Helen Packer – Academic freedom in Indonesia looks set to continue to decline under the leadership of a new president known for his authoritarian stance, scholars have warned.
Critics of former president Joko Widodo accused him of undermining democracy, and the country's new leader, Prabowo Subianto, is expected to follow in his predecessor's footsteps.
Jakobus Herin, Maumere – Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency said at least 10 people have died as a series of volcanic eruptions widened on the remote island of Flores.
Tria Dianti – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's upcoming maiden tour to five nations – from east to west and north to south – is a clear sign that Jakarta plans a return to the world stage as a key player, analysts said.
Ryan Chan – A group of Russian warships continued its deployment in the strategic Indo-Pacific region as it arrived in Indonesia for the first bilateral maritime exercise between the two navies.
Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto on Monday held a meeting with former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, during which the two former generals discussed a plan to set up a state investment firm.
Jakarta – Arecent survey by Litbang Kompas, the research and development unit of Kompas newspaper, has found that 56 percent of Jakarta residents have firmly decided which gubernatorial candidate they will vote for in the upcoming regional election.
Meanwhile, 39 percent are still uncertain or open to changing their minds, while 5 percent remain undecided.
Hadi Sutanto dan Dipo Negoro – President Prabowo Subianto accompanied by Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka inaugurated the ministers and deputy ministers of the new Red and White Cabinet for 2024-2029 at the State Palace in Jakarta on Monday afternoon, October 21.
Sri Wahyuni – Gustina Salim Rambe appeared quietly distraught as a court on Indonesia's main western island of Sumatra sentenced her to more than five months in prison for speaking out against the environmental damage caused by a nearby palm oil mill.
Jakarta – Like a virus, the judicial mafia regenerates quickly.
Muhammad Ridwan – The Solidarity Action Committee for Munir (KASUM) says it regrets efforts to obstruct investigations by the National Human Rights Commission's (Komnas HAM) into past human rights violations, one of which was the alleged assassination of renowned human rights defender Munir Said Thalib.
Jakarta – Home Minister Tito Karnavian has urged regional governments to work to keep the inflation rate stable ahead of the regional elections on Nov. 27.
Han Revanda Putra, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto's government will create new paddies on 500,000 hectares of land in South Kalimantan to help achieve food self-sufficiency in less than 5 years.
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Indonesian economy grew at a slower pace of 4.95 percent year-on-year (yoy) in the third quarter of 2024, according to the National Statistics Agency (BPS).
Hoping that President Prabowo Subianto is serious about protecting human rights as absurd as an owl yearning for the moon (wishing for the impossible).
Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Immigration Minister Agus Andrianto announced plans to require Indonesians applying for travel documents to submit a one-year bank statement, aiming to prevent human trafficking and smuggling.
Jakarta – A presidential spokesman described on Monday the gathering between President Prabowo Subianto and his predecessor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo as a meeting between best friends and said that the two did not discuss politics.
Septia Ryanthie, Sukoharjo – The Indonesian National Police's Special Detachment 88 Counterterrorism (Densus 88) arrested three suspected terrorists at three different locations in Central Java on Monday, November 4, 2024. Tempo received information that one of these arrests took place in Karanganyar Regency.
Jakarta – Despite the widely vaunted reforms made to the judiciary after the fall of New Order in 1998, profound doubts remain about whether the state is fulfilling its constitutional mandate to uphold justice for all.
Indonesians tend to believe the country's judicial system remains as corrupt as it was and that justice is awarded to the highest bidder.
Oscar Coleman with wires – Indonesia has begun its first-ever joint naval drills with Russia while simultaneously conducting military exercises with Australian forces.
Analysts say the exercises are part of Indonesia's efforts to maintain a balanced foreign policy.
Norman Harsono – Indonesia may cancel as much as $550 million of small businesses' bad debt in a bid to boost lending and growth in Southeast Asia's largest economy, according to a top official.
Antara, Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has officially put ex-minister Basuki Hadimuljono in charge of the body that oversees the development of Indonesia's new capital Nusantara.
Jayapura – The struggle by Papuan indigenous people to save their customary forests from the invasion by corporations and the government has become harder after legal efforts reached a dead end with the Supreme Court's (MA) rejection of the Awyu tribe's appeal which challenged the environmental feasibility permit issued to the company PT Indo Asiana Lestari (IAL) by the Papua provin
Indonesia, West Papua – Human rights defenders documented a further extra-judicial execution in the Ilu District of Puncak Jaya Regency, Papua Pegunungan Province. Recently, such cases have increased significantly due to armed conflict escalations in the central highlands.
Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition which is part of the Try Suharto Civil Society Movement (Gemas) has sent a letter containing a petition to the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) requesting that the New Order (Orba) ruler former president Suharto not be awarded the title of national hero.
Basudiwa Supraja, Alfida Rizky Febriana, Jakarta – Trade Minister Budi Santoso has denied that the recent ministerial regulation on import relaxations had caused the downfall of Indonesia's textile giant Sri Rejeki Isman (Sritex).
Jakarta – The police mobilized 1,994 personnel on Monday to keep order at the 411 reunion rally, a yearly Islamist political march.
The march began at 1 p.m. at Istiqlal Mosque and proceeded toward the Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta.
Herman, Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) Minister Erick Thohir revealed on Monday that seven out of 47 state-run companies remain unprofitable.
"We still have seven SOEs that need to work hard to turn a profit over the next few years," Erick said during a hearing with a House of Representatives commission at the legislative complex in Jakarta.
Jakarta – Most of Indonesia is predicted to have a normal wet season next year, making it suitable to grow crops, the country's weather agency BMKG said on Monday.
Last year's dry season was the most severe since 2019 due to an El Nino weather phenomenon, bringing a prolonged drought that hurt crops and exacerbated forest fires.
Ary Hermawan – Many have questioned the fate of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo after his presidency ended on 20 October. Will he really quit politics? Will his allies abandon him or even turn against him? Or will he remain politically relevant?
Jakarta – In stark contrast to his predecessor's hands-off approach to international relations, President Prabowo Subianto has demonstrated a bold foreign policy approach just two weeks into his term, notably by teasing potential accession to BRICS.
Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Indonesia – Just one day after President Prabowo Subianto's inauguration, a minister announced plans to resume the transmigration program in eastern Indonesia, particularly in Papua, saying it was needed for enhancing unity and providing locals with welfare.
Jakarta – Indonesia is conducting a thorough exercise to reform its fuel subsidy scheme, its energy minister said on Nov 4, as the new president looks to rein in subsidies that amounted to about 16 per cent of budget spending in 2023.
Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto instructed the Minister of Law, Supratman Andi Agtas, to review all existing regulations in Indonesia. The minister conveyed the president's directive during the first working meeting with Commission XIII of the House of Representatives (DPR) on Monday, November 4, 2024.
Fito Akhmad Erlangga, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has directed his cabinet to implement the Constitutional Court's ruling that annulled 21 articles of the Job Creation Law, stressing the need for regulations on the minimum wage by Nov. 26.
Jayapura – An Alliance of Student Executive Councils (BEM) throughout Jayapura city together with students from various different universities held a peaceful action at the Abepura traffic circle on Monday November 4 to oppose the revival of the transmigration program in Papua.
Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The implementation of agrarian reform on the Land Management Rights (HPL) of the Land Bank in the Nusantara Capital City, or IKN, has entered the final stage.
Basudiwa Supraja, Antara, Jakarta – The government recently revealed that a portion of the government's energy subsidies had gone to the rich instead of the poor. The misallocated subsidies are worth approximately Rp 100 trillion (approximately $6.3 billion), according to Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia.
Herman, Jakarta – State-owned banks have disbursed Rp 1,088 trillion (approximately $69 billion) worth of the government's microloans, better known by its Indonesian acronym KUR in 2020-2023.
Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Former Trade Minister Tom Lembong has been named a suspect in a corruption case involving sugar imports. Tom is suspected of unlawfully granting an import permit for 105,000 tons of raw crystal sugar to PT Angels Products in 2015.
Ni Made Tasyarani, Jakarta – Success stories among their peers and a plethora of user-friendly investing apps are luring ever more young Indonesians into the stock market, but some learn the hard way that risk and opportunity go hand in hand.
Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is set to revise regulations on foreign exchange earnings from natural resource exports (DHE SDA), aiming to encourage exporters to retain funds longer within the domestic financial market.
Jakarta – The Indonesian government has extended its tax holiday program until December 31, 2025, to attract more foreign investment. This decision, announced by Investment Minister Rosan Roeslani, comes amid the global implementation of a minimum tax rate of 15 percent by numerous countries.
Antara, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has arrested Prasetyo Boeditjahjono, the former director general of railways, on charges of corruption related to an inter-provincial railway construction project in Sumatra.
Daniel A. Fajri, Jakarta – Political observer from Al Azhar University Indonesia, Ujang Komarudin, assessed that the willingness of President Prabowo Subianto to meet with the 7th President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is a form of loyalty and commitment of a soldier. He emphasized the success of the partnership between Jokowi and Prabowo in the 2024 presidential election or Pilpres.
Jakarta – Two high-ranking members of President Prabowo Subianto's Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) have been appointed to lead the state-owned oil company Pertamina following a shareholders' meeting on Monday.
Arie Firdaus, Suralaya, Indonesia – The ground shook beneath Edi Suriana, jolting the 45-year-old Indonesian villager from an afternoon slumber in late August.
West Papua, Indonesia – On 16 October 2024, in the early hours of the morning, an attack targeted the Jubi editorial office, a prominent media house in Jayapura, Papua, known for its coverage of human rights and environmental issues.
Antara, Jakarta – The government is weighing the reintroduction of tax incentives for purchasing electric vehicles and houses to support the middle class, Chief Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto announced on Sunday.
These incentives were initially introduced during the administration of President Joko Widodo, when Airlangga also served as the economic minister.
Catherine Thorbecke, Tokyo – Even the world's fourth-most populous country, which has more active cell phones than people, seems to be no match for Apple.
Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto asks ministers and subordinates not to excessively conduct seminars and to refrain from making working visits abroad. In addition, the Head of State also reminds subordinates not to engage in excessive 'leisure activities' and to take more actions.