The government is planning to strengthen its relatively lax regulation on smoking in a bid to curb the increasing number of child smokers in the country.

The Group of Seven has called on Indonesia to join its supplemental alliance, the G7+, and impose a price cap on Russian oil to bring the commodity down to pre-war prices, a United States official told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday. 

The Chief Editors Forum is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year with a reaffirmation of its commitment to the free press.

A senior US Treasury Department official will visit Indonesia and Singapore next week to talk with counterparts about the potential price cap on Russian oil exports planned as a response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Child vaccination rates have fallen in Java and Bali as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo appears to have reignited his lofty ambitions of holding an international sporting tournament by building new state-of-the-art sports training facilities in the country’s new capital of Nusantara, in East Kalimantan, as part of the country’s bid to host the 2036 Olympics.

The state-run Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) has found that more than half of the Rp 1.7 trillion (US$113.9 million) in charitable donations collected by popular humanitarian organization Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT) was transferred to entities affiliated with its executives and used for private profit.

The Foreign Ministry repatriated 192 deported Indonesian migrant workers from numerous immigration detention centers on peninsular Malaysia on Thursday night.

The government has begun offering fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the country's 4 million health workers to provide additional protection against Omicron subvariants that have been responsible for driving up daily caseloads over the past couple of weeks.

As monkeypox cases continue to increase globally, Indonesia’s largest group of doctors has created a task force dedicated to combating the virus, saying they are ready to aid the government in preventing an outbreak in the country, which has yet to report any infections.

Investigations into a fatal shootout between police officers in South Jakarta have resulted in more questions than answers as irregularities plague the case, sparking renewed calls for transparency and police reform.

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 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".

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.

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.

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

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.

A grassroots religious group has threatened to report the judges responsible for the ruling, despite the case making clear use of a legal precedent from 1986.

The number of dengue fever cases continue to rise in Indonesia, as health authorities battle to stem the spread of the highly contagious Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 that have triggered a fourth wave of infections in the country.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the University of Portsmouth said the honorary doctor's degree was given in recognition of her work on women's empowerment and gender equality in the past two decades.

The Constitutional Court rejected on Wednesday a petition to legalize medical marijuana filed by three mothers of children with terminal illnesses needing the drugs to treat symptoms.

The government is seeking to codify the nation’s vast and varied body of customary law under a “living law” provision that critics say is poorly defined, risks persecuting minorities and could undermine the authority of customary courts.

The Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a judicial review of the country's narcotics law that would have paved the way for legalizing marijuana for medicinal use, a panel of nine judges ruled.

Malaysia’s Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan said on Tuesday that the country agreed in principle to integrate the system of recruitment of foreign workers into the country with Indonesia.

All eyes are on the National Police as questions abound over their investigation into the fatal shooting of an officer at the official residence of a high-ranking police official.

In a country that regularly ranks high on lists of the world’s most generous nations, the incident has exposed a lack of safeguards for the nation's charitable giving.