Jakarta – The plan by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) to join the government coalition of Prabowo Subianto is a nightmare for Indonesian politics.

Indonesia, West Papua – On 12-13 June 2025, a coalition of NGOs has officially filed the extra-judicial execution and mutilation of Mr Abral Wandikbo, a 27-year-old indigenous farmer fr

Alfida Rizki Febrianna, Anisa Fauziah, Jakarta – Government plans to raise online motorcycle taxi (ojol) fares by 8-15 percent could end up hurting drivers rather than improving their w

Anggi Sagita, Jayapura – United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Albert Kwokwo Barume, personally heard the heartfelt cries of Papuan indigenous peoples

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto surprised the nation when he announced a few days after his inauguration in October that Indonesia was joining BRICS, a global forum championed by C

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The Indonesian government and the House of Representatives (DPR) have agreed on the principles of macroeconomic assumptions for the 2026 state budget in a wor

Simon Butt – Since its establishment in 2003, the Indonesian Constitutional Court has made major changes to Indonesia's electoral laws.

Banda Aceh – A number of residents from the Aceh People's Alliance have opposed and challenged the establishment of Territorial Development Battalions in five areas and have asked the I

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – North Sumatra Governor Bobby Nasution consistently attracts negative press.

Singgih Wiryono, Danu Damarjati, Jakarta – A factual witness testifying during a formal review of Law Number 3/2025 on the Indonesian Military (TNI), Usman Hamid, has revealed that more

Muhammad Miftakul Falakh, Ngawi, East Java – A massive fire engulfed a warehouse belonging to footwear manufacturer Dwi Prima Sentosa late Sunday night, destroying hundreds of thousands

Ken MP Setiawan, Melbourne, Australia – Indonesia faces a critical and multi-faceted health challenge: malnutrition.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia reported on Monday that the country's foreign exchange reserves stood at $152.6 billion as of June 2025, a slight increase from $152.5 bill

Muhammad Awaludin, Lombok, NTB – Two police officers have been detained in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) over the death of Brigadier Muhammad Nurhadi, a member of the NTB Police's Internal A

Djibril Muhammad & Antara, Jakarta – Heavy rain that has been pouring over the capital city of Jakarta since Saturday has caused flooding in several areas.

Mita Amalia Hapsari, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung apologized to residents affected by floods over the weekend, acknowledging shortcomings in the city's response while insist

Terjemahan, Jakarta – Indonesia's Palm oil exports in 2024 decreased by 8.65 percent to US$22.9 billion. In the preceding year, palm oil exports reached US$25 billion.

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – A senior economist at Bright Institute, Awalil Rizky, assessed that the projected 2025 State Budget deficit of Rp662 trillion, or 2.78 percent of Gross

Timor-Leste has dismissed Myanmar's objection to it becoming the 11th member of ASEAN as "inconsequential and irrelevant."

Australian solidarity activists today marked the 27th anniversary of the Biak massacre in West Papua and have warned the human rights crisis in the Indonesian-ruled Melanesian region is

Antara, Jakarta – Floodwaters submerged several areas in South and East Jakarta early Sunday following heavy overnight rainfall, particularly in the upstream region of Bogor, officials

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will need to allocate Rp 552.14 trillion (approximately $34 billion) in the 2025 state budget solely to service interest on its

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta -The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported that a landslide occurred in West Bandung Regency on Saturday, July 5, 2025, at 06:15 PM local time.

Jakarta – The safety standard of Indonesia's tourism industry has come under intense international scrutiny following the tragic death of Brazilian tourist Juliana De Souza Pereira Mari

Iman Rahman Cahyadi, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office has emerged as the most trusted law enforcement institution in Indonesia, overtaking both the Corruption Eradication Commiss

Djibril Muhammad, Jakarta – Governor Pramono Anung announced on Saturday that all entertainment venues in Jakarta will be required to provide designated smoking areas, as the city seeks

Basudiwa Supraja, Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will launch 100 free boarding schools across the country on July 14 to support children from the nation's poorest household

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati warns that the low Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF), or investments during the first quarter of 2025 is some

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said that the 2025 State Expenditure and Revenue Budget (APBN) faces significant challenges, not only from global eco

In the last few months, a disturbing trend has become apparent in a string of incidents across Indonesia: the sending of innocuous packages that contain the corpses of dead animals.

Indonesia, West Papua – Indigenous residents have reported ongoing intimidation and harassment by Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) officers stationed at PT Mancaraya Argo Mandiri (MAM) an

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – The operator of the coffee chain Starbucks, PT Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk.

Agencies, Denpasar – Hundreds of rescuers widened their search for dozens of missing people Friday after a ferry sank in rough seas on the way to Bali, leaving at least six dead.

Poramet Tangsathaporn – Thailand will support Timor-Leste joining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) as its 11th member despite reported opposition from Myanmar, officia

Jakarta – Timor-Leste will officially become ASEAN's 11th member later this year, according to the Foreign Ministry's Director General for ASEAN Cooperation, Sidharto R.

Jakarta – The horrific memory of the 2019 and 2024 simultaneous presidential and legislative elections looks to be behind us.

Indonesia, West Papua – The pristine waters and biodiversity-rich islands of Raja Ampat, Papua Barat Daya Province, are facing a devastating environmental and human rights crisis as mul

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Minister of Elementary and Secondary Education Abdul Mu'ti has officially designated July 7 as Indonesian Librarian's Day.

Jakarta – The mass rapes during the May 1998 riots in Jakarta accompanying the wave of demands for reformasi or political reform that that brought down the New Order regime (Orba) of fo

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Academic and Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) politician Ade Armando has been officially appointed as a commissioner at PLN Nusantara Power, a subsidiary of t

Jakarta – A court in South Sumatra has thrown out a lawsuit filed by residents against plantation companies, which accused the firms of causing lung-choking smoke by lighting peatland f

Eka Jaya Saputra, Bekasi, West Java – Hundreds of workers across various industries in Bekasi regency, West Java, have lost their jobs as a wave of layoffs continues into early July 202

The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) is opening up opportunities to work together with the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) to resolve the problems in the Kanjuruhan

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) urges the Financial Services Authority (OJK) to revoke the co-payment rule for health insurance risk sharing

At least four people have died and dozens are missing after a ferry carrying 65 people sank on its way to the Indonesian resort island of Bali, according to local police.

Basten Gokkon – A new study has shown the first habitat suitability model for the endangered bear cuscus in Indonesia's South Sulawesi, showing its limited and fragmented range, much of

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – The government is urging national and multinational companies to take responsibility and do more to tackle the increasing volume of plastic waste, as the count

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – The Indonesian House Speaker, Puan Maharani, said she would follow up on the proposal from Retired Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) soldiers to impeach

M. Raihan Muzzaki, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto once sent a message of hope concerning the management of state finances.

Mecca, Saudi Arabia – President Prabowo Subianto performed umrah (minor haj) early on Thursday, at the Al-Haram Grand Mosque in Mecca, shortly after concluding his bilateral talk with S