Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has promised to double the budget for school rehabilitation in 2026 after acknowledging that the government had only been

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto claims that the government has shown tangible results in the first year of his leadership.

Antara, Jakarta – Massive floods and landslides across western Indonesia have killed more than 100 people, displaced tens of thousands, crippled fuel supply lines, and exposed possible

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – The floods and landslides wreaking havoc in Aceh, West Sumatra, and North Sumatra are evidence that relying on forest-damaging extractive energy may not

Antara, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Perry Warjiyo has disclosed the direction of the monetary policy in 2026: to maintain a balance between stability and growth, or pro-stabi

Dhaka – The 50th anniversary of Timor-Leste's Proclamation of Independence has been celebrated in Dhaka highlighting the significance of the milestone and underscoring prospects for exp

Jakarta – Last year, the policy of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, ending the ban on the lobster larvae export, was criticized due to the significant risk of leaks and a w

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto claimed that the allocation for the education budget receives the largest portion in the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN)

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – Indonesia's upstream textile industry is experiencing a steep downturn, with the Association of Indonesian Fiber and Filament Yarn Producers (APSyFI) reporting

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – The Head of the Advocacy Department of the Association of Education and Teachers (P2G) Iman Zanatul Haeri has warned that Indonesia's government-backed nutriti

Mastin Annisa and Jeremy J Kingsley – The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Rail (KCJB), known as Whoosh, is Southeast Asia's first-ever bullet train.

Anna O'Connor – Timorese Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has doubled down on processing liquified natural gas (LNG) from the Greater Sunrise field in the country ahead of a new agreement w

Antara, Jakarta – Former President Joko Widodo or Jokowi denied allegations that he inaugurated the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) Airport in Morowali, Central Sulawesi.

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto attended the National Teacher's Day commemoration event at the Indonesia Arena, Gelora Bung Karno area, Central Jakarta,

Keith Anthony Fabro – In the cool highlands of Indonesia's Flores Island, where mist settles over rice fields and coffee gardens, the Manggarai people have cultivated a close relationsh

Felix Martua, Jakarta – Puput Setia Susanti, the senior program officer in the Cultural Division at The Japan Foundation Jakarta, recalled an interesting moment from the third-day scree

Flash floods and landslides on Indonesia's Sumatra island have killed 69 people, with 59 missing as emergency workers search in rivers and the rubble of villages for bodies and possible

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa has pledged sweeping reforms at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise, warning that the agency could be froze

As Indonesia marked its 80th birthday with much fanfare, pomp and ceremony, it has been clear that the country sits at an uncomfortable crossroads, with underlying challenges further bu

Jakarta – Flooding and landslides across Sumatra have killed at least 84 people this week and dozens more are missing, rescue officials said Friday.

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said he views strict teachers as playing a constructive role in shaping student character, emphasizing that firm discipl

Ali MC, East Timor – It is a quiet afternoon in Lospalos.

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – Deputy Director of PT Garuda Indonesia Tbk, Thomas Sugiarto Oentoro, said that the injection of Rp23.6 trillion in capital from Investment Management Agency Dan

Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto on Friday offered condolences to victims of the devastating floods and landslides that have struck Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra

Sahat Simatupang, Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) in North Sumatra has accused seven companies of playing a significant role in the flash floods and landslide

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Aceh Barat Regency recorded that a total of 3,866 people from 2,652 households have been affected by the

Agnes Valentina Christa, Tangerang – East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa said on Friday that the province has already achieved full food self-sufficiency and now holds one of th

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Hopes for a policy reversal on imported second-hand clothing have been shut down after Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa firmly rejected a proposal to lega

Rizal Harahap and Theresia Sufa, Pekanbaru – Amid relentless deforestation and rising human – elephant conflict, two more Sumatran elephant calves have died in Aceh and Riau, deepening

Maria Gabrielle, Jakarta – Concerns over coastal defenses in Jakarta have intensified after a video showing seawater seeping through a seawall in Pantai Mutiara, North Jakarta, went vir

Yohannes Tohap, Jakarta – Online videos showing massive flooding in South Tapanuli (Tapsel) and Central Tapanuli (Tapteng), North Sumatra, and logs being swept downstream has fueled pub

Iwan Arifianto, Semarang – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) is urging the police to release two activists from Semarang, Adetya Pramandira alias Dera and Fathul Munif, w

Alfi Dinilhaq, Jakarta – Private fuel retailers in Indonesia have begun restoring gasoline sales after months of shortages triggered by supply disruptions and limited access to base fue

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has agreed to a proposal that the 2026 minimum wage will not be set as a specific, fixed figure but will instead be presented as a

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – Prolonged armed conflict in Papua has forced more than 100,000 indigenous people, most of them women and children, to flee their homes.

Antara, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has removed four major bills from its 2026 priority legislative program, including several high-profile initiatives such as sovereign weal

Jakarta – Indonesian Centre for Environmental Law (ICEL) Executive Director Raynaldo G.

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry will take over unpaid scholarship obligations for dozens of Papuan students studying abroad, after President Prabowo Subianto instructed t

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Sovereign wealth fund Danantara aims to merge Indonesia's state-run construction engineering firms by the first quarter of 2026, according to a senior offi

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – Deputy President Director of PT Garuda Indonesia Tbk (GIAA) Thomas Sugiarto Oentoro said dozens of the carrier's aircraft remain grounded, both from Citilink an

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Despite President Prabowo Subianto's bold pledge to shift Indonesia entirely to renewable energy, a proposal to grant state utility company PLN greater leeway to

Cut Mery, Antara, Jakarta – Cyclone Senyar, an unusual weather phenomenon for the Malacca Strait, has unleashed a series of deadly disasters across Sumatra, as Indonesia's meteor

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Palm oil edged higher on Wednesday after touching a near five-month low, with Malaysian futures climbing more than 1 percent to around 4,040 ringgit per

Budiman, Jakarta – Musofa, a male Javan rhinoceros, died shortly after his historic relocation from its habitat to the Javan Rhino Study and Conservation Area (JRSCA) in Ujung Kulon Nat

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – The government plans to form 150 new battalions each year starting in 2026 to guard vital state assets, such as oil refineries, as part of an ambitious expansion

Jayapura – Amnesty International Indonesia is calling for a thorough investigation into a fatal drone attack in Dekai city, the capital of Yahukimo regency, in the Papua Highlands.

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Extreme weather has severely impacted the Tapanuli Tengah Regency in North Sumatra, triggering widespread floods and landslides over the past few days.

Jakarta – There is another irony in this country.

Jakarta – The death of a 13-year-old junior high school student in South Tangerang, Banten, last week marks yet another bleak moment for Indonesia's education system.

Kurniawan Arif Maspul – Indonesia's overhaul of its Criminal Procedure Code could modernise justice – or entrench a system where police power expands, judicial oversight shrinks and civ