Jakarta – Indonesian worker groups said on Friday (Nov 1) that a Constitutional Court ruling on labour laws should lead to higher minimum wages next year, even though parts of their pet

Sella Rizky Deviani, Jakarta – State-owned pharmaceutical company Biofarma has secured a contract valued at Rp 1.4 trillion ($88 million) to supply vaccines to international organizatio

Ricki Putra Harahap, Jakarta – Police have dismantled another online gambling ring, this time operated by a Chinese national.

Agencies, Jakarta – The Supreme Court rejected on Friday an appeal by an indigenous tribe in Papua in its lawsuit against a palm oil firm, a decision a rights group said put the tribe a

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Controversy has erupted across the country after a high-flying Cabinet minister was awarded a doctoral degree by a top Indonesian university following a short

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Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – An official under fire for demanding 300 times the budget earmarked for his new ministry.

Jakarta – Indonesia's Constitutional Court on Thursday (Oct 31) ruled that changes must be made to some labour rules including ordering the establishment of sectoral minimum wages, in r

Vitorio Mantalean, Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court granted of a number of points in a legal challenge submitted by labour groups related to the Omnibus Law on Job Cr

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Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto recently shared photos of a dinner with Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Ridwan Kamil on his personal Instagram account @prabowo.

Stefanno Sulaiman, Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – Indonesia's headline annual inflation rate cooled in line with expectations, but its core inflation rate accelerated to its highest in over

Jakarta – As his state visit to China next week will be his second meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping after his introductory meeting in his capacity as president-elect in April,

Rino Fajar Setiawan, Bekasi – At least eight people died and several others are missing after a fire broke out at a cooking oil factory in Bekasi, just east of Jakarta, on Friday mornin

Jakarta – The number of foreign visitors to Indonesia reached over 10 million as of September, inching closer to the full-year target of 14 million, according to data released by the go

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Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Anti-corruption activists visited the South Jakarta Red and White Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building on Thursday, October 31, 2024.

Tiara Juwita, Jakarta – The newly inaugurated President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, established the National Economic Council in the Red and White Cabinet.

Antara, Jakarta – Said Iqbal, President of the Labor Party, expressed his relief and gratitude after the Constitutional Court granted a partial judicial review of the Job Creation Law.

Agencies, Jakarta – The Industry Ministry has banned sales of smartphones made by Alphabet's Google due to rules requiring the use of locally manufactured components, days after blockin

Jakarta – A former investigator of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has urged graft suspect Thomas Lembong, who served as trade minister in 2015-2016, to assist authorities i

Bella Evanglista Mikaputri, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto hosted a gathering with leaders from his coalition's political parties at the State Palace on Friday, many of whom also

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is ramping up efforts to address a spike in layoffs, with Labor Minister Yassierli announcing nearly 60,000 workers affected nat

Andreas Harsono – In December 2008, I visited the Abepura prison in Jayapura, West Papua, to verify a report sent to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture alleging abuses ins

Teguh Adi Prasetyo, Jakarta – Tourism Minister Widiyanti Putri Wardhana aims to attract high-quality tourists to Indonesia by intensifying the promotion of five 'Super Priority Destinat

Jakarta – Jakarta deputy gubernatorial candidate Suswono apologized on Monday for his controversial joke suggesting that rich widows should marry unemployed men.

Medikantyo Adhikresna, Jakarta – The Indonesian Motorcycle Industry Association (AISI) projects motorcycle sales in Indonesia to hit 6.7 million units next year, up from an expected 6.5

Widy Wicaksono, Semarang – Central Java gubernatorial candidate Ahmad Luthfi claimed on Wednesday that he has the backing of President Prabowo Subianto and former President Joko "Jokowi

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – A Russian diplomat recently revealed that Moscow was still keeping its fingers crossed that Indonesia would implement its contract purchase for Su-35 fight

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – The government has given the green light for textile giant Sri Rejeki Isman, better known as Sritex.

Fitriansa Sima Sima Sohilauw, Ambon – At least seven people died and dozens more were injured after a seaside bridge in Central Maluku Regency collapsed on Wednesday afternoon, during a

Thousands of workers from various trade unions again held a demonstration to oversee a Constitutional Court (MK) ruling on a judicial review of the Omnibus Law on Job Creation (UU Cipta

Agencies, Jakarta – Six people have died as nearly 100 Rohingya landed by boat in Aceh province, a local fishing community said on Thursday, in the latest wave of arrivals to Indonesia

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Jakarta – Indonesia's new leader Prabowo Subianto wants to complete key government and parliamentary buildings in the country's $32 billion new capital city in the next four years, acco

Greta Nabbs-Keller – As Jakarta geared up for the Indonesian armed forces' 79th anniversary on 5 October, there seemed to be an added frisson in the air.

Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies – A former Indonesian trade minister who campaigned for the opposition has been arrested in the first days of Prabowo Subianto's presidency on alleged corru

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Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – In Indonesia's North Sumatra province, conservation groups and authorities have built canopy bridges that stitch back together primate habitat, including for or

Pribadi Wicaksono (Kontributor), Yogyakarta – Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X has officially issued a gubernatorial instruction letter to regulate the circulation of al

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Thousands of workers from various labor unions will hold a protest demanding the repeal of the Omnibus Law on Job Creation, at the Constitutional Court

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – The Jepara District Court's panel of judges declared the four shrimp farmers in Karimunjawa guilty of environmental pollution.

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Nabiila Azzahra A, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto targets Indonesia's economic growth to reach 8 percent during his term.

Pizaro Gozali Idrus and Arie Firdaus, Jakarta – Images of newly inducted Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto wearing jungle-green camouflage fatigues and leading cabinet members in dr

M. Raihan Muzzaki, Jakarta – The Ministry of Manpower responded to workers' demands for an 8-10 percent increase in the minimum wage.

Catholic leaders have warned against the transmigration program of new Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in conflict-stricken Papua, saying bringing in non-Papuans to the easternmos

Gusty da Costa – An indigenous human rights activist has asked Jakarta to reconsider the transmigration program in Papua region as bringing in non-Papuans to the country's easternmost r

Jakarta – Village heads who fail to maintain neutrality in regional elections can be dismissed from their positions, the Home Ministry's village governance director general, La Ode Ahma

Meaghan Tobin and Hasya Nindita, Jakarta and South Sumatra, Indonesia – A year ago, TikTok's e-commerce business in Indonesia was thriving.