Keun Lee and Marco Kamiya Seoul/Jakarta – Industrial policy has come back into vogue in recent years.

Iim Halimatusa'diyah and Norshahril Saat – Indonesian youth are unhappy about the state of their country, even more so when compared to their counterparts in other ASEAN countries.

Jakarta – Hundreds evacuated from dozens of flooded neighbourhoods around Jakarta on Tuesday as torrential rains pounded the capital and its surrounding satellite cities, causing severa

Jakarta – Heavy rains over the past few days have caused the Ciliwung River to burst its banks, flooding dozens of neighborhood units (RT) in the capital's three municipalities to the e

Aditya Hadi, Jakarta – Manufacturing activity in Indonesia surged last month to its highest level in nearly a year, driven by an increase in new orders and jobs ahead of Ramadan, but an

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – The Elementary and Secondary Education Ministry is looking to introduce a new form of academic exams starting with high school students later this year.

Rino Fajar Setiawan, Jakarta – Large-scale flooding has paralyzed Bekasi, West Java, after torrential rains and water overflow from upstream areas in Bogor submerged eight out of the ci

Didik Fibrianto, Malang – Pertamina Patra Niaga Jatimbalinus has tested fuel at 957 regular gas stations across East Java to verify quality amid fuel tampering concerns.

Muhammad Asyharuddin Arbab, Polewali Mandar, West Sulawesi – A 21-year-old pregnant woman in a remote village of Polewali Mandar Regency had to be carried on a makeshift stretcher for 2

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesia's Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Bahlil Lahadalia stated that 21 downstreaming projects will be accelerated.

Hendrik Khoirul Muhid, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) stated that the investigation into the case of the Tangerang sea fence in Banten has bee

Salsabilla Azzahra Octavia, Jakarta – It is hard to believe that five years have passed since the Covid-19 pandemic first spread across the globe.

Ananda Ridho Sulistya, Jakarta – A flash flood in Puncak, Cisarua, Bogor, has damaged public infrastructure, triggered landslides, and claimed one life.

Yovanda Noni, Jakarta – Heavy flooding triggered by the overflowing Ciliwung River has forced 1,229 residents in South and East Jakarta to evacuate, according to the Jakarta Regional Di

Giffar Rivana, Jakarta – The Jakarta city administration is ramping up its flood mitigation efforts as heavy flooding caused by the overflowing Ciliwung River has displaced 1,229 reside

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Malaysian plastic giant Thong Guan Industries recently inked a land purchase order to set up a production plant in Central Java's Batang integrated industr

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is investigating claims that former tax official Mohamad Haniv solicited funds from companies to sponsor his

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The United Nations has called out Indonesia's No.

Wira A. Swadana – Indonesia has developed several climate documents as pathways to curb climate change and adapt to its impacts.

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung and his deputy Rano Karno are beginning their five-year tenure working for the city, which remains plagued by long-standing problems from traffi

Umelto Labetubun and Shashi Jayakumar, Jakarta/Singapore – The reverberations of United States President Donald Trump's Jan.

Ni Made Tasyarani, Jakarta – Balinese architects have expressed concerns over the growing number of buildings that violate local architectural guidelines and promote illegal architectur

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government's massive cuts to the beef import quota for private enterprises has sparked layoff concerns in the Indonesian meat industry.

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – A plan floated by President Prabowo Subianto to place representatives of religious organizations on the advisory board of the newly launched sovereign wealth fund

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia posted a 0.48 percent month-to-month deflation in February which the Central Statistics Agency or BPS attributed to the electricity bill discount

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia is currently developing modern farming clusters across the country to boost domestic supplies and eventually become a global food barn.

Antara, Jakarta – The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by former Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo and upheld his 12-year prison sentence, the Corruption Eradication Commissi

Sapto Yunus, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto said that the government is currently handling the alleged corruption case in the management of crude oil and refinery products of PT P

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Head of the Indonesian Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) Rear Admiral Irvansyah said that the agency's budget has long been far from ideal for carrying out m

Cheta Nilawaty P., Jakarta – The formation of disability service units (DSU) in Indonesia at the regional level as the forefront of empowerment at the local level for people with disabi

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – The Legal Aid Institute (LBH) Jakarta revealed that public trust in Pertamina is dwindling due to the alleged fuel adulteration (BBM) of Pertamax.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy is grappling with weakening consumer demand, as two consecutive months of deflation point to declining purchasing power a

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will distribute Rp 50 trillion ($3 billion) in holiday bonuses, known as THR, to civil servants ahead of Eid al-Fitr.

Irfan Maulana, M Ambari, Jakarta/Tangerang, Indonesia – Joy was mending his nets when a reporter from Mongabay Indonesia visited him last October in the fishing village of Ketapa

Juan Ardya Guardiola, Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir announced on Saturday that he plans to transfer assets from all 47 SOEs, valued at approximately $90

Bill Birtles – Standing silently, a 2.4 metre tall statue of four-headed Hindu god Brahma could tell an extraordinary story of adventure and intrigue over its seven centuries of existen

Nivell Rayda, Singaraja, Bali – Before sunrise every morning, Mangku Borden Cahyadi walks from his home to the nearby Mas Penyeti Temple in Singaraja, a waterfront city in northern Bali

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – The exchange rate of the rupiah has been consistently under pressure since the closing of trade last Friday, February 28, 2025, reaching Rp 16,520 per US dolla

Sopian Hadi, Denpasar – Pecalang, Bali's traditional security guards, assisted in maintaining security around a mosque in Denpasar on Saturday, ensuring a smooth evening prayer for Musl

Jakarta – Wearing a traditional Indonesian black hat and shirt, President Prabowo Subianto speaks to the camera in an Instagram video, asking his people how he can help them after his e

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Former general Prabowo Subianto won the Indonesian presidential race in February 2024 after a campaign based on his "gemoy" or cute image showing a soft

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – The punk band Sukatani asserts that they never requested a police escort during the Crowd Noice concert at the Korpri Slawi Building, Tegal.

Putri Safira Pitaloka, Jakarta – In the past few days, fuel scarcity at several Shell Gas Stations (SPBU) has been in the spotlight.

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – The Legal Aid Institute or LBH Jakarta urges the government to form an independent team to investigate the alleged adulteration of Pertamax fuel that has harm

Yovanda Noni, East Kalimantan – The Natural Resources Conservation Center of East Kalimantan has begun efforts to rescue a Bornean rhinoceros recently detected in a protected forest are

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – The President of the Labour Party, Said Iqbal, believes that the termination of employment of thousands of PT Sri Rejeki Isman Tbk or Sritex employees is ille

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – The Labor Party considers the work of the Minister and Deputy Minister of Manpower incompetent for failing to prevent the layoffs of thousands of employees of

Shinta Maharani, Amirullah, Yogyakarta – Dark Indonesia demonstrations were held by the Indonesian diaspora in the cities of Melbourne and Berlin on Saturday March 1.

Shinta Maharani, Yogyakarta – Indonesian students in Melbourne, Australia, staged a "Dark Indonesia" rally protesting the policies of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibra

Natasya Salim and Tri Ardhya – Anger over slashed government budgets, poor quality of life, career stagnation and rampant official corruption is motivating many Indonesians to fantasise