Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jakarta – East Java Police have launched a criminal investigation into the deadly collapse of a building at the Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in Sidoarjo Rege

On 30 September 2025, a peaceful demonstration organised by Solidaritas Peduli Uncen (SPU) at the Cenderawasih University (Uncen) campus gate in Perumnas 3, Waena, Jayapura, was forcibl

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto added more members to the Red and White Cabinet at the Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta on Wednesday, October 8, 2

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) will deploy 5,000 professional chefs to various Nutrition Fulfillment Service Units (SPPG) across Indonesia starting on Mon

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) and the government have jointly urged the Constitutional Court to reject judicial review petitions challenging Law Numb

Jihan Ristiyanti, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has approved the repatriation request of two convicts involved in narcotics cases from the Netherlands, Siegfried Mets, 73 years ol

At least a dozen workers of PT Uni Raya Timber (URT) in Sorong Regency were abruptly suspended from work without notice or compensation.

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has reportedly dismissed Arief Prasetyo Adi from his position as Head of the National Food Agency (Bapanas) and appoin

Roy Adriansyah, Jakarta – A massive fire swept through a densely populated neighborhood in Pengadegan Timur, Pancoran, South Jakarta, on Friday afternoon, leaving around 450 residents f

Arnoldus Kristianus, Bogor – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa indicated on Thursday that the Indonesian government will not assume responsibility for the Jakarta – Bandung high-spe

Achmad Ali, Pasuruan, East Java – Indonesia has sent 600 workers abroad this week, including skilled personnel bound for South Korea's shipbuilding and fighter jet manufacturing industr

Chandra Adi Nurwidya, Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia defended the government's plan to mandate a 10 percent ethanol blend in gasoline, or E10, saying

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

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

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

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

Teras.id, Jakarta – Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Sufmi Dasco Ahmad has denied the news about an increase in the recess fund for members of the parliam

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia said the mining policy for cooperatives and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs)

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The Director-General of Economic and Fiscal Strategy at the Indonesian Ministry of Finance, Febrio Kacaribu, said that the World Bank lacks a comprehensive unde

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – The sovereign wealth fund Danantara will finance the Merah Putih rural cooperatives, according to a minister, as Indonesia seeks to boost its grassroots econom

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

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

Intan Setiawanty, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office has detained former Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Nadiem Makarim after he was discharged from the ho

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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:

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

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