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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 – 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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 (

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

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 – 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

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 – Like a virus, the judicial mafia regenerates quickly.

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

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.

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

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

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

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 – An Alliance of Student Executive Councils (BEM) throughout Jayapura city together with students from various different universities held a peaceful action at the Abepura traf

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

Fito Akhmad Erlangga, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has directed his cabinet to implement the Constitutional Court's ruling that annulled 21 articles of the Job Creation Law, str

Jakarta – The Indonesian government has extended its tax holiday program until December 31, 2025, to attract more foreign investment.

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

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 – The police mobilized 1,994 personnel on Monday to keep order at the 411 reunion rally, a yearly Islamist political march.

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 – 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

Jakarta – Two high-ranking members of President Prabowo Subianto's Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) have been appointed to lead the state-owned oil company Pertamina following

Antara, Jakarta – The government is weighing the reintroduction of tax incentives for purchasing electric vehicles and houses to support the middle class, Chief Economic Minister Airlan