Philip Jacobson – Investigations by environmental groups have found new evidence that companies linked to deforestation in Borneo are likely…
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October 27, 2026
During his two years in power, President Prabowo Subianto has continued to undermine regional autonomy. Instead, he has restored the…
Wahroni, Jakarta – Tax authorities in Tangerang, Banten, are searching for a McLaren 570S supercar and its actual owner after a motorcycle…
Stephen Dziedzic, Daniel Mercer, Nick Sas – Timor-Leste has vowed to press ahead with its controversial plan to build a pipeline from the Greater…
Palangka Raya – Sudarsono shuddered as he inhaled from an oxygen tank while being evacuated from his small house in Palangka Raya, Central…
Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia would need to build 320 ethanol production plants to support a proposed nationwide program to blend gasoline with 50%…
Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has instructed an in-depth study on changing the definition of corruption…
Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – The head of Prawatan Village in Klaten, Central Java, Sabiq Muhammad, alongside the chair of the Lestari State…
Maretha Uli, Jakarta – The government is standing firm in refusing to declare the raging forest and peatland fires a national disaster, asserting…
Philip Jacobson, Singapore – As Singapore comes off its longest streak of unhealthy air since the 2015 Southeast Asian haze crisis, authorities…
Joniansyah, Jakarta – State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia, known as InJourney Airports, will cut airport service charges by 50…
Teminabuan, Jubi – Southwest Papua Governor Elisa Kambu says a proposed investment to use the Sembra River as a source of bottled drinking water…
Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The rupiah weakened further to Rp 18,139 per US dollar at the opening of trading on Tuesday, extending pressure on…
Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Indonesia is overhauling its energy import system by shifting procurement of crude oil, refined petroleum products, and…
Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – State-owned postal company Pos Indonesia has spoken out regarding Fitch Ratings' decision to downgrade the rating of its…
Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The government has raised the ceiling on local governments' cumulative debt financing to 0.18% of gross domestic…
Nikita Grace Panggabean, Jakarta – When a company collapses, its workers are often among the last to receive what they are owed. Its assets go…
Saidiman Ahmad – Dedi Mulyadi, popularly known as Kang Dedi Mulyadi or 'KDM', is the governor of West Java. In recent months, he has emerged as a…
October 26, 2026
Irfan Ahmad, Jakarta – Indonesia has postponed the mandatory halal certification deadline for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) by two…
Maretha Uli, Jakarta – Indonesia has gone a decade without carrying out the execution of a death row prisoner, but courts continue to hand down…
Nuevaterra Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – A member of the Central Papua Legislative Council has warned that efforts to crack down on illegal gold mining…
M Ghafur Fadillah, Jakarta – FTSE Russell has reaffirmed Indonesia's status as a secondary emerging market and kept the country off its watchlist…
Nuevaterra Mambor, Sentani, Jubi – A member of the Nduga Regency Legislative Council has called on Indonesia's central government to review the…
Kuala Lumpur – Hasnah A.R. has spent years reaching for the same Indonesian products: Indocafe for her morning coffee, Sosro sweetened tea for a…
The purchase of shares in Bayan Resources by businessman Andi Syamsuddin Arsyad is an example of how oligarchic power operates.
Backed by…
Manokwari, Jubi – West Papua Provincial Legislative Council Golkar faction leader Amin Ngabalin has urged Governor Dominggus Mandacan to return…
On 23 October 2026, joint security force personnel, reportedly belonging to the Rajawali VI Task Force, shot dead two indigenous Papuans and…
Silvy Riana Putri, Jakarta – The haze caused by land and forest fires in Kalimantan has been ongoing for the last four months and has escalated…
Indonesia, West Papua – This 10-page report lists cases and developments, including human rights violations and their patterns; developments in…
October 25, 2026
Agencies, Palangkaraya – Hundreds of students protested late Friday in Palangkaraya, demanding the government do more to tackle a wildfire crisis…
Jakarta – The Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) leads voter preference for Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) election, followed…
Lebak, Banten – A footwear factory operated by Parkland World Indonesia in Lebak Regency, Banten, has shut down, affecting approximately 1,100…
October 24, 2026
Andre Faisal Rahman, Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan – Thick, yellowish haze from forest and land fires blanketed Palangka Raya on Friday,…
Grace Gandhi, Jakarta – Indonesia is slowing down on its gas exports to Singapore starting Saturday, October 24, 2026, according to the head of…
Denpasar – Bali Governor Wayan Koster met with a Timor-Leste government delegation in Denpasar to discuss expanding livestock cooperation,…
Nuevaterra Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – Residents of Mulima village in Libarek district, Jayawijaya regency, Papua Highlands, have condemned suspected…
Nuevaterra Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – Amnesty International has called on the government to stop suppressing protest over forest and land fires and…
Jakarta – Thick haze from forest and land fires has blanketed South Papua and the surrounding region, with pollution allegedly exacerbated by land…
Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Indonesia's growing food production under President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has yet…
Singapore – Singapore expanded on Friday its probe into companies linked to fires in Indonesia, asking 10 locally-based firms for information…
Maros-Pangkep, South Sulawesi – The world's oldest cave paintings on Sulawesi are under threat as heat and smoke from the country's worst…
Agung Dharma, Nanda Andrianta, Surabaya, East Java – The death toll from wildfires in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in East Java has risen to…
October 23, 2026
Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The two years of President Prabowo Subianto's administration have been met with high negative public sentiment,…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Makassar – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) doesn't have the slightest doubt about Indonesia's ability to pay off its debt on…
Erfan Maruf, Ferry Yuniar, Cilegon, Banten – A passenger ferry caught fire as it approached Merak Port in Banten province on Tuesday afternoon in…
Is there anything more barbaric than stealing funds intended to deal with disasters? Especially when the perpetrators are senior officials at an…
Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) and Greenpeace Indonesia have provided a number of notes on the handling of forest and…
Antara, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said his administration was on the right track after two years in office. He cited food…
Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's Ministry of Human Rights has identified eight priority issues for national development planning, ranging from access…
Yenni Kwok, Jakarta – On Oct. 15, as thick smog continued to choke millions of people, Indonesian health policy research and advocacy organization…




