Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Indonesia's Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia said the country's average natural gas production in 2025 reached 5,600 billion British th

On 28 November 2025, members of Brimob under Ops Damai Cartenz (Cartenz Peace Operation) arrested 21-year-old student, Mr Iron Heluka (see photo on top, source: independent HRD), in Dek

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia officially became the president of the UN Human Rights Council for 2026 on Thursday, marking the first time for Jakarta to be at the group's helm

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Maretha Uli, Jakarta – The death of a protester detained after the anti-government protest in late August in Surabaya, East Java, has drawn scrutiny from rights activists over prisoner

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has shut down critics of its official response to the US strike on Venezuela, after Jakarta shied away from condemning Washington

Haryanti Puspa Sari, Jessi Carina, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) is questioning Indonesia's suitability for the presidency of the United

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – The President of the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) and leader of the Labor Party, Said Iqbal, has called on President Prabowo Subianto to raise

Intan Setiawanty, Jakarta – Indonesia's Forest Area Regulation Task Force has identified strong indications that 12 companies may have contributed to recent floods in Sumatra, allegedly

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves rose to $156.5 billion at the end of December 2025, up from $150.1 billion a month earlier, driven by stronger fiscal

On 24 November 2025, at around 07:15 pm, police officers arbitrarily detained four members of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) at a coffee shop near Karang Tumaritis Market, Nab

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto honored Indonesia's 2025 SEA Games medalists on Thursday, awarding $28 million in bonuses after the team exceeded expectat

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia fears that US President Donald Trump's decision to exit 66 global bodies can undermine multilateralism, as Jakarta calls on other countries to co

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto stated that the members of the Red and White Cabinet must be prepared to face criticism in carrying out their duti

Indonesia, West Papua – Between November and December 2025, human rights defenders and local media covered new internal displacements in West Papua due to new security force raids and t

Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – The results of a survey by the Denny JA Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) show that the majority of President Prabowo Subianto's voters in the 2024 presidential

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is offering investors to develop 75 new oil blocks across the country as part of its push to lift national crude output, th

On 28 November 2025, at approximately 2:40 pm, Nabire Police reportedly blocked a student convoy returning from a graduation celebration linked to the STAK Nabire campus.

Agencies, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto said on Wednesday that Indonesia's rice production met all domestic demand, hailing a landmark achievement for food security – one of his

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police's Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) is still investigating several companies that could have contributed to the flash f

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has announced what it describes as a sweeping, science-based effort to reassess environmental governance, zoning and corporate ac

Natasha Khairunisa Amani, Jakarta – Rupiah remained under pressure on Wednesday, closing weaker against the US dollar as global uncertainties continued to dominate market sentiment.

Oyuk Ivani Siagian, Jakarta – The Jakarta Central Metro Police have deployed 2,038 combined personnel to secure a series of protests on Wednesday, January 7, 2026.

Merangin, Indonesia – There wasn't much Aris Adrianto felt he could do when the gold miners' heavy vehicles broke into Bukit Gajah Berani, here in this remote pocket of Sumatra's Merang

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Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto announced that Indonesia has officially achieved self-sufficiency in rice production, specifically by the year 2025.

Ady Anugrahadi, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform strongly rejects the draft Presidential Regulation (Perpres) on the Duties of the Indonesian Military (T

Wawan Kurniawan, Jakarta – The Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) has warned that a roughly 6 percent increase in the 2026 minimum wage in Tangerang, Banten – home to major texti

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has condemned the presence of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) at the trial of former Minister of Education, Nad

Maudey Khalisha, Jakarta – The government has officially extended income tax relief for workers in selected labor-intensive sectors by continuing the government-borne income tax (PPh 21

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has described his time as defense minister under former president Joko Widodo as an "internship," saying the experience helped p

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto on Tuesday declared the first year of Indonesia's Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program a major success, saying the nationwi

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto said that the people of Indonesia are the happiest nation in the world.

Reza Deni, Jakarta – The presence of Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel at the corruption trial of former Minister of Education, Culture, Research and Technology Nadiem Makarim at the

Jaya Takaliuang Bawole, Jakarta, Authorities in Siau Tagulandang Biaro (Sitaro) Islands Regency in North Sulawesi have declared a hydrometeorological disaster emergency following flash

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia's coal export fell by double digits in 2025, as the government drafts the regulation to start collecting duties on overseas shipments of the blac

Adhfar Aulia Syuhada, Jakarta – Workers and students held a demonstration in front of the United States Embassy in Central Jakarta on Tuesday January 6 in which they demanded the US rel

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Best known as the home of the world's rarest great ape, the mountainous Batang Toru forest landscape on the island of Sumatra has become a test case for wh

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has confirmed that private downstream oil companies and operators of non-state fuel stations are once again allowed to im

Beni, Jakarta – Hundreds of protesters from the Labour Movement with the People (GEBRAK) held a demonstration in front of the United States Embassy in Central Jakarta on Tuesday January

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Statistics Indonesia (BPS) recorded Indonesia's export value at US$22.52 billion in November 2025.

Joshua Walker – Commentators have warned that President Prabowo Subianto's national car program is at risk of repeating the failure of Tommy Soeharto's national car brand, Timor, in the

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto gave a stern warning to cabinet members during a retreat in Hambalang, Bogor, on Tuesday, January 6, 2026.

Jamal Abdun Nashr, Jakarta – Central Java is planning to label Muslim-friendly hotels to bolster the growth of halal tourism, supported by worship facilities, and halal food products, a

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto claimed that Indonesia could become the fourth richest country in the world.

Ahmad Baihaqi, Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Bogor – The Indonesian government is set to begin rolling out waste-to-energy projects across 34 cities and regencies grappling with severe wast

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has claimed that Indonesia achieved rice self-sufficiency by the end of 2025, reaching the milestone earlier than planned and ma

Theresia Silalahi, Ricki Putra Harahap, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto is gathering his ministers for another cabinet retreat on Tuesday that will focus on food self-sufficiency,

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto expressed his desire to understand the limits of being too authoritarian in leadership.