Charlotte Setijadi and Ivan Franceschini (The Conversation) – In the first two weeks of March, two young Indonesian women died alone in a hospital…
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March 18, 2026
Shela Octavia, Nawir Arsyad Akbar, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition is calling for the four soldiers suspected of throwing acid on human…
The government bond market is showing signs of decline. The weakening investor demand is apparent in the lack of interest in the Retail Government…
March 17, 2026
Aida Ulim, Jayapura – The Central Board of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) says that the bomb attack on their office is part of a…
Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto stated that the option to temporarily relax the state budget deficit or…
Joko Widodo, who was President of Indonesia from 2014 to 2024, seems determined to retain his political sway. For the seventh president, 10 years…
Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – The government will temporarily halt the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program during the 2026 Eid holiday, with…
Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – The legal team representing Andrie Yunus, Deputy Coordinator of KontraS, is urging police to expedite the…
Divya Kariza, Jakarta – The government has inked a memorandum of cooperation with Japan to strengthen their partnership in the critical minerals…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia has denied forced labor allegations as the US launched an unfair trade probe into Southeast Asia's biggest…
Jayapura – The Papuan Law Enforcement and Human Rights Coalition is urging the president of the Republic of Indonesia to immediately order…
On 12 March 2026, Mr Andrie Yunus, Deputy Coordinator of the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS), was attacked with…
Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – The Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital (RSCM) has confirmed that Andrie Yunus, Deputy Coordinator of the…
Johnny Johan Sompotan, Jakarta – Indonesia's Food and Drug Authority (BPOM) has revoked the distribution permits of eight cosmetic products found…
Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto said he wants optimistic people in his administration and has no place for pessimism…
March 16, 2026
Sultan Abdurrahman, Imam Hamdi – The Centre for Economic and Law Studies (Celios) has criticised President Prabowo Subianto's remarks about…
Eco-friendly Islamic boarding schools, or pesantren, represent a breakthrough amidst the curriculum's rigidity and dogmatic religious teachings.…
Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Minister of Law Supratman Andi Agtas claims that the draft of the Anti-Disinformation and Foreign Propaganda Bill…
Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – Jakarta decided to postpone the summit of eight Muslim-majority developing countries grouped under the D8 Organization…
Naina Rao, Indonesia – In the remote coastal areas of eastern Indonesia, a centuries-old tradition is providing a contemporary blueprint for…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia does not plan on cutting a slice out of its multibillion-dollar free meal budget, according to a senior…
Hanoi – Vietnamese officials and businesses have discussed measures to strengthen economic and trade cooperation with Indonesia while supporting…
Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – The Jakarta Metropolitan Police have identified four suspects in the acid attack targeting Andrie Yunus, Deputy…
Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Civil groups have denounced the acid attack against human rights defender Andrie Yunus as a cowardly act aimed at…
Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – Indonesia's external debt edged higher at the start of 2026, though growth slowed slightly as government borrowing…
Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto reaffirmed that Indonesia will not join any foreign military alliance, stressing that…
Ian Storey – Indonesia's plans to acquire a second-hand aircraft carrier from Italy have been derided. The warship is more a symbol of Indonesia's…
Responding to the president who stated that he would sort out (menerbitkan) observers who were unpatriotic and do not like the success of his…
Joint members of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and Dogiyai District Police (Polres Dogiyai) reportedly injured three indigenous…
Maretha Uli, Jakarta – The National Nutrition Agency (BGN), which oversees the government's free-meal program, has temporarily halted operations…
The Foreign Ministry in Jakarta has condemned Israeli attacks in Lebanon, as the war in Iran spills across more borders.
Israel has launched…
Ary Hermawan and Usman Hamid – The horrific acid attack on Andrie Yunus, the deputy coordinator of the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims…
Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – The Indonesian government showcased the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program as part of additional activities during the…
March 15, 2026
Antara, Jembrana – Vehicle queues heading toward the ferry terminal at Port of Gilimanuk in Bali stretched as far as 25 kilometers on Saturday,…
Roy Adriansyah, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Saturday named the regent of Cilacap a suspect after uncovering an…
Meenakshi Ganguly and Andreas Harsono – Indonesia has accepted the offer of a deputy commander role in the International Stabilisation Force (ISF…
Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – Iran will continue allowing Indonesian tanker ships to pass through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil transit…
Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Many economists believe Indonesia's economy is stagnating or deteriorating, according to the latest survey released…
Mutia Yuantisya, Jakarta – The agreement on reciprocal trade (ART) between Indonesia and the United States is skewed as Jakarta bears most of the…
Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has ordered his staff to investigate the acid attack on human rights activist…
Jakarta, Indonesia – Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (WALHI) strongly condemns the acid attack against Andrie Yunus, Deputy Coordinator of the…
Putu Geniki L. Natih – In East Nusa Tenggara Indonesia, a 10-year-old boy's suicide exposes the limits of income-based poverty metrics.…
Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesia's Agrarian Reform Consortium (KPA) condemns the acid attack on Deputy Coordinator of the Commission for…
Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Indonesian police deny the authenticity of a widely circulating photo allegedly showing two suspected attackers of…
March 14, 2026
Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – Former Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan has suggested that the acid…
Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – Former Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan has urged President Prabowo…
There was an important lesson in the verdict of the Pertamina oil corruption case handed down by the Jakarta Corruption Court: the sensational…
Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has prohibited officials from holding excessively grand open house events during Eid al-…
Mutia Yuantisya, Jakarta – Total palm oil exports in 2025 reached 32.343 million tons, a 9.51 percent increase over the 29.535 million tons…
Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has urged the Indonesian National Police (Polri) to swiftly solve the case…




