Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has signed a decree establishing a specialized intelligence unit under the direct authority of the finance minister.

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police announced on Thursday the confiscation of Rp 73.7 billion ($4.7 million) in cash, 16 cars, 11 luxury watches, and various other valuable ite

Nabila Ramadhanty – Hundreds of workers from the Indonesian Metal Trade Workers Federation (FSPMI) and the Confederation of the All-Indonesian Workers Unions (KSPSI) inundated the Minis

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto did not give specific instructions regarding the Nov.

Amelia Devina Putri – The UN Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary emphasise the important role of the judiciary in balancing the executive and legislative powers, and i

Jakarta – Muhammadiyah, Indonesia's second largest Muslim organization, has issued a fatwa (edict) against vote buying for the upcoming 2024 regional elections, declaring the practice a

Jakarta – We have about three weeks to go before Indonesians across the country vote for their governors, regents and mayors in one of the world's biggest single-day elections.

Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has officially assembled a team of economic advisers known as the National Economic Council (DEN), with his former military colleague Luh

Alfida Rizky Febriana, Jakarta – Chief Human Development Minister Pratikno announced the key policy priorities set by President Prabowo Subianto for the ministries under his coordinatio

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – The government does not plan on importing food to fulfill President Prabowo Subianto's campaign promise of feeding all Indonesian school kids free lunc

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia remains positive about expanding at around 5 percent this year despite a slower economic growth in the third quarter of 2024.

Hilman Palaon – The iPhone 16 has been banned from sale in Indonesia. For a rapidly growing, tech-savvy nation, this is a setback for Apple.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, confirmed that Government Regulation (PP) No.

M. Raihan Muzzaki, Jakarta – Bright Institute presented the results of its study on the consumption expenditure patterns of the Indonesian population.

Pribadi Wicaksono (Kontributor), Yogyakarta – As the rainy season starts in early November, Yogyakarta once again faces a waste emergency as garbage piles up on roadsides, emitting an u

Vedro Imanuel G, Jakarta – The Ministry of Manpower held a closed meeting over the past few days.

Jakarta – Authorities in East Nusa Tenggara will permanently relocate thousands of residents from around a volcano that erupted in recent days, killing nine people after spewing firebal

M Ambari, Jakarta, Indonesia – Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, who will remain as Indonesia's fisheries minister in the administration of new President Prabowo Subianto, has unveiled an ambitiou

Pribadi Wicaksono (Kontributor), Yogyakarta – The trend of online busking or making money through digital devices in order to get social media users' contributions on the Internet has r

Hoping that President Prabowo Subianto is serious about protecting human rights as absurd as an owl yearning for the moon (wishing for the impossible).

Muhammad Ridwan – The Solidarity Action Committee for Munir (KASUM) says it regrets efforts to obstruct investigations by the National Human Rights Commission's (Komnas HAM) into past h

Jakobus Herin, Maumere – Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency said at least 10 people have died as a series of volcanic eruptions widened on the remote island of Flores.

Jakarta – Home Minister Tito Karnavian has urged regional governments to work to keep the inflation rate stable ahead of the regional elections on Nov. 27.

Jakarta – Arecent survey by Litbang Kompas, the research and development unit of Kompas newspaper, has found that 56 percent of Jakarta residents have firmly decided which

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Immigration Minister Agus Andrianto announced plans to require Indonesians applying for travel documents to submit a one-year bank statement, aiming to prevent

Tria Dianti – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's upcoming maiden tour to five nations – from east to west and north to south – is a clear sign that Jakarta plans a return to the wo

Septia Ryanthie, Sukoharjo – The Indonesian National Police's Special Detachment 88 Counterterrorism (Densus 88) arrested three suspected terrorists at three different locations in Cent

Jakarta – Like a virus, the judicial mafia regenerates quickly.

Han Revanda Putra, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto's government will create new paddies on 500,000 hectares of land in South Kalimantan to help achieve food self-sufficiency in less than 5 y

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Indonesian economy grew at a slower pace of 4.95 percent year-on-year (yoy) in the third quarter of 2024, according to the National Statistics Agency (

Antara, Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has officially put ex-minister Basuki Hadimuljono in charge of the body that oversees the development of Indonesia's new capital

Jakarta – Despite the widely vaunted reforms made to the judiciary after the fall of New Order in 1998, profound doubts remain about whether the state is fulfilling its constitutional m

Jakarta – A presidential spokesman described on Monday the gathering between President Prabowo Subianto and his predecessor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo as a meeting between best friends and sa

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto on Monday held a meeting with former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, during which the two former generals discussed a plan to set up a state inv

Norman Harsono – Indonesia may cancel as much as $550 million of small businesses' bad debt in a bid to boost lending and growth in Southeast Asia's largest economy, according to a top

Helen Packer – Academic freedom in Indonesia looks set to continue to decline under the leadership of a new president known for his authoritarian stance, scholars have warned.

Oscar Coleman with wires – Indonesia has begun its first-ever joint naval drills with Russia while simultaneously conducting military exercises with Australian forces.

Ryan Chan – A group of Russian warships continued its deployment in the strategic Indo-Pacific region as it arrived in Indonesia for the first bilateral maritime exercise between the tw

Sri Wahyuni – Gustina Salim Rambe appeared quietly distraught as a court on Indonesia's main western island of Sumatra sentenced her to more than five months in prison for speaking out

Hadi Sutanto dan Dipo Negoro – President Prabowo Subianto accompanied by Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka inaugurated the ministers and deputy ministers of the new Red and White Ca

Jayapura – The struggle by Papuan indigenous people to save their customary forests from the invasion by corporations and the government has become harder after legal efforts reached a

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto instructed the Minister of Law, Supratman Andi Agtas, to review all existing regulations in Indonesia.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is set to revise regulations on foreign exchange earnings from natural resource exports (DHE SDA), aiming to encourage exporters

Ary Hermawan – Many have questioned the fate of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo after his presidency ended on 20 October. Will he really quit politics?

Jakarta – Most of Indonesia is predicted to have a normal wet season next year, making it suitable to grow crops, the country's weather agency BMKG said on Monday.

Jakarta – Indonesia is conducting a thorough exercise to reform its fuel subsidy scheme, its energy minister said on Nov 4, as the new president looks to rein in subsidies that amounted

Jakarta – In stark contrast to his predecessor's hands-off approach to international relations, President Prabowo Subianto has demonstrated a bold foreign policy approach just two weeks

Ni Made Tasyarani, Jakarta – Success stories among their peers and a plethora of user-friendly investing apps are luring ever more young Indonesians into the stock market, but some lear

Herman, Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) Minister Erick Thohir revealed on Monday that seven out of 47 state-run companies remain unprofitable.

Herman, Jakarta – State-owned banks have disbursed Rp 1,088 trillion (approximately $69 billion) worth of the government's microloans, better known by its Indonesian acronym KUR in 2020