Ni Made Tasyarani, Jakarta – Listed companies are expected to release more than Rp 187 trillion (US$11 billion) in new shares as the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX), along with the Financial Services Authority (OJK), seeks to double the percentage of shares available for public trading as part of a wider push to reform the capital market.

Ary Hermawan and Iim Halimatusa'diyah – Indonesian Islamic groups' endorsement of President Prabowo's decision to join Trump's Board of Peace risks perceptions that they are departing from their long-standing support for the Palestinian cause.

M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – The Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS) has filed a formal objection to President Prabowo Subianto regarding the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) between Indonesia and the United States, signed on February 19, 2026.

Reiner Brabar, Jayapura – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) says that a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Indonesian government and Freeport McMoRan Inc to extend its mining contract until 2061, which was signed in the US on Wednesday February 18, has the potential to prolong the ecological crisis and suffering for indigenous peoples.

Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – Indonesia has stressed the importance of providing stability through the United States-led Board of Peace (BoP) to pave the way for lasting peace in Gaza, amid domestic concerns about Jakarta's planned troop deployment to the region.

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa recently revealed that the massive imports of Indian pickup trucks would use loans from state banks.

Susannah Patton – The conventional account of why Timor-Leste's membership of ASEAN is good for regional security goes something like this: Timor-Leste is a young, post-conflict, least-developed country. Membership of the region's premier regional grouping will give it access to economic opportunities, including trade and international assistance which flows to ASEAN as a group.

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Most cities and regencies in Indonesia are failing to enforce single-use plastic restrictions, a situation worsened by inadequate monitoring systems and budgets needed to meet the national target of phasing out the use of plastics by 2030, a new report has found.

Prisma Ardianto, Jakarta – Indonesia is aiming to become a key player in the global semiconductor supply chain through a strategic partnership with the United States, backed by nearly $5 billion in initial investment, Coordinating Economic Affairs Minister Airlangga Hartarto said on Tuesday.

A world premiere of a new documentary revealing the devastation of rainforest in the southeastern part of West Papua is one of two films being screened in Auckland next month.

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – Indonesian customs authorities have sealed several luxury jewelry stores in Jakarta over alleged violations of import and tax rules, as the government steps up enforcement against illegal high-value goods entering the country.

Heru Andriyanto, Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Indonesia has received its first shipment of around 1,000 pickup trucks from Indian automakers Mahindra & Mahindra and Tata Motors, marking the start of deliveries under a controversial $1.5 billion vehicle procurement program, a business executive said on Tuesday.

Fitriansa Sima Sima Sohilauw, Jakarta – Indonesian police have dismissed a Brimob (Mobile Brigade) officer on Tuesday following an internal ethics ruling over the death of a 14-year-old student in eastern Indonesia, a case that has sparked nationwide outrage and scrutiny of police use of force.

Associated Press, Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – Fresh turbulence in global trade policy spilled into Indonesia's equity market on Tuesday, sending the Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) down 1.37% as investors weighed US tariff escalation and domestic fiscal risks.

Mattha Busby – Jarred Shaw is locked up in an Indonesian prison – but at least he isn't facing execution, something that appeared a possibility less than a year ago.

Bhima Yudhistira Adhinegara and Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat – Indonesia and the US mining giant Freeport-McMoRan have struck an agreement extending the operating rights of the vast copper and gold complex in Papua for the life of its reserves.

Leonard AL Cahyoputra, Jakarta – An economic think-tank recently revealed that Indonesia's plan to import 105,000 Indian pickup trucks can slash the economy by Rp 39 trillion ($2.3 billion) and trigger mass layoffs.

Autocrats create enemies in order to legitimize their authority. Adolf Hitler agitated the people of Germany to watch out for collusion between socialist youths and Wall Street brokers. He claimed that both of them would destroy the values of the Aryan race. Joseph Stalin in Russia fabricated the legend of Pavlik Morozov to mobilize support against hoarders.

Responding to the murder of a student in Tual City, Maluku, by a member of the paramilitary police Mobile Brigade (Brimob), Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid said:

"We convey our deepest condolences to the family of the deceased AT (14). Likewise, we pray for recovery of the victim's older brother, NK (15).

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Law Number 17 of 2025 concerning Indonesia's State Budget (APBN) for Fiscal Year 2026 is currently being challenged in the Constitutional Court (MK).

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology Stella Christie emphasized that state scholarships are a "debt of gratitude" that must be understood as a trust. This statement was issued in response to a polemic on social media regarding the attitudes of scholarship alumni toward their citizenship status.

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – Indonesia's state budget posted a deficit of Rp 54.6 trillion ($3.24 billion) as of Jan. 31, 2026, equivalent to 0.21% of gross domestic product, as government spending outpaced revenue in the first month of the year.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – A senior government official said Monday that Indonesia's tariff deal with the US will not deal a severe blow to the state revenue, although collections had slowed because of existing trade agreements.

Teh Lip Li – On February 2, Timor-Leste became the first ASEAN member state to initiate legal proceedings against another member state. It appointed a prosecutor to examine the Myanmar military's responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity under the principle of universal jurisdiction. International advocacy groups have hailed the move as "unprecedented".

Tangerang – The black-and-green ink that runs down the side of Mr Ahmad Rezki Fauzi's face draws stares wherever he goes.

Thick and deliberate, it is impossible to ignore. The tattoo is not simply decoration. It is a shield.

Church organizations, along with civil society groups, have urged the Indonesian government to halt its militaristic approach in the Papua region and its food and palm oil projects that are fueling conflict with indigenous people.

The call comes amid the ongoing violent conflict in the predominantly Christian region.

Riri Rahayuningsih, Jakarta – The North Java Coastal Authority Agency (BOPPJ) is currently formulating the master plan for the giant sea wall project. BOPPJ Head Didit Herdiawan stated that construction will occur along the northern coast of Java, covering approximately 535 kilometers and spanning Banten, Jakarta, Central Java, and East Java.

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – Indonesia has extended the placement of Rp 200 trillion ($11.9 billion) in government funds at state-owned commercial banks through September 2026, Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa announced on Monday.

Jakarta – Indonesia's plan to bring home its first aircraft carrier in 2026 has an undeniable cinematic quality – a 180m warship, long retired by a European navy, retrofitted and returning to life in South-east Asia as a floating runway and command post.

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) announced that users of its national QR payment system, Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard (QRIS), have surpassed 60 million, meeting the central bank's 2026 target ahead of schedule.

Kahfi Adlan Hafiz & Muhammad Iqbal Kholidin – A proposal to abolish direct elections for local government heads (Pilkada) in Indonesia has resurfaced after President Prabowo Subianto reiterated the idea in a recent speech at the Golkar party's anniversary event.

Irsyan Hasyimd, Jakarta – The Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) in Indonesia confirmed the discovery of a Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) dead in a community plantation in Karang Ampar Village, Ketol District, Central Aceh Regency. The report of the protected animal's death was received on Saturday, February 21, 2026.

Jakarta – WALHI asserts that the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade between Indonesia and the United States (US), signed by Prabowo Subianto and Donald J. Trump, is unconstitutional and undermines Indonesia's ecological sovereignty. This agreement sacrifices Indonesia's sovereignty over its natural resources and perpetuates the deprivation of people's living space.

Aristyo Darmawan – On Thursday, 19 February 2026, during Prabowo's visit to the United States, Indonesia signed a tariff deal with the US as part of the Implementation of the Agreement toward a New Golden Age US-Indonesia Alliance. Essentially, the agreement reduced Indonesia's tariff from 32% to 19%.

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Finance reported that as of January 31, 2026, the government had withdrawn new debt totaling Rp127.3 trillion. This figure represents 15.3 percent of the total government debt target set in this year's state budget (APBN), which is expected to reach Rp832.2 trillion.

Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – Indonesian transport experts are pushing back against the government's focus on overloaded trucks as the main cause of road damage, arguing that poor construction quality is the real reason roads across the country deteriorate so quickly.

Prisma Ardianto, Jakarta – Indonesia will import at least 1,000 tons of rice from the United States under a bilateral trade agreement, despite President Prabowo Subianto's strong opposition to rice imports and his administration's claim of national self-sufficiency.

Eka Yudha Saputrato, Jakarta – The rice fields in Meurah Dua District, Pidie Jaya Regency, Aceh, which are reportedly submerged in mud as a result of flooding, were personally inspected by Indonesian Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian.

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Former Indonesian deputy foreign minister Dino Patti Djalal expressed regret that President Prabowo Subianto did not explicitly mention the two-state solution and Palestinian independence in his remarks before U.S. President Donald Trump at the Board of Peace Conference in Washington, D.C.

Pribadi Wicaksono (Kontributor), Jakarta – Indonesia's government operates tens of thousands of digital applications that remain disconnected from one another, raising concerns about data fragmentation and policy inefficiency.

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia condemns the assault by a member of the Indonesian National Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob), Second Brigadier (Bripda) MS, against a student named Arianto Tawakal. Bripda MS allegedly killed a 14-year-old kid by beating him with a steel helmet.

Alfi Dinilhaq, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Calls are mounting for the Indonesian government to cancel plans to import 105,000 pickup trucks for rural cooperatives, amid concerns the move could undermine the domestic automotive industry, which executives say is capable of supplying the vehicles locally.

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Foreign Minister Sugiono claims that the authorities in the Gaza Strip understand Indonesia's reasons for participating in the International Stabilization Force (ISF). The ISF, a multi-national force led by the United States, will deploy at least 20,000 troops to the Gaza Strip.

Jayapura – An Action Plan Workshop titled "Retracing the Footsteps of the Papuan Civil Society Movement", which was attended by non-government organisation (NGO) members from various regions in the land of Papua, has agreed to form the Civil Society Transformation Coalition in the Land of Papua, abbreviated as "KO MASI" in the land of Papua.

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Abdul Mu'ti affirmed that the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program does not diminish the education budget within his ministry. He ensured that strategic education programs will continue to operate and will even expand in 2026.

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – The Center on Reform on Economics (CORE) Indonesia assesses the reciprocal tariff agreement between the United States and Indonesia as a new pattern of economic exploitation directed at developing countries. The White House, meanwhile, describes the pact as a "Great Deal" that will usher in a new era of bilateral relations.

Washington – Indonesia will continue to require domestic processing of critical minerals despite reaching a reciprocal trade agreement with the United States, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said on Friday, underscoring Jakarta's long-standing downstream industrialization policy amid rising global demand for strategic resources.

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – The Chair of Fatwa Division at Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), Asrorun Ni'am Sholeh, stated that American goods entering Indonesia do not require halal certification under a trade agreement between the Indonesian government and the United States.

Mutia Yuantisya, Jakarta – Bhima Yudistira Adhinegara, Director of the Center of Economic and Law Studies (Celios), raised concerns over the Agreement of Reciprocal Trade (ART) between Indonesia and the United States. He argues the pact risks stalling national industrialization.

Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – The National Police have launched a major investigation into an alleged Rp 25 trillion (US$1.48 billion) money laundering scheme linked to illegal gold mining operations in West Kalimantan.

On Thursday, investigators from the force's Directorate of Special Crime conducted coordinated raids in three locations in East Java as part of the probe.