Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta – Indonesian manufacturers are feeling the pinch, as a weakening rupiah exchange rate against the United States dollar and a surge in oil prices lead to higher

Diamanty Meiliana, Jakarta – The Islamic Brotherhood Front (FPI), the 212 Alumni Brotherhood (PA 212) and the National Movement to Safeguard the Fatwas of the Ulema (GNPF Ulama) fully s

Jakarta – The changing tide of the rupiah's interaction with the United States dollar has put Bank Indonesia (RI) between a rock and a hard place.

Jakarta – The campaign team of president-elect Prabowo Subianto has urged supporters to cancel a street protest planned for Friday in anticipation of the Constitutional Court's verdict

Jakarta – Indonesia's trade surplus is estimated to have widened in March as imports were seen easing from a seasonally high demand in the prior month, a Reuters poll showed on F

Jakarta – One of Indonesia's largest parties, the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) has confirmed that it will nominate new candidates instead of Anies Baswedan for the upcoming

Jakarta – Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi stated that the people's movement during the 2024 Eid al-Fitr homecoming and return flow was recorded at more than 242 million.

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, revealed tech giant Apple's plans for a substantial investment i

Deasy Simandjuntak – In February's presidential race, the use of religion as a motivator to get votes seemingly declined in North Sumatra.

Jakarta – When he officially takes the helm of Singapore on May 15, Lawrence Wong will owe a debt to his predecessor Lee Hsien Loong, the outgoing prime minister, and the country's two

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia will need a total investment of at least Rp 7,130 trillion ($440.8 billion) to attain economic growth of up to 5.6 percent next year, a governme

Taufiq Hanafi – Mr Hanafi is responding to Max Lane's Fulcrum, published on 18 March 2024, on the success of "Eksil", the documentary about ten exiled Indonesians discussing Suharto's p

Jakarta – More than 10,000 Indonesian civil servants will move to Nusantara in September, marking the first phase of inhabiting the country's new capital in East Kalimantan as developme

Resty Woro Yuniar – A new report alleges that miners in Indonesia's nickel hub of Sulawesi, some tied to Chinese electric vehicles battery manufacturers, cleared protected forests at a

Jakarta (Agencies) – Authorities in North Sulawesi shut an international airport and evacuated hundreds of people from the vicinity of the Ruang volcano after it belched explosive plume

Jakarta (Agencies) – Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said China and Indonesia had agreed to strengthen cooperation and bilateral relations, after a meeting with China Foreign Minister Wa

Antara, Denpasar – The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) discovered that the glacier's thickness atop Puncak Jaya, Papua, decreased by about four meters, or 66 perc

Thomas Rizal, Jakarta – The Anti-Mafia Task Force (Satgas) for Football is investigating allegations of match-fixing in the Indonesian Liga 1 match between Bhayangkara FC and Persik Ked

Antara, Jakarta – According to data from OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited, a travel intelligence agency based in London, Soekarno-Hatta Airport (Soetta) claimed the title of the busiest a

Harkristuti Harkrisnowo – Indonesia's recent election results have sparked controversy and raised questions about the integrity of the Indonesian electoral process.

Laila Afifa, Jakarta – Many Islamic boarding schools are operating without permits. There needs to be standardization of these religious educational institutions.

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Deputy Chair of Commission IX of the House of Representatives (DPR), Kurniasih Mufidayati, highlighted the case of the dismissal of 249 non-civil servants hea

Jakarta – Defense minister and president-elect Prabowo Subianto on Thursday held a meeting with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who arrived in Jakarta for bilateral talks wit

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – Pastor Gilbert Lumoindong has been officially reported to the Jakarta Metro Police for a sermon addressing prayer and almsgiving in Islam (Zakat).

Dina Indrasafitri – Circa 1999, I sat on the floor in a poorly lit house on the outskirts of Jakarta, still in my grey-and-white high-school uniform.

Jakarta – Indonesia's economy was primed for monetary easing later this year, but an unwelcome plunge in its currency is complicating matters for Bank Indonesia and could force it to gr

Antara, Jakarta – State Apparatus and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Abdullah Azwar Anas has announced the first batch of 38 ministries and institutions set to be relocated to Indonesia's

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – On Wednesday April 17 the Indonesian Lawyers Association in America (IALA) submitted an amicus curiae in relation to the 2024 presidential election (Pilpres) dispu

Jakarta – A volcano erupted several times in North Sulawesi overnight Wednesday, forcing hundreds of people to be evacuated after it spewed lava and a column of smoke more than a mile i

Jakarta – The faithful gathered in an imposing modernist building, thousands of men in skullcaps and women in veils sitting shoulder to shoulder.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – South Korean automobile giant Hyundai has ended an agreement with Adaro Minerals, a subsidiary of Indonesia's second-largest coal miner, PT Adaro Energy, t

Jaka Hendra Baittri, Vinolia Ahmad, South Pesisir, Indonesia – Bendri lived with his wife and child just 80 meters, or 260 feet, back from the Surantih Mudiak Dalam River, which flows f

Antara, Jakarta – The government has reversed its decision to restrict imported goods carried by air passengers due to public outcry.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government is planning to review energy subsidies later this year, according to Chief Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto.

Jakarta – Prospective legislators need to spend large amounts of money to garner votes in increasingly transactional elections. A simpler system is needed.

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta (Antara) – Presidential candidate number three Ganjar Pranowo believes that the submission of amicus curiae or "friends of the court" by Indonesia's Fifth

Authorities in Indonesia have issued a tsunami alert after a volcano erupted five times in the province of North Sulawesi, spewing a column of smoke more than a mile into the sky and fo

Jakarta – Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) chairman Kaesang Pangarep, the youngest son of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, has said that his wife Erina Gudono will not run for Sleman re

Resty Woro Yuniar – Reports that Indonesia is considering establishing diplomatic relations with Israel as a way of securing membership to the OECD club of nations have been outright re

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – On Tuesday April 16 the faculty of Law Student Executive Councils (BEM FH) from the Gajah Mada University (UGM), the Diponegoro University (Undip), the Padjadjaran

Melbourne – Bank Indonesia (BI) stepped in to support the rupiah after the currency weakened past 16,000 per US dollar for the first time in four years.

Jakarta – Hyundai Motor Company's recent withdrawal from an agreement with PT Adaro Minerals Indonesia (Adaro) following calls from climate activists should give us pause.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – President-elect Prabowo Subianto's legal team expressed confidence on Tuesday that the motion challenging the presidential election result will be dismissed by

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Further escalation in the Middle East conflict could pose multi-layered economic risks to Indonesia, ranging from further capital outflows to weaker gross domest

Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has identified Ahmad Muhdlor Ali, also known as Gus Muhdlor, as a suspect in a corruption case involving the Region

Yustinus Patris Paat, Jakarta – Chairman of the National Democratic (Nasdem) Party's Central Executive Board, Willy Aditya, pledges to honor the Constitutional Court's decision on the 2

Trissia Wijaya – Indonesia's president-elect, Prabowo Subianto, committed to deepening relations with China in a meeting with President Xi Jinping on Monday, 1 April.

Hendro Situmorang, Jakarta – Golkar Party Chairman Airlangga Hartarto received explicit support for reelection from the party's youth wing AMPI on Tuesday, following remarkable results

Yustinus Paat & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The legal team representing President-elect Prabowo Subianto on Tuesday submitted their responses to accusations of election fraud filed b

Antara, Jakarta – Member of the General Elections Commission (KPU) Idham Holik said that the Constitutional Court or MK's decision on the presidential election dispute, which will be re