Antara, Jakarta – Foreign Minister Sugiono says the government is closely monitoring reports about Israeli athletes' potential participation in the 2025 World Artistic Gymnastics Champi

Ima Caldwell – A large industrial zone on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, is grappling with radioactive contamination after a government taskforce found traces of the hazardous iso

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Indonesia's workforce is projected to grow strongly over the upcoming decade, but new research from the World Bank and Morgan Stanley finds the country is strugg

Septia Ryanthie, Jakarta – Cases of suspected poisoning from the free nutritious meal (MBG) in Indonesia have occurred again.

Indonesia - Between 27 and 30 August 2025, security forces carried out a series of arbitrary arrests and home searches linked to protests against the transfer of four Papuan political p

Teh Lip Li – Twenty-three years after its independence, Timor-Leste confronts fundamental questions as it prepares to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the bloc

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia is currently running road tests on B50, the biodiesel containing a 50 percent palm oil blend, as the country wishes to stop buying foreign diesel

Antara, Jakarta – The President Director of Indonesia's PT Pertamina (Persero), Simon Aloysius Mantiri, has responded to comments from Minister of Finance Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa regarding

Samira Homerang Saunders and David Whyte, West Papua – the Indonesian-administered western half of the island also known as New Guinea – hosts much of the world's third-largest rainfore

Antara, Jakarta – North Jakarta's Intercultural School (NJIS) received a bomb threat early Wednesday, but police confirmed no explosives or suspicious items were found after a full secu

Maretha Uli, Jakarta – An independent public monitoring body named Free Nutritious Meal Watch has been launched amid mounting public unease over the government's continued rollout of it

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – The World Bank has raised Indonesia's economic growth forecast to 4.8 percent in 2025, up slightly from its previous projection of 4.7 percent in April.

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – A total of 27 prisoners detained at the Jakarta Metro Police have formed a union after one prisoner was tortured in jail.

Jakarta – The House of Representatives has called on the Indonesian Military (TNI) to review safety procedures for its public military demonstrations, following the deaths of two soldie

Antara, Jakarta – Governor of Bali, Wayan Koster, agrees with 18 other governors who conveyed their aspirations regarding the transfer of funds to regional governments to the Minister o

Widi Agustian, Jakarta – Indonesia's coffee exports continue to gain traction in global markets, signaling stronger competitiveness among local small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – A person claiming to be the notorious hacker known as Bjorka has recently leaked data belonging to the Indonesian National Police.

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The Association of Indonesian Mining Professionals (Perhapi) says the plan to allow cooperatives to manage mining operations poses several challenges.

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – Indonesia will need a staggering $784 billion (Rp 13,032 trillion) in investment to achieve 8 percent annual economic growth by 2029, Investment Minister Rosan Pe

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – The Investment and Downstream Industrialization Ministry warned that ongoing fuel shortages at several private gas station networks could hurt investor confide

Dewi Rina Cahyani, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has called on all parties to reject the Israeli artistic gymnastics team, which is rumored to be competing in Indonesia f

Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – As a long-standing supporter of Palestine, Indonesia must more clearly affirm its backing, experts say, warning that Jakarta's recent efforts to balance Israel

Antara, Jakarta – The response to the spread of Cesium-137 radioactive contamination in the Cikande modern industrial area, Serang, Banten, has entered a critical new phase.

Erta Darwati, Jakarta – Indonesia's sovereign investment arm, Danantara, will channel $1.84?billion (Rp?30.5?trillion) into national carrier Garuda Indonesia (GIAA) through a combinatio

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) asserts that promotions and job rotations within the military adhere to the principles of meritocracy and professionali

Michael Rose – Two decades after Timor-Leste gained its independence, the country is a complicated and qualified success story.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia – while being friends with all – has to compete with other ASEAN nations for foreign direct investments (FDI), particularly high-quality ones tha

Indonesia, West Papua – On 7 October 2025, the Papua Legal Aid Institute (LBH Papua) branch office in Sorong urged the Southwest Papua People's Assembly (MRP PBD) to take an active role

Indonesia, West Papua – A 52-year-old man, Septinus Andreas Sesa, died after reportedly inhaling tear gas fired by police during a spontaneous protest in Manokwari.

Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta – Indonesia has pushed back its peak emissions target by five years to 2035, prompting officials to raise doubts over the country's ability to reach net zero by

Chesa Andini Saputra, Jakarta – As debates flare up over the ethanol content in Pertamina's fuel, the Indonesian Oil and Gas Companies Association (Aspermigas) reminded consumers that s

Indonesia, West Papua – The arbitrary detention of Mr Son Balingga, a civilian wrongfully arrested in Yahukimo on 5 August 2025, has now exceeded 120 days without any evidence linking h

Intan Setiawanty, Jakarta – Three years after the Kanjuruhan tragedy in Indonesia, the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has emphasized that the state should not forget i

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Indonesia's counterterrorism unit, Densus 88, has arrested four suspected terrorists in separate operations across West Sumatra and North Sumatra.

Alfi Dinilhaq, Bandung – In an era when most governments struggle to make bureaucrats more accountable, West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi believes he has found an unconventional solution:

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A major palm oil producer linked through supplier-reported mill lists to global brands like General Mills and PepsiCo has escaped sanction for allegedly co

Antara, Jakarta – The government recently revealed that the World Bank would back Indonesia's village development program with a new $800 million funding pledge.

Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – The South Jakarta District Court has set a preliminary hearing date for Lokataru Foundation Director Delpedro Marhaen Rismansyah and three other suspec

Alfi Dinilhaq, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves fell to $148.7 billion at the end of September 2025, down from $150.7 billion in August, according to a report released by

Indonesia – On 19 August 2025, eight civil society organisations, one individual, and twelve victims of National Strategic Projects (PSN) filed a judicial review petition at Indonesia's

Zacharias Wuragil, Jakarta – A total of 29 civil society organizations are demanding that the European Union reject any proposed postponement of the European Union Deforestation Regulat

Andree Surianta and Hasran – Fuel shortages at private retailers such as Shell, Vivo, and BP-AKR in recent weeks has caught public attention.

Hanaa Septiana, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Public Works Dody Hanggodo visited the location of the collapse of Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School (pesantren) in Buduran, Sidoarjo,

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – A civil society coalition argues that President Prabowo Subianto is misdiagnosing the root problem in the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) promotions and jo

Indonesia, West Papua – The 54th Pacific Islands Forum, held 8-12 September 2025 in Honiara, Solomon Islands, concluded with leaders celebrating achievements on climate resilience and r

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto on Sunday led a large anniversary celebration of the Indonesian Military (TNI), marking its 80th year with a grand parade, even as fears

Pes Yanengga, Jayapura – Students from several regions in Papua have agreed to form the Papuan Customary Land Student and Youth Alliance of Concern or AMPPTAP to fight against the seizu

Jakarta – A number of people held a demonstration in front of the United States Embassy in Central Jakarta today where they called for Palestinian independence and opposed the Israeli g

Muhammad Farhan, Jakarta – The government recently revealed that it had provided free healthcare for as many as 96 million Indonesians, particularly those coming from poor households, a

Agencies, Jakarta – The search for victims of last week's East Java school collapse ended on Tuesday with the death toll climbing to 67, an official said.