Paul Gregoire – United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) provisional government interim president Benny Wenda has warned that since Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto took o

Jakarta – Indonesia's unaudited budget deficit for 2024 was smaller than the government's earlier estimate, official data showed on Monday, providing a buffer for fiscal needs in 2025 a

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Chair of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) Muhammad Isnur responded to the alleged digital attack or doxing targeting one of the researchers fr

Banda Aceh – More than 260 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, arrived in Aceh after floating at sea for days, an official said Monday.

Jakarta – Indonesia launched an ambitious $4.3 billion free-meal program on Monday to combat stunted growth due to malnutrition, a key election promise of President Prabowo Subianto.

Jakarta – Following the tradition of his predecessor Retno LP Marsudi, who issued an annual press statement every January, Foreign Minister Sugiono is also scheduled to meet with the pr

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia is aiming to record nearly $294.5 billion in exports this year to catapult the country's economy towards 8 percent growth as targeted by Presiden

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government must make sure that the vendors in charge of making the meals for Indonesia's historic school feeding program get paid for their services, a

Han Revanda, Jakarta – Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita said that Apple Inc.'s investment commitment of US$1 billion, equivalent to Rp16.14 trillion (at an exchange rate

Jakarta – Police are still investigating alleged lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) activities in the Permata Hijau area of North Grogol Village, Kebayoran Lama, South Jakar

Havana, Cuba – Jose Ramos Horta, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste, sent his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, a congratulatory message on the occasion of

Indonesia's top court has upheld a law requiring citizens to follow a religion before the state system can recognize their marriages and other family records and issue them personal ide

President Prabowo Subianto's ambitious multi-billion dollar programme to provide free meals to more than a quarter of his people was officially underway on Monday, officials said, with

Alfida Rizki Febrianna, Jakarta – The government spent Rp 43.4 trillion ($2.69 billion) from the State Budget in 2024 for the development of Indonesia's future capital, Nusantara, accou

Ilham Oktafian, Widy Wicaksono, Jakarta/Semarang – The Indonesian National Police (Polri) revealed that a hotel in Semarang, Central Java, was built using funds linked to money launderi

Roy Adriansyah, Jakarta – The Bunker Bar, located in the Permata Hijau shopping district in South Jakarta's Kebayoran Lama area, has been permanently closed following a New Year's Eve r

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has reduced the proposed Hajj pilgrimage cost to Rp 89.7 million ($5,537) per person, down from the initial proposal of Rp 93.4 millio

Han Revanda, Jakarta - Professor of Bogor Agricultural University or IPB University in Indonesia, Dwi Andreas Santosa, criticized the Prabowo Subianto government's food self-sufficiency

Thomas Rizal, Andi Maulana, Jakarta – Indonesia will officially launch its first nationwide free meal program on Monday, aimed at providing nutritious meals to school-aged children, exp

Nandito Putra, Jakarta - Imparsial Director Ardi Manto Putra demanded that the legal process against the Indonesian TNI Navy members suspected of being involved in the shooting at KM 45

Antara, Jakarta – Armed Forces Commander General Agus Subiyanto has named Air Vice-Marshal Mohammad Syafii as the new head of the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) in a recen

Bandung – The West Java branch of the Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) has expressed strong criticism of the governor's recent decision to implement sectoral minimum wage incre

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Jakarta – The West Sumatra (Sumbar) Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) is currently studying a plan to draft a regional regulation (Perda) to eradicate social diseases in the Mina

Jakarta – A New Year gift came from the Constitutional Court on Thursday as it, on the 33rd time of asking, finally accepted the argument that every political party should stand an equa

Jakarta – A recent series of acid attacks in the country has highlighted the lack of regulation on the sale of corrosive chemicals in the country, making it easy for offenders to obtain

Tempo.co, Jakarta – The Indonesian government said it's reviewing the Constitutional Court's decision to abolish the presidential threshold, said Law Minister Supratman Andi Agtas, clai

Jakarta – For the first time in history, Indonesia's subsidized fertilizer distribution started on time, precisely on Jan. 1.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Chinese polyethylene terephthalate or PET plastic manufacturer Wankai New Materials has pledged to establish a factory in Banten's industrial city of Cileg

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police dishonorably discharged 31 officers in December 2024 for committing serious disciplinary violations, including desertion and drug-related of

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – The police reported Friday that they recorded fewer traffic accidents in the 2024 Christmas and year-end holiday season, marking a double-digit decline compare

Antara, Jakarta – Chinese carmaker Wuling Motors has officially begun operating its electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Cikarang, West Java, marking a significant milestone in Indone

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – An Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) researcher was doxxed by the Instagram account @volt_anonym, allegedly after responding to a report by the Organized

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court (MK) on Friday ruled that all marriages must be conducted in keeping with religious principles.

Indonesia, West Papua – On 24 December 2024, Mr Febrian Agapa, 20, was seriously injured after being shot at close range by the driver of a vehicle from a convoy escorted by security fo

Indonesia, West Papua – On 20 December 2024, Mr Sulfianto Alias, director of the NGO Panah Papua, was beaten by a group of individuals in multiple locations in Teluk Bintuni, Papua Bara

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – In a controversial speech, Indonesia's new president argued oil palm plantations are like forests, calling for their expansion by stating, 'oil palms are t

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Inflation in Indonesia has dropped to the lowest year-end rate ever recorded by the country's statistics agency since it began tracking consumer prices more than

Jakarta – The Elementary and Secondary Education Ministry has established 27 new task forces dedicated to preventing and addressing incidents of violence in educational institutions, Se

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo opened the first trading day of 2016 at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) on Monday as the Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) dropped 0.25 percent to 4,581 as

Jakarta – Indonesia's Constitutional Court on Thursday (Jan 2) said a law requiring a minimum number of votes for political parties to nominate a presidential candidate was not legally

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – A call by the Indonesian President to expand oil palm plantations has drawn backlash from environmental and farmers' groups, which warn that his comments may s

Jakarta - The Constitutional Court (MK) rejected a judicial review request requesting that non-religious citizens be recognized in Law Number 23 of 2006 concerning Population Administra

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has seized approximately Rp 62 billion ($3.82 million) in connection with an alleged corruption case involvi

Jon Emont, Singapore – Dozens of foreigners attending a large music festival in Indonesia were detained by police, accused of using drugs and allegedly told to pay thousands of dollars

Antara, Jakarta – The executive board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU), Indonesia's largest Islamic organization, has announced the establishment of a limited liability company, Berkah Usaha M

Jakarta – Former President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo clarified that his absence from the Bentang Harapan JakASA event on Dec.

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Indonesia's oil production has shown significant improvement over the past two months, reaching 600,000 barrels of oil per day (BOPD) in November and December

Ilham Oktafian, Tangerang – A shooting at the kilometer 45 rest area along the Tangerang-Merak toll road in Banten on Thursday resulted in the death of Ilyas Abdul Rahman, 48, a residen

Zhulfakar, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' (DPR) Commission VIII criticized the government's proposed 2025 Hajj pilgrimage cost (BPIH), which is only slightly lower than the pre