The government will maintain the four-tiered public activity restrictions (PPKM) level amid a new rise of COVID-19 cases and local transmissions of the new XBB strain of the Omicron variant.

More than a year after the Sriwijaya Air crash tragedy, some families of victims are still waiting for the compensation fund from the airline company. Lawmakers have highlighted that the compensation agreement that comes with a stipulation that prevents families from filing a lawsuit might be the culprit.

As the Group of 20’s first Religion of 20 (R20) summit drew to a close on Thursday, religious leaders concluded that modern problems called for modern solutions, as pressure grows for a recontextualization of religious values.

Health authorities reported 4,951 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, the highest daily rise since August, following the detection of the country’s first local transmissions of the new XBB strain of the Omicron variant.

The report by the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) will be issued to the public soon, according to chief investigator Nurcahyo Utomo.

A coalition of Papuan activists has formed a team to investigate the death of West Papuan independence activist Filep Karma, who was found dead on Base G Beach, Jayapura, on Tuesday morning.

Indonesia kicked off on Wednesday the host-initiated Religion of 20 (R20) engagement group as part of its Group of 20 presidency, with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo calling on the world’s religious leaders to foster more collaboration and help religion become a source of inspiration for achieving world peace

Officials from the human rights commission said 135 people had died in the stampede, mostly from asphyxiation, after the match at Kanjuruhan stadium on Oct. 1.

The National Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) is considering criminal charges against two pharmaceutical companies for producing toxic medicines that have caused a spike in acute kidney injury (AKI) cases.

The rape victim identified only as N will have a legal team file a pretrial motion in an attempt to overturn a previous out-of-court settlement that saw the alleged perpetrators escape legal action.

After an emergency meeting held on Friday evening, the Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) announced that it had scheduled an extraordinary congress (KLB) in the next three months after receiving official written requests from several soccer clubs.

The decision by the BPOM agency came after the government temporarily banned sales of some syrup-based medications and identified the presence in some products of ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol as possible factors in the AKI deaths, most of which were of children under five.

They are calling for the continued preservation of democracy and feminist movements as a means to strengthen women’s rights and safety upon reflecting the death of Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died shortly after being captured by the Iranian moral police for “improper” wearing of the hijab.

Indonesia is betting big on mangrove restoration in its contribution to the global climate change mitigation, but experts say conservation will be just as essential if not more important in maximizing the role of mangroves in mitigating climate change

Indonesia's score in the World Justice Project’s annual Rule of Law Index has remained unwaveringly low this year, demonstrating the country’s continuing struggle to uphold legal norms.

The haj quota for Indonesia will remain as per the previous agreement to ensure optimum services and security in controlling the high volume of people making the pilgrimage, the Saudi minister said.

According to the Freedom House report, Indonesia scored 49 out of 100, putting it in the bracket of “partly free” countries within the survey period between June 2021 and May 2022.

The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has alleged that cost-cutting measures by drug manufacturers are to blame for toxic medicines that have caused a recent spike in acute kidney injury (AKI) cases, which has left dozens of children dead this year.

Married couples of mixed Indonesian and non-Indonesian citizenship have welcomed the government’s “second home” stay permit program – which will allow foreigners to live in the country for up to 10 years under specific circumstances – but they worry the new policy could bring prohibitive costs for existing visa holders.

Epidemiologists have urged the government to bolster third dose rollout and address vaccine shortages as Indonesia faces a possible new wave of COVID-19 infections triggered by new and highly contagious XBB, a subvariant of Omicron.

The Indonesian Ombudsman has pointed to potential maladministration by the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) and the Health Ministry in the circulation of medicines that have been linked to the deadly spike in acute kidney injury (AKI) cases among children.

Apindo has raised concerns that the article criminalizing sexual intercourse between unmarried people could deter foreign visitors from the country, where the tourism sector is still recovering from the impacts of the pandemic.

Changes in raw ingredients of medicines are likely to blame for child acute kidney injury (AKI) case spike in Indonesia, minister says.

Petitioners in the Jakarta air pollution citizen lawsuit have welcomed the Jakarta High Court’s rejection of the central government’s appeal against the lawsuit’s ruling and have urged the government to pursue no further legal appeal against improving Jakarta’s air quality.

Spokesperson for the ministry M. Syahril said that the booster shot would be key to reducing the severity of infection from the new strain. "For those who haven't taken the third shot, please take it," he said in a statement released on Sunday.

As a probe continues into rising cases of acute kidney injury (AKI) that have so far killed more than 100 children, the drug regulator said it was not conducting inspections on medicinal syrups that were currently on the market, but planned on revising this stance going forward.

 Bonnie Triyana, a historian and a member of the Indonesian repatriation team, said the pieces include statues from Java's Singosari, or the Islamic holy book Koran owned by an Indonesian national hero, and bones excavated in Java in the 19th century by Dutch paleoanthropologist Eugène Dubois, which became known as Java Man.

Indonesia saw a spike in acute kidney injury (AKI) cases this year, prompting a probe and ban on all syrup and liquid medicine prescriptions and sales.

The Health Ministry said it has “75 percent confidence” that the poor production quality of a solvent widely used in medicinal syrups was the cause of a string of acute kidney injury (AKI) cases that has resulted in nearly a hundred child deaths.

Indonesia and Norway have signed a contribution agreement (CA) following the bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on emission reduction in the forestry sector, kickstarting the delivery of Norway’s first contribution worth US$56 million to support Jakarta’s effort in reaching its carbon sink goal.