North Sumatra Governor Edy Rahmayadi offered his apology to the province’s residents for including names of dead and retired civil servants during a mass officiating ceremony on Feb. 21.

Mahfud said that the verdict, issued on Thursday in favor of a small political party and ordered the repeat of all electoral process from the start, was controversial and beyond the authority of a district court to decide.

Anies Baswedan, a former Jakarta governor who is backed by three political parties, said a law had been passed by the House of Representatives to build Nusantara, as the new capital is known, so whoever wins the presidency must see it through.

The KPU, said it would appeal Thursday's ruling by the Central Jakarta district court, which was issued over a lawsuit filed by an obscure party after its application to contest elections was rejected last year.

One Indonesian Military (TNI) soldier was killed and three others, including the regental military commander, were wounded in a rebel attack on Wednesday in Yahukimo regency, Papua Highlands province, the TNI has reported.

The Health Ministry relaunched its COVID-19 testing and tracing app PeduliLindungi on Wednesday, renaming it SatuSehat (one health) and promising a more generalized health platform, but with the government's history of data breaches, experts doubt its capacity to protect user data.

Amid an ongoing probe into his sources of wealth by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), the Finance Ministry has officially refused to accept the resignation of tax official Rafael Alun Trisambodo.

The President has urged the country’s major tourist regions to build their own brands after seeing the poor infrastructure and tourist facilities during the weekend's F1 Powerboat race at North Sumatra's world-renowned lake.

Head of the city's agency for education and culture Dumuliahi Djami said in a circular that students were required to consume moringa on Wednesdays and Fridays.

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle’s (PDI-P) intention of forging a political alliance with other parties to back one of its own members in the 2024 presidential race, may change the current coalition map, but keeping quiet for too long about its nominee might risk the party losing relevance.

Ongoing efforts to reform Indonesia's healthcare system following the COVID-19 pandemic might face major hurdles this year, with the threat of global recession looming and the 2024 presidential election getting closer.

The Jakarta E-Prix steering committee has promised that this year's race will be free from the alleged politicization that marred the 2020 event, despite the fact that several politicians have some organizational capacity in connection with the race.

Police have nabbed a French national who has apparently confessed to robbing an Alfamart in South Kuta in January because "he had run out of money".

Susi told a press conference that she knew Philip Mehrtens personally and that there was nothing to suggest he had ties to the organization.

The anti-graft commission said that Rafael, who served as head of general affairs division at one of the tax offices in Jakarta, was questioned on the grounds that his wealth report did not match his profile as an echelon III official.

Philip Mehrtens, a Susi Air pilot, was taken hostage by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TNPB) on Feb. 7 after landing in the remote region of Nduga. 

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) remains unconcerned about “premature” opposition activity ahead of the 2024 presidential election, a senior party member said on Thursday, as he took a swipe at a key opponent’s independent marshalling of support.

Digital attacks last year targeted at least 130 people, mostly activists, students and journalists, that had criticized the government, according to the latest SAFEnet report.

Speaking in a seminar on Tuesday, Sri Mulyani said that if they wanted to blow off steam, tax officials should opt for jogging rather than riding big bikes.

Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi told the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo had acknowledged and expressed regret on behalf of the state for 12 gross human rights violations in the country’s history, as part of efforts to improve protections in the future.

The Constitutional Court dismissed on Tuesday a request to revoke controversial provisions in the new penal code that make insulting the government and a sitting president a crime, saying that the petition was premature and petitioners lacked standing to pursue the case.

In a speech to a provincial education agency meeting, Viktor, a politician from the NasDem Party, said that the proposal, if implemented, could also improve discipline and the work ethic.

Rail commuters face a reduction in service as Commuter Line service operator PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI) plans to retire 10 trains due to old age this year, while the importation of used Japanese trains has been met with resistance from the Industry Ministry.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has issued a warning for potential heavy rains across the archipelago for the next seven days.

The South Jakarta District Court has sentenced two former police officers to three and two years in prison, respectively, for their role in helping disgraced two-star police general Ferdy Sambo attempt to cover up the murder of his aide-de-camp Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat in July of last year.

Over 100 neighborhoods in Jakarta and parts of its satellite cities of Tangerang and Bekasi have been inundated following heavy downpours in recent days.

On Monday, Sri Mulyani ordered the dissolution of a big bikes club called Belasting Rijder, which counts Director General for Taxation Suryo Utomo as its member.