Theressia Silalahi, Jakarta – Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka called for deeper economic ties with Africa during the Indonesia – Africa CEO Forum 2025 in Johannesburg, where he co

Antara, Jakarta – The Immigration and Correctional Affairs Ministry on Wednesday introduced the Global Citizenship of Indonesia (GCI) program, a new residency policy designed to resolve

Shela Octavia, Dita Angga Russa, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition is asking President Prabowo Subianto to issue a Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) to cancel the revise

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – Indonesia's electric vehicle (EV) industry is accelerating rapidly, with total investments across electric buses, passenger EVs, and two- and three-wheelers reach

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – Indonesia has fallen short of its renewable energy targets for the past nine years, raising concerns about the nation's ability to achieve net-zero emissions by

Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – The Ombudsman of the Republic of Indonesia has concluded that national efforts to prevent human trafficking remain inadequate.

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – The Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (Safenet), a civil society organization advocating for digital rights, has warned that the new system from the

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – The Ministry of Human Rights has spoken up about the new Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP), which was ratified by Parliament on Wednesday, November 19, 20

Adinda Jasmine, Jakarta – The government of the United Kingdom declared its support for Timor Leste after the country was officially accepted as the 11th member of ASEAN at the 47th ASE

Zacharias Wuragil, Jakarta – The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belem, Brazil, concluded on November 21, 2025.

M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – Indonesia produced 822,000 four-wheeled vehicles between January and September 2025, the Ministry of Industry reported.

Harumbi Prastya Hidayahningrum, Alfi Dinilhaq, Jakarta – The Manpower Ministry will bring in governors, mayors, and regents to discuss the country's new provincial minimum wage (UMP) fo

Jakarta – Thousands of residents in Riau province palm oil belt protested on Thursday against the takeover of their plantations by the government's forestry task force, an organizer tol

Stephanie Lidya Nashirah Suprapto – In early October, President Prabowo Subianto swore in Irene (who uses only one name) as Indonesia's first deputy ambassador to China.

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Police, in cooperation with the Financial Services Authority (OJK), has uncovered two illegal online lending platforms called Dompet Sele

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – The Directorate General of Digital Space Supervision at the Ministry of Communication and Digital (Komdigi) has officially notified 25 private electronic

Antara, Jakarta – The Directorate General of Taxation at the Ministry of Finance has collected Rp11.48 trillion from tax defaulters as of November 19, 2025.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka is about to make his global forum debut at G20 Johannesburg Summit this weekend.

Jakarta – The death toll from landslides in two regions of Indonesia's Central Java rose to 30 as rescue efforts continued, the country's disaster mitigation agency said on Friday.

Aida Uli, Jayapura – The Papuan Council of Churches (PCC) has recorded that as of October 2025 the number of refugees in various regions of Papua has reached 103,218.

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Indonesia's Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa has explained the rationale behind the government's latest move to inject an additional Rp76 trillion

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya – New research has found that the air in several major Indonesian cities is contaminated with microplastics, posing threats to public health and the envir

Danu Damarjati, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition has responded to remarks by the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission III chairperson who called them lazy in assessing to the

Alfitria Nefi Pratiwi, Jakarta – The Chair of the Indonesian Retailers and Mall Lessee Association (Hippindo), Budihardjo Iduansjah, has requested the Ministry of Tourism to promote the

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The Indonesian Economic Alliance (AEI) expressed a number of criticisms against the sovereign wealth fund Daya Anagata Nusantara or Danantara Indonesia.

Shradha Triveni – Indonesia's environmental issues often feel too vast to take in at once.

Agencies, Jakarta – Hundreds of people stayed in temporary shelters Thursday after a volcano in East Java erupted, damaging houses and a school, with around 190 people evacuated from it

Indonesia – Indonesia's Constitutional Court has issued a landmark ruling prohibiting active police officers from holding civilian government positions.

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – Anindita Wirawan, a 40-year-old mother of three in South Jakarta, is among the many parents voicing renewed alarm over bullying after a string of recent cases acr

Aida Ulim, Jayapura – PT Freeport Indonesia workers who were laid off (PHK) in 2017 are demanding that the company immediately fulfill their rights, and convey the Inspectorate's findin

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – CEO of state-owned electricity firm PLN, Darmawan Prasodjo, stated that the company has prepared pilot projects for Waste-to-Energy Plants (PLTSa) at seven loca

Iim Halimatusa'diyah and Ary Hermawan – Are the two largest Islamic organisations in Indonesia losing their ability to uphold and guide civil society?

Indah Handayani, Jakarta – Indonesia – the country with the largest nickel reserves in the world – is increasingly importing ore from the Philippines to keep domestic smelters running,

Sri Wahyuni, Makassar, Indonesia – For years, Rahma paid a monthly rate for water that never flowed to her home in eastern Indonesia's largest urban area, here where the Tallo River mee

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Cucun Ahmad Syamsurijal claimed that nutritionists in Indonesia are scarce and insufficient to meet the needs of

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – The head of the National Nutrition Agency, Dadan Hindayana, reveals the plan to export waste cooking oil, or used cooking oil, to Singapore.

Indonesia, West Papua – On 19 November 2025, judges at the Makassar District Court in Makassar City, South Sulawesi Province, sentenced four Papuan political prisoners from Sorong City

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – The Ministry of Manpower is still finalizing the government regulation (PP) regarding Indonesia's 2026 minimum wage.

Defara Dhanya, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Digital (Komdigi) revealed that the majority of online gambling sites use content delivery network infrastructure o

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – The Financial Services Authority (OJK) has officially classified bank accounts with no deposits, withdrawals, or balance checks for more than 1,800 days – roug

A couple of months ago Bali experienced its worst floods in more than a decade. They came at the peak of the dry season.

Defara Dhanya, Jakarta – The Indonesian peatland and environment watchdog Pantau Gambut's Research Manager, Muhammad Syafiq Gumilang, doubts the country's approach to advance simultaneo

Seth Soderborg & Burhanuddin Muhtadi – On 23 September 2025, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto offered an audacious speech to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Manpower Minister Yassierli announced that Indonesia's 2026 minimum wage is still being reviewed, with the government preparing a new regulation to gov

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – An upper respiratory infection outbreak that has killed five children and sickened hundreds of members of the Talang Mamak Indigenous tribe in Indragiri Hulu

Jakarta – With much of the country suffering from the impacts of global heating, verging on boiling, citizens are rightly expecting the government to deliver a genuinely ambitious pledg

Mitra Tarigan, Jakarta – The Director of Non-Communicable Diseases at the Indonesian Ministry of Health, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, said that the problem of diabetes has a significant impact.

Kurniawan Arif Maspul – Timor-Leste's accession to ASEAN this week came with a boom: not just a new flag at the summit in Kuala Lumpur, but a live demonstration of how great-power polit

Agencies, Jakarta – Semeru volcano erupted on Wednesday and the country's volcanology agency increased the alert level of Java Island's tallest mountain to the highest.

Duncan Graham – "All power flows from the barrel of a gun," said Mao Zedong. His aphorism may have been right a century ago in China, but not in modern Indonesia.