Jakarta – Car sales fell, cement sales declined and jobless claims rose – but the robust third-quarter economic growth announced by Indonesia's statistics agency on Nov 5 painted a diff

Roy Adriansyah, Jakarta – Former Youth and Sports Minister Roy Suryo has been named a suspect by Jakarta Metropolitan Police for alleged defamation and spreading false information, accu

Septia Ryanthie, Jakarta – The Nutrition Fulfillment Service Unit (SPPG) of the Sukoharjo Police Department found that the imported green grapes intended for participants of the Free Nu

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto continues to come out with risky policies that endanger the Indonesian economy.

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The Ministry of Social Affairs proposed naming Soeharto as a national hero, a suggestion that has since been accepted by the Palace.

Jakarta – The law has proven unable to protect small islands from the increasingly aggressive expansion of mining.

By Max Lane

Executive Summary

To: THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta

Defara Dhanya, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia says the government still needs to make fundamental changes to ensure indigenous communities and vulnerable groups benefit fairly from clim

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – A publicly traded company operating the coffee chain Starbucks, PT MAP Boga Adiperkasa Tbk.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Coal-reliant Indonesia recently endorsed nuclear power in front of world leaders who were gathering in Brazil ahead of the closely watched COP30 talks.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves climbed to $149.9 billion at the end of October, up $1.2 billion from the previous month, Bank Indonesia (BI) report

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested Ponorogo Regent Sugiri Sancoko on Friday over alleged bribery linked to job rotations and promotions within

Agnes Valentina Christa, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto officially established a commission meant to reform the police force on Friday, about two months after the country saw mass

Alfi Dinilhaq, Jakarta – Indonesia is preparing a draft law to redenominate the rupiah – a long-discussed plan to trim zeros from the currency – with the legislation targeted for comple

Hans Nicholas Jong, Belem, Brazil – Indonesia has pledged to recognize the rights of Indigenous and customary communities to 1.4 million hectares, about 3.5 million acres, of forests by

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman has announced plans to establish new poultry and broiler farms in regions where food prices, particularly eggs and chick

Salman Mardira, Jakarta – Indonesia's Human Development Index (HDI) rose to 75.90 in 2025 from 75.02 a year earlier, according to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), signalin

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto praised the strong work ethic and resilience of the South Korean people during the inauguration of Lotte Chemical Indonesi

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – National economic growth remained above the 5 percent mark in the third quarter, thanks to strong growth in exports.

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Several demonstrators staged a protest at the Indonesian Ministry of Culture on Thursday, November 6, 2025, opposing the conferral of the national hero tit

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has prepared an economic stimulus package worth more than Rp 50 trillion ($3 billion) to spur activity in the final quarter of 2025,

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Indonesian Deputy Minister of Health, Dante Saksono Harbuwono, stressed that no hospital shall refuse patients, including indigenous people of the Baduy tribe,

Shinta Maharani, Jakarta – The Executive Board of the Student Family of Gadjah Mada University (BEM KM UGM) strongly condemns the lawsuit filed by the Indonesian Minister of Agriculture

Jakarta – Protesters from a number of labour union federations affiliated with the Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance (KASBI) complained about mass layoffs (PHK) during an audienc

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto emphasized the importance of supporting foreign investment, highlighting the benefits it brings to Indonesia's economy and society.

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Indonesia's Ministry of Human Rights has finally taken action regarding alleged human rights violations that occurred in the Sihaporas customary area in

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Support for Tempo flows amidst a civil lawsuit filed by Indonesian Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman.

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – The Alliance of Civil Society Movement for Holding Soeharto Accountable (Gemas) will hold a protest at the Indonesian Ministry of Culture office in Jakarta

Jakarta – Minister of Culture Fadli Zon has stated that the 2nd President of the Republic of Indonesia, Suharto, has never been proven to have been involved in the massacre of people ac

Erick Tanjung, Fakhri Fuadi – The Civil Society Movement to Bring Suharto to Justice (GEMAS) held a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Culture offices in Central Jakarta on Thurs

Guillaume Daudin and Marin Lefevre, Paris – A French-British investigation into alleged bribery at France-based defence giant Thales is examining a contract with Indonesia, an AFP

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Rangga Samudra, Jakarta – Indonesia is debating whether to grant former president Soeharto the title of national hero, as senior officials and political figure

Zhulfakar, Jakarta – Local apparel manufacturers are suffering from a surge of secondhand clothing and cheap new fashion imports from China, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) M

Eko Widianto, Jakarta – The Ecological Observation and Wetland Conservations (Ecoton) researchers tested the quality of water from 12 different points in Malang, Indonesia, on Wednesday

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' Ethics Council (MKD) has officially cleared two celebrity-legislators and suspended three others in a controversy that triggered

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Indonesia and Russia are exploring new avenues of cooperation in the maritime and shipbuilding sectors, following a bilateral consultation that identified six k

Christ Belseran, Kendari, Medan and Melbourne – Waves of solidarity actions for Tempo and press freedom in Indonesia resounded from various quarters, from Kendari to Medan and Me

Basten Gokkon, Sanur, Indonesia – Indonesia's seagrass ecosystems are crucial for climate action, biodiversity and coastal livelihoods, yet remain a largely neglected asset, marine scie

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – A senior minister recently reconfirmed South Korean auto giant Hyundai's interest in backing Indonesia's national car plan, saying that the company was kee

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indigenous organizations on Wednesday warned that industrial expansion continues to displace indigenous peoples across Indonesia at an alarming scale, a

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency, or BPS, announced Wednesday that the average Indonesian could live for around 74 years as data showed that the national life

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – Indonesia's formal employment rate showed steady improvement in August 2025, with 42.20 percent of the total workforce engaged in formal jobs, up from 42.0

Vinnilya Huanggrio, Zhulfakar, Jakarta – An analyst recently said that there was still a huge demand for secondhand clothes amidst the government's attempt to step up the crackdown on t

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Indonesian language has become the 10th official language used at the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) General A

Jakarta – Every time a general election is held, tens of millions of votes are nullified due to the parliamentary threshold requirement for parties to get into the House of Representati

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – The Chair of the Indonesian Ulema Council's (MUI) Fatwa Department, Asrorun Niam Sholeh, said that all former presidents of Indonesia deserve to be recogn

Rafiqa Qurrata A'yun – 10 November is Indonesia's Heroes' Day, and President Prabowo Subianto is a few steps closer to declaring his former father-in-law, the late autocrat president So

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Head of the Council for Orders, Decorations, and Honorary Titles (DGTK) Fadli Zon said there is no evidence linking former president Soeharto to the 1965-19

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – The Ministry of Law and Human Rights has spoken out about the plan to revise Law Number 39 of 1999 concerning Human Rights.