Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Indonesian Forum for the Environment or Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (Walhi) urges the government to revoke the mining permit of PT Gag Nikel in Raja Ampat

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – The Chairperson of the National Economic Council (DEN), Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, expressed optimism that Indonesia's economic growth could still reach 8 to 9 perc

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is inviting global investors to participate in national infrastructure projects worth approximately Rp 200 trillion ($12.3 billion), wit

Agnes Valentina Christa, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto announced a salary hike for Indonesian judges on Thursday, pledging increases of up to 280 percent for entry-level position

Erfan Maruf, Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The chairman of the National Economic Council, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, acknowledged a wave of mass layoffs in recent months but expressed op

Anisa Fauziah, Jakarta – Indonesia continues to face significant challenges in its national malaria elimination efforts, with most of the country's cases still concentrated in Papua, ac

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Anticorruption watchdog KPK suspects that part of the Rp 1.2 trillion ($75 million) embezzled from Papua provincial government funds between 2020 and 2022 was u

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto will meet counterpart Vladimir Putin this month on his first visit to Russia since taking office, officials said on Thursday, as Southeast Asia's bi

Budi Irawanto – With more than 10 million viewers in just nine weeks, Ryan Adriandhy's Jumbo (2025) is Indonesia's most commercially successful animation ever – and not just in Indonesi

Olivia Subandi, Jakarta – A total of 58 Indonesian nationals have been affected by the strict immigration policy implemented by U.S.

Fadiyah Alaidrus, Jakarta – A new bill in Parliament would widen the authority of the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission and increase its ability to censor content on digital platforms,

Jakarta – Indonesian state energy company Pertamina reported a net profit of $3.13 billion (Rp 49.54 trillion) for the year 2024, supported by strong operational performance across its

Larius Kogoya, Jayapura – Papua Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) staff member Imanus Komba and Kolki Gwijangge, a participant at a peaceful demonstration urging that mining company PT Gag Nik

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Pribadi Wicaksono (Kontributor), Yogyakarta – The Special Region Government of Yogyakarta (DIY) has issued circular number 400.7.11/3884 in 2025 regarding alertness to the increase of C

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto said Wednesday that a country should invest in its defense systems as the once-colonized Indonesia works to upgrade its military

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – The Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, claimed that investors are interested in funding the giant sea wa

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Vonia Vieira, Nick Sas, Doug Dingwall – The smoke from burning waste gets so thick at Delfina Martin's home in Timor-Leste, she and her children struggle to breathe.

Caleb Fotheringham – Further reports of civilian casualties are coming out of West Papua, while clashes between Indonesia's military and the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement contin

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Bogor – President Prabowo Subianto and former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) jointly officiated the opening of a new campus of the Indonesia Defense

Monique Handa Shafira, Jakarta – The Financial Services Authority (OJK) will require health insurance policyholders to bear at least 10 percent of medical claim costs starting January 1

Yogi Eka Sahputra, Batam – The Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) reported that 35 small islands across Indonesia have been allocated for mining activities, covering a total area of 351,93

Mega Putri Mahadewi, Jakarta – Tuberculosis (TB) remains a pressing public health issue in Indonesia that requires urgent government attention.

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia recently announced the revocation of Mining Business Licenses (IUP) for four of the five compan

Maretha Uli, Jakarta – West Java's recent decision to enforce earlier school start times across all education levels has aroused concern among educators and experts, who warn that the p

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Thousands of fire victims in Kapuk Muara, Penjaringan, North Jakarta, remain in precarious conditions after a massive blaze destroyed their homes last Friday,

Jakarta – Although Indonesia is making progress in the campaign to cut the prevalence of stunting among children, at the rate of almost one in five children, that is still too high for

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto stated that Indonesia will not join any military bloc or alliance while attending the Indo Defence 2025 exhibition at the Jakarta

Ankara, Turkey – Turkey will export 48 of its nationally-produced KAAN fighter jets to Indonesia, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday, marking the first export

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – The Head of Global Greenpeace for Indonesian Forest Campaign, Kiki Taufik, said that the withdrawal of four nickel mining business permits (IUP) is a crucial

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has revoked the business licences of four nickel mining companies operating on the small islands within Raja Ampat, a Unesco s

Thomas Rizal, Jakarta – When people run out of money amidst today's economic challenges, they can only pin their hopes on government policies.

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – Ajib Hamdani, an Economic Policy Analyst from the Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo), has outlined the causes of Indonesia's economic growth declin

Antara, Jakarta – The Dutch government has prepared an investment of US$300 million (approximately Rp 4.9 trillion) to support various development programs in Indonesia through the inve

Reiner Brabar, Jayapura – Terror and intimidation against Papuan students continue to occur every year, as do acts of racism.

Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Danu Damarjati, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for the Security Sector Reform has criticised the Army's (TNI AD) plan to recruit 24,000 privates (tamtama) a

Maddy Bolt, Nusa Penida, Indonesia – Storm clouds loom overhead as Nyoman Mitri peers out at rows of seaweed lines stretching across the shallow tidal waters of Nusa Penida.

Protests from environmental activists and church leaders have compelled the Indonesian government to halt nickel mining at an ecologically sensitive tropical marine hotspot in the Papua

Amira Nada Fauziyyah, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform has condemned the Indonesian Army (TNI AD) plan to recruit 24,000 privates to form a territorial d

M. Raihan Muzzaki, Jakarta – Secretary General of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Cahya H.

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office is once again presenting a show of the legal process in its investigation into the alleged corruption relating to the procurement of laptops at t

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The government has revoked four nickel mining business licenses (IUP) in Raja Ampat Regency, Southwest Papua.

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Indonesia's Secretary of State Minister Prasetyo Hadi confirmed that the Rolex watches gifted to the Indonesian national football team were purchased using

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia declined to comment on alleged legal violations concerning the granting of mining permits in Raja

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesia's State Secretary Minister Prasetyo Hadi explained that the Rp 931.64 million budget per unit for official cars for Level I officials is a standard

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – The Indonesian government announced on Tuesday the revocation of mining business permits (IUP) for four companies operating in the environmentally sensitive re

Maretha Uli, Jakarta Worsening air quality in Greater Jakarta has brought to light the government's unfulfilled responsibility to ensure citizens right to clean air and to curb emission

Jayapura – The government plans to build new security posts in a number of conflict areas in Papua. But the policy is considered not to be the right solution.

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto's austerity measures have triggered severe and unintended consequences for the hospitality industry, leading to widespread financial distress.