Outcry over the Communications and Information Ministry’s decision to block access to eight popular electronic services providers (ESPs) and its controversial licensing policy continues, particularly on social media, even after it temporarily opened access to payment gateway platform PayPal on Sunday.

The country’s top Muslim leaders have formed a congress geared toward raising awareness about the impacts of climate change and mobilizing support from the country’s millions of Muslims.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested the head of the Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs Association (HIPMI) and a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Mardani H Maming for allegedly taking bribes from a coal-business tycoon in a mining-permit-transfer deal.

As this year’s dry season starts to approach its peak, the government is preparing prevention measures to keep land and forest fires under control in a bid to prevent massive fires that could cause trans-boundary haze.

State-owned plantation-firm PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) and Yogyakarta-based Gadjah Mada University (UGM) have started a trial intercrop soybean and sugarcane in East Java.

The Communications and Information Ministry has blocked access to eight popular electronic services providers (ESPs) - including Yahoo, Steam and PayPal - for failing to register under a controversial licensing regime.

Some 4,000 soldiers mostly from Indonesia and the United States will conduct a joint military exercise next week that underscores "the importance we place on a free and open Indo-Pacific region".

“Turns out, we are still incapable of protecting children”, a national child protection commissioner has said in response to the incident in Tasikmalaya.

Health experts are calling on the government to tighten public restrictions in Greater Jakarta amid growing complacency as COVID-19 numbers continue to rise.

Gay-rights activists have called on the Indonesian government to avoid using a language that could further stigmatize the gay community in their public-awareness campaign about the danger of monkeypox.

The government's proposed revisions to the contentious Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law will not be enough to stop undue state infringements on the right to free speech, a study by the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has found.

On the last stop of his East Asian itinerary, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo visited South Korea to meet with his counterpart Yoon Suk Yeol. The two discussed cooperation on Indonesia’s new capital city project and technological partnerships.

The Jakarta Police have advised the city administration to alter office working hours to tackle the capital’s severe traffic congestion during peak commuting hours.

Prominent Muslim figures have convened to promote sustainability and environmental conservation, underscoring the importance of religious leaders in influencing national public opinion.

Victims and relatives of people who suffered in the 1996 Kudatuli riots in Jakarta appealed for the ruling party to stop exploiting them for political gain.

Only days before the political parties' registration for the 2024 general election opens, the government has yet to disburse all the necessary election funds to election organizers, prompting concerns that the electoral process would therefore be hindered.

Second Cpl. Muslimin, who had been on the run from the police for hiring hitmen to kill his 34-year-old wife Rina Wulandari, was found dead at his parents' home in Kendal, Central Java, on Thursday morning.

The trial of eight defendants accused of being involved in the fatal caging of people in the house of graft suspect and inactive Langkat regent Terbit Rencana Perangin-Angin has begun at the Stabat district court in Langkat, North Sumatra. 

The results of the second autopsy of Brig. Nopryansyah Yosua Hutabarat, who was reportedly killed in a shootout at the Jakarta residence of a high-ranking police official, will only be available in the next four to eight weeks, according to a team responsible for the process.

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has revealed that CCTV cameras had captured the events leading up to the fatal shooting of police officer Nopryansyah Yosua Hutabarat – also known as Brig. J – at the residence of the police’s internal affairs chief, Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo, in Jakarta on July 8.

The North Sumatra Police intercepted an attempt to smuggle 91 Indonesian migrant workers to Selangor, Malaysia, as the government temporarily stopped sending its citizens to work in the neighboring country.

The story of Azzam, the student without any classmates, is neither an isolated case nor a new phenomenon, said experts who pointed to corruption, a lack of transparency and errors in Indonesia’s education policies.

The Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) is calling on Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to appeal a State Administrative Court ruling annulling the city administration’s decision to increase the minimum wage by 5.1 percent.

Gerindra Party chairman and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto is set to decide next month whether he will run again in the 2024 presidential election that will set the stage for his fourth presidential bid.

Health experts are pushing for a second COVID-19 booster shot for vulnerable groups, but a Health Ministry official said it was not a priority considering that authorities were still expanding coverage of the third vaccination shot.

Government-sanctioned independent body the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is digging deeper into the death of police officer Nopryansyah Yosua Hutabarat – also known as Brig. J – which has been shrouded in disputed claims.

The police have named four top executives of popular humanitarian-organization Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT) as suspects for several crimes, including charity-fund embezzlement and money laundering.