Jakarta – The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) revealed that Bali has become a major hot spot for transnational drug trafficking, warning that…
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July 18, 2025
Jakarta – Can you imagine Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in the United States or Gatwick Airport in the United Kingdom, both the second-…
Ashoka Mukpo – The Indonesian government is revising a regulation that reopened the export of dredged sea sand, after the country's Supreme Court…
Hanaa Septiana, Jakarta – The police have exposed a case of illegal mining in the Nusantara Capital (IKN), which has cost the country Rp5.7…
Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – Minister of Transmigration Muhammad Iftitah Sulaiman Suryanagara announced that the industrial development…
Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesian authorities are expanding their search for reclusive oil tycoon Muhammad Riza Chalid after Singapore…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government revealed Friday it had come up with a strategy to help Indonesian small businesses survive after…
Daniel Ahmad Fajri, Jakarta – Following two consecutive accidents involving foreign hikers on Mount Rinjani's Pelawangan route towards Lake Segara…
Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has responded to reports of larvae or maggots found in the Free Nutritious Meal (…
Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – The National Democracy (NasDem) Party has urged the central government to issue a temporary moratorium on the…
Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – U.S. President Donald Trump has lowered import tariffs on Indonesian products to 19 percent from the previous 32…
Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Indonesia will eliminate import tariffs on nearly all US-origin goods as part of its latest trade agreement with the…
Iman Rahman Cahyadi, Antara, Garut, West Java – Three people, including an eight-year-old girl, were killed in a stampede during a public…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – ASEAN is set to officially accept Timor-Leste as its when the group's leaders gather in Kuala Lumpur this October,…
Jakarta – Indonesia is still negotiating details of its recently-reached trade deal with the United States after Washington lowered tariff rates…
Spoorthy Raman – With its long, pendulous nose, characteristic pot belly and large size, the odd-looking, leaf-eating proboscis monkey (Nasalis…
Alexandra Stevenson and Hasya Nindita – For more than a decade, Rudi Hendri sold locally made clothes from a stall inside Jakarta's labyrinthine…
July 17, 2025
Jakarta – While the world is racing to mobilize the green economy, Indonesia is heading in the opposite direction. The promise to reduce carbon…
Indonesia, West Papua – On the night of 12 July 2025, joint security forces consisting of Navy's Marine Corps, Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob), and…
Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – Minister of Agriculture Amran Sulaiman stated that Indonesia will import wheat from the United States as a result of…
Abdi Ryanda Shakti, Jakarta – Amnesty International Executive Director Usman Hamid has highlighted an alleged digital attack against democracy…
Fahri Ali, Depok – For Dwi, Wednesday morning began like any other. As she stepped out to feed her goats in Depok, West Java, she expected the…
Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Thursday announced the detention of four suspects in an alleged bribery…
Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – Deputy State Secretary Minister Juri Ardiantoro has responded to protests regarding the special treatment given to…
Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia will soon allow foreign hospitals to open branches and invest directly in the country, in a move aimed at improving…
Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The President Director of Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN), Arief Setiawan Handoko, stated that the import of Indonesia's…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia's freshly announced major energy purchase with the US can backfire on its government spending and oil…
Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's Health Ministry has warned of a sharp rise in the number of smokers, including among children…
Hariz Baharudin, Singapore – The trade deal announced on July 15 lowering US tariffs on Indonesian goods is seen by some as a diplomatic win for…
Paul Gregoire – The 5 July 2025 inauguration of the West Papuan Legislative Council in West Papua's Jayapura City "marked the rebirth of the West…
Indonesia, West Papua – A new documentary reveals the devastating impact of Indonesia's National Strategic Project (PSN) in Merauke, Papua Selatan…
Jakarta – It is not an exaggeration to call the political agreement on the long-sought free trade pact between Indonesia and the European Union on…
Sora Park, Caroline Fisher and Lilik Mardjianto (University of Canberra) – Indonesians are increasingly losing trust in the news with more than 60…
July 16, 2025
Yohannes Tohap, Jakarta – More than 6 million Jakarta residents have been affected by acute respiratory infections linked to worsening air…
Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Indonesia's trade surplus with the United States will likely shrink under a new trade deal that cuts tariffs on…
Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – The government's plan to raise online motorcycle taxi (ojol) fares by 8 to 15 percent is drawing concerns from driver…
Antara, Jakarta – The Head of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) of the Republic of Indonesia, Commissioner General Marthinus Hukom, has…
Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman said Indonesians suffer losses amounting to Rp99.35 trillion due to…
Ni Made Tasyarani, Jakarta – Indonesia has seen several airports on Java Island temporarily cease domestic operations after years of subdued…
Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto defends the deal reached with U.S. President Donald Trump to lower the import tariffs…
Ricki Putra Harahap, Jakarta – Three former officials and a consultant at Indonesia's Education Ministry have been named suspects in a corruption…
Jakarta – For the public prosecutors, the four-month trial of Thomas Trikasih Lembong, or Tom Lembong, seems to be an irrelevance. The testimony…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto announced Wednesday that Indonesia's latest trade agreement with the US marked a new era…
Agnes Valentina Christa, Jakarta – Indonesia's 80th Independence Day celebration will take place in Jakarta this year, not at the new presidential…
Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – Human rights group Amnesty International Indonesia has documented what it calls a "massive" wave of attacks on human…
Islamabad – Indonesia's Defence Minister Lt Gen (retired) Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin expressed his country's desire to boost defence ties and explore…
Jakarta – The tragic sinking of the KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya in the Bali Strait earlier this month, with at least 18 confirmed deaths and 17 people…
Jakarta – Indonesia said on Wednesday it had reached a trade deal with the United States after an "extraordinary struggle" in negotiations which…
Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – Indonesia's textile industry has welcomed the United States' decision to lower additional import tariffs on Indonesian…
Jakarta – Bank Indonesia on Wednesday cut key interest rates for the third time this year and left the door open for more as it looks to boost…




