The family of Brig. Nopryansyah Yosua Hutabarat, who was reportedly killed in a shootout at the residence of National Police’s internal affairs chief Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo, has alleged that the officer's death was a premeditated murder.

The requirement to register is part of a set of rules, first released in November 2020, that will allow authorities to order platforms to take down content deemed unlawful, or that "disturbs public order" within four hours if considered urgent, and 24 hours if not.

An elephant training center in South Sumatra has welcomed a newborn female Sumatran elephant, which is critically endangered on the IUCN's Red List.

The Communications and Information Ministry has set Wednesday as the deadline for domestic and foreign digital platforms to register under its licensing system. These include social media sites, search engines, fintech firms and data processing services that are accessible in Indonesia. Companies that fail to register, the ministry claims, will be blocked.

The government is rolling out rules that make it harder for those who do not have COVID-19 booster doses to enter public spaces and to travel amid a Jakarta-centered infection uptick thought to be tied to subvariants of the Omicron strain of the coronavirus.

Another phase of health crisis looms large as the country enters the fourth wave of COVID-19 infection, now driven by the highly contagious Omicron sub-variants.

The research found that the risk of Long Covid is significantly greater in patients with preexisting health conditions and suffer more severe symptoms, especially pneumonia.

A two-day meeting of finance ministers from the Group of 20 major economies ended Saturday in Bali without a joint communique after Russia's war in Ukraine divided the global forum.

Indonesia on Saturday urged G20 finance leaders to stay focused on their goals for global economic recovery, but sources said the meeting in Bali would likely end without a formal communique as Russia's war in Ukraine continues to divide the group.

As a new school year begins amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases in the country, educator groups and health experts are calling for clearer health policies to help keep students safe and prevent school closures.

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) refused to join a special team formed by the police to investigate a fatal shootout between two police officers, instead choosing to form its own team to maintain independence.

Calls are mounting for more transparency in the investigation of a fatal shootout between two police officers at the residence of the National Police’s internal affairs chief, as observers highlight a number of irregularities surrounding the case.

The government will not impose mandatory centralized quarantine or post-arrival testing for haj pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia, despite concerns over the possibility of new COVID-19 outbreaks following their arrival in Indonesia.

Police are continuing with their interrogation of two senior executives at the philanthropic organization, which is under investigation for fraud, including misuse of charitable donations.

The police have formed a special team to probe the fatal shootout between two of its members after comments from the legislature and the President implied procedural deviation.

The President has called for strict enforcement of the judicial process in a fatal police shooting that left one officer dead at a senior officer's official residence.

As part of efforts to ramp up the country’s stalling vaccination rollout amid a recent uptick in COVID-19 cases, the government has included booster shots in the checklist for domestic travels.

The National Police said that a probe into a fatal shootout between two police officers had concluded that the surviving officer had acted in self-defense.

Activists have slammed a decision by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) supervisory board to drop an ethics probe against Lili Pintauli Siregar after she resigned from the KPK deputy chairperson post.

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 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.

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. 

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.

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 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.

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.

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.