Ima Caldwell – A large industrial zone on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, is grappling with radioactive contamination after a government taskforce found traces of the hazardous iso

Chandra Adi Nurwidya, Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia defended the government's plan to mandate a 10 percent ethanol blend in gasoline, or E10, saying

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia is currently running road tests on B50, the biodiesel containing a 50 percent palm oil blend, as the country wishes to stop buying foreign diesel

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The Director-General of Economic and Fiscal Strategy at the Indonesian Ministry of Finance, Febrio Kacaribu, said that the World Bank lacks a comprehensive unde

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – The sovereign wealth fund Danantara will finance the Merah Putih rural cooperatives, according to a minister, as Indonesia seeks to boost its grassroots econom

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Indonesia's workforce is projected to grow strongly over the upcoming decade, but new research from the World Bank and Morgan Stanley finds the country is strugg

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia said the mining policy for cooperatives and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs)

Septia Ryanthie, Jakarta – Cases of suspected poisoning from the free nutritious meal (MBG) in Indonesia have occurred again.

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – A person claiming to be the notorious hacker known as Bjorka has recently leaked data belonging to the Indonesian National Police.

Antara, Jakarta – The response to the spread of Cesium-137 radioactive contamination in the Cikande modern industrial area, Serang, Banten, has entered a critical new phase.

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) asserts that promotions and job rotations within the military adhere to the principles of meritocracy and professionali

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia – while being friends with all – has to compete with other ASEAN nations for foreign direct investments (FDI), particularly high-quality ones tha

Jakarta – The House of Representatives has called on the Indonesian Military (TNI) to review safety procedures for its public military demonstrations, following the deaths of two soldie

Widi Agustian, Jakarta – Indonesia's coffee exports continue to gain traction in global markets, signaling stronger competitiveness among local small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – A total of 27 prisoners detained at the Jakarta Metro Police have formed a union after one prisoner was tortured in jail.

Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta – Indonesia has pushed back its peak emissions target by five years to 2035, prompting officials to raise doubts over the country's ability to reach net zero by

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – The World Bank has raised Indonesia's economic growth forecast to 4.8 percent in 2025, up slightly from its previous projection of 4.7 percent in April.

Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – As a long-standing supporter of Palestine, Indonesia must more clearly affirm its backing, experts say, warning that Jakarta's recent efforts to balance Israel

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – Indonesia will need a staggering $784 billion (Rp 13,032 trillion) in investment to achieve 8 percent annual economic growth by 2029, Investment Minister Rosan Pe

Erta Darwati, Jakarta – Indonesia's sovereign investment arm, Danantara, will channel $1.84?billion (Rp?30.5?trillion) into national carrier Garuda Indonesia (GIAA) through a combinatio

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – The Investment and Downstream Industrialization Ministry warned that ongoing fuel shortages at several private gas station networks could hurt investor confide

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The Association of Indonesian Mining Professionals (Perhapi) says the plan to allow cooperatives to manage mining operations poses several challenges.

Antara, Jakarta – Governor of Bali, Wayan Koster, agrees with 18 other governors who conveyed their aspirations regarding the transfer of funds to regional governments to the Minister o

Antara, Jakarta – The President Director of Indonesia's PT Pertamina (Persero), Simon Aloysius Mantiri, has responded to comments from Minister of Finance Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa regarding

Dewi Rina Cahyani, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has called on all parties to reject the Israeli artistic gymnastics team, which is rumored to be competing in Indonesia f

Maretha Uli, Jakarta – An independent public monitoring body named Free Nutritious Meal Watch has been launched amid mounting public unease over the government's continued rollout of it

Antara, Jakarta – North Jakarta's Intercultural School (NJIS) received a bomb threat early Wednesday, but police confirmed no explosives or suspicious items were found after a full secu

Zacharias Wuragil, Jakarta – A total of 29 civil society organizations are demanding that the European Union reject any proposed postponement of the European Union Deforestation Regulat

Indonesia – On 19 August 2025, eight civil society organisations, one individual, and twelve victims of National Strategic Projects (PSN) filed a judicial review petition at Indonesia's

Muhammad Farhan, Jakarta – The government recently revealed that it had provided free healthcare for as many as 96 million Indonesians, particularly those coming from poor households, a

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – The Indonesian government on Tuesday pledged to build more bridges in North Kalimantan, following reports that many residents in the border province prefer

Hanaa Septiana, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Public Works Dody Hanggodo visited the location of the collapse of Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School (pesantren) in Buduran, Sidoarjo,

Agencies, Jakarta – The search for victims of last week's East Java school collapse ended on Tuesday with the death toll climbing to 67, an official said.

Andree Surianta and Hasran – Fuel shortages at private retailers such as Shell, Vivo, and BP-AKR in recent weeks has caught public attention.

Jakarta – A number of inter-band musicians and people's movement networks have declared their solidarity with the pro-democracy activists who are still being detained by police, four of

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Indonesia's counterterrorism unit, Densus 88, has arrested four suspected terrorists in separate operations across West Sumatra and North Sumatra.

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – As food poisoning cases linked to President Prabowo Subianto's flagship free nutritious meal program continue to spread across the country, public concern is moun

Antara, Jakarta – The government recently revealed that the World Bank would back Indonesia's village development program with a new $800 million funding pledge.

Alfi Dinilhaq, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves fell to $148.7 billion at the end of September 2025, down from $150.7 billion in August, according to a report released by

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – A civil society coalition argues that President Prabowo Subianto is misdiagnosing the root problem in the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) promotions and jo

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto on Sunday led a large anniversary celebration of the Indonesian Military (TNI), marking its 80th year with a grand parade, even as fears

Alfi Dinilhaq, Bandung – In an era when most governments struggle to make bureaucrats more accountable, West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi believes he has found an unconventional solution:

Jakarta – A number of people held a demonstration in front of the United States Embassy in Central Jakarta today where they called for Palestinian independence and opposed the Israeli g

Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – The South Jakarta District Court has set a preliminary hearing date for Lokataru Foundation Director Delpedro Marhaen Rismansyah and three other suspec

Indonesia, West Papua – The arbitrary detention of Mr Son Balingga, a civilian wrongfully arrested in Yahukimo on 5 August 2025, has now exceeded 120 days without any evidence linking h

Intan Setiawanty, Jakarta – Three years after the Kanjuruhan tragedy in Indonesia, the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has emphasized that the state should not forget i

Chesa Andini Saputra, Jakarta – As debates flare up over the ethanol content in Pertamina's fuel, the Indonesian Oil and Gas Companies Association (Aspermigas) reminded consumers that s

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A major palm oil producer linked through supplier-reported mill lists to global brands like General Mills and PepsiCo has escaped sanction for allegedly co

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta -The findings of the Indonesian National Nutrition Agency's (BGN) independent investigation identifying nitrite contamination as the cause of food poisoning in t

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry/Environmental Management Agency (KLH/BPLH) has thwarted the entry of 73 illegal containers of electronic was