spike in acute kidney injury (AKI) cases, which has left dozens of children dead this year.

Heavy rains and strong winds that hit on Monday and Tuesday have left hundreds of homes damaged in Sidoarjo and Jember regencies in East Java.

With internet-savvy Gen-Zers and millennials predicted to make up more than half of the voters in the 2024 presidential election, social media is again expected to be one of the key platforms to lure votes.

Luhut said that construction and refurbishment work for all venues for the summit, including the Apurva Kempinski hotel, where Group of Twenty (G20) leaders would hold their two-day meeting, and the roads connecting the venue and the Ngurah Rai International Airport, have been completed.

Among the restrictions is a ban on holding big religious ceremonies involving many people, which the predominantly Hindu population is known for.

Married couples of mixed Indonesian and non-Indonesian citizenship have welcomed the government’s “second home” stay permit program – which will allow foreigners to live in the country for up to 10 years under specific circumstances – but they worry the new policy could bring prohibitive costs for existing visa holders.

The ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has reprimanded Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo over his comment last week about his readiness to run for president if given the mandate.

Epidemiologists have urged the government to bolster third dose rollout and address vaccine shortages as Indonesia faces a possible new wave of COVID-19 infections triggered by new and highly contagious XBB, a subvariant of Omicron.

Bogor municipal administration tore down three buildings on Tuesday, following a landslide in Kebon Kelapa subdistrict, which killed four people earlier this month.

A research team from the Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) has developed three varieties of winged-bean -- locally known as kecipir -- as potential legume alternatives to soybeans.

The Indonesian Ombudsman has pointed to potential maladministration by the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) and the Health Ministry in the circulation of medicines that have been linked to the deadly spike in acute kidney injury (AKI) cases among children.

Apindo has raised concerns that the article criminalizing sexual intercourse between unmarried people could deter foreign visitors from the country, where the tourism sector is still recovering from the impacts of the pandemic.

The woman had not entered the palace compound and that President Joko Widodo was not present, said a presidential official.

Changes in raw ingredients of medicines are likely to blame for child acute kidney injury (AKI) case spike in Indonesia, minister says.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Vice President Ma’ruf Amin’s administration has scored notably lower in public confidence polls at the end of its third year amid accusations of democratic backsliding and curtailed civil liberties.

State-owned news agency LKBN Antara plans to move its newsroom to its old address in Pasar Baru, one of historic quarters of Central Jakarta.

Health authorities have temporarily banned sales of some syrup-based medications and identified the presence in some products of ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol as possible factors in the deaths of 141 children, most of which were under five.

Petitioners in the Jakarta air pollution citizen lawsuit have welcomed the Jakarta High Court’s rejection of the central government’s appeal against the lawsuit’s ruling and have urged the government to pursue no further legal appeal against improving Jakarta’s air quality.

Spokesperson for the ministry M. Syahril said that the booster shot would be key to reducing the severity of infection from the new strain. "For those who haven't taken the third shot, please take it," he said in a statement released on Sunday.

As a probe continues into rising cases of acute kidney injury (AKI) that have so far killed more than 100 children, the drug regulator said it was not conducting inspections on medicinal syrups that were currently on the market, but planned on revising this stance going forward.

 Bonnie Triyana, a historian and a member of the Indonesian repatriation team, said the pieces include statues from Java's Singosari, or the Islamic holy book Koran owned by an Indonesian national hero, and bones excavated in Java in the 19th century by Dutch paleoanthropologist Eugène Dubois, which became known as Java Man.

Indonesia saw a spike in acute kidney injury (AKI) cases this year, prompting a probe and ban on all syrup and liquid medicine prescriptions and sales.

Calls to oust the NasDem Party from the ruling government coalition have intensified after it officially backed Anies Baswedan – who ended his Jakarta governor term on Oct. 16 – in the 2024 presidential race.

The Health Ministry said it has “75 percent confidence” that the poor production quality of a solvent widely used in medicinal syrups was the cause of a string of acute kidney injury (AKI) cases that has resulted in nearly a hundred child deaths.

Indonesia and Norway have signed a contribution agreement (CA) following the bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on emission reduction in the forestry sector, kickstarting the delivery of Norway’s first contribution worth US$56 million to support Jakarta’s effort in reaching its carbon sink goal.

The Soccer Association of Indonesia’s (PSSI) executives have rejected calls for resignation after the task force investigating the causes of the deadly Oct. 1 stampede at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java, concluded that the association had been negligent in the enforcement of regulations.