“We will investigate the incident further. It is vital that we learn from it,” said Pertamina president director Nicke Widyawati.

Education, Culture, Research and Technology Minister Nadiem Makarim has defended a regulation he recently signed aimed at tackling sexual violence at universities following pushbacks from Islamic groups.

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) issued a fatwa, or religious edict, as virtual currency trading soars in the country and elsewhere.

Five people believed to have stolen 111 tons of steel beams have been caught, though seven other suspects remain at large.

The regulation, signed on Aug. 31 but not published until October, was issued to address sexual violence in the country’s higher education institutions, which Nadiem said was one of the three “great sins” – the other two being intolerance and bullying – in the national education system that he wanted to abolish.

Indonesia, home to a third of the world's rainforests, was among 137 countries at the COP26 climate summit in Britain that signed an agreement to end deforestation by 2030.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo posthumously bestowed the title of national hero on four historical figures – the father of Indonesian cinema, a sultan, a king and an ancestor of the current vice president – in commemoration of Heroes Day.

Incoming Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen. Andika Perkasa may have only 13 months to serve in the TNI’s top position before his mandatory retirement, but experts say he will have a number of security challenges to overcome.

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to grant clemency for death row convict Merri Utami, whose clemency plea has yet to be responded by the President after more than five years.

Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country and once Asia's COVID-19 epicenter, has inoculated 29 percent of its population of 270 million people, using a variety of vaccine brands.

Environmental activists have expressed disappointment over Indonesian officials’ criticism of a global pledge to end deforestation by 2030 made at the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, the United Kingdom.

Officials in the world's fourth most populous country said that they have a less absolute interpretation of a clause in an agreement signed on Monday at the COP26 climate talks calling for a "halt and reversal" of forest loss.

The protest came days after Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar criticised a global plan to end deforestation by 2030 and cut carbon emissions as unfair and at odds with the country's development plans.

In his speeches at the the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo seems to have struck a chord with global climate action advocates, but failed to impress those in the know in Indonesia.

The Supreme Court recently eased the requirements for graft convicts to file for remissions and paroles in its recent judicial review ruling, in a move that activists say was another example of further deterioration in the national antigraft campaign.

“Children aged 6-17 years can now get vaccinated. We are still trying to get more complete data for children under 6, because children at this age require more caution,” BPOM head Penny Lukito said in a press briefing on Monday.

Until Monday, Indonesia had cleared the Chinese-made Sinovac vaccine only for people aged 12 and above, of which it has the most amount in its arsenal with over 200 million doses.

The government is going to start rolling out COVID-19 vaccine booster shots starting next year, prioritizing the provisional oversupply of shots to be administered for the elderly and people with immunity problems.

Despite the slow pace of the nation’s child vaccination program, the government is seeking to lower the minimum age for COVID-19 vaccination to 5 by early next year.

Results from a large clinical trial this month showed that the pill, made with Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, cut hospitalisations and deaths by 50 percent. Merck asked for an emergency use clearance from the United States earlier this month.

Jokowi also said Southeast Asia should start loosening travel restrictions, including vaccinated lanes for inoculated arrivals with negative COVID-19 tests. He said it was important the region reforms to prepare for future health crises.

Rich countries have missed a target to raise $100 billion a year to support developing countries in their climate action projects, which experts say could break down trust at the Oct. 31 - Nov. 12 COP26 conference in the Scottish city of Glasgow.

Asia-Pacific accounts for about three-quarters of global coal consumption -- even as the region struggles with the environmental and public health impacts of global warming, from deadly levels of air pollution in India to extreme heatwaves and wildfires in Australia. 

The noisy neighbour is the local mosque in her Jakarta suburb, and the clamorous sound is the call to prayer.

BPOM chief Penny Lukito said the protein-recombinant vaccine, given three times in a three-month span, has an efficacy rate of about 81 percent, with 77.47 percent efficacy against the Delta variant, lower than other variants, she said.