Agencies, Jakarta – The Industry Ministry has banned sales of smartphones made by Alphabet's Google due to rules requiring the use of locally manufactured components, days after blockin

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is ramping up efforts to address a spike in layoffs, with Labor Minister Yassierli announcing nearly 60,000 workers affected nat

Widy Wicaksono, Semarang – Central Java gubernatorial candidate Ahmad Luthfi claimed on Wednesday that he has the backing of President Prabowo Subianto and former President Joko "Jokowi

Fitriansa Sima Sima Sohilauw, Ambon – At least seven people died and dozens more were injured after a seaside bridge in Central Maluku Regency collapsed on Wednesday afternoon, during a

Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies – A former Indonesian trade minister who campaigned for the opposition has been arrested in the first days of Prabowo Subianto's presidency on alleged corru

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – The government has given the green light for textile giant Sri Rejeki Isman, better known as Sritex.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – A Russian diplomat recently revealed that Moscow was still keeping its fingers crossed that Indonesia would implement its contract purchase for Su-35 fight

Teguh Adi Prasetyo, Jakarta – Tourism Minister Widiyanti Putri Wardhana aims to attract high-quality tourists to Indonesia by intensifying the promotion of five 'Super Priority Destinat

Medikantyo Adhikresna, Jakarta – The Indonesian Motorcycle Industry Association (AISI) projects motorcycle sales in Indonesia to hit 6.7 million units next year, up from an expected 6.5

Jakarta – Jakarta deputy gubernatorial candidate Suswono apologized on Monday for his controversial joke suggesting that rich widows should marry unemployed men.

Agencies, Jakarta – Six people have died as nearly 100 Rohingya landed by boat in Aceh province, a local fishing community said on Thursday, in the latest wave of arrivals to Indonesia

Duncan Graham – It took less than a week for the reality to be exposed.

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – In Indonesia's North Sumatra province, conservation groups and authorities have built canopy bridges that stitch back together primate habitat, including for or

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – The Jepara District Court's panel of judges declared the four shrimp farmers in Karimunjawa guilty of environmental pollution.

Greta Nabbs-Keller – As Jakarta geared up for the Indonesian armed forces' 79th anniversary on 5 October, there seemed to be an added frisson in the air.

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Jakarta – Indonesia's new leader Prabowo Subianto wants to complete key government and parliamentary buildings in the country's $32 billion new capital city in the next four years, acco

M. Raihan Muzzaki, Jakarta – The Ministry of Manpower responded to workers' demands for an 8-10 percent increase in the minimum wage.

Pribadi Wicaksono (Kontributor), Yogyakarta – Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X has officially issued a gubernatorial instruction letter to regulate the circulation of al

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Thousands of workers from various labor unions will hold a protest demanding the repeal of the Omnibus Law on Job Creation, at the Constitutional Court

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Nabiila Azzahra A, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto targets Indonesia's economic growth to reach 8 percent during his term.

Pizaro Gozali Idrus and Arie Firdaus, Jakarta – Images of newly inducted Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto wearing jungle-green camouflage fatigues and leading cabinet members in dr

Thousands of workers from various trade unions again held a demonstration to oversee a Constitutional Court (MK) ruling on a judicial review of the Omnibus Law on Job Creation (UU Cipta

Catholic leaders have warned against the transmigration program of new Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in conflict-stricken Papua, saying bringing in non-Papuans to the easternmos

Jakarta – Village heads who fail to maintain neutrality in regional elections can be dismissed from their positions, the Home Ministry's village governance director general, La Ode Ahma

Gusty da Costa – An indigenous human rights activist has asked Jakarta to reconsider the transmigration program in Papua region as bringing in non-Papuans to the country's easternmost r

Meaghan Tobin and Hasya Nindita – Iksan knows the roads around his hometown on the Indonesian island of Sumatra like the back of his hand.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The government has asked the state-owned defense company Pindad to produce 5,000 units of its SUV model, Maung, for cabinet members and echelon-1 officials.

Indonesia, West Papua – On 09 October 2024, members of the Yonif Maleo 509/BY command arbitrarily arrested and tortured, Mr Alex Sondegau, 30, inside the military post in the Mamba Vill

Vedro Imanuel G, Jakarta – Minister of Transmigration, Muhammad Iftitah Sulaiman Suryanegara, reveals the possibility for transmigrants to participate in food estate management.

Jack Moore, Jakarta – When riots broke out in Indonesia's capital in 1998 leading to dictator Soeharto's downfall, activists were detained, women raped, and stores owned by ethnic Chine

Jakarta – This country has seen a number of cases that call the integrity of its higher education system into question, but the doctoral degree awarded to Energy and Mineral Resources M

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Indonesia could face an overheating economy if President Prabowo Subianto goes ahead with his plan to push the country's gross domestic product growth to 8 perce

Novan Gustaf Firyan, Jakarta – The Red and White Cabinet's lineup of ministers and deputy ministers was unveiled on Sunday, October 20, 2024, and officially sworn in on Monday, October

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Deputy Finance Minister Anggito Abimanyu faces criticism following his recent suggestion to tax revenues from the underground economy, including online gambling

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – The Betawi Bangkit society organization has filed a complaint against Jakarta deputy governor candidate number 1, Suswono, alleging blasphemy.

Douglas Kammen – For Timor-Leste, the 20th century was a century of repeated mass violence.

Meaghan Tobin and Hasya Nindita, Jakarta and South Sumatra, Indonesia – A year ago, TikTok's e-commerce business in Indonesia was thriving.

Hendrik Yaputra, Amirullah, Jakarta – Budiman Sudjatmiko, The Head of the National Team for Accelerating Poverty Reduction (BP Taskin), stated that President Prabowo Subianto wants to e

Carmen Molina Acosta – Former employees of a string of secretive companies accused of clearing swathes of Borneo rainforest claim the group is controlled by Royal Golden Eagle, one of t

Harry Suhartono and Faris Mokhtar – Days after taking charge of Southeast Asia's biggest economy, Indonesia's president needs a plan to deal with rising borrowing costs for key state-ow

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Jakarta – Indonesia and Russia will hold their first joint naval drills next month, Jakarta's navy said Tuesday, as the Southeast Asian archipelago's new leader seeks to boost ties with

As a largely patriarchal society, the bar is quite low for gender equality in Indonesia, especially in politics.

Teguh Adi Prasetyo, Jakarta – Housing and Settlement Minister Maruarar "Ara" Sirait announced that four prominent business tycoons have pledged support to advance the government's ambit

Jakarta – Iran's ambassador to Indonesia, Mohammad Boroujerdi, said that Iran and Indonesia can expand their economic cooperation, particularly in energy and food security, under Presid

Jakarta – Iran's ambassador to Indonesia, Mohammad Boroujerdi, has called on Indonesia, as the world's largest Muslim-majority country, to play a crucial role in promoting peace in the

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – The Manpower Ministry has assured that no employees at Indonesia's largest textile company, Sri Rejeki Isman, better known as Sritex, will face layoffs

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Only one percent of Indonesia's population, or approximately 77,753 individuals, hold doctoral degrees, revealed the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, an