Jakarta – The allegations of tax fraud that have embroiled the management of Djarum should prompt a transparent investigation by the Attorney General's Office (AGO).

Ni Made Tasyarani, Jakarta – Indonesia extended its trade surplus in October despite a slowdown in exports amid declining oil and gas shipments.

Maretha Uli, Jakarta – Life dramatically changed for Nining Ivana when she tested positive for HIV during a medical checkup for a job 21 years ago.

Responding to the devastating impact of Cyclone Senyar, which has claimed at least 604 lives due to floods and landslides on Sumatra Island in Indonesia, Amnesty International Indonesia

Tamaam Alfarizqi and Alfath Asmunda, Tapanuli, North Sumatra/Banda Aceh – In North Sumatra, Rosmina wades into her home through soupy grey-brown mud that reaches her knees, searching fo

Rebecca Ratcliffe – The number of people killed by floods and landslides on Indonesia's Sumatra island rose to 753 on Tuesday, the disaster agency said, with 504 people missing.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Kapuas Hulu, Indonesia – A palm oil company is rapidly clearing rainforest inside a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve that's home to orangutans and sun bears, adding to conce

Made Supriatma – Indonesia's new Criminal Procedure Code might make it harder for justice to be done.

Martin Bagya Kertiyasa, Jakarta – The government has allocated Rp 2,567.9 trillion ($154.49 billion) for eight national priority programs in 2026, Chief Economic Affairs Minister Airlan

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Think-tank Celios revealed that Indonesia could lose Rp 68.67 trillion or approximately $4.1 billion from the cyclone-induced floods and landslides hitting

Dayat, Padang, W – Sumatra.

Alfitria Nefi Pratiwi, Jakarta – Researcher from the Center of Economic and Law Studies (Celios), Rani Septyarini, highlights the harmful impact of trawling on capture fisheries.

Harso Kurniawan, Jakarta – A consortium of Indonesian, German and US companies on Tuesday announced a $26.7 billion investment commitment to develop semiconductor, silica sand and advan

Jakarta – This is what happens when a mass organization accepts a coal mining concession.

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia will require $757.6 billion in climate financing by 2035 to meet its climate-action commitments under the Enhanced and Secondary Nationally Determined Contri

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Indonesia currently has 25 special economic zones (SEZs) across multiple provinces, but their combined land area remains far smaller than Malaysia's, a senior

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has not yet declared the flash floods and landslides on Sumatra Island as a national disaster.

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The spokesperson for 212 Reunion rally, Aziz Yanuar, stated that the grand reunion to be held at Monas Field, Central Jakarta on Tuesday afternoon, December

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has announced compensation and long-term housing plans for victims of the recent floods and landslides across Sumatra.

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Indonesian Social Affairs Minister Saifullah Yusuf dismissed reports of looting in the Bulog warehouses in Central Tapanuli Regency and Sibolga City, Nort

Aida Ulim, Jayapura, Jubi – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) commemorated the 64th anniversary of the West Papuan independence Political Manifesto on December 1, by reflecting o

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – Recent floods and landslides that swept through northern parts of Sumatra were not solely triggered by climate factors or extreme weather, said an Atmosph

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Three Indonesian provinces in the region of Sumatra have not fully recovered after being hit by flash floods and landslides over the past week.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) and the western regional Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) are urging the administration of President Prabowo Subianto to immediately decl

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – Erma Yulihastin, a climate and atmosphere researcher at the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), predicted that the rainy season in Java will b

Jakarta – The North Sumatra chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) believes the flash floods that have hit several areas recently were not solely the result of extr

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian acknowledges that the government is not yet ready to deal with large-scale disasters such as the Sumatra flood that

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Yuliot Tanjung has responded to growing public scrutiny over the role of extractive industries in wo

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said it had warned local governments well in advance about the formation of Tropical Cycl

Antara, Jakarta – The massive floods and landslides that struck three Indonesian provinces, namely Aceh, West Sumatra, and North Sumatra, have caused extraordinary impacts, casualties,

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Statistics Indonesia (BPS) recorded a 0.17 percent (month-to-month) inflation in November 2025.

Jakarta – Amid the doom and gloom characterizing recent global events, rare, positive, albeit pungent, news has bloomed from a forest in West Sumatra.

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Anis Firmansah, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has opened the door to investigating whether extensive illegal logging contributed to the deadly flo

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia reported Monday that its October trade surplus reached $2.39 billion, but this was only nearly half of what the country had registered in Septem

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – The Chair of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), Jusuf Kalla, predicts that the cost of post-flood recovery in the Sumatra region will exceed Rp60 billion.

Muawwan Daelami, Jakarta – Fast Food Indonesia said the financial strain stemming from last year's boycott of KFC products continues to fade, with the company reporting significantly sm

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – The Indonesian manufacturing sector has recorded an expanded Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) in November 2025 at the level of 53.3, according to the S

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has signaled that he does not plan on declaring the disastrous Sumatra flooding a national emergency for now, despite its soarin

Johnny Johan Sompotan, Jakarta – Flash floods and landslides that battered the island of Sumatra over the past week have wiped out four villages in Aceh, Governor Muzakir Manaf said on

Vinnilya Huanggrio, Jakarta – The deadly flash floods that struck multiple regions across Sumatra have been made significantly more destructive by years of large-scale deforestation, wh

Nathanael Sumaktoyo – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto surprised many on 11 June 2025 when he mentioned in a speech at the Indo Defence Expo & Forum that according to a study p

Agencies, Jakarta – The death toll from floods and landslides following cyclonic rains in Sumatra has risen to 442, official data on a government website showed on Sunday.

Agencies, Jakarta – The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in Southeast Asia climbed past 400 on Saturday as clean-up and search-and-rescue operations got underway in Ind

Tempo.co, Jakarta – Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his condolences for the massive flood disaster in the northern region of Sumatra Island, Indonesia, which has claimed

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto claims that the government has shown tangible results in the first year of his leadership.

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – The floods and landslides wreaking havoc in Aceh, West Sumatra, and North Sumatra are evidence that relying on forest-damaging extractive energy may not

Antara, Jakarta – Massive floods and landslides across western Indonesia have killed more than 100 people, displaced tens of thousands, crippled fuel supply lines, and exposed possible

Antara, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Perry Warjiyo has disclosed the direction of the monetary policy in 2026: to maintain a balance between stability and growth, or pro-stabi

Ranny Supusepa, Asrul Rizal – The North Sumatra chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) says that the ecological disaster in the form of flooding and landslides that

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – The Chair of the House Commission VIII (DPR), Marwan Dasopang, suspects that the recent flooding in several areas of North Sumatra, especially in South