The Indonesian International Islamic University (UIII) is set to begin the admissions process for the 2022/2023 academic year on Sunday.

Jokowi invited potential investors to Indonesia and the region while stressing the importance of ASEAN.

Podcast lead to Indonesian netizens aiming disapproving and hostile comments toward the LGBT community. 

The recent doxing by an anonymous account on social media targeting a car passenger who was caught in a mudik (exodus) traffic jam and was seen shouting abuse at a police officer has raised questions over digital data security.

Government officials are entertaining further pandemic restriction easing as the country emerges out of the Idul Fitri holiday largely unscathed.

The Health Ministry is investigating a death in East Java thought to be connected to an ill-understood form of hepatitis.

Mudik (exodus) travelers appear to be heeding the government’s call to stagger their return journeys to limit traffic congestion, as only around half of the vehicles that left Greater Jakarta ahead of Idul Fitri had made the return trip as of Saturday.

The World Health Organization said last week that it had received reports of at least 228 probable cases from 20 countries of child hepatitis, or inflammation of the liver.

Homebound travelers are now making the return trip as the Idul Fitri holiday season comes to an end.

The Health Ministry has received more reports of jaundice after three children in Jakarta died of unexplained acute hepatitis, which might be linked to a mysterious outbreak that has emerged among children in at least 20 countries.

Thousands of people have flocked to tourist destinations across Jakarta during the Idul Fitri holidays, after the government lifted COVID-19 travel curbs for this year's festivities due to encouraging pandemic indicators.

The country’s encouraging pandemic indicators and a higher vaccination rate prompted President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to announce in late March that the government would lift Idul Fitri restrictions previously enacted in 2020 and 2021.

The Health Ministry said it was investigating the deaths of three children in Jakarta that it said might be linked to a mysterious hepatitis outbreak that has sickened hundreds of children in at least 20 countries.

This severe strain of acute hepatitis has been identified in nearly 230 children in 20 countries, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, raising concerns of the disease's "unknown origin".

The Manpower Ministry is preparing a more accurate, targeted scheme for the wage subsidy program (BSU) for low-income formal workers to help shield the workforce from high inflation.

Indonesian Muslims were able to celebrate Idul Fitri 2022 with a return to festivities, including the annual tradition of mudik (exodus) and congregational prayers.

The first day of Syawal month, which marks the Idul Fitri celebration, will fall on Monday.

The Manpower Ministry has found that 782 companies have failed to pay their employees’ THR. 

 Some 477,000 vehicles have left Jakarta for mudik over the past week 

The Religious Affairs Ministry will announce on Sunday evening whether the Idul Fitri celebration begins on Monday.

The police have observed that traffic going out of Jakarta is heaviest from dusk to midnight as more people are leaving the capital to celebrate Idul Fitri in their hometowns.

The return of the Idul Fitri tradition of mudik (exodus) has caused a great deal of buzz and excitement for millions of Muslims in Indonesia despite severe traffic congestion starting to occur on major thoroughfares across the country, which is expected to mar the journeys home.

With less than a week left before Idul Fitri, toll roads, train stations, bus terminals and seaports are brimming with people excited about the yearly homecoming journey -- locally known as "mudik". 

The AGO continues to probe the case linked to alleged mishandling of the issuance of palm oil export permits, with investigators under the assistant attorney general for extraordinary crimes interrogating three Trade Ministry officials on Tuesday.

Experts speaking at a webinar on pandemic preparedness have urged Indonesia to use its G20 presidency to push for more multilateral cooperation and financing in global health security.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named Bogor Regent Ade Yasin and seven others, including officials from the Supreme Audit Agency’s (BPK) West Java office, suspects in a bribery case on Thursday.  

Indonesia will offer halal-certified vaccines under the state-led immunization drive to appease its Muslim-majority citizens.

The latest IPI survey suggests that many Indonesians are still concerned enough about COVID-19 to avoid going on mudik (exodus) this year.

Some Indonesians have begun departing to their hometowns to spend the Idul Fitri holiday with families and relatives, a tradition known as mudik (exodus) in the Muslim-majority country, while the government has started trials of traffic management policies in anticipation for congestion in the country’s toll roads.

The Religious Affairs Ministry is gearing up to send the first batch of Indonesian pilgrims to Mecca on June 4 under a reduced quota, prioritizing those whose trips were canceled in 2020 and 2021.