Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Indonesia has met its national investment target for 2025, with total realized investment expected to reach Rp 1,905 trillion ($113.9 billion), Investment Mini

Adhyasta Dirgantara, Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – Adi Prayitno, a political observer from the Syarif Hidayatullah Islamic State University (UIN) in Jakarta, says there is an impression th

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – National Police Chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo on Tuesday acknowledged significant shortcomings in the force's performance throughout 2025 and issued a publ

Jakarta – A chicken carcass was sent to the home of Greenpeace Indonesia Climate and Energy Campaign Manager Iqbal Damanik on Tuesday December 30.

Jakarta – Four defendants who are being tried in Jakarta on charges of allegedly inciting the August 2025 demonstrations plan to go on a hunger strike until the entire trial process con

Antara, Jakarta – A senior immigration official recently revealed that the government had begun accepting applications for the Global Citizenship of Indonesia (GCI) program, which would

Maretha Uli, Jakarta – Protections for indigenous people's rights in Indonesia have seen little progress throughout 2025, with legislation in favor of local communities stalled and repr

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Indonesia's economic resilience is currently low, edging towards fragile, the Bright Institute reported.

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – Research firm Center of Reform on Economics (CORE) estimates that the cost of restoring physical infrastructure across three disaster-hit provinces in

Sekadau, Indonesia – Children's laughter skimmed over water the color of mud as mothers wrung laundry over banks where the Sekadau joins the Kapuas, the longest river in Indonesia.

Alfitria Nefi Pratiwi, Jakarta – The Central Administrator of the Indonesian Association of Agricultural Economics, Khudori, considers the government's decision to halt sugar imports in

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – Indonesia is considering easing restrictions on live cattle imports to secure domestic meat supplies, while moving to tighten controls on frozen beef imports to b

Candle Heiner Rogaga, Manado – A fire tore through a nursing home in Manado, North Sulawesi, late Sunday, killing 16 elderly residents, authorities said.

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Those who criticized the way floods were handled in Aceh, West Sumatra, and North Sumatra reportedly faced various forms of digital repression.

Grace Gandhi, Jakarta – The exchange rate of the Indonesian rupiah against the U.S.

Antara, Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – Bali Governor I Wayan Koster recently attributed the decline in the year-end domestic travelers to a shortage of planes.

Alfitria Nefi Pratiwi, Jakarta – The Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs, Zulkifli Hasan, plans to set a single highest retail price (HET) for rice nationwide.

Ni Made Tasyarani, Jakarta – Indonesia's textile products will not be exempt from United States tariffs despite earlier talks seeking exemptions for several key commodities, according t

Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta – The government has granted special sentence reductions to 16,078 prisoners, including juvenile inmates, during the Christmas season, a move officials said wou

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The death toll from floods and landslides that hit Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra at the tail-end of November continues to rise.

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Said Iqbal, Labor Party President, claimed police obstructed the access for hundreds of workers to rally in front of the State Palace on Monday, December 29.

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has transferred 1,882 high-risk inmates from prisons across the country to the maximum-security correctional complex on Nusakambangan Island,

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia's electric vehicle penetration has surpassed that of the United States for the first time, marking a major milestone in the country's clean-energy t

Sui-Lee Wee – In a remote corner of the island of Borneo on a recent Monday, a runner breezed down the middle of a freshly paved six-lane road. There was no traffic.

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) will hold a protest to reject the determination of the 2026 provincial minimum wage (UMP).

Wahyu Wilopo, Indonesia – In 2004, Aceh was hardest hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami. In 2025, Indonesia's most disaster-aware province was among the worst hit by floods.

Alfitria Nefi Pratiwi, Jakarta – A total of 36 governors have announced the 2026 provincial minimum wage (UMP) as of Saturday, December 26, 2025.

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The Nusantara Capital City (IKN) Authority recorded a surge in public visits to the Nusantara central government district (KIPP) during the Christmas and New Ye

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – The floods and landslides that swept northern Sumatra last month serve as important lessons on the vital role of climate science in handling hydrometeorological

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – A coalition of Indonesian civil society groups has condemned what it described as repressive actions and the use of violence by Indonesian National Arme

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Activists in Indonesia's Aceh province have alleged that security forces assaulted members of a humanitarian convoy in North Aceh on Thursday night, Dec

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – PT Pertamina Internasional EP (PIEP), a subsidiary of Pertamina Hulu Energi's upstream subholding, has shipped 1 million barrels of crude oil from Algeria to In

Jakarta – A number of civil society groups and organisations have criticised the alleged violence and repressive actions by Indonesian Military (TNI) officers against a demonstration by

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – Lecturer of the Master of Disaster Science program at Syiah Kuala University in Aceh, Teuku Alvisyahrin, has warned that the recent disasters affecting three

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, confirmed that Indonesia's textile products are not exempt from U.S. import tariffs.

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Personnel from the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) have been accused of using violence against civilians involved in a humanitarian aid convoy to

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – The Indonesian Trade Union Confederation, or KSPI, has expressed disappointment over Jakarta's 2026 minimum wage hike, as workers feel that Rp 5.73 million (aroun

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The Executive Director of Amnesty International Indonesia, Usman Hamid, has called for an independent investigation into violence by the Indonesian National

Jakarta – The national car is a recurring dream of the Indonesian government. Appearing in every regime, proposals for a national car end in uncertainty and then fade away.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto and US President Donald Trump are expected to sign a landmark reciprocal trade agreement within the next month, a deal welcomed

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Aceh Governor Muzakir Manaf has officially extended the disaster emergency response status for all regencies and cities hit by floods and landslides last

Amroe, South Tapanuli, North Sumatra – At a church in South Tapanuli, North Sumatra, dozens of worshippers sang hymns at a Christmas service, gathered together for their first service s

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – A parliamentary commission is drafting a proposal to establish a new disaster management ministry, aiming to address coordination failures exposed by recent fl

Bangun Santoso and Faqih Fathurrahman – Repressive actions by the authorities against a convoy of humanitarian volunteers who wanted to distribute aid for flood victims in Krueng Mane,

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and the police dispersed a group of people flying the banned Free Aceh Movement (GAM) flag in Meunasah Mee Village, Mua

Eva Fitriani, Jakarta – Palm oil issuers are expected to enjoy a good year in 2026, according to analysts, amid a likely uptrend in production and prices.

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesia has deployed 1,500 additional police personnel to strengthen disaster response efforts in flood- and landslide-hit areas of Sumatra, as senior

Jakarta – An Indonesian Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) patrol vessel arrived safely in North Aceh carrying 92.2 tonnes of disaster relief aid on Tuesday.

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – Professor Syartinilia, a landscape management expert at IPB University, stated that Sumatra has the highest trend of biodiversity loss in Indonesia.

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – Indonesia's largest Islamic organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), has reached a breakthrough in its internal leadership dispute, with rival camps agreeing to hold an