Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Jessi Carina, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has asked President Prabowo Subianto not to stop at statements of support for the Draft Law on Aset Forfiture (RUU Perampasan Aset) and is calling on the president to realise the bill so it is not just a commitment.

Annisa Lisya Bazlina, Jakarta – The Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) and the French Bureau of Geological and Mining Research (BRGM) collaborate with the Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) and Badan Geologi on sustainable and post-mining best practices.

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will reform several regulations to respond to the reciprocal tariff policy from the United States. The plan includes revising the Domestic Component Level (TKDN) rules and changing import license policies and quotas.

Sita Planasari, Jakarta – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is overseeing the repatriation of 152 Indonesians who were deported from Saudi Arabia for violating residence and work permits in the country.

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Jakarta Metro Jaya Police's Head of Public Relations, Commissioner Grand Ade Ary Syam Indradi, claimed that infiltrators were responsible for provoking unrest during the International Labor Day rally in Jakarta on May 1, 2025.

He said these individuals threw objects toward the toll road near the House of Representatives.

Jakarta – South Jakarta Police have insisted that groups involved in a violent clash on Jl. Kemang Raya in South Jakarta on Wednesday were not affiliated with any mass organizations.

Jakarta – For many, there was not much to celebrate on May Day this year. The general mood on factory floors and offices around the country is somber as concerns about mass layoffs, a lack of competitiveness and accelerating automation are all too present in employees' minds.

Muhammad Farhan, Jakarta – The Indonesian Press Council supports the Communications Ministry's proposal to establish a public endowment fund aimed at promoting independent and sustainable journalism across the country.

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) has denied claims that anarchist groups infiltrated the International Labor Day rally held in front of the House of Representatives on Thursday. The civil society coalition emphasized that all participants were unaffiliated citizens.

Jayapura – The Mataram Papua Student Association (IMAPA), the Lombok city committee of the Papua Student Alliance (AMP), the Mataram branch of the Revolutionary Youth Front (FMR) and the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) held a free speech forum in Mataram, Lombok Island, to commemorate Indonesia's annexation of Papua on May 1, 1963.

A lawsuit by a Christian environmental activist, who was once jailed, has prompted Indonesia's Constitutional Court to revise a draconian law that activists say the government misuses to suppress criticism.

Jakarta – Power has started returning in most areas affected by an outage in Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Friday, officials said, and efforts were continuing to fully restore services.

A power outage hit a number of regions of Bali on Friday from 4 p.m. local time (0800 GMT), said state utility PLN.

Jakarta – Hundreds of students and teachers in a state junior high school in Bandung, West Java, have fallen sick and showed symptoms of food poisoning after eating meal packages provided under the free nutritious meal program, adding to the long list of incidents surrounding President Prabowo Subianto's flagship program.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia saw a decrease in foreign tourist arrivals in March 2025, with a total of 841,030 visits, marking a 5.63 percent decline from February 2025 and a 2.18 percent drop compared to the same month in 2024.

Jakarta – After three months, the investigation into the sea barrier in Tangerang Regency, Banten, has not shed any light. Instead of going after the main perpetrators in this case, the police are only focusing on alleged falsification of documents by village officials.

Sainimili Magimagi – Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has indicated that Fiji will not interfere in the matter of Indonesian Sovereignty regarding West Papua.

Rabuka recently made an official visit to Indonesia which sparked debate with activists of the Free West Papua Movement.

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Police personnel are suspected of assaulting a Tempo journalist who was covering the May Day rally in Semarang, Central Java, on Thursday, May 1, 2025.

Antara, Jakarta – The International May Day rally in front of the Central Java Governor's Office in Semarang on Thursday, May 1, 2025, ended in chaos. Police arrested several individuals suspected of being provocateurs.

Reza Rifaldi, Sari Hardiyanto, Makassar – Hundreds of students from various student alliances in the city of Makassar, South Sulawesi (Sulsel), held a demonstration to commemorate National Education Day (Hardiknas) on Friday May 2.

Kafil Yamin – Students in Indonesia say they are feeling threatened by the presence of military personnel arriving unannounced on campus since the passing of a national military law last month, which extends the military's reach into civilian positions – a move widely opposed by students at the time.

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto stated that the government will give advanced television sets to all schools in Indonesia. Schools in the most remote, forward, and outermost (3T) regions will also receive these advanced televisions.

Intan Setiawanty, Jakarta – The Independent Journalist Alliance (AJI) of Semarang has strongly condemned the police's violent actions against Tempo journalist Jamal Abdun Nasr while he was covering the May Day demonstration in Semarang, Central Java, on Thursday, May 1, 2025.

AJI considers this act a violation of the Press Law.

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto reminded regional governments of their responsibility to enhance facilities and improve schools in their respective regions. According to Prabowo, the education budget is available to improve schools. However, the fact that many large schools are still not suitable still puzzles him.

Rachel Caroline L. Toruan, Jakarta – Minister of Agriculture Amran Sulaiman emphasized that boosting national rice reserves remains the government's top priority before allowing rice exports, even as production surges and stock levels reach 3.18 million tons.

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has urged the National Nutrition Agency and the Nutrition Fulfillment Service Unit to conduct daily evaluations and coordination in the rollout of the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto revealed Friday that the government had allocated a record-breaking education budget, but the money was not going to the right people as some schools were still in poor condition with all its students even having to share one toilet.

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) reported that the Jakarta Metro Police have yet to release the demonstrators arrested during the International Labor Day protest in front of the House of Representatives Building on Thursday, May 1, 2025, despite completing the examination process.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Consulting firm McKinsey recently said that US President Donald Trump's tariffs might not deal a direct fatal blow to the Indonesian economy, but Jakarta needed to act fast if it wished to seize the opportunities that might arise from the trade reconfiguration.

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – The rally commemorating May Day in front of the Central Java Governor's Office ended in chaos. The commotion began in the late afternoon when the police initiated a series of repressive actions against the demonstrators.

Responding to a series of incidents of excessive use of force and police violence against students, journalists and medical personnel during demonstrations commemorating International Labour Day (May Day) in a number of cities on May 1, Amnesty International Indonesia Deputy Director Wirya Adiwena, said:

Deni Tonjau, Wamena – Hundreds of high school students from the Papuan Highlands High School and University Student Alliance held a peaceful demonstration at the Papua governor's office on Friday May 2 to mark National Education Day (Hardiknas).

Jayapura – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) has declared that the annexation of Papua 62 years ago on May 1, 1963, is the day Indonesia colonised the Papuan people. The day when Papua was forced to become part of Indonesia which has been a disaster to this day.

Antara, Jakarta – Two inmates at the Bukittinggi Class IIA Penitentiary in West Sumatra have died, and dozens more have been hospitalized following a suspected alcohol poisoning incident involving homemade alcohol mixed with perfume-grade alcohol. The event occurred on Wednesday, April 30.

Jakarta – International Labour Day or May Day was commemorated in Jakarta on Thursday May 1. This year's May Day actions in Jakarta were held in two separate places, namely at the National Monument (Monas) and in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building.

Salman Mardira, Jakarta – Human rights activists on Friday criticized West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi over his controversial proposal to send "unruly students" to military barracks for disciplinary training, warning that the plan may violate basic rights and contradict national education law.

Thomas Rizal & Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Approximately 200,000 workers marched to Jakarta's National Monument to make sure that their voices on labor concerns are heard by the government on Thursday. It was not just the bustling metropolis that had these rallies.

Ary Hermawan – If there ever was a honeymoon period between President Prabowo Subianto and former president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo after the 2024 elections, it is without doubt over now. As Prabowo enters the second half of his first year in office, tensions between the two former bitter rivals have only grown, making their fragile alliance more toxic by the day.

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto said in a speech delivered in front of thousands of workers celebrating Labor Day on Tuesday that his government is ready to take over state assets that are now under the control of private companies.

Shinta W. Kamdani and Elly Rosita, Jakarta – This May Day, we are not just commemorating labor, we are confronting a sobering economic reality. The recent announcement of tariffs by the United States President Donald Trump has reignited global trade tensions, sending shockwaves through supply chains and investor sentiment alike.

Jakarta – If anyone wonders why eradicating corruption in Indonesia remains a formidable challenge, the answer may lie in a culture nurtured from an early age within the education system where adults, who ought to serve as moral exemplars, instead become the very architects of deception.

Zainabul Khubro, Jakarta – Recently, the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) head Dadan Hindayana stirred up media attention with the claim that the free nutritious meal program's food poisoning rate was "only 0.5 percent", even though an outbreak was declared in Cianjur, West Java.

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organization (TPNPB OPM) of the XVI Yahukimo Defense Command has declared war against the Indonesian militia. They believe that the Indonesian military has been carrying out an illegal occupation in the land of Papua.

Jakarta – The initiative by Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni to establish the Task Force to Accelerate the Designation of Customary Forests could become nothing more than a gimmick if it is not accompanied with real action. A similar team was established at the end of President Joko Widodo's administration, but the results were far from what had been hoped for.

Jakarta – A rally commemorating International Labour Day or May Day in the Central Java provincial capital of Semarang on May 1 was marred by chaos. Several people were also arrested by police.

Antara, Jakarta – The Statistics Indonesia (BPS) has stated that World Bank data indicating that 60.3 percent of Indonesia's population is classified as poor should be considered solely as a reference and not as a definitive measure for the country.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A deadly landslide in an Indonesian industrial park has reignited concerns over poor safety and environmental standards in the country's booming nickel sector, a key supplier of battery metals for electric vehicles.

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesia's anti-corruption watchdog is pressing ahead with its investigation into the alleged misuse of Bank Indonesia's corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds, with no suspects named nearly four months after the probe was first made public.

Oyuk Ivani Siagian, Jakarta – A total of 13,252 joint personnel from the military (TNI) and Indonesian National Police (Polri) have been deployed to safeguard the International Labor Day celebration on Thursday, May 1, 2025. The labor day commemoration today will be centered around the National Monument (Monas) area in Central Jakarta.

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has expressed his commitment to promptly form the Employment Termination Task Force in response to laborers' concerns about rampant wrongful firings. Prabowo pledged this during his speech on International May Day at the National Monument (Monas) area, Jakarta, on Thursday, May 1, 2025.

Rifky Pratama Wicaksono – Feeding millions is the easy part. Ensuring it changes lives is the real challenge. That is the core obstacle facing the Indonesian government's ambitious Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program, which has been running since January 2025.