Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – The Indonesian Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA), Arifah Fauzi, emphasized that the free nutritious meal program (MBG) should not be

Zacharias Wuragil, Jakarta – The landslide disaster in Cisarua and Lembang, West Bandung, Indonesia, early Saturday morning was no ordinary landslide.

Max Lane, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute – I'm not a citizen of the Global South. This realization hit me when I sat in the conference room of the University of Indonesia on June 11.

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Authorities in Bali have thwarted an attempt to smuggle thousands of birds onto the resort island.

Twelve members of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) allegedly tortured and repeatedly raped a 48-year-old Papuan woman in the Beoga District, Puncak Regency, Central Papua Prov

Latoya Abulu, Silima Pungga-Pungga district, Indonesia – Rainim Purba first heard the rumor in 1996.

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesia's Labor Party plans to hold a protest at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, demanding the government reconsider t

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Indonesia's State Secretary Minister Prasetyo Hadi said he was unaware of reports that several social media users had received threats, a case that has re

Jesslyn Giovanni Mulyanto and Ary Hermawan – The Prabowo Subianto government is currently drafting a piece of legislation to counter disinformation and foreign propaganda amid allegatio

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has stressed that schools are not required to participate in the government's Free Nutritious Meal program, known l

Indah Ayu Pujiastuti, Jakarta – The fiscal savings generated by electric vehicle (EV) adoption in Indonesia remain far smaller than the cost of incentives provided to support the sector

Anwar Siswadi (Kontributor), Jakarta – A landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Indonesia's West Java province has killed and buried dozens of residents after collapsing into a fast-m

Olena Wibisana, Yogyakarta – The Indonesian government on Saturday confirmed that 1,440 Indonesian nationals who crowded the Indonesian Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, were illegal mig

Basudiwa Supraja, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung said on Saturday that severe flooding in West Jakarta over the past several days was caused by river overflows originating in

Yuli Krisna, West Bandung, West Java – A landslide killed at least eight people and left more than 80 missing in Cisarua district in West Bandung regency, West Java, on Saturday, a disa

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – The Institute for Demographic and Affluence Studies (IDEAS) assesses that the implementation of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program is misdirected due t

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) recorded a total of Rp5.96 trillion in foreign capital outflow from the domestic financial market this week, based on transaction d

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – Heavy rain that has been pouring over Jakarta and its surrounding areas since Thursday, January 22, 2026, has caused flooding in several areas of the capital

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Indonesia's second-largest Islamic organization, Muhammadiyah, has expressed concern over the government's commitment to defending Palestinian independen

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Floodwaters as high as 180 centimeters submerged several areas within the Green Lavender housing complex in Suka Mekar Village, North Bekasi, on Friday m

Indonesia's decision to appoint core staff of its Free Nutritious Meals programme kitchens as contract-based civil servants has sparked parliamentary warnings and criticism over recruit

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has launched the Mak Comblang Project (named after the Indonesian term for matchmaker), an initiative designed to d

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia's plan to further tighten mandatory repatriation rules for foreign-currency earnings from natural resource exports is drawing

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – The Global Citizenship of Indonesia (GCI) program is drawing lukewarm response from diaspora and mixed-marriage groups, who warn the policy risks becomi

Irfan Ahmad, Andrew Tito, Jakarta – Flooding in Jakarta is expected to continue through the weekend as heavy rain and extreme weather are forecast to return to the capital, the city's d

Antara, Malang – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa is considering adding an excise tier for cigarettes, a move the government says could provide a pathway for illegal tobacco produc

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia said Friday that Palestinian independence would remain a key goal in its foreign policy as Jakarta joined the Gaza peace board amidst concerns ov

Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – Indonesia's entry onto the Board of Peace for Gaza on Thursday has stoked fresh fears that Jakarta could be coerced into a United States-controlled agenda in t

Hariz Baharudin, Singapore – Making his World Economic Forum (WEF) debut as Indonesia's president, Mr Prabowo Subianto used the Davos stage to outline his view of Indonesia as a steady,

Rescuers on Friday has found the bodies of 10 passengers on a fishery surveillance plane that went missing in Mount Bulusaraung, South Sulawesi, after almost a week of search in the are

Jakarta – Beyond the fuss over the inclusion of the word kapitil in the latest edition of the official Indonesian language dictionary Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) – a colloquial

Muhammad Fauzan Malufti – When journalists or policy experts fretfully discuss arms racing and military buildups in the Indo-Pacific, they tend to focus on Northeast Asian autocracies r

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia is recording a surplus of around 1.4 billion liters of subsidized low-grade diesel fuel, sold domestically under the Solar brand, Energy and Mineral

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – Indonesia's national police have raided the Jakarta office of Islamic fintech lender Dana Syariah Indonesia (DSI) as part of a criminal investigation into alleged

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia has tightened its SIM card registration rules, requiring citizens to register mobile numbers using their national identity number (NIK) and biometric facial

Nicholas Kusnetz – The Indonesian government said it has revoked the licenses of 28 companies for violating forestry regulations in provinces hit by devastating flooding in November.

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa stated that the rupiah exchange rate had already begun weakening before Deputy Finance Minister Thomas Djiwandono was no

Dayat, Jakarta – Meat sellers in Jakarta and its surrounding areas began a coordinated strike on Thursday after the government reduced beef import quotas for private companies, a move t

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa has signaled a sweeping rotation of senior officials at the Directorate General of Taxes (DGT), saying a recent reshu

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Financial Service Authority (OJK) said West Java residents were the most affected by digital fraud nationwide, based on complaints recorded by the national ant

Andrew Tito, Jakarta – Flooding across Jakarta continued to spread on Thursday afternoon as persistent heavy rainfall inundated residential areas and major roads, according to the Jakar

Panji Satrio, Ihsan Syahreza, Tebing Tinggi, N – Sumatra.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia and eight Muslim-majority countries including Gaza mediators Qatar and Turkey have agreed to join US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace", the S

Yoes C Kenawas and Amalinda Savirani – The proposal to replace direct popular regional head elections (pilkada langsung) with indirect selection (pilkada tidak langsung) by the regional

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has revoked the permits of 28 companies over environmental violations that authorities say exacerbated the deadly floods and land

Jakarta – Forest and land fires have erupted in several regions across the country despite most areas still being in the peak of the rainy season

Amelia Rahima Sari, Jakarta – The Jakarta High Court has rejected an appeal filed by Indonesian Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman against Tempo in a Rp200 billion (around US$13

Maxime Aubert, Adam Brumm, Adhi Oktaviana and Renaud Joannes-Boyau – When we think of the world's oldest art, Europe usually comes to mind, with famous cave paintings in France and Spai

Phnom Penh – More than 1,400 Indonesians have left cyberscam networks in Cambodia in the last five days, Jakarta said on Wednesday, after Phnom Penh pledged a fresh crackdown on the ill

Anders Kirstein Moeller – When the rain begins again, I am already on my way back home.