Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – Surveys may put former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan as the most popular figure if he runs for reelection for the same job in November, but he will not

Jakarta – At least 12 people died and 18 are missing after a torrential rain caused a landslide in an illegal gold mine over the weekend in Gorontalo, officials said on Monday.

Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – The regional leadership councils (DPDs) of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) in Jakarta have proposed several names to run in the upcoming Jakarta gubernat

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo congratulated former Dutch intelligence chief Dick Schoof for his inauguration as Dutch Prime Minister on Monday, saying he hoped that the two c

Jakarta – Defense Minister and president-elect Prabowo Subianto on Monday pledged that he would promote good governance in the management of the state budget while in office.

Jakarta – Indonesia's budget deficit this year is estimated at 2.7 per cent of gross domestic product, higher than the government's 2.29 per cent target, as state spending is expected t

Johannes Nugroho – The gruesome deaths of Indonesian TV journalist Rico Sempurna Pasaribu and three of his family members have raised concerns about the rule of law and low wages of rep

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Police arrested eight students after breaking up a protest action opposing the Public Housing Savings (Tapera) Program and several other anti-people policies at the Muhammadiyah Univers

Djibril Muhammad, Jakarta – The state logistics agency Bulog recently said they would prioritize domestically produced rice despite the planned imports of the staple food.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry reported a budget deficit of Rp 77.3 trillion, or 0.34 percent of GDP, in the first half of 2024.

Juan Ardya Guardiola, Johnny Johan Sompotan, Jakarta – With the 2024 Regional Elections approaching in November, political parties are actively seeking the endorsement of celebrity coup

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian criticized provincial and municipal governments on Monday for inefficient budget management, stating that they spen

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The government disbursed Rp 42.9 trillion in energy subsidies for fuel and 3-kg liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) gas canisters in the first half of 2024.

Antara, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is actively investigating allegations that several of its employees are engaged in online gambling activities.

Antara, Jakarta – Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno has proposed office daycare facilities amid controversy over extended maternity leave policies.

Zulkiflie, Probolinggo – The rate of early marriages in Probolinggo Regency, East Java, remains notably high.

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia braces for the Flash Thunder Iron 2024-Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) between its navy's elite Frogmen Command (Kopaska) personnel and the United St

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian food distribution state-owned corporation Bulog claimed to have been the victim of "marking up" allegations on rice imports from Vietnam, which was repo

Antara, Jakarta – The population of Sumatran tigers in the Kerinci Seblat National Park (TNKS), which spans four provinces including Bengkulu, South Sumatra, Jambi, and West Sumatra, is

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian state-owned port operation company PT Pelabuhan Indonesia or Pelindo is expanding autogate implementation at 29 ports across the country by 2024 to prev

Antara, Jakarta – Head of Indonesia's National Population and Family Planning Agency or BKKBN, Hasto Wardoyo, sought to clarify his previous statement about each woman having one daught

Syakirun Ni'am, Icha Rastika, Jakarta – Protesters called for free schooling and criticised the high cost of education during a healthy walk event on Car Free Day (CFD) in the Thamrin a

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said the budget for the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) project and Prabowo'

Djibril Muhammad, Jakarta – Kaesang Pangarep has a better chance of winning the governorship in Central Java, where his father, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, has a strong support base

Semarang – The Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) comprises three branches: the Indonesian Army (TNI AD), Indonesian Navy (TNI AL), and Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU).

Singapore – There is a risk in the near term of "violent splinter cells" emerging from the dissolution of terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)

Herman, Jakarta – A document containing usernames and passwords for accessing virtual cloud data at the Temporary National Data Center (PDNS) 2, which was hacked on June 20, has surface

Monique Handa Shafira, Jakarta – Chief Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan stated that the government's proposal to impose a 200 percent import tariff is not specifically target

Denpasar, Bali – Conservationist Nyoman Sugiarto has been working for 16 years to preserve coral on the reefs of Bali, but the frequency of mass coral bleachings he says is now devastat

Bangkok, Thailand – More than 700,000 hectares of forest in Indonesia have been cleared for mining since 2001, including large tracts of primary forest, a new analysis using satellite d

Jakarta – The National Awakening Party (PKB) has declared support for Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution and his bid in the North Sumatra gubernatorial election, becoming the latest political p

Amy Sood – Ferdy Susanto, a 23-year-old tech graduate in Indonesia, is feeling down on his luck. He has applied for at least 20 jobs in the past year but has yet to land one.

Jakarta – General Elections Commission (KPU) chairman Hasyim Asy'ari may have had his comeuppance when an ethics board ordered his removal for sexual harassment this week, but not befor

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The Coalition of Communities Concerned with Women's Representation (KMPKP) urges the General Election Commission (KPU) to immediately form guidelines for ha

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – West Sumatra Police chief Insp. Gen.

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – Former Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo claimed on Friday that he has been targeted in a smear campaign as he presented his defense plea after p

Antara, Jakarta – The Trade Ministry announced it will study the potential implementation of two types of import duties to protect the textile and ceramic industries.

Duncan Graham – Indonesian politicians are getting in a righteous tizzy over child protection. Their target is online pornography and gambling, and their condemnation is absolute.

Maria Gabrielle Putrinda, Jakarta – Law authorities have recovered nearly 1 million square meters of land and buildings from individuals and corporations who took massive debts from the

Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office has launched a criminal investigation into the alleged illegal production of minted gold bars totaling 109 tons over more than a deca

Denpasar – An Indonesian court sentenced an Australian man to six months of medical rehabilitation Thursday after finding him guilty of possessing methamphetamine on the tourist island

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Desty Luthfiani, Jakarta – The Jakarta Environmental Agency has launched a new digital platform to empower residents with real-time air quality information.

Antara, Jakarta – The Minister of State Apparatus Utilization and Bureaucratic Reform, Abdullah Azwar Anas, said that the government has established a special formation for civil servan

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati revealed an increase in state assets, reaching Rp13,072.8 trillion by the end of 2023.

Laila Afifa, Jakarta – Violence by police officers and military personnel continues. They have become increasingly sadistic in the way they deal with problems in the field.

RSF is urging Indonesian authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into a recent house fire that claimed the lives of a journalist and his family, amid serious suspicions that the

New York – Indonesian authorities must conduct an independent and credible investigation into the house fire that killed journalist Sempurna Pasaribu, determine if the blaze was sparked

Antara, Palembang – The South Sumatra Provincial Government is looking for a new investor for its $2.3 billion (Rp 37.5 trillion) coal downstream project in Muara Enim after the withdra