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

Heru Andriyanto, London – Indonesia and the United Kingdom launched a new strategic partnership in London on Wednesday, marking a significant step forward in bilateral relations between

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Indonesia's Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said a gas pipeline leak operated by PT Transportasi Gas Indonesia (TGI) disrupted production

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M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – Indonesia is planning to establish waste-to-energy plants (PSEL) this year.

Hanaa Septiana, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Mochamad Irfan Yusuf, will bar regional leaders from becoming hajj officers this year.

Jakarta – The Forest Area Enforcement (PKH) Task Force claims to have seized 4.09 million hectares of oil palm plantations within forest zones throughout 2025.

Denny Armandhanu, Jakarta – Indonesia has said that it will accept an invitation from United States President Donald Trump to join the Board of Peace, a move seen as a diplomatic opport

Jakarta/Singapore: President Prabowo Subianto's participation in the Gaza peace summit in Egypt affirms Indonesia's elevated international profile and highlights the opportunities and p

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

Gregory, Yangon – For victims of military repression in Myanmar, East Timor (Timor-Leste) has become a new battleground. Not an armed one, but one involving the law.

Heru Andriyanto, Davos – Indonesia's free meal program for children and pregnant and lactating mothers has expanded so rapidly that it is on track to surpass the daily meal output of gl

Heru Andriyanto, Davos – President Prabowo Subianto on Thursday underscored Indonesia's fiscal credibility, telling participants at the World Economic Forum in Davos that the country ha

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – State Secretary Minister Prasetyo Hadi admits that high rainfall is not the sole contributing factor to the floods that inundate Jakarta this month.

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

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer recently agreed to deepen bilateral ties, not long after a landmark maritime deal worth

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – The nomination of Deputy Finance Minister Thomas Djiwandono as Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia (BI) has the potential to undermine the central bank's

Wahroni, Tangerang – A group of Muslim clerics and community leaders visited the Tangerang City Legislative Council on Tuesday to voice their opposition to any move to legalize alcohol

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesian law enforcement authorities have launched an investigation into reports that a sugar factory was permitted to operate on land owned by the In

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.75% after a two-day policy meeting, signaling a continued focus on rupiah stability ami

Prisma Ardianto, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia reported that banking credit growth slowed to single digits at the end of 2025, reflecting moderating demand even as monetary conditions eased

Mita Amalia Hapsari, Jakarta – Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has instructed government agencies to accelerate the relocation of civil servants to Nusantara, Indonesia's future c

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Economists Alliance has once again issued seven economic demands in a meeting on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.

Indonesia, West Papua – The Indonesian government's militarised approach to conflict resolution and economic development in West Papua has reached alarming levels, triggering widespread

On 16 January 2026, Mr Kataw Kulua, 27, Mr Yaikunus Murib, 26, and Mr Lois Murib, 29, were arbitrarily arrested by personnel of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) near the BNPB

Jakarta – Terrorism is a criminal act. Therefore, the response to it falls under the authority of the police, the law enforcement agency tasked with matters of public safety.

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Indonesia's central bank, Bank Indonesia, has kept its benchmark rate at 4.75 percent.

Alfitria Nefi Pratiwi, Jakarta – Permata Bank Chief Economist Josua Pardede urged that the Indonesian government immediately restore market confidence through certainty of policy direct

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia, through the Ministry of Forestry, has joined The Coalition to Grow Carbon Markets.

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Handewi Pramesti, Bali – Growing up in Central Jakarta in the 1970s, I remember the glow of fireflies, or kunang-kunang, twinkling in the field full of banana trees in front of my house

Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – Former Deputy Minister of Manpower Immanuel Ebenezer Gerungan, widely known as Noel, has confessed to his involvement in a corruption scandal.

Hanin Marwah, Jakarta – Hendardi, Chairperson of the National Council of the SETARA Institute, criticized the discourse on involving the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) in counte

Joao Boavida Milena Pires – Despite a stable constitutional framework, sustained international assistance, and substantial public expenditure, Timor-Leste continues to experience politi

Jakarta – National Strategic Projects may well become one of the worst economic development legacies from the administrations of Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto.

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – Indonesia's Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), Dadan Hindayana, said reported cases of food poisoning linked to the government's Free Nutritiou

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Chairperson of the Press Council, Komaruddin Hidayat, has expressed his appreciation for the Constitutional Court's decision regarding legal protection f

Alfitria Nefi Pratiwi, Jakarta – Indonesia's Ministry of Trade revealed that no garlic imports realization has been recorded thus far.

Antara, Jakarta – The Forestry Ministry is auditing 24 forest utilization permits across Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra following deadly flash floods and landslides that struck t

Antara, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has set a Rp 134 trillion ($8 billion) non-tax revenue target for Indonesia's mining sector in 2026, lower than last year's R

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung said record-breaking rainfall was the main cause of flooding that hit parts of the capital over the weekend, describin

Grace el Dora, Jakarta – The International Monetary Fund has raised its economic growth forecast for Indonesia in 2026, signaling growing confidence in the country's resilience even as

Budiarti Putri – It's been seven months since the Indonesian government announced the revocation of four active mining licences in Raja Ampat, West Papua, following widespread public cr

Agencies, Jakarta – The government could potentially seize mining activities across 190,000 hectares (733.59 square miles) of illegally cleared forest, the deputy forestry minister told

Siti Syafania Kose – When I visited Roshan Learning Center in South Jakarta, lunchtime was almost over.

Jakarta – Rupiah hit a record low against the dollar on Tuesday as investors fretted about the country's central bank independence after President Prabowo Subianto nominated his nephew

Jakarta/Singapore – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa pledged on Tuesday to uphold the independence of the central bank, after lingering fears about government interference in monet

Herawati Nurlia – Amnesty International Indonesia has highlighted the series of incidents of terror and threats that have befallen activists from the University of Indonesia Student Exe

Jakarta – The results of a Median survey show that the majority of respondents stated that human factors were the cause of the flash floods that hit a number of areas in Sumatra late la

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has ordered the revocation of business licenses held by 28 forestry, mining, and plantation companies found to have violated