Savero Aristia Wienanto, Jakarta – Indonesia's aspirations to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) have received a warm welcome from Ca

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – As the January 2025 deadline for the value-added tax (VAT) increase from 11% to 12% looms, uncertainty persists regarding the policy's implementation.

Eddie Spence – Indonesia needs to shut multiple coal plants a year while also tripling renewables to meet its new president's ambition of a full phase-out of the fossil fuel by 2040, ac

Heru Andriyanto, Basudiwa Supraja, Jakarta – Retail associations on Tuesday urged the government to reconsider its plan to increase the value-added tax (VAT) rate next year, as business

Beritasatu Team, Jakarta – Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid urged mobile telecommunication operators to tighten monitoring of phone credit, commonly known as puls

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – Following a series of incidents involving police misuse of firearms, a lawmaker has raised the question of whether Indonesian police should continue

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government would get much more money from seizing assets lost in corruption compared to raising the value-added tax or VAT, according to a retail assoc

Beritasatu Team, Jakarta – The Investment Ministry/the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) is creating a roadmap for the downstream industrialization of 28 key commodities in Indonesia

Beritasatu Team, Jakarta – The Investment Minister and Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), Rosan Roeslani, announced plans to improve transparency in business licensing pr

Grace el Dora, Jakarta – The rupiah slipped 0.25 percent to close at Rp 15,946 against the US dollar on Tuesday, as markets awaited signals of an interest rate cut from the Federal Rese

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has affirmed that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has the authority to investigate corruption cases in the Indonesian Military (TNI) until

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) revealed that the development of the Nusantara Capital Cit

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded 11.56 million international tourist arrivals between January and October 2024, a 20.45 percent increase compared to the same period in

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) noted that there are still practices of slavery in East Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Member of the General Elections Commission (KPU) Idham Holik said the rerun elections for regions where "empty box" wins will commence in September 2025.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The Association of Indonesian Employers (Apindo) has voiced opposition to the 6.5 percent hike in the 2025 minimum wage, warning that the policy could hin

Mita Amalia Hapsari, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Former four-term lawmaker Effendi Simbolon has been expelled from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) after he made an un

Jakarta – The annual inflation was recorded at 1.55 percent in November, compared to 1.71 percent in the previous month, driven primarily by price hikes in food, beverages, and tobacco

Theressia Sunday Silalahi, Jakarta – Foreign Minister Sugiono assured lawmakers on Monday that Indonesia has no intention of joining any military alliance, even as global geopolitical t

Jakarta – Indonesia and China are seeing solid progress in their bilateral economic cooperation, with the ties helping bolster expectations that Southeast Asia's largest economy will be

Jakarta – Some delegates at the COP29 climate conference have scoffed at the US$300 billion annual fund pledged to developing countries to finance losses and damages from climate change

Anastasya Lavenia Y, Jakarta – The Indonesian Teacher Union Federation (FSGI) urges the government to clarify the statement regarding the salary increase for teachers that was previousl

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – Thousands of Indonesian National Police personnel are guarding the area around the National Monument, Central Jakarta, at the 212 Grand Reunion in 2024.

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – Former leader of the Islamic Defenders Front or FPI, Rizieq Shihab, has voiced support for a proposal to send Indonesian youth to Palestine to participate

Emenda Sembiring, Attar Hikmahtiar Ramadan and Elprida Agustina – Bali has a unique opportunity to address plastic waste by integrating sustainable practices into the tourism experience

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – The government's efforts to reduce domestic airfares may face setbacks due to an impending increase in value-added tax (VAT), which is expected to rais

Widy Wicaksono, Semarang – Central Java has long been considered the fortress of Indonesia's ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), but the party is facing new question

Ricki Putra Harahap, Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is considering the implementation of a planned Value-Added Tax (VAT) increase to 12 percent, scheduled for Januar

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The government has announced a 6.5 percent increase in the minimum wage, effective next year, aimed at safeguarding the purchasing power of the middle cla

Pizaro Gozali Idrus – For many Indonesian democracy activists, a former trade minister's upcoming corruption trial will test whether Prabowo Subianto, the new president, upholds the rul

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) is seeking further clarification from the government behind the 6.5 percent increase in the Provincial Minimum Wage (UMP)

Sudarshan Varadhan, Singapore – Indonesia is in talks with the United States and Russia about acquiring technology to develop nuclear power plants, a deputy minister told Reuters

Widi Agustian, Jakarta – Workers in Indonesia are expected to see a 6.3 percent increase in salaries in 2025, a rise that surpasses the projected salary growth in 2024 across most South

Zachary Abuza – At an event orchestrated by Indonesia's counter-terrorism agency (BNPT) in late June, Abu Rusydan and 15 other senior Jemaah Islamiyah members read out a statement annou

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has sent an investigation team to probe the fatal shooting by a police officer of a teenage student in Semarang, Central J

Jakarta – Four-term lawmaker Effendi Simbolon has been expelled from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) for endorsing a rival candidate in the Jakarta gubernatorial ele

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Donald Trump's re-election as US president and his renewed focus on protectionist policies could stifle global economic growth, warns the Institute for

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The Confederation of All-Indonesian Trade Unions (KSBSI) welcomes the 6.5 percent increase in the Provincial Minimum Wage next year.

Spoorthy Raman – When the Indonesian government established Tesso Nilo National Park in 2004 on a former logging concession, little could it have known that the legacy of logging and de

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – As global economic pressures intensify, Bank Indonesia (BI) has projected that Indonesia's economy will remain resilient despite challenges arising from g

Iim Halimatusa'diyah, Aptiani Nur Jannah, Grace Rachmanda – COP29, the multilateral decision-making forum on climate change in Baku, Azerbaijan, has just concluded, yet the Prabowo gove

Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia has revealed that the new fuel subsidy scheme would involve a combination of subsidized goods and direct cash transfer (

Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – Foreign Minister Sugiono met with his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha this week in a bilateral meeting in Italy, where they discussed plans for peace amid

Salman Mardira, Jakarta – The 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election recorded the lowest voter turnout in the city's history of direct elections, with abstention levels soaring to unpreced

Abdul Alim Muhamad Zamzami, Sragen, Central Java – The body of 16-year-old Gamma Rizkynata Oktafansy was exhumed on Friday by the Central Java Police as part of an investigation into al

Bella Evanglista Mikaputri, Jakarta – Major General Ariyo Windutomo was sworn in on Friday as the chief of the Presidential Secretariat, joining the growing number of active and retired

Intan Setiawanty, Jakarta – The Press Council has ruled that Tempo magazine's cover and main coverage on online gambling, published in its November 18-24, 2024, edition, adheres

Vendro Immanuel G, Jakarta – Chairperson of the Association of Online Ojek Drivers Garda Indonesia, Igun Wicaksono, condemns the statement of Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Ba

Anastasya Lavenia Y, Jakarta – The recent Jakarta Regional Elections saw a high number of voters abstaining.

Antara, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is now authorized to probe corruption cases within the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) as long as the anti-corruption agency