Matt Brann – Northern Australia's live export trade to Indonesia is in limbo as the cattle industry waits for its biggest market to issue import permits for 2024.

Ankur Banerjee, Singapore – Indonesian markets, after a period of relative calm, are showing signs of concern about the prospect of a drawn out national election and the possibility of

Donny Iqbal, Bogor, Indonesia – At the age of 60, Siti Salamah started making changes at her family home in the city of Bogor, just south of Jakarta, Indonesia's capital.

Johannes Nugroho – Indonesia's ambitious goal to become a digital nation has prompted scepticism over the purported benefits of technology and Jakarta's capacity to implement initiative

Adi Warsono, Bekasi – Dozens of Commuter Line or KRL users laid flowers on the broken escalator at Bekasi Station on Wednesday evening, Jan. 31.

Aryo Putranto Saptohutomo, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's policy of handing out a flood of various types of social aid (bansos) is seen as being a form of transactional poli

Jakarta – Academic communities and students from a number of Indonesian campuses have banded together to issue statements criticising Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo ahead of

Dani Prabowo, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has recorded that 268 human rights defenders were victims of attacks throughout 2023, and that they came from a variety of backgr

Jakarta – A Kamisan (Thursday) action today touched on the presidential and vice presidential ticket number 2 of Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto and President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's e

Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has launched an investigation into Sigma Cipta Caraka (SCC), a subsidiary of the state-run telecommunication compan

Monique Handa Shafira, Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reported a year-on-year inflation rate of 2.57 percent and a month-to-month rate of 0.04% for January 2024, in line

Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto used to crack heads; now he busts moves. The favourite to win Indonesia's presidential election on February 14th stands accused of many past abuses.

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Jakarta Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) chairperson, Diana Dewi, criticized the recent policy of the provincial government to increase the vehicle fue

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Presidential candidate number 02 Prabowo Subianto has again stressed that the downstream program, including the nickel downstream project, plays a pivotal role

Savero Aristia Wienanto, Yudono Yanuar, Jakarta – Almas Tsaqibbirru has stirred up controversy again.

Parliza Hendrawan, Jakarta – PT Pertamina Hulu Rokan (PHR) Regional Sumatra has made another discovery of hydrocarbons, which is a sign that there is petroleum.

Yoga Eka Sahputra, Jakarta – The head of Batam Development Board or BP Batam Muhammad Rudi, responded to Ombudsman's investigation on alleged maladministration in Rempang Eco-City.

Elodie Jakes, Jakarta – Digital research firm Populix discovered that Generation Z voters, who are predominantly first-time voters, hold high hopes for the presidential candidates, whil

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia recently announced it would import three sets of Chinese trains worth totaling Rp 783 billion or approximately $49.7 million.

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto said he would dedicate his life to serving the Indonesian people.

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto recently said that people should keep an eye on the voting stations to prevent any rigging.

Yogyakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Tuesday continued his tour of the Central Java region where he inaugurated seven new roads connecting a number of small cities in Yogyakar

Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto recently earned more support for his presidential bid.

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesia holds the sixth position among ASEAN countries in Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2023.

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – The Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Project, currently in progress in Mataram, Pontianak, and Semarang, will receive a $419.6 million (Rp 6.6 trillion) l

Jakarta – Vice presidential candidate Gibran Rakabuming Raka revealed the possibility of discontinuing the Farmer's Card (Kartu Tani) program if he and Prabowo Subianto won the 2024 ele

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – The government is facing fresh calls to evaluate the public health and socioeconomic impacts of the country's widespread use of coal-fired power plants as it mov

Jakarta – The active participation of Indonesia in supporting South Africa's lawsuit against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has won accolades both at home and overse

Mutia Yuantisya, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detained another suspect in the alleged corruption scandal at the Manpower Ministry.

Jakarta (Agencies) – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs and vice presidential candidate Mahfud MD on Wednesday said that he would tender his resignation to

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said that controlling volatile food prices, including rice, chilies and onions, is one of the government's main focuses to curb infl

Stevani Wijaya, Jakarta – The National Police's Traffic Corps (Korlantas) has implemented "ZZ" as the new identifier for VIP license plates exclusively designated for high-ranking state

Ian Wilson, Singapore – When, during Indonesia's first presidential debate on Dec 12 last year, candidate Anies Baswedan remarked that people had lost faith in Indonesia's democratic pr

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indonesian government's freedom-of-information clearinghouse has ordered state-owned electricity utility PLN to disclose emissions data for some of the

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Clara Maria Tjandra Dewi H., Jakarta – PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KAI Commuter) apologized for the disruption to Commuter Line services this morning due to flooding on the upstream a

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – Presidential candidate number 3 Ganjar Pranowo claimed that he received reports from regional heads regarding intervention to not support him in the upcoming pr

Jakarta – Bank Mandiri announced on Wednesday that it had achieved a record-high net profit of Rp 55.1 trillion ($3.5 billion) in 2023, reflecting robust growth of 33.7 percent year-on-

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Yohanes Maharso, Defara Dhanya, Jakarta – Suharso Monoarfa, Minister of National Development Planning/Head of Bappenas, denied the notion that investors are hesitant to invest in Nusant

Yohana Belinda, Jakarta – The increased distribution of subsidized fertilizer has done little to improve agricultural production in the country, industry players and experts say, noting

Jack Moore – Joko Widodo has led Indonesia for a nearly a decade pledging to do things differently, but he stands accused of manoeuvring to build his own political dynasty in next month

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto will not bring back the tax amnesty program and instead aims to enhance the tax ratio as a means to increase sta

Su-Lin Tan, Singapore – The Australian government has pledged A$35 million (US$23 million) towards supporting East Timor's policing services and another A$4 million (US$2.6 million) in

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) assessed that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has failed to contribute to strengthening the anti-corruption agenda.

Jakarta – When we reflect, in the years ahead, on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's decade in power, we may recall it as a Big Bang for the country's infrastructure – with all of that co

Johannes Nugroho – The arrest of an Indonesian social media celebrity for her alleged involvement in an adult film ring has again sparked debate over the Muslim-majority country's stric

Officials in Indonesia's tourism hotspot of Bali are on the hunt for a British influencer after she took a swipe at the island's "unbearable" traffic and called the famous Kuta beach "a

Aisyah Llewellyn – Families and friends of those who died in a deadly bomb attack in Bali in Indonesia that killed 202 people and injured another 200 have expressed shock and anger afte

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – West Sumatra and West Java have joined Bali in implementing an entertainment tax of less than 40 percent for establishments like nightclubs, karaoke spots