Jakarta – Dozens of cases of foodborne illness have been recorded among participating schools in multiple regions just two weeks into the launch of President Prabowo Subiantio's free nutritious meal program for students.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – A Russian diplomat said Monday that his country had engaged in talks to use local currencies for trade with BRICS newcomer Indonesia as Moscow remained an outcast from the international system for cross-border transactions.

Aep, Sumedang – President Prabowo Subianto praised his administration's cohesive teamwork as a key driver of the 80.9 percent public satisfaction rating recorded in his first 100 days in office, according to a recent survey by Kompas.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government has denied media reports indicating that Indonesia is possibly becoming a temporary host country for Gaza residents as part of US President-Elect Donald Trump's plan.

Foreign Affairs Ministry's spokesman Roy Soemirat even said that it was the first time for Jakarta to hear such a relocation plan.

Thomas Rizal, Jakarta – A newly issued gubernatorial regulation that sets strict requirements for male civil servants in Jakarta to practice polygamy has sparked controversy and widespread public debate.

Sapto Yunus, Jakarta – Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian has instructed his staff to involve experts in studying the potential elimination of the 4% parliamentary threshold for national votes.

Hendrik Khoirul Muhid, Jakarta – As President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka approach their administration's 100-day milestone on January 28, 2025, the President highlighted several promises during the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Consolidation National Conference in Jakarta on Thursday, January 16, 2025.

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR RI) Cucun Ahmad Syamsurijal has shared the parliament's assessment of President Prabowo Subianto's administration as it approaches its 100-day milestone on January 28, 2025. Cucun praised the President for prioritizing key programs and ensuring budget efficiency.

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – The Ministry of Population and Family Development/National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) highlighted the phenomenon of Indonesian citizens (WNI) who choose to settle abroad. One of the phenomena that occurred was the transfer of Indonesian citizens to become Singaporean citizens.

Djibril Muhammad, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police's anti-narcotics unit has arrested four suspects for allegedly operating a synthetic tobacco production lab in a rented house in Depok, West Java, an officer announced on Saturday.

Erin Cook, Canberra – One of the great questions that lingered after former army general Prabowo Subianto won Indonesia's presidential election with a landslide last February was: What kind of president would this man be?

Jakarta – Professor Ulung Pribadi of the University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY) called for a revision of the Government Regulation (PP) on Protocol.

The regulation mandates that the most esteemed or highest-ranking official must arrive last and depart first at events.

Jakarta – Indonesia needs 100 trillion rupiah ($6.11 billion) in additional budget to expand its free nutritious meals programme to reach more than a quarter of its population by year-end, the head of the agency overseeing the programme said on Friday.

Nabila Azzahra, I Ihsan Reliubun, Jakarta – Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Eddy Soeparno welcomed the proposal to abolish the 4% parliamentary threshold.

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto showed his enthusiasm for the return of Donald Trump to the White House by calling the latter just a few days after his victory in the Nov. 5, 2024, election. Apart from the desire to nurture a good relationship with the incoming United States leader, Prabowo owed Trump for lifting a ban that prevented him from entering the US for 20 years.

Juan Ardya Guardiola, Tangerang – The Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) deployed 600 personnel on Saturday to dismantle bamboo barriers spanning 30 kilometers in the waters off Tanjung Pasir, Tangerang Regency, Banten. The operation was conducted under direct orders from President Prabowo Subianto.

Hendrik Khoirul Muhid, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has dismissed rumors suggesting that he plans to halt infrastructure projects. Instead, he emphasized that such initiatives will be handed over to private companies for execution.

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Samuel Sekuritas Indonesia's senior economist, Fithra Faisal Hastiadi, has cautioned that President Prabowo Subianto's priority program for providing free nutritious meals could significantly widen Indonesia's 2025 budget deficit. Fithra projects the deficit could exceed the target by IDR 200 trillion.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia aims to exceed the World Bank's 2025 growth projection of 5.1 percent, targeting 5.2 percent by boosting domestic consumption and encouraging local investment, according to Chief Economic Affairs Minister Airlangga Hartarto.

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto said on Thursday that while he welcomed public participation in financing his signature free meals program for students, he would not accept zakat, Muslim alms, money to pay for the initiative.

Salsabilla Azzahra Octavia, S. Dian Andryanto, Jakarta – Kamisan (Thursday) actions have entered their 18th year. For 18 years, the demands for justice have continued to be voiced by families of victims of human rights violations (HAM) and humanitarian activists every Thursday in front of the State Palace in Jakarta.

Jakarta – Thousands of people declined on Thursday a government-led evacuation in North Maluku where a volcano has been spewing smoke and ash, arguing that they are accustomed to the eruptions.

Mount Ibu, located on the remote island of Halmahera, erupted on Wednesday, sending a column of smoke up to four kilometres (2.5 miles) into the sky.

Michaela Guo Ying Lo, Jatna Supriatna dan Matthew Struebig (The Conversation) – Indonesia has produced nearly four times the amount of nickel in recent years compared to a decade earlier, following the global push for a low-carbon revolution that drove mining for minerals essential to electric vehicles, renewable energy technologies and stainless steel production.

Jakarta – A tiger has attacked livestock in Indra Makmur district, East Aceh regency, Aceh, marking the third such incident in the past month in the regency.

The latest attack occurred on Thursday and involved a cow belonging to a farmer named Zakaria.

Jakarta – The mysterious appearance of a makeshift bamboo fence spanning 30 kilometers in the coastal waters off Tangerang, Banten, has increasingly raised eyebrows since the beginning of the year.

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Indonesia has recorded a historically low poverty rate, according to the latest survey conducted by Statistics Indonesia (BPS), but inequality has worsened slightly and remains particularly high in Jakarta.

Wijayanti Putri, Jakarta – Former President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said Thursday that his successor Prabowo Subianto had done a great job so far.

Prabowo had only assumed office about three months ago, and would mark his 100th day in power on Jan. 28. Jokowi told reporters Thursday that he was confident that Prabowo would do well in his 100-day scorecard.

BeritaSatu, Jakarta – Presidential spokesman Hasan Nasbi recently called for tighter food safety policies after tens of students got food poisoning during a free meal rollout in Sukoharjo, Central Java.

President Prabowo Subianto's ambitious free meal program has entered its second week.

Nabilla Azzahra, Devy Ernis, Jakarta – Member of Commission IX of the House of Representatives (DPR) Irma Suryani proposed that the government use funds from cigarette excise to cover the budget shortfall of the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program.

Eka Yudha Saputra, Devy Ernis, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto emphasized to all levels of the government that they should work and manage the budget efficiently.

Jakarta – Budi Arie Setiadi, the leader of Projo, the largest group of supporters of Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, has rejected speculation that in a meeting with Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, the former president asked the Yogyakarta governor to broker a meeting with Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chair Megawati Soekarnoputri.

Church officials in Indonesia have rejected Indonesian security forces' claims of normalcy in a conflict zone in Papua, expressing concerns about the situation of displaced people and their safety.

The Church leaders said the security situation in the five villages in Oksop district is not yet normal, according to reports from pastoral officers of the Church in the field.

Jayapura – The sudden occupation of forest areas and villages of indigenous peoples by the massive deployment of military units in the Indonesian region of Papua is becoming a constant that marks the life of an entire region with its human and natural heritage.

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – The European Union (EU) announced plans to revise its biofuel policies after the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled that parts of its Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) unfairly discriminated against Indonesia's palm oil exports.

Jakarta – Indonesia welcomed a recent ruling by the World Trade Organization or WTO on a palm oil-based lawsuit against the European Union (EU).

Hanif Musyaffa, Tangerang – The Indonesian government aims to deploy 425,000 migrant workers to foreign countries in 2025, with plans to expand their destinations to European nations, a senior official announced on Friday.

Jakarta – The increase in value-added tax on luxury goods from 11 percent to 12 percent shows the arbitrary way that the administration of Prabowo Subianto produces policy. He and the Finance Ministry have improperly circumvented the provisions of the law for populist reasons.

Jakarta – The Mutual Assistance Consultative Organization (MKGR), one of the founding organizations of Golkar Party, has opened its membership doors to former president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his eldest son Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, according to MKGR chair Adies Kadir.

Jakarta – Hundreds of islanders have been evacuated, with thousands more awaiting their turn following increased volcanic eruptions in North Maluku, officials said on Thursday.

Mount Ibu, located on the remote island of Halmahera, erupted on Wednesday, sending a column of smoke up to four kilometres (2.5 miles) into the sky.

Vinnilya, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia's (BI) decision to cut the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.75 percent has raised concerns among economists about its impact on the exchange rate of the rupiah.

Jakarta – Car sales have been plummeting in Indonesia lately, but maybe that is not all bad news.

Figures presented by the Indonesian Automotive Manufacturers Association (Gaikindo) earlier this week show that 14 percent fewer new cars were sold from factories to dealers in 2024 than in 2023, and 2023 had already marked a decline from 2022.

Pujud Andriastanto, Purbalingga – Sumanto, infamously known as the "Hannibal Lecter of Java," has turned into a rising social media content creator known for his unique and entertaining videos that often carry motivational messages.

Indonesia, West Papua – On 28 November 2024, a tragic incident unfolded in Parim Village, Serambakon District, Pegunungan Bintang Regency, when Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) personnel killed Mr Methodius Uropmabin, 28, and Mr Nerius Oktemka, 25.

Fika Nurul Ulya, Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – The Denny JA Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) is recommending that the nomination limit or threshold in the election of regional heads (Pilkada) also be abolished as it was for presidential elections (Pilpres).

Jakarta - The saying that there is no perfect crime is both a belief and the slogan of the police when investigating cases. But the National Police (Polri) headquarters is increasingly perfecting the chain of crimes committed by its own members.

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – Anindya Novyan Bakrie, the president and CEO of the Bakrie Group, was officially inaugurated on Thursday as chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), the country's most influential business lobbying group. His appointment follows a brief internal dispute but ultimately emerged unopposed.

Sally Brooks and Natasya Salim – A university student was getting ready for church on Christmas Eve in Indonesia when a man snuck into her apartment to carry out an attack that would scar her for life.

As she stepped out of the shower with a towel around her torso, the man allegedly poured acid over her face and body.

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto on Thursday called for increased private sector involvement in Indonesia's infrastructure development, signaling a shift from the state-owned enterprises' dominance under the previous administration of President Joko Widodo.

Antara, Jakarta – The government is nudging more state-owned enterprises or SOEs to go public.

At present, there are dozens of SOEs, including the state-run bank BNI and telco giant Telkom, that already have their shares listed at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). SOE Minister Erick Thohir recently nudged state-run enterprises to hold their initial public offering (IPO).

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Indonesia is gearing up to establish a special economic zone (SEZ) dedicated to semiconductor chip development in partnership with the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in West Java, senior economic advisor Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan announced on Wednesday.