Antara, Jakarta – Indonesian pollster Poltracking Indonesia has outlined five recommendations for improving the performance of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakab

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Public satisfaction with the performance of the Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka cabinet continues to decline, falling to 55.1% in August 2026 from

Thalita Dewanty, Andi Muttya, Keteng Pangerang, Jakarta – The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) has reported findings regarding alleged irregularities in the handling of the demonstrat

Burhanuddin Muhtadi – In early August 2026, the National Nutrition Agency (Badan Gizi Nasional, BGN) confirmed something long suspected but rarely said aloud: hundreds of private school

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia has reversed its two-month deficit, with its surplus rising to $120 million in July, according to the central statistics agency BPS.

Prisma Ardianto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government on Monday broke ground on a national strategic project that will convert coal into methanol at the Batuta Chemical Industrial Park (

Muhammad Beni Saputra – Under President Prabowo Subianto, new laws and regulations have opened the door wider for the military to escape the barracks.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia and Singapore have officially operationalized their bilateral local currency transaction framework, the central banks announced Monday, marking

Muhammad Fahmi Nurcahyo – On 29 May 2006, an ecological disaster occurred in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java, where a violent eruption of toxic sludge burst from a gas well drilling site op

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – Most forest and land fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra were almost certainly deliberately set by individuals or companies for various purposes, including

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court's decision to scrap criminal penalties for insulting the government and state institutions has been applauded by activists as upholdin

Thalita Dewanty, Andi Muttya, Keteng Pangerang, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) and the Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) have highlighte

Jayapura, Jubi – The head of Black Danger Community (BDC) Persipura 1963, a supporters' group for Indonesian football club Persipura Jayapura, has questioned PT Freeport Indonesia's con

Kate Lamb – More than 800 Indonesian students and teachers have fallen ill in separate incidents of food poisoning linked to President Prabowo Subianto's free-meals program this week, w

Hanin Marwah, Jakarta – The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) highlighted allegations of excessive use of violence, targeted sweeps, mobilization of specific groups, and alleged arbitr

Bardjan, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has defended the size of his administration, comparing Indonesia's government structure with that of Timor-Leste to argue that the number o

Hanin Marwah, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has raised concerns over the assault of two residents during unrest that followed a protest on August 2

Febrianto Adi Saputro, Jessi Carina, Jakarta – According to a Poltracking Indonesia survey, public satisfaction with the administration of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President

Ichsan Amin, Jakarta – The Indonesian shipyard industry is nudging the government to introduce incentives and low-interest financing in an attempt to woo businesses into buying domestic

Agencies, Bandung, West Java – Indonesia, the United States and more than a dozen allies launched annual joint military exercises Monday to boost defence capabilities and "deter aggress

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will form an interagency team to evaluate how residents are classified into income deciles, following concerns over inaccuracies in data used

Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and power appear to have become two inseparable sides of the same coin.

Made Supriatma – There are clear limits to any leadership style. Indonesia's president may be running up against a hard one soon.

Lorencia Sariani Tondang, Jakarta – Public satisfaction with the performance of the Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka cabinet continues to decline, falling to 55.1% in August 2026

Antara, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto believes that a coalition is necessary to govern such a large nation like Indonesia, instead of being led by a single political party.

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The United Indonesian People's Movement (GRIB Jaya) explained the viral video of its chairperson, Rosario de Marshal, also known as Hercules, at the site of

Chandra Adi Nurwidya, Central Java – Mount Merapi in Indonesia's Central Java province released a pyroclastic flow on Saturday morning, sending hot volcanic material about 2 kilometers

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights of Indonesia (Komnas HAM) has officially formed an ad hoc team to investigate allegations of serious human r

Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta police have named 48 people as suspects in connection with violence and vandalism during a protest near Indonesia's parliament complex on Thursday, authorities

M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – Indonesia requires telecommunication operators to protect unused mobile data.

Reza Hery Pamungkas, Dayat, Jakarta – Authorities in Jakarta have begun repairing and cleaning damaged public facilities following an overnight protest that descended into clashes and v

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – The Jakarta Metro Police confirmed that their officers arrested an Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) personnel during the protest in front of the parliam

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Indonesia's Constitutional Court has declared Articles 240 and 241 of Law No.

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has been allocated Rp 240 trillion ($13.6 billion) for 2027, with around 97% of the budget earmarked for the government

Merauke, Jubi – Forest and land fires across parts of Indonesia are not simply a fire-related problem but a reflection of poor forest governance, according to the #ResetKehutanan coalit

John Zachary – The journey from Pati to Jakarta has done more than put a long-delayed piece of legislation back at the centre of political attention.

Febrianto Adi Saputro, Bilal Ramadhan, Jakarta – The Forestry Reset Coalition is urging the government and the House of Representatives (DPR) to comprehensively revise the Forestry Law

Nurpini Aulia Rapika, Ambaranie Nadia Kemala Movanita, Jakarta – A demonstration by the United Pati People's Alliance (AMPB) in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building in S

Antara, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto is hosting his Timor-Leste counterpart, Jose Ramos Horta, at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta today, Friday, August 28, 2026.

Jakarta – Toll road operator Jasa Marga closed most entrances to Jakarta's inner-city toll road on Thursday night for safety reasons after protesters gathered around the parliament comp

The Balik Sepaku indigenous community's lawsuit against the Constitutional Court deserves support.

Jakarta – Clashes following Thursday's protest outside the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta continued into Friday morning, with unidentified groups reportedly setting fire

Heru Andriyanto, Dayat, Jakarta – Protesters gathered near Indonesia's parliament complex refused to disperse and continued their demonstration into Thursday night, with a police post a

Antara, Jakarta – The Directorate General of Immigration is promoting the use of digital technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), to strengthen surveillance of foreign nation

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Bali's Health Agency has stated that no Zika cases have been detected on the resort island, following a travel warning from the United States' Centers for

Ilham Oktafian, Antara, Jakarta – Three leaders of the House of Representatives have vowed to resign if lawmakers fail to pass the long-delayed Asset Forfeiture Bill by Dec.

Dedari Arane Wibowo – "We're just trying to make enough to eat, just to keep ourselves going," Fadzel, an online taxi driver in Jakarta, told me.

The House of Representatives' approval of 11 Supreme Court justice candidates and three ad hoc Supreme Court justices in August 2026 raises questions.

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has accepted Jose Ramos-Horta's invitation to visit Timor-Leste.

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – Supporters of the Pati United Community Alliance (AMPB) began gathering outside Indonesia's parliament complex in Jakarta on Thursday ahead of a planned demons