Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The head of House Commission I, Utut Adianto, believes that the TNI Law revision will not bring back the military dual function similar to that of the Ne

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's state budget (APBN) recorded a deficit of Rp 31.2 trillion ($1.9 billion) as of Feb.

Dio Suhenda, Andi Hajramurni, and Yulia Savitri, Jakarta/Makassar/Palembang – President Prabowo Subianto's free birthday health screening program has seen low participation nationwide o

Jakarta – The Bali administration is planning to resume the operation of Trans Metro Dewata (TMD) next month, after the provincial bus service was halted earlier this year due to lack o

Saepul Jaenudin, Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Bogor – The government has announced plans to construct 200 boarding schools nationwide to provide free education for students from low-income

Andika Pratama, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has allocated land in 326 regencies to support the establishment of 500 new battalions under the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TN

Defara Dhanya, Jakarta – Microsoft is set to launch a cloud region in Indonesia in the second quarter of this year.

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – A renewed plan by the Indonesian government to turn coal into gas or liquid fuel forms has received mounting backlash from climate experts who say it will be ec

Wawan Kurniawan, Tangerang – Police have seized 13 tons of Minyakita cooking oil from a packaging facility in Tangerang and arrested the owner on fraud charges, an officer announced on

Yogi Eka Sahputra, Jakarta – Fishers in the coastal city of Batam lodged a complaint against the Ocarina reclamation project, which damaged the sea where they hinged their livelihood.

Jakarta – Vietnam's VinFast plans to build 100,000 electric vehicle charging stations across Indonesia, Jakarta's investment minister said, as the EV manufacturer pushes into the burgeo

Antara, Balikpapan – A viral video circulating on social media falsely depicts severe flooding in Indonesia's future capital, Nusantara, in Sepaku, East Kalimantan.

Prisma Ardianto, Jakarta – Indonesia's tax revenue tumbled 41.86 percent year-on-year in January to Rp 88.89 trillion ($5.42 billion), as businesses and taxpayers struggled with the rol

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government announced Thursday that it had already spent Rp 710.5 billion or approximately $43 million to roll out free meals to millions of Indonesian

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – Inactive Ngada Police Chief AKBP Fajar Widyadharma Lukman Sumaatmaja has been transferred to the Headquarters Service Unit (Yanma) Indonesian National Pol

Hanin Marwah, Jakarta – The University of Indonesia's (UI) decision regarding the dissertation of Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia has sparked criticism from va

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Army Chief of Staff (KSAD) General Maruli Simanjuntak dismisses the concerns over the New Order (Orde Baru) resurgence following the TNI Bill discussion

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – Pantau Gambut, a non-governmental organization networked across 9 provinces, which focuses on research as well as advocacy and campaigns for the protection and

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – A group of Indonesian migrant fishermen filed a lawsuit against the American company named Bumble Bee Foods for alleged forced labor and human trafficking on

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Thursday named five suspects in its ongoing investigation into alleged corruption involving advertisement

Toto Sudiarjo, Sleman, Indonesia – A decade ago, Suyono's neighbors found his antics collecting the goat and quail droppings outside his home verging on the strange.

Salman Mardira, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) is pushing to finalize the revision of Law No.

Jakarta – The government has established a special team to identify and evaluate regulations that hinder investment growth, a senior official announced on Wednesday.

Melynda Dwi Puspita, Jakarta – Minister of Cooperatives Budi Arie Setiadi announced that Red and White Village Cooperatives, established by President Prabowo Subianto, will be permitted

Jaka Hendra Baittri, Lake Singkarak, Indonesia – Mardianis recalls reading the Quran with his parents and two children here on the western shore of Lake Singkarak before the desperate c

Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – A recent spate of accusations of nepotism and cronyism under the administration of President Prabowo Subianto has caused a public outcry, as experts warn of th

Han Revanda, Jakarta – House of Representatives Commission IV Chairperson Siti Hediati Hariyadi, better known as Titiek Soeharto, has raised concerns over last year's imported rice stoc

Indonesia, West Papua – The Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (C2

Salman Mardira, Heru Andriyanto, Ogan Komering Ulu – Army Chief of Staff General Maruli Simanjuntak on Wednesday criticized what he described as an overreaction to the government's plan

Antara, Ricki Putra Harahap, Jakarta – The government has allocated Rp 49.4 trillion or approximately $3 billion to pay for Indonesian civil servants' Eid bonuses this year.

Theressia Silalahi, Jakarta – Indonesia must not fall behind in artificial intelligence (AI) development, Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka said on Wednesday as he judged an AI comp

Antara, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has proposed amending the 2004 law on the Indonesian military to allow active-duty officers to serve in certain government positions that ar

Jakarta – It is as if intervention by high-level officials in elections has become the new normal.

Indonesia, West Papua – Since President Prabowo Subianto assumed office, concerns have surged regarding Indonesia's accelerating militarisation, particularly with the expanding occupati

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – A series of high-profile corruption cases in Indonesia has reignited calls for the death penalty for corrupt officials, with supporters arguing it would

Yakub Pryatama Wijayaatmaja, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid has highlighted several points that are being changed in the revisions to Law Numbe

Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta – Medan District Court in North Sumatra has sentenced Ratu Thalisa, a trans influencer who is widely known as Ratu Entok, to two years and 10 months in prison f

Jakarta – Indonesia and Vietnam agreed on Monday to upgrade ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership as the Southeast Asian allies' leaders met in Jakarta to mark 70 years of diplo

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – The Directorate General of Corrections confirmed that dozens of inmates escaped from the Class II B Correctional Institution in Kutacane, Southeast Aceh, on M

Ricki Putra Harahap, Jakarta – The Indonesian government plans to construct oil refineries with a capacity of 1 million barrels per day (bpd) each in multiple locations, Energy and Mine

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – A survey by the central bank shows that Indonesians are losing confidence in the country's overall economic conditions.

Jakarta – With its many exciting subplots, the current investigation by the Attorney General's Office into the oil imports corruption was like a soap opera.

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – A group of environmental activists called the Pandawara Group visited the Presidential Palace in Jakarta to meet with President Prabowo Subianto on T

Jaya Barends, Gebe Island, Indonesia – Abdul Manan Magtiblo watched the excavator dump a piece of Gebe Island into the back of a truck.

Medan – Acourt in North Sumatra sentenced a transgender woman to more than two years in prison Monday for a remark online about Jesus' hair, a local official said, in a case condemned b

Jakarta – Indonesia's car sales in February rose 2.2 per cent year-on-year, the first growth recorded since June 2023, data from the country's car association showed on Tuesday, amid gr

Stefani Wijaya, Jakarta – The National Police have arrested a factory manager and confiscated hundreds of cartons and crates of Minyakita cooking oil during a raid at a packaging facili

Jakarta – Women workers from a variety of sectors have come together to urge the government to implement stronger legal protections against oppression, discrimination and violence in co

Jauhari Mahardhika, Jakarta – Capital outflows from Indonesia's equity market accelerated as foreign investors extended their selling spree, dragging the Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) f

Portugal's National Energy and Geology Laboratory (known by its Portuguese initials LNEG) is cooperating with its local counterpart in Timor-Leste to assess the mineral potential of the