The KPK deputy chair has escaped an ethics breach allegation against her by a hair's breadth when her resignation was formalized on Monday, the day that the related investigation was to present its conclusions.

Thousands of housewives across Indonesia have come out in recent weeks to declare support for Ganjar Pranowo’s presidential bid, while experts ponder on the role of housewives in local politics.

The House of Representatives is under fire for what critics say has been a spree of undemocratic lawmaking in its most recent sitting period.

Researchers and activists are concerned that the restoration of several provisions to the KUHP bill that the Constitutional Court threw out in previous years could be a setback to Indonesia’s already declining democracy. 

The recent slight increase in COVID-19 infections and the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak among cattle – which has driven up prices of sacrificial livestock – did not spoil the Idul Adha (Day of Sacrifice) festivities for hundreds of millions of Muslims who celebrated the holiday across Indonesia on Sunday.

The appointment of Achmad Marzuki, a recently retired military (TNI) personnel, as acting Aceh governor has fueled mounting concern over the lack of transparency and military involvement in the process that will see 271 regional heads replaced over the next two years.

A foot-and-mouth disease outbreak has ripped through two provinces since April, killing thousands of cows and infecting hundreds of thousands more, raising consumer fears before the July 10 festival.

After waiting more than a decade, Sri's parents were supposed to make the trip to Mecca, Islam's holiest site located in Saudi Arabia, in 2020 but that was cancelled because the coronavirus pandemic halted most international travel. 

The son of a pesantren head who has repeatedly evaded arrest over three years for alleged child sexual abuse finally surrendered to police on Thursday.

In a first meeting of major global players since war broke out between Russia and Ukraine, host Indonesia succeeded in offering a forum for discussion that aimed to reduce tensions.

BPJS Kesehatan is seeking to gradually phase out its prevailing three-tiered National Health Insurance  hospitalization classes and provide an equitable health service system for all policyholders by 2024, two years later than planned.

The House of Representatives went into a month-long recess on Friday, with no conclusion to the deliberation on the highly anticipated data protection bill.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is calling on Indonesians to work hard and work together with the government to lower the stunting prevalence rate to 14 percent from 24.4 percent in the next two years.

It would only be logical for the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) to start “grooming” Puan Maharani to succeed her mother, an expert has said.

NasDem of the ruling coalition is "intensifying" talks of an alliance with two opposition parties, the Democrats and the PKS, to be in the running in 2024.

The National Police has said that the East Java Police had "no trouble" with a sexual abuse case involving the son of a pesantren head, despite a recently bungled attempt at arresting the suspect that was caught on video.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has flown into Bali for a meeting of G20 foreign ministers, which is set to be overshadowed by tensions triggered by the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

The latest draft of the Criminal Code (KUHP) bill submitted by the government to the legislative body for speedy deliberation on Wednesday still retains several “colonial” provisions critics say will further curtail civil liberties in the country.

The Financial Transaction Report and Analysis Center (PPATK) froze on Wednesday 60 accounts affiliated with humanitarian NGO Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT) at 33 financial service institutions.

Employers are concerned about the ability to cover the costs of extended maternity leave and the impact it might have on recruitment policy, especially among small and medium enterprises.

Deputy Law and Human Rights Minister Edward OS Hiariej said the ministry's team had included seven major changes to the draft including revisions to 14 controversial points, adding provisions to make the draft more consistent with existing laws as well as some typo corrections.

The government has retracted plans to raise COVID-19 curbs in Greater Jakarta, only a day after ratcheting up restrictions in the capital area amid a spike in COVID-19 cases.

Analysts say they expect follow-up discussions on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's peace mission while also fearing the endeavour could still be disrupted by protests against Russia.

Vaccine hesitancy has stalled Indonesia's efforts to increase its COVID-19 vaccination rollout in the wake of another wave of infections, preventing it from reaching its goal of fully inoculating 70 percent of the population by June.

Experts warn of the dangers of a state plan to revamp elections at the lowest level of government.

The government has put Greater Jakarta under tighter pandemic restrictions after the area became the center for the recent spike in COVID-19 infections, while keeping most of the rest of the country at the lowest level of curbs.

This is a religious school for deaf children, and here the students gesture rapidly with their hands, learning to recite the Quran in Arabic sign language.