Maretha Uli, Jakarta – Civil society groups have renewed concerns over the slow post-disaster response in earthquake-hit Flores Island, East Nusa…

Indonesia, West Papua – On 15 October 2026, Indonesia's Constitutional Court delivered Decision No. 260/PUU-XXIII/2025 on Law No. 31/1997 on the…

Jayapura, Jubi – The Evangelical Christian Church (KINGMI) in the Land of Papua has called on the Indonesian Government and humanitarian…

Dewi Elvia Muthiariny, Jakarta – Recent satellite imagery from NASA reveals high concentrations of carbon monoxide (CO) gas spreading across…

M. Cicilia, Tegar Nurfitra, Jakarta – Indonesian Trade Minister Budi Santoso met with Timor-Leste Deputy Prime Minister Francisco Kalbuadi Lay in…

Jayapura, Jubi – Dozens of students from the Somatua Intan Jaya Independent Student Community (KOMISI) have held a public rally in Jayapura to…

Jayapura, Jubi – The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) claims to have executed four people in Dekai, the capital of Yahukimo Regency,…

Natasha Khairunisa, Jakarta – Indonesian stocks suffered a massive sell-off on Friday, losing 678 points or 11.57% to close at 5,185, their lowest…

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Experts have urged state electricity company PLN's new leadership to improve power reliability, warning that…

Four people tackling a wildfire in a national park on Indonesia's island of Java have been killed, the Forestry Ministry said, as the country…

The Namblong indigenous community in Jayapura Regency, Papua, should reconsider its plan to enter the carbon market in 2027. The government should…

Stefano Valentino, Ajit Niranjan – Volkswagen, Ford and Tesla are among the electric carmakers whose batteries may contain nickel mined in…

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – Nearly two years into his presidency, Prabowo Subianto has charted a different development course from predecessor…

Febrianto Adi Saputro, Bilal Ramadhan, Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) Chairperson Muhammad Isnur believes that Constitutional…

Tom Allard – Foreign scammers arrested in Timor-Leste are returning to their illicit activities after being convicted in local courts and paying…

Vonia Vieira – From the street, Baucau's Hotel Flamboyan appears elegant and historic, its aging facade a reminder of Timor-Leste's Portuguese…

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto received an average score of 5.1 out of 10 for leadership quality, while…

Jayapura, Jubi – Thick smoke haze has blanketed Timika, the capital of Mimika Regency in Central Papua, with smoke from forest and land fires in…

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto appointed four new deputy ministers and replaced the head of Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency…

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – Public confidence that Indonesia is moving in the right direction has plunged during President Prabowo Subianto 's first two…

Antara, Jakarta – Forest and land fires on Dayan Bonder Island, located in North Batanta District, Raja Ampat Regency, Southwest Papua, have…

Going to prison, it turns out, does not always mean giving up comfort. As long as they have plenty of money, inmates can enjoy televisions, air…

Maretha Uli and Yerica Lai, Jakarta – Indonesia's refusal to declare the prolonged forest fires a national disaster has drawn mounting criticism…

Ary Hermawan – On 1 October 2026, just weeks before marking his second year in office, President Prabowo Subianto announced his largest and most…

Marshanda, Palembang – The Cipayung Plus Student Alliance held a protest action in front of the South Sumatra Regional Police headquarters at…

Djibril Muhammad, Antara, Jakarta – The 74 kilograms of gold bars and millions of dollars in foreign currency discovered at a property…

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) recorded Indonesia's external debt at US$459.3 billion, equivalent to Rp8,246 trillion at an…

Bardjan, Jakarta – Singapore is considering legal action against companies suspected of causing or allowing fires that send haze across national…

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Indonesia's Constitutional Court has granted a petition challenging the 1997 Military Court Law in full, ruling that…

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – Indonesia has introduced a six-month exemption from import duties on selected plastic raw materials to help domestic…

Olena Wibisana, Stefani Wijaya, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named five suspects in an investigation into alleged…

Kate Lamb – As fires ravage Indonesia, emitting a toxic smoke that has drawn the ire of regional neighbours, the government is testing an unusual…

Johnny Johan Sompotan, Denpasar – The Bali provincial government has introduced three days of work-from-home arrangements and online learning from…

The government's decision to require all micro, small, and medium enterprises to obtain halal (permissible) labels shows that the country's…

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded its 2026 growth forecast for Indonesia to 5.1%, although Jakarta…

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – Spokesperson of the ruling party Gerindra, Sugiat Santoso, stated that the survey released by the Center of…

Sorong, Jubi – Indigenous Moi people from the Klagilit Maburu/Mawera clan blocked access to palm oil company PT Inti Kebun Sejahtera (IKS) in…

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – Electric cars assembled overseas could meet Indonesia's 60% local-content requirement if they use batteries manufactured…

Two years into his tenure as vice president, Gibran Rakabuming Raka has further tarnished the image of President Prabowo Subianto's administration…

Usman Arief and Imam Salehudin (The Conversation) – Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, together with Ooredoo Group, Nokia and NVIDIA, plans to develop…

Isabel Esterman – Two critically endangered Sumatran rhinos are pregnant at an Indonesian sanctuary, a rare success for a species reduced to a few…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has launched a study titled "Who's Behind the Fires?" to uncover the actors behind the…

Yustinus Paat, Yogyakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has detained 14 people, including a senior official at the National…

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – Indonesia's sovereign wealth fund Danantara has acquired several domestic textile companies as the government moves to…

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Raging fires have scorched a number of national parks in Kalimantan and Sumatra in recent weeks, with fast-spreading…

On 6 October 2026, Mr Petrus Gobai was taken into police custody in Nabire Town, Nabire Regency, Central Papua province, and subsequently held at…

Maretha Uli, Jakarta – Teachers have urged the House of Representatives to revise the national education law to strengthen teacher governance,…

Heru Febrianto, Jakarta – The government should restrict exports of medium- and high-calorific-value coal until the fuel requirements of state…

On 12 October 2026, security force members allegedly apprehended two indigenous civilians named Mr Ernes Wepsa, 27, and Mr Natan Well, 18, in the…

Alfi Dinilhaq, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia is consolidating 23 state-owned industrial estate operators managing a combined 35,000…