Jakarta – Jakarta attracted Rp 173.6 trillion ($9.7 billion) in investment during the first half of 2026, maintaining its position as Indonesia's largest investment destination, accordi

Tri Angga Kriswaningsih, Jakarta – Students and civil society groups calling themselves the People's Struggle Council Alliance (Aliansi Majelis Perjuangan Rakyat) held a protest action

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia is urging the police to release Risyad, also known as Icad, the administrator of the @TheKerupuk account on social media platf

Responding to the wave of persecution and violence against the transgender community in Bogor city, West Java, Amnesty International Indonesia's Executive Director Usman Hamid stated:

Amelia Rahima Sari, Jakarta – Thousands of joint personnel from the Greater Jakarta, Central Jakarta, and district sector police departments have been mobilized to secure the demonstrat

Bangkok – A Thai political pressure group on Thursday called on the Foreign Ministry to take a clear diplomatic stance towards Indonesia after President Prabowo Subianto hosted a fugiti

Jakarta – The LGBTQ community has never had it easy: online harassment and offline raids have long been recurring features of public life. But under Presidential Regulation No.

Amelia Rahima Sari, Jakarta – Jakarta Police stopped a group of student protesters, who are part of the Alliance of People's Struggle Assembly (Aliansi Majelis Perjuangan Rakyat) on Jal

Bambang Ismoyo, Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Tanimbar Islands, Maluku – Indonesia on Thursday officially revived the long-delayed Masela LNG project, marking a major milestone for one of t

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto urged the people not to always follow foreign interests.

Antara, Jakarta – Economists are urging the government to strengthen trade safeguard policies to protect Indonesia's plastic industry from a growing influx of cheap imported products, w

DW (Deutsche Welle), Jakarta – Since the pandemic, Indonesia has delivered steady annual growth of 5%. Then, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz.

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has instructed the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) to review the eligibility criteria for Indonesia's flagship Free Nutrit

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will assume responsibility for managing the $7.3 billion debt of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway, transferring overs

Marchio Gorbiano and Becca Milfeld, Cirebon, Indonesia/Dakar, Senegal – Lured by promises of good money working aboard a foreign fishing vessel, Akhmad left Indonesia and headed out to

Theresia Sufa, Jakarta – A new study has found that more than half of schools in Jakarta are located within 5 kilometers of documented contaminated sites, potentially putting hundreds o

Rahmat Fajar Nugraha, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid has responded to the arrest and charging of Risyad Azhary alias Icad, the administrator of

Erfan Maruf, Tri Listiyarini, Jakarta – Indonesia's nationwide B50 biodiesel mandate will require 23.3 million metric tons of crude palm oil (CPO) each year, an increase of 8.5 million

John Zachary – A directive issued by Indonesia's Attorney General's Office instructing prosecutors nationwide to cease the collection of data and information related to the government's

The government is muddling the logic of defense policy by classifying lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) culture as a non-military threat.

Indah Ayu Pujiastuti, Jakarta – Indonesia's tourism industry is regaining momentum as a surge in domestic travel helps offset global economic uncertainty, although analysts caution that

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has approved a special diesel price of Rp 15,000 (US$0.83) per liter for fishermen operating vessels between 30 and 200 gross tonnes (

Christian Karim Chrobog in Bali – I Putu Partayasa pushes his fingers into the soil as he squats at the edge of a rice terrace. They come up dry.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Large infrastructure projects have long dominated debate over the future of Indonesia's Batang Toru ecosystem, the main stronghold of the critically endang

Ary Hermawan – The recent raid by members of the National Police's (Polri) corruption eradication unit on the private residence of Febrie Adriansyah attracted global attention – not lea

Burhanuddin Muhtadi – Indonesia's central government risks incurring public dissatisfaction with its cuts to regional budgets.

Bambang Arifianto – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has criticised the transfer of a case involving alleged corruption and money laundering (TPPU) that has ensnared former D

Agencies, Jakarta – Thousands of free meals kitchens complained on Tuesday they had been left in the lurch by the government's move to scale down President Prabowo Subianto's flagship f

When corruption runs rampant, police and public prosecutors exposing one another's corruption cases would be beneficial for corruption eradication.

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto allows those who think Indonesia has a bleak future to look for another country.

Michael Neilson, Jakarta – On the outskirts of Jakarta, huge rolling peaks of rubbish stretch across more than 100 hectares (247 acres), towering over nearby villages.

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto stated that every political party in Indonesia comprises both good and bad individuals.

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto said that many Indonesian farmers can now take vacations abroad.

Yudi Bachrioktora – On the night of 8 May 2026, a screening of the documentary film Pesta Babi: Kolonialisme di Zaman Kita (Pig Feast: Colonialism in Our Time) directed by Dandhy Dwi La

Vidya Pinandhita, Jakarta – Environmental activists have pushed the government to follow an advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to guide Indonesia's clim

Imam Suhartadi, Jakarta – The Directorate General of Immigration reduced the issuance of visa-free entry permits by 87.9% during the first half of 2026 as part of a stricter immigration

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named Langkat Regent, Syah Afandin, also known as Ondim, as a suspect in a case involving alleged brib

Berita Satu Team, Jakarta – Economic growth has stayed above 5%. Secure jobs have not.

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Chairperson of the Criminal Law Study Center at Trisakti University, Maria Silvya E.

Mita Amalia Hapsari, Reza Hery Pamungkas, Jakarta – Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes, Febrie Adriansyah, has resigned after police searched his home as part of a sweeping corr

Dayat, Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Basudiwa Supraja, Jakarta – Indonesian police have named former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes Febrie Adriansyah as a suspect in a sweeping cor

Iman Rahman Cahyadi, Jakarta – Indonesia has imported 546 live breeding pigs from Denmark for the first time, seeking to accelerate the recovery of a national swine population that has

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has criticized the deployment of military personnel during an ongoing corruption investigation, warning that it could underm

Dian Rahma Fika Alnina, Jakarta – While the Indonesian government designated the spread of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) culture as a "non-military threat" unde

Agencies, Jakarta – Alandfill fire on the outskirts of Jakarta has been put out after burning for more than a week as evacuees returned home, a disaster agency spokesman said on Friday.

Amelia Rahima Sari, Jakarta – The Civil Coalition Against Corruption (Kosmak) has raised concerns over recent developments involving Indonesia's law enforcement institutions, particular

Dian Rahma Fika Alnina, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration, and Correction, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, stated that he respects the proposal from the Indones

Chandra Adi Nurwidya, Yogyakarta – High temperatures inside homes can significantly increase the risk of heat-related illness among older adults, according to new research by Gadjah Mad

Jakarta – A surge in cheap plastic raw material imports from China, allegedly sold at dumping prices, is putting increasing pressure on Indonesia's petrochemical industry, prompting cal

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – A presidential regulation classifying LGBTQ "culture" as a nonmilitary threat has drawn sharp criticism from civil society groups, who warn it could provide le