An aide to President Prabowo Subianto said on Tuesday that Indonesia's full membership in BRICS would not affect the country's relationship with the United States under the presidency o

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Spokesperson Tessa Mahardhika Sugiarto believes that the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) will cooperate in the alleg

Alfi Dinilhaq, Jakarta – A senior government official on Wednesday urged Chinese carmaker Chery to build its own manufacturing facility in Indonesia and increase the use of locally-prod

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia announced Wednesday that it would import around 400,000 cattle this year, according to Deputy Agricultural Minister Sudaryono.

Rendy Pahrun Wadipalapa – The background manoeuvring by various parties in Jakarta's 2024 gubernatorial elections foreshadows similarly complex play with 2029's presidential race in min

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported that floods hit four villages in Dolok Masihul District, Serdang Bedagai Regency, North Sumatra, on Tues

Experts and activists criticized President Prabowo Subianto's recent remarks, which defended Indonesia's palm oil industry and support for its expansion.

Toronata Tambun – President Prabowo Subianto marked the end of 2024 with a controversial statement. On Dec.

Sapto Yunus, Jakarta – Minister of Law Supratman Andi Agtas ensures that the revision of Law Number 7/2017 on Elections will be guided by the five constitutional engineering guidelines

Antara, Jakarta – Member of Commission VIII of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Selly Andriany Gantina proposed that the government increase the number of hajj officers fro

Jakarta – The government's ambitious free nutritious meals program for students was rolled out with much fanfare on Monday, with several ministers inspecting related facilities even as

Eka Yudha Saputra, Ninis Chairunnisa, Jakarta – Chairman of Commission VIII of the House of Representatives Marwan Dasopang said the queue list for the departure of Indonesian hajj pilg

Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) spokesman Tessa Mahardhika Sugiarto confirmed on Tuesday that the antigraft agency had searched Hasto Kristiyanto's residence in Bekasi.

Bambang Ismoyo, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is formulating a new energy subsidy scheme to better target assistance toward those who need it most, Energy and Min

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Wednesday detained Antonius Kosasih, the former CEO of state pension fund manager Taspen, over allegation

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – The alleged involvement of a Navy officer in a recent shooting in Tangerang, Banten, that resulted in the death of a civilian has sparked fresh concerns about the

Jihan Ristiyanti, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia considers the shooting that killed a car rental boss in the rest area of Tangerang toll road last week by members of the Indo

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indonesian company responsible for the largest amount of deforestation, PT Mayawana Persada, has largely ceased clearing peatlands in the western part

Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Dani Prabowo, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military Headquarters (Mabes TNI) has deployed soldiers from 351 District Military Commands (Kodim), 14 main Navy bases (Lan

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Trade Minister Budi Santoso recently revealed that he was open to revising the controversial ministerial policy that had eased import curbs, but any regula

Fidelis Eka Satriastanti – During the G20 Summit in Rio De Janeiro in November, Indonesia's new president, Prabowo Subianto, issued a bold statement: Indonesia will retire all coal-fire

Shela Octavia, Dani Prabowo, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid says that security forces and law enforcement officials who are negligent resulting

Jakarta – The official website belonging to the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) was hacked and the home page changed to a display of an online gambling site on Monday January 6.

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia is urging military justice reform and a serious evaluation of the use of firearms by members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) a

It appears that a panel of judges played Santa Claus prior to Christmas by handing out gifts in the form of light sentences to defendants in a high-profile corruption case involving sta

Jamaah, Ahmad Hisyam Nugroho, Jember – At least 763 cows in Jember Regency, East Java, have been infected with foot and mouth disease (FMD), resulting in 61 deaths over the past few mon

Agencies, Jakarta – Brazil's government said in a statement on Monday that Indonesia is formally joining BRICS as a full member, further expanding the group of major emerging economies

Cantika.com, Jakarta – The HMPV virus or Human Metapneumovirus, which recently broke out in China, has reportedly been found in Indonesia. All cases found involved children.

Basudiwa Supraja, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto is planning to make surprise inspections to make sure that his flagship free nutritious meal program is going well, according to a

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The Presidential Communications Office Head, Hasan Nasbi, admitted that some regions are still utilizing President Prabowo Subianto's personal funds to supp

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia is currently in talks to strike a possible military technology transfer deal with Japan.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia is aiming to record nearly $294.5 billion in exports this year to catapult the country's economy towards 8 percent growth as targeted by Presiden

Roy Adriansyah, Jakarta – The Bunker Bar, located in the Permata Hijau shopping district in South Jakarta's Kebayoran Lama area, has been permanently closed following a New Year's Eve r

Indonesia's top court has upheld a law requiring citizens to follow a religion before the state system can recognize their marriages and other family records and issue them personal ide

President Prabowo Subianto's ambitious multi-billion dollar programme to provide free meals to more than a quarter of his people was officially underway on Monday, officials said, with

Jakarta – Police are still investigating alleged lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) activities in the Permata Hijau area of North Grogol Village, Kebayoran Lama, South Jakar

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has reduced the proposed Hajj pilgrimage cost to Rp 89.7 million ($5,537) per person, down from the initial proposal of Rp 93.4 millio

Ilham Oktafian, Widy Wicaksono, Jakarta/Semarang – The Indonesian National Police (Polri) revealed that a hotel in Semarang, Central Java, was built using funds linked to money launderi

Jakarta – Following the tradition of his predecessor Retno LP Marsudi, who issued an annual press statement every January, Foreign Minister Sugiono is also scheduled to meet with the pr

Han Revanda, Jakarta – Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita said that Apple Inc.'s investment commitment of US$1 billion, equivalent to Rp16.14 trillion (at an exchange rate

Jakarta – Indonesia launched an ambitious $4.3 billion free-meal program on Monday to combat stunted growth due to malnutrition, a key election promise of President Prabowo Subianto.

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Chair of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) Muhammad Isnur responded to the alleged digital attack or doxing targeting one of the researchers fr

Jakarta – Indonesia's unaudited budget deficit for 2024 was smaller than the government's earlier estimate, official data showed on Monday, providing a buffer for fiscal needs in 2025 a

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government must make sure that the vendors in charge of making the meals for Indonesia's historic school feeding program get paid for their services, a

Alfida Rizki Febrianna, Jakarta – The government spent Rp 43.4 trillion ($2.69 billion) from the State Budget in 2024 for the development of Indonesia's future capital, Nusantara, accou

Nandito Putra, Jakarta - Imparsial Director Ardi Manto Putra demanded that the legal process against the Indonesian TNI Navy members suspected of being involved in the shooting at KM 45

Thomas Rizal, Andi Maulana, Jakarta – Indonesia will officially launch its first nationwide free meal program on Monday, aimed at providing nutritious meals to school-aged children, exp

Han Revanda, Jakarta - Professor of Bogor Agricultural University or IPB University in Indonesia, Dwi Andreas Santosa, criticized the Prabowo Subianto government's food self-sufficiency

Bandung – The West Java branch of the Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) has expressed strong criticism of the governor's recent decision to implement sectoral minimum wage incre

Antara, Jakarta – Armed Forces Commander General Agus Subiyanto has named Air Vice-Marshal Mohammad Syafii as the new head of the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) in a recen