Max Lane – Living in Australia, one sees almost every week a news report about some event or other in Bali, Indonesia's primary tourist destination.

Syifa Alifa, Jakarta – Former secretary of the State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) Ministry, Muhammad Said Didu, has strongly criticized the verdict against Thomas Trikasih Lembong or Tom Lem

Adinda Jasmine, Jakarta – The Indonesian government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has strongly condemned the Israeli military strike on the Holy Family Catholic Church in Ga

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Indonesian Communication and Digital (Komdigi) Minister Meutya Hafid has firmly denied any government plan to restrict internet-based voice and video call serv

Djibril Muhammad, Jakarta – Indonesia has certified more than 80,000 village-based cooperatives under the Merah Putih Cooperative program, a major step toward strengthening the grassroo

Wahyu Sahala Tua, Jakarta – Indonesia's homegrown electronics company Polytron has officially started mass production of its electric vehicles in Indonesia.

Effendi Rusli, Pekanbaru, Riau – Haze from forest and land fires in Riau province has crossed the border into Malaysia, according to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (

Chandra Adi Nurwidya, Yudha Setiawan Pane, Vinnilya Huanggrio, Jakarta – Puspa, a young woman from Yogyakarta, thought she was on her way to a decent job in Thailand.

Ary Hermawan – On Friday, 18 July 2025, the Jakarta Corruption Court sentenced former trade minister Thomas Lembong to 4.5 years in prison for his role in a corruption case centering on

Alexandra Stevenson and Hasya Nindita – For more than a decade, Rudi Hendri sold locally made clothes from a stall inside Jakarta's labyrinthine Tanah Abang market.

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has responded to reports of larvae or maggots found in the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program at two schools in Tuban Rege

Ashoka Mukpo – The Indonesian government is revising a regulation that reopened the export of dredged sea sand, after the country's Supreme Court annulled key provisions over environmen

Jakarta – Can you imagine Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in the United States or Gatwick Airport in the United Kingdom, both the second-largest airports in their respective cou

Jakarta – The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) revealed that Bali has become a major hot spot for transnational drug trafficking, warning that syndicates are using increasingly sophistic

Theressia Sunday Silalahi, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka are scheduled to attend the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) Congress, which w

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government revealed Friday it had come up with a strategy to help Indonesian small businesses survive after agreeing to let US goods enter its market t

Jakarta – The administration of Prabowo Subianto has never issued import policies that can promote the development of domestic manufacturing industries.

Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – Minister of Transmigration Muhammad Iftitah Sulaiman Suryanagara announced that the industrial development project on Rempang Island has been temporari

Hanaa Septiana, Jakarta – The police have exposed a case of illegal mining in the Nusantara Capital (IKN), which has cost the country Rp5.7 trillion.

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Suroto, Chairperson of the Association of Strategic Socio-Economic Cadres (AKSES), criticized the 19 percent reciprocal tariff imposed by the United States on

Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – The Ministry of Immigration and Correction has canceled the launch of the new red and white Indonesian passport design, which was initially scheduled f

Kerry Smith - July 6 marked 27 years since the Biak Massacre in 1998, when Indonesian security forces massacred scores of people in Biak, West Papua.

Resty Woro Yuniar – President Prabowo Subianto's decision to assign Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka responsibility for Papua has fuelled speculation that he is being politically s

Daniel Ahmad Fajri, Jakarta – Following two consecutive accidents involving foreign hikers on Mount Rinjani's Pelawangan route towards Lake Segara Anak, Coordinating Minister of Politic

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – The National Democracy (NasDem) Party has urged the central government to issue a temporary moratorium on the development of the new capital, Nusantara Capita

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – U.S. President Donald Trump has lowered import tariffs on Indonesian products to 19 percent from the previous 32 percent.

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesian authorities are expanding their search for reclusive oil tycoon Muhammad Riza Chalid after Singapore denied that the fugitive businessman is

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Indonesia will eliminate import tariffs on nearly all US-origin goods as part of its latest trade agreement with the United States, but certain products such a

Iman Rahman Cahyadi, Antara, Garut, West Java – Three people, including an eight-year-old girl, were killed in a stampede during a public celebration in Garut, West Java, marking the we

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – ASEAN is set to officially accept Timor-Leste as its when the group's leaders gather in Kuala Lumpur this October, thus finally ending the half-island nati

Jakarta – Indonesia is still negotiating details of its recently-reached trade deal with the United States after Washington lowered tariff rates on the Southeast Asian country, and is p

Spoorthy Raman – With its long, pendulous nose, characteristic pot belly and large size, the odd-looking, leaf-eating proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) may not feature on the list of

Fahri Ali, Depok – For Dwi, Wednesday morning began like any other.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Thursday announced the detention of four suspects in an alleged bribery and extortion scheme involving foreign wo

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – Deputy State Secretary Minister Juri Ardiantoro has responded to protests regarding the special treatment given to President Prabowo Subianto's cat, Bobby Ker

Indonesia, West Papua – A new documentary reveals the devastating impact of Indonesia's National Strategic Project (PSN) in Merauke, Papua Selatan Province, exposing how large-scale agr

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – Minister of Agriculture Amran Sulaiman stated that Indonesia will import wheat from the United States as a result of the reciprocal trade tariff reduction agr

Jakarta – While the world is racing to mobilize the green economy, Indonesia is heading in the opposite direction.

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia will soon allow foreign hospitals to open branches and invest directly in the country, in a move aimed at improving healthcare quality and reducing the need

Sora Park, Caroline Fisher and Lilik Mardjianto (University of Canberra) – Indonesians are increasingly losing trust in the news with more than 60 percent reporting they do not trust or

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The President Director of Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN), Arief Setiawan Handoko, stated that the import of Indonesia's liquefied natural gas (LNG) is not urgent.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia's freshly announced major energy purchase with the US can backfire on its government spending and oil trade deficit, according to an analyst.

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's Health Ministry has warned of a sharp rise in the number of smokers, including among children, as the country struggles to curb smok

Hariz Baharudin, Singapore – The trade deal announced on July 15 lowering US tariffs on Indonesian goods is seen by some as a diplomatic win for President Prabowo Subianto, though other

Jakarta – It is not an exaggeration to call the political agreement on the long-sought free trade pact between Indonesia and the European Union on Sunday a diplomatic victory for Presid

Paul Gregoire – The 5 July 2025 inauguration of the West Papuan Legislative Council in West Papua's Jayapura City "marked the rebirth of the West Papuan state", remarked United Liberati

Indonesia, West Papua – On the night of 12 July 2025, joint security forces consisting of Navy's Marine Corps, Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob), and the local police raided the secretaria

Abdi Ryanda Shakti, Jakarta – Amnesty International Executive Director Usman Hamid has highlighted an alleged digital attack against democracy activist Neni Nur Hayati after she critici

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Indonesia's trade surplus with the United States will likely shrink under a new trade deal that cuts tariffs on Indonesian goods while eliminating duties on Am

Agnes Valentina Christa, Jakarta – Indonesia's 80th Independence Day celebration will take place in Jakarta this year, not at the new presidential palace in the future capital city of N