Larius Kogoya, Jayapura, Jubi – Melince Magai, a member of the Puncak Regency Legislative Council (DPRK) in Central Papua appointed through the…
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While the government's free nutritious meal (MBG) program has become a debacle from top to bottom, its design was flawed from the start. This…
Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves declined by $1.3 billion to $144.9 billion at the end of May 2026 from $146.2…
Rahmat Hidayat – Indonesian security forces have arrested a 52-year-old man suspected of acting as an intermediary in the supply of firearms and…
An 18-year-old Papuan girl named Mrs Penti Weya, was reportedly killed by a suspected drone-delivered explosive in Wunapunggu Village, Melagi…
Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Nutrition expert and public health activist, Tan Shot Yen, assessed that several new policies to be implemented by…
Jakarta – Indonesia's next presidential election is not due until 2029, but it seems the fight may have started early in 2026.
President…
Yerica Lai, Jakarta – Speculation over a possible broader cabinet reshuffle has resurfaced as President Prabowo Subianto is scheduled to swear in…
Rahmat Hidayat – Indonesia's financial markets are facing a deeper challenge than a conventional market correction, according to political economy…
Tempo.co, Jakarta – Public trust has emerged as a central theme in responses from several of Indonesia's prominent political figures as the rupiah…
June 7, 2026
Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto urged students at Indonesia's People's Schools not to be discouraged when facing…
Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticized the Indonesian government's plan to involve the military in tackling street…
Rahmat Hidayat – Indonesia's Free Nutritious Meals program has come under renewed public scrutiny after anti-corruption activists called for an…
M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya has defended President Prabowo Subianto's frequent overseas trips, arguing that the…
Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto shared a personal story about what he considers his two lucky numbers during a visit…
June 6, 2026
Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – Indonesian Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa inspected 3,100 containers that were piling up at Tanjung Priok Port…
Mutia Yuantisya, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Finance has announced optimistic dynamic macroeconomic assumptions. Finance Minister Purbaya…
Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa has rejected the growing "sell Indonesia" narrative circulating among some global…
June 5, 2026
Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesia's weakening rupiah is changing travel patterns on both sides of its borders.…
Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – A coalition of Indonesian civil society organizations has urged the government and the House of Representatives (DPR)…
Freddie Daley and Charlie Lawrie (The Conversation) – In December 2025, Indonesia quietly abandoned plans to close the Cirebon-1 coal power plant…
Jauhari Mahardhika, Jakarta – The "sell Indonesia" trade gathers pace on Friday as foreign investors dump another Rp 3.7 trillion ($204 million)…
Nadira Rahmadini – United Nations human rights experts have criticized Indonesia's decision to prosecute four military personnel accused in the…
Maretha Uli, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named Deputy Immigration and Corrections Minister Silmy Karim a suspect in…
Antara, Jakarta – Reforming Indonesia's energy subsidies would strengthen fiscal credibility, ease pressure on the state budget, and support…
Andrew Mathieson – The family of a prominent West Papua activist has lost contact with its matriarch who has been missing in the occupied…
Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Survey agency Poltracking Indonesia has released its latest public opinion poll, featuring data on public…
Dylan Duan, Gayatri Suroyo and Melanie Burton, Shanghai, China/Jakarta/Melbourne, Australia – Chinese companies that helped build Indonesia's…
Sontry Napitupulu – The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has officially launched an internal consolidation effort, with a primary focus on…
Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – The President of the Indonesian Trade Union Confederation (KSPI), also the Labour Party President, Said Iqbal,…
Eka Permadhi, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition that is part of MBG Watch has called the corruption case involving the leadership of the…
Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Victims of a sexual violence case involving students at the University of Indonesia's Faculty of Law (FH UI) have…
Johnny Blades – The family of a West Papuan woman alleged to have been forcibly taken to Indonesia's capital after appearing in a new documentary…
On 10 May 2026, members of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI), and the Police arbitrarily detained four indigenous Papuans at the…
Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta – The rupiah slid to a new record low of Rp 18,000 per United States dollar on Thursday, extending its losses this year…
Antara, Jakarta – Sovereign wealth fund Danantara has denied reports that rich Indonesians with savings of over Rp 3 billion ($166,242) are…
Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – A total of 301 senior professors at the University of Indonesia (UI) are submitting an amicus curiae, or friend of the…
Jakarta – Dozens of students from the Student Executive Councils (BEM) of State Islamic Religious Universities throughout Indonesia held a…
Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – Indonesia's tax collections reach Rp 834.4 trillion ($46.3 billion) as of the end of May, rising 22.1% from a year…
Silpester Kasipka, Jayapura, Jubi – Members of the Tuarek Natkime Foundation blocked the access road leading to PT Freeport Indonesia's…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Economists have warned that Indonesia's surplus can shrink further – even to the point of being in the red – as the…
Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Indonesia's rupiah has weakened past the psychological level of Rp18,000 per US dollar, prompting calls for…
June 4, 2026
Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia has injected Rp 8 trillion ($443 million) into the bond market to help stabilize the rupiah as the…
Tempo.co, Jakarta – UN experts have expressed dismay over the use of military court proceedings in the acid attack case targeting Indonesian human…
News Desk, Jayapura, Jubi – Thousands of residents in Tolikara Regency, Papua Highlands, including elders, youth, and children, gathered at…
Jakarta – The House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday expanding the central bank's role to include responsibility for economic growth and…
Yerica Lai, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has named Dadan Hindayana, former head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) that…
Jakarta – Indonesian authorities should immediately rescind new policies to counter street crime that would result in the unlawful use of force by…
Ananda Teresia, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested Deputy Immigration and Corrections Minister Silmy Karim, a…
Marta Serafinko, Gdansk, Poland – For the past century, the Blue-fronted Lorikeet was one of Indonesia's most elusive birds, known only from a…




