A world premiere of a new documentary revealing the devastation of rainforest in the southeastern part of West Papua is one of two films being…
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February 24, 2026
M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – The Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS) has filed a formal objection to President Prabowo Subianto regarding the…
Fitriansa Sima Sima Sohilauw, Jakarta – Indonesian police have dismissed a Brimob (Mobile Brigade) officer on Tuesday following an internal ethics…
Ni Made Tasyarani, Jakarta – Listed companies are expected to release more than Rp 187 trillion (US$11 billion) in new shares as the Indonesia…
February 23, 2026
Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) announced that users of its national QR payment system, Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard (…
Dani Aswara, Jakarta – Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology Stella Christie emphasized that state scholarships are a "debt…
Tangerang – The black-and-green ink that runs down the side of Mr Ahmad Rezki Fauzi's face draws stares wherever he goes.
Thick and…
Teh Lip Li – On February 2, Timor-Leste became the first ASEAN member state to initiate legal proceedings against another member state. It…
Irsyan Hasyimd, Jakarta – The Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) in Indonesia confirmed the discovery of a Sumatran elephant (…
Jakarta – Indonesia's plan to bring home its first aircraft carrier in 2026 has an undeniable cinematic quality – a 180m warship, long retired by…
Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Finance reported that as of January 31, 2026, the government had withdrawn new debt totaling…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – A senior government official said Monday that Indonesia's tariff deal with the US will not deal a severe blow to the…
Autocrats create enemies in order to legitimize their authority. Adolf Hitler agitated the people of Germany to watch out for collusion between…
Responding to the murder of a student in Tual City, Maluku, by a member of the paramilitary police Mobile Brigade (Brimob), Amnesty International…
Bhima Yudhistira Adhinegara and Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat – Indonesia and the US mining giant Freeport-McMoRan have struck an agreement extending…
Jakarta – WALHI asserts that the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade between Indonesia and the United States (US), signed by Prabowo Subianto and Donald…
Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Law Number 17 of 2025 concerning Indonesia's State Budget (APBN) for Fiscal Year 2026 is currently being challenged…
Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – Indonesia's state budget posted a deficit of Rp 54.6 trillion ($3.24 billion) as of Jan. 31, 2026, equivalent to 0.…
Aristyo Darmawan – On Thursday, 19 February 2026, during Prabowo's visit to the United States, Indonesia signed a tariff deal with the US as part…
Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – Indonesia has extended the placement of Rp 200 trillion ($11.9 billion) in government funds at state-owned…
Church organizations, along with civil society groups, have urged the Indonesian government to halt its militaristic approach in the Papua region…
Kahfi Adlan Hafiz & Muhammad Iqbal Kholidin – A proposal to abolish direct elections for local government heads (Pilkada) in Indonesia has…
Riri Rahayuningsih, Jakarta – The North Java Coastal Authority Agency (BOPPJ) is currently formulating the master plan for the giant sea wall…
Leonard AL Cahyoputra, Jakarta – An economic think-tank recently revealed that Indonesia's plan to import 105,000 Indian pickup trucks can slash…
February 22, 2026
Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia condemns the assault by a member of the Indonesian National Police's Mobile Brigade (…
Eka Yudha Saputrato, Jakarta – The rice fields in Meurah Dua District, Pidie Jaya Regency, Aceh, which are reportedly submerged in mud as a result…
Prisma Ardianto, Jakarta – Indonesia will import at least 1,000 tons of rice from the United States under a bilateral trade agreement, despite…
Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – Indonesian transport experts are pushing back against the government's focus on overloaded trucks as the main…
Pribadi Wicaksono (Kontributor), Jakarta – Indonesia's government operates tens of thousands of digital applications that remain disconnected from…
Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Former Indonesian deputy foreign minister Dino Patti Djalal expressed regret that President Prabowo Subianto did not…
Alfi Dinilhaq, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Calls are mounting for the Indonesian government to cancel plans to import 105,000 pickup trucks for…
February 21, 2026
Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Abdul Mu'ti affirmed that the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program does not…
Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Foreign Minister Sugiono claims that the authorities in the Gaza Strip understand Indonesia's reasons for…
Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – The Chair of Fatwa Division at Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), Asrorun Ni'am Sholeh, stated that American goods…
Washington – Indonesia will continue to require domestic processing of critical minerals despite reaching a reciprocal trade agreement with the…
Jayapura – An Action Plan Workshop titled "Retracing the Footsteps of the Papuan Civil Society Movement", which was attended by non-government…
Mutia Yuantisya, Jakarta – Bhima Yudistira Adhinegara, Director of the Center of Economic and Law Studies (Celios), raised concerns over the…
Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – The Center on Reform on Economics (CORE) Indonesia assesses the reciprocal tariff agreement between the United…
Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – The National Police have launched a major investigation into an alleged Rp 25 trillion (US$1.48 billion) money…
February 20, 2026
Wahyu Sahala Tua, Jakarta – Indonesia's plan to import commercial vehicles worth nearly Rp 25 trillion ($1.6 billion) from India is drawing…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia has signed a poison pill clause in the US trade agreement, which includes provisions that analysts warn…
Roy Adriansyah, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung has acknowledged that not all priority programs he pledged during his election campaign…
Grant Wyeth – With the Parseria Foun ba Era Foun declaration, Australia and Timor-Leste hope to build a partnership grounded in equality, shared…
Agencies, Washington, DC – Indonesia will take a deputy commander role in a nascent International Stabilization Force in Gaza and Morocco will…
Dani Aswara, Jakarta – Hundreds of neighborhood units (RTs) and road sections are submerged in floodwater in Jakarta as dusk falls on Friday,…
Jakarta – Indonesia and the United States finalized a trade deal to cut US levies to 19 percent from 32 percent on goods shipped from Southeast…
United States President Donald Trump is trying to create famine in Cuba. Mass starvation and suffering of the Cuban people are the aims of Trump's…
Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The government is accelerating seasonal fiscal support ahead of Ramadan, including the early…
Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – Among the pork and alcohol typically served during Lunar New Year celebrations, 24-year-old Aprillia Hamdani and her…




