Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – For years, Mikael Ane, an Indigenous farmer from the island of Flores in eastern Indonesia, has faced prison not for harming the environment, but for tryin

Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia confirmed on Thursday that it was his decision to remove South Korea's LG Energy Solution from a high-profil

Septia Ryanthie, Sukoharjo – Around 1,300 former employees of PT Sri Rejeki Isman Textile Tbk. (Sritex) have been rehired by a company leasing Sritex's assets.

Ni Made Tasyarani, Jakarta – Property developers have proposed a rent-to-own scheme as a way to ease homeownership access for workers in the informal sector.

Yurike Metriani, Jakarta – Social Security Forum (Jamsos) of labor and worker unions want the government to reconsider the single-tier inpatient care system in the national health insur

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) has identified contaminated raw ingredients and poor hygiene as key causes behind food poisoning incidents reported

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Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – The deputy chief of Presidential Staff, Muhammad Qodari, said President Prabowo Subianto's administration has introduced an economic democracy transforma

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts Indonesia's unemployment rate will reach 5 percent in 2025.

Jakarta – Culture Minister Fadli Zon's plan to launch a newly rewritten history of Indonesia by Aug.

Amelia Rahima Sari, Jakarta – Representatives of online motorcycle taxi drivers, or ojol, held a meeting with the Ministry of Human Rights, during which a dozen members of the National

Adhyasta Dirgantara, Dani Prabowo, Jakarta – 98 activist and Central Tapanuli Regent Masinton Pasaribu says that labour figure Marsinah is more deserving of the title of national hero t

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Chinese nickel material manufacturer Huayou is set to break ground on its Indonesian electric vehicle (EV) battery ecosystem project by August, thus offici

Wawan Kurniawan, Tangerang – Indonesian authorities have seized millions of illegally imported tools and hardware products from China, with an estimated value of Rp 18 billion (approx.

Responding to the arrests of dozens of students who held a demonstration in front of the Jakarta City Hall commemorating 27 years of reformasi – the political reform process that began

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – The government has once again reduced the number of inmates eligible for amnesty.

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – The National Police (Polri) have concluded their investigation into allegations that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo used a fake university diploma, decl

Tim Lindsey (The Conversation) – Making Jakarta their first overseas destination has become a set piece for newly elected Australian prime ministers dating back to John Howard in 1996.

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Economist Bright Institute Awalil Rizky stated that the online motorcycle taxi industry, or ride-hailing, is expanding not only because of technological innovatio

Iim Halimatusa'diyah – It is not clear that some of Indonesia's renewable energy projects are designed with the people in mind.

Stefani Wijaya, Jakarta – Indonesia's Manpower Ministry launched the 2025 National Job Fair on Thursday, offering more than 53,000 job opportunities amid persistently high youth unemplo

Wahyu Chandra – Hundreds of protesters, including young and Indigenous peoples from three coastal villages, have demanded the closure of sand dredging in Indonesia's West Sulawesi over

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Presidential envoy Hashim Djojohadikusumo said Wednesday that Indonesia didn't want to heavily rely on foreign investment for the country's housing program

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – A total of 93 individuals were arrested by the police during a demonstration commemorating the 27th anniversary of the reformation in front of Jakarta C

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday issued a stern ultimatum to government officials and regulators, demanding an overhaul of

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Devy Ernis, Jakarta – A number of '98 activists gathered at the JS Luwansa Hotel in South Jakarta on Wednesday May 21 for a cross-generation activist workshop tit

Jakarta – Manpower Minister Yassierli said on Tuesday that he had dismissed several officials who were implicated in a bribery case involving the foreign workers utilization plan (RPTKA

Anisa Fauziah, Jakarta – Former investigator of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Yudi Purnomo, warned that threats and terror against anti-corruption officers are becoming m

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia has revised down its economic growth projection for 2025 to a range of 4.6 to 5.4 percent, citing weaker global growth and slower-than-expe

Linda Trianita, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has addressed recent claims that the PeduliLindungi website was hacked and redirected to an online gambling site.

Yovanda Noni, Jakarta – A severe shortage of non-subsidized fuels, specifically Pertamax and Pertamax Turbo, has hit several public gas stations (SPBUs) in Balikpapan since Sunday, May

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – The board of supervisors of the Social Security Agency (BPJS) for Employment predicts that 280 thousand workers will face layoffs in Indonesia throughout this y

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – PT Telkom Indonesia Tbk (IDX: TLKM) has addressed the alleged fictitious financing case from the 2016 to 2018 period, which is currently under investigation by

Evi Mariani – Every World Press Freedom Day, journalists in Indonesia hold celebrations and reflect n their profession.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.5 percent during its Board of Governors Meeting held on May 20-21, marking its firs

Jamal Abdun Nashr, Demak – Floods have inundated 12 villages in Demak Regency, Central Java, since Sunday, May 18, 2025.

Jakarta – Around 50 Trisakti University students were arrested by police in Jakarta on Wednesday May 21 while holding a demonstration to commemorate the 27th anniversary of reformasi an

Oyuk Ivani Siagian, Jakarta – The Jakarta Metro Police have arrested 12 members of mass organizations (ormas) for engaging in thuggery.

Jakarta – Despite initially aiming to cut costs, the 2024 simultaneous elections turned out to be highly expensive, Deputy Home Affairs Minister Bima Arya Sugiarto has revealed.

Jakarta – Migrant Workers Protection Minister Abdul Kadir Karding warned prospective interns to be cautious of Japan's so-called "cheap labor" schemes.

Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – Rights activists and historians gathered at the House of Representatives complex in Senayan, Jakarta, on Monday to demand lawmakers reject the government's con

Hanif Musyaffa, Jakarta – Transmigration Minister Muhammad Iftitah Sulaiman Suryanegara on Monday pitched the Prabowo Subianto administration's revamped transmigration agenda during a v

Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto's recent visits to Southeast Asian neighbors have yet to dispel concerns over his lack of engagement with ASEAN as an institution, a

Jakarta – Speaker of the House of Representatives Puan Maharani has warned Culture Minister Fadli Zon, who currently leads the job of rewriting Indonesia's national history, against wha

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – The research group, Institute for Demographic and Affluence Studies (IDEAS), has estimated that the nationwide strike by online motorcycle taxi drivers or onli

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – Deputy Chair of the Gerindra Party, Habiburokhman, jokingly remarked that President Prabowo Subianto possesses a "sixth sense" that most people lack.

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has discovered a number of drawbacks in the discipline program initiated by West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi b

Creative Desk, Jakarta – Labor and worker unions under the Forum for Social Security (Jamsos) have strongly opposed the government's plan to implement a single-tier inpatient care syste

Jakarta – The president director of bankrupt textile giant Sritex has been arrested as part of a corruption investigation, the Attorney General's Office said on Wednesday.

The commemoration of 27 years of reformasi – the political reform process that began in 1998 – was marked by the erosion of human rights through the ignoring of past human rights violat