Melynda Dwi Puspita, Jakarta – Minister of Cooperatives Budi Arie Setiadi announced that Red and White Village Cooperatives, established by President Prabowo Subianto, will be permitted

Jakarta – The government has established a special team to identify and evaluate regulations that hinder investment growth, a senior official announced on Wednesday.

Antara, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has proposed amending the 2004 law on the Indonesian military to allow active-duty officers to serve in certain government positions that ar

Jaka Hendra Baittri, Lake Singkarak, Indonesia – Mardianis recalls reading the Quran with his parents and two children here on the western shore of Lake Singkarak before the desperate c

Antara, Ricki Putra Harahap, Jakarta – The government has allocated Rp 49.4 trillion or approximately $3 billion to pay for Indonesian civil servants' Eid bonuses this year.

Salman Mardira, Heru Andriyanto, Ogan Komering Ulu – Army Chief of Staff General Maruli Simanjuntak on Wednesday criticized what he described as an overreaction to the government's plan

Stefani Wijaya, Jakarta – The National Police have arrested a factory manager and confiscated hundreds of cartons and crates of Minyakita cooking oil during a raid at a packaging facili

Zhulfakar, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) officially transferred 221,000 hectares of seized palm plantations to the State-Owned Enterprises Ministry on Monday, following

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – A group of environmental activists called the Pandawara Group visited the Presidential Palace in Jakarta to meet with President Prabowo Subianto on T

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – A survey by the central bank shows that Indonesians are losing confidence in the country's overall economic conditions.

Ricki Putra Harahap, Jakarta – The Indonesian government plans to construct oil refineries with a capacity of 1 million barrels per day (bpd) each in multiple locations, Energy and Mine

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Minister of Human Rights Natalius Pigai downplays concerns over the resurgence of militarism and authoritarianism in Prabowo Subianto's government, call

Aditya Hadi, Jakarta – New Chinese carmakers have expanded into Indonesia over the past three years.

Jakarta – Women workers from a variety of sectors have come together to urge the government to implement stronger legal protections against oppression, discrimination and violence in co

Agencies, Jakarta – The United Nations' migration agency has reinstated its humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees in Indonesia, its chief of mission in Jakarta told Reuters

Jakarta – Indonesia and Vietnam agreed on Monday to upgrade ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership as the Southeast Asian allies' leaders met in Jakarta to mark 70 years of diplo

Medan – Acourt in North Sumatra sentenced a transgender woman to more than two years in prison Monday for a remark online about Jesus' hair, a local official said, in a case condemned b

Jakarta – Indonesia's car sales in February rose 2.2 per cent year-on-year, the first growth recorded since June 2023, data from the country's car association showed on Tuesday, amid gr

Jaya Barends, Gebe Island, Indonesia – Abdul Manan Magtiblo watched the excavator dump a piece of Gebe Island into the back of a truck.

Karina Maharani Tehusijarana – "When you see the problems, you run to the problems, you face the problems, you overcome the problems."

BeritaSatu, Jakarta – Indonesian Armed Forces Commander General Agus Subiyanto reiterated on Monday that active military officers occupying civilian positions must resign or take early

Intan Setiawanty, Jakarta – The National Police Commission (Kompolnas) is urging the Indonesian National Police (Polri) to accelerate both criminal and ethical proceedings against Ngada

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Indonesia's Human Rights Minister, Natalius Pigai, responded to findings from The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), which reported a decline in Indones

Jakarta – Indonesia's government on Tuesday introduced in a parliamentary committee a watered-down version of contentious legislation that would enable President Prabowo Subianto to app

Jauhari Mahardhika, Jakarta – Capital outflows from Indonesia's equity market accelerated as foreign investors extended their selling spree, dragging the Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) f

Stefano Sulaiman, Jakarta – Waiting to break their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, clerics in the Indonesian town of Majalengka gathered for an unusual briefing on the sub

Jakarta – With its many exciting subplots, the current investigation by the Attorney General's Office into the oil imports corruption was like a soap opera.

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Thomas Trikasih Lembong, also known as Tom Lembong, has objected to the public prosecutor's (JPU) response to his exception plea.

Jakarta – Indonesia is rightfully concerned about the domestic textile industry.

Rajendra Jadhav, Bernadette Christina and Ashley Tang

Responding to the 2-year-and-10-month prison sentence for hate speech against Christianity handed to a trans woman, Ratu Thalisa, in Indonesia's North Sumatra Province over comments mad

Iim Halimatusa'diyah and Panarat Anamwathana – Compared to young people in other Southeast Asian countries, Thai and Indonesian undergraduates are the most wary of potential military in

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto is urging ride-hailing companies such as Gojek and Grab to give their drivers the much-awaited Eid bonuses.

The following is a translation of a speech given by Sunarno, the president of the Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance (KASBI), at a meeting of the World Federation of Trade Unions

Heru Yustanto, Jakarta – The central government has shut down four villas in the Puncak resort area of Bogor, West Java, for violating land use regulations and occupying protected fores

Juan Ardya Guardiola, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto's goal of setting up tens of thousands of village-level cooperatives aims to stabilize food prices by cutting the middlemen ou

M. Rizki Yusrial, Jakarta – The Ministry of Religious Affairs (Kemenag) has issued a circular letter addressing budget efficiency for 2025 and the effectiveness of its operations.

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) assesses that there are imperfections in the Free Nutritious Meal program (MGB) that have the potential to open the floodgate

Hendrik Khoirul Muhid, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has drawn attention for inviting a number of domestic tycoons to the State Palace in Jakarta on Thursday, March 6,

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Singapore-based airline Calypte Holding Pte.

Aep, Bandung – Former West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil confirmed that his residence was searched by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in connection with an alleged markup in ad

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is set to launch 50 community schools with a total budget of up to Rp 5 trillion ($306 million), aiming to provide free edu

Chairul Fikri, Jakarta – American pop icon Lady Gaga is set to perform in Singapore in May 2025 as part of her world tour promoting her latest album, Mayhem.

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesian Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman found that the content of MinyaKita cooking oil did not match the measurements listed on the packaging.

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – The National Secretariat of the Indonesia Forum for Budget Transparency (Seknas Fitra) urges Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gi

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – The Central Leadership of Muhammadiyah urges Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto to assert the national strategic project (PSN), that is the Rempang Eco

Despite being rained on since mid-day, protesters from various different civil society organisations continued hold an action commemorating International Women's Day (IWD) 2025 at the z

Yovanda Noni, East Kutai – The sound of coal mining machinery echoes along the Bengalon-Muara Wahau main road in East Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan.

Rumondang Naibaho, Jakarta – A number of civil society organisations under the Indonesian Women's Alliance (API) held a protest action in the Arjuna Wijaya or Horse Statue area of Centr

Defara Dhanya, Jakarta – Policy Strategist of Cerah Indonesia Foundation, Sartika Nur Shalati, stated that calling nuclear energy renewable is still a subject of debate, especially when