Five people were killed in the severe floods that submerged entire neighbourhoods in Indonesia's capital Jakarta, authorities said Sunday. The city was struck by torrential rains over the weekend, which flooded dozens of major roads and forced hundreds of people to rush to emergency shelters.

Five killed due to severe floods in Indonesia's capital

Indonesia is currently under the grip of COVID-19, causing problems across the Jakarta's graveyards which have been running out of space. Now, graveyards in the city are expanding space to keep up with the surge in coronavirus-related deaths.

Jakarta is expanding graveyards as coronavirus cases surge

Debris from Indonesia's Sriwijaya Air aircraft was brought to Jakarta port on Sunday. The salvage workers found plane's altimeter radar, emergency chute and a piece suspected to have come from the bottom part of the plane's tail.

Indonesia plane crash: Debris taken to Jakarta, black box located

Two landslides triggered by heavy rain in Indonesia left at least 12 dead and 18 injured, as the rescue team struggles to find the missing.

Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in Indonesia

A Boeing 737 passenger plane of Indonesia's Sriwijaya Air that went missing on Saturday is 'suspected' to have crashed as per Indonesia's transport minister. The plane went missing soon after losing contact with ATC post take-off from Jakarta airport.

Indonesia: Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 goes missing, feared to have crashed

An Indonesian passenger plane has lost contact after taking off from the capital Jakarta. The flight has more than 50 people on board.

News Alert: Indonesian passenger plane goes missing after take-off

Dressed in a white robe, turban and a face mask, the Indonesian cleric and leader of the Islamic Defenders Front, Rizieq Shihab, turned himself in following accusations of flouting COVID-19 restrictions.

Indonesian leader, Rizieq Shihab, turns himself in for violating COVID-19 restrictions

Indonesia held nationwide regional elections Wednesday with more than 100 million voters eligible to cast a ballot, despite warnings the poll would worsen the nation's Covid-19 crisis.

Indonesia holds nationwide poll despite virus warnings

Six supporters of hard line Indonesian Islamic cleric Rizieq Shihab are killed in a police shootout near Jakarta. Rizieq was scheduled to appear for police questioning on Monday, after failing to appear last week.

Six supporters of Indonesian Islamic cleric killed in shootout

Indonesia government on Sunday said 1.2 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China-based biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech arrived in the country.

Indonesia gets 1.2 mn doses of China-made COVID-19 vaccine

Dressed in white Islamic garb and waving the red and white Indonesian national flag, more than 1,000 protestors from Islamic organisations and students groups gathered in central Jakarta on Tuesday (October 13) to voice discontent over a contentious new 'jobs creation' law.

Indonesia Islamic groups, students join movement to scrap jobs law

When the coronavirus pandemic forced Indonesian schools to shut, it exposed how millions of households in the Southeast Asian country still had no access to the internet or even a device like a mobile phone to do remote learning. So students and volunteers have come up with creative ways to get round the problem.

Starved of wifi, Indonesian students trade plastic trash to study online

Hoping to revive her ailing food stall after Jakarta lifted its large-scale social restrictions due to the coronavirus back in June, restaurant owner Setiwet paid over 300,000 rupiah ($20) - quite a decent sum for a small business owner in Indonesia - to install plastic sheets along her restaurant's counter so that customers could feel safe dining in her restaurant again. But her plans to save her business were derailed after a decision came from the city government to reimpose lockdown measures starting Monday (September 14).

New restrictions send Jakarta restaurant owner's screen investment down the drain

Leading a group of pallbearers with a coffin on their shoulders, officials from Jakarta stopped in the middle of a busy intersection and started dishing out advice to motorists looking at the strange sight.

Indonesian parades 'coffin' through busy traffic to emphasize deadliness of COVID-19

In South Jakarta, a coffin with the words 'COVID-19 victim coffin' painted in red has been prominently placed at a busy traffic junction, serving as a solemn reminder to residents the dangers of the coronavirus.

Faux coffins: Indonesian capital adopts novel scare tactic to fight coronavirus

Indonesia has come up with a new way to spread awareness about the dangers of COVID-19 pandemic. Authorities recently started displaying an empty coffin at a bustling intersection in the capital to remind people of the looming invisible danger.

Jakarta displays 'dummy coffin' to raise awareness about dangers of coronavirus

Indonesia’s government will propose to parliament expanding its 2021 fiscal deficit assumption in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy to 5.2% of gross domestic product

Indonesia's 2021 fiscal deficit seen expanding to 5.2% of GDP

Shoppers and vendors in the Indonesian capital said a ban on single-use plastic in markets and malls that came into effect on Wednesday (July 1) is impractical in some cases and suggested more time is needed to comply with the new rules.

Indonesians reluctant to kick plastic bag habit despite ban

Siegfried Aikman led the Japan men's hockey team to a historic gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and was on the last leg of preparing the team for the home Olympics in Tokyo before the coronavirus pandemic wiped out the global sporting calendar. The dutchman opens up on the measures japan is taking to curb the spread of the virus, the cost of postponing the games, and whether japan will risk the health and safety of all concerned if a vaccine is not found before the 2021 Olympics.

WION Exclusive conversation with Japan hockey coach Siegfried Aikman

An Islamic course in Indonesia that usually runs during Ramadan has moved online this year due to social distancing measures designed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus.

Islamic Ramadan school switches to virtual classroom in Indonesia

Jakarta has a total of 4,317 positive coronavirus cases, with a death toll of 375. However, it is being speculated that the number of coronavirus cases, especially the death toll, might be higher than what is being reported.

Increased number of burials hint towards a higher death toll in Jakarta

Dutch King Willem-Alexander apologised to Indonesia on Tuesday for "excessive violence" during the former colony's independence struggle in the 1940s. The king made the remarks during a state visit to the country with Queen Maxima after a ceremony with Indonesian President Joko Widodo in the capital Jakarta.

Dutch king apologises for violence during Indonesian independence war

Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Monday two Indonesians had tested positive for coronavirus after being in contact with an infected Japanese national, marking the first confirmed cases in the world's fourth most populous country.

Indonesian President Widodo confirms first cases of coronavirus

Floods have crippled much of Indonesia's capital Jakarta. Experts say that Jakarta is now sinking at an alarming rate. This report has more details.

Gravitas: Indonesia's sinking capital, thousands caught in floods in Jakarta

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