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February 20, 2026
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded a $7.8 billion balance of payments deficit in 2025, reversing a $7.2 billion surplus in 2024,…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia has signed a poison pill clause in the US trade agreement, which includes provisions that analysts warn…
Dani Aswara, Jakarta – Hundreds of neighborhood units (RTs) and road sections are submerged in floodwater in Jakarta as dusk falls on Friday,…
Roy Adriansyah, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung has acknowledged that not all priority programs he pledged during his election campaign…
Wahyu Sahala Tua, Jakarta – Indonesia's plan to import commercial vehicles worth nearly Rp 25 trillion ($1.6 billion) from India is drawing…
Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – Among the pork and alcohol typically served during Lunar New Year celebrations, 24-year-old Aprillia Hamdani and her…
February 19, 2026
Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has appointed Major General (Ret) Prihati Pujowaskito as the President Director of…
Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – Legislator Ahmad Sahroni has been formally reinstated as deputy chair of the House of Representatives' Commission III,…
Yustinus Paat, Endang Mulyani, Jakarta – The number of people displaced by disasters in Sumatra since late November 2025 has fallen sharply from…
Adinda Jasmine, Jakarta – Indonesia's planned participation in the International Stabilization Force (ISF) to be deployed in Gaza has received…
Apriwan, 360info/Padang – Many observers have linked the Sumatra floods in late 2025 to extreme rainfall associated with climate change. Heavy…
Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Days ahead of the expected signing of a bilateral tariff agreement with the United States, analysts have called on the…
Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto regrets the protests rejecting budget cuts. Prabowo conveyed this message…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – US President Donald Trump spoke highly of his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto when they met at the Gaza…
On 18 February 2026, members of the Cartenz Peace Operation Task Force (Papua Regional Police Mobile Brigade) and the Habema Operation Task Force…
M. Raihan Muzzaki, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is currently looking into the alleged gratification involving Minister of…
Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – A Fact-Finding Commission has identified indications of possible involvement by members of the Indonesian military…
Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The American mining company, Freeport-McMoRan, has announced an agreement with the Indonesian Government to extend the…
Jakarta – Like last year, the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) plans to continue its flagship free meal program during Ramadan, which officially…
Nino Citra Anugrahanto – The mass arrest of protesters in August 2025 is considered to be have been a large-scale operation to silence pro-…
Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin stated that the existence of the Territorial Development Infantry Battalion (…
Antara, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto recently told American investors to not worry about Indonesia's investment climate.
Prabowo is…
Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) asserts that Indonesia should withdraw from the Board of Peace…
Eryanto Nugroho – It was watched live by 10,000 paying viewers in late August 2025, and later rose to the top of Netflix Indonesia's rankings. But…
February 18, 2026
Cheta Nilawaty P, Jakarta – A study from Gadjah Mada University (UGM) indicates that almost all campuses in Indonesia are not yet accessible to…
Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – Human rights organization Lokataru Foundation warns of potential conflicts of interest and the practice of state…
On February 13, Myanmar's military junta ordered the head of Timor-Leste's Embassy in Yangon to leave the country within seven days. The expulsion…
Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa responded to the lawsuit against Law Number 17 of 2025 concerning the…
Without serious efforts to eradicate bribery within the customs zones, the Ministry of Finance's Directorate General of Customs will be even worse…
Hozaini, Situbondo, East Java – At least one person was killed and six others suffered severe burns and fractures after a house was destroyed in…
Jayapura, Jubi – Papua Solidarity House has expressed its position on the security situation in the land of Papua in recent weeks, which has been…
Jakarta – Indonesia is renowned for its rich cultural diversity, including in the way people welcome the month of Ramadan. In addition to…
Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Riots that broke out during the nationwide protests last August were escalated after incidents of police brutality…
Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – A study by Indonesia's Lokataru Foundation has identified at least 22 major concerns in the Academic Draft and the…
Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's external debt climbed to $431.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025, up from $427.6 billion in the…
Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – Minister of Home Affairs Muhammad Tito Karnavian revealed that aid from the diaspora in Malaysia for the Sumatra…
Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – A report by the Fact-Finding Commission (KPF) stated that the arrest of activists following the August 2025 protests in…
Adhyasta Dirgantara, Dani Prabowo, Jakarta – The 7th President, Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has bluntly stated that the revisions to the old version of…
Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) has named PT Ormat Geothermal Indonesia as the winner of the…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia is set to receive the next batch of the French-made fighter jets when it is ready from a technical…
Marchio Gorbiano, Cirebon, West Java – Villager Supriyanto is visibly frustrated as he discusses the sprawling coal power plant emitting white…
Thomas Harefa, Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Food prices in Indonesia are climbing ahead of Ramadan 2026, reflecting a typical seasonal pattern rather…
Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – Indonesia needs over Rp 2 trillion or around $118.5 million to provide the much-needed social assistance for victims of…
Associated Press, Jakarta – Indonesia is tightening state control over the world's largest nickel supply after years of betting the metal would…
February 17, 2026
Ahmad – The policy of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), Bahlil Lahadalia, of awarding a geothermal project concession in Telaga…
M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. announced the export of 35,000 pickup units for PT Agrinas Pangan Nusantara this year.…
Pelalawan, Indonesia – A radical new policy to relocate people living in a notoriously deforested national park on Sumatra has moved hundreds of…
Dani Aswara, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung has barred mass organizations, locally known as ormas, and any other groups from carrying…




