Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff Muhammad Ali on Monday confirmed that 23 Indonesian Marines were buried by a landslide in the Cisarua area of West Bandung, West

Max Lane, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute – I'm not a citizen of the Global South. This realization hit me when I sat in the conference room of the University of Indonesia on June 11.

West Bandung, West Java – The death toll from a landslide in Indonesia rose to 17 on Monday, a disaster official said, as rescue operations entered a third day.

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – The government aims to raise up to Rp 25 trillion ($1.49 billion) from the sale of Retail Government Bonds (ORI) series ORI029, with all proceeds earmarked

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesian National Police Chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo on Monday firmly rejected proposals to place the police force under a government ministry rather t

Latoya Abulu, Silima Pungga-Pungga district, Indonesia – Rainim Purba first heard the rumor in 1996.

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesia's Labor Party plans to hold a protest at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, demanding the government reconsider t

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Indonesia's State Secretary Minister Prasetyo Hadi said he was unaware of reports that several social media users had received threats, a case that has re

Associated Press, Bandung – Improved weather on Sunday helped rescuers recover more bodies as they dug through mud and debris in search of scores of missing in a landslide that killed m

Algi Muhamad Gifari, Antara, Jakarta – Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq said the conversion of forest land into vegetable farms in Cisarua, West Bandung, contributed to a deadl

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Deputy Head of Indonesia's National Nutrition Agency (BGN) for Public Communication and Investigation, Nanik Sudaryati Deyang, has instructed all heads of nutr

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Authorities in Bali have thwarted an attempt to smuggle thousands of birds onto the resort island.

On 25 January 2026, Indonesian police officers arbitrarily detained eleven members of Suara Kaum Awam Katolik Regio Papua (Voice of Catholic People of Papua) while they were staging a p

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Nearly 92,000 people displaced by devastating floods in Aceh province remain in tents two months after the disaster, with progress on temporary housing lagging

Agencies, Jakarta – Indonesia has received three Rafale fighter jets from France as part of a first batch of deliveries, defence ministry spokesperson Brig. Gen.

Yuli Krisna, West Bandung, West Java – A landslide killed at least eight people and left more than 80 missing in Cisarua district in West Bandung regency, West Java, on Saturday, a disa

Indah Ayu Pujiastuti, Jakarta – The fiscal savings generated by electric vehicle (EV) adoption in Indonesia remain far smaller than the cost of incentives provided to support the sector

Anwar Siswadi (Kontributor), Jakarta – A landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Indonesia's West Java province has killed and buried dozens of residents after collapsing into a fast-m

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has stressed that schools are not required to participate in the government's Free Nutritious Meal program, known l

Olena Wibisana, Yogyakarta – The Indonesian government on Saturday confirmed that 1,440 Indonesian nationals who crowded the Indonesian Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, were illegal mig

Basudiwa Supraja, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung said on Saturday that severe flooding in West Jakarta over the past several days was caused by river overflows originating in

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – Heavy rain that has been pouring over Jakarta and its surrounding areas since Thursday, January 22, 2026, has caused flooding in several areas of the capital

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Indonesia's second-largest Islamic organization, Muhammadiyah, has expressed concern over the government's commitment to defending Palestinian independen

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – The Institute for Demographic and Affluence Studies (IDEAS) assesses that the implementation of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program is misdirected due t

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) recorded a total of Rp5.96 trillion in foreign capital outflow from the domestic financial market this week, based on transaction d

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia's plan to further tighten mandatory repatriation rules for foreign-currency earnings from natural resource exports is drawing

Irfan Ahmad, Andrew Tito, Jakarta – Flooding in Jakarta is expected to continue through the weekend as heavy rain and extreme weather are forecast to return to the capital, the city's d

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa stated that the rupiah exchange rate had already begun weakening before Deputy Finance Minister Thomas Djiwandono was no

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia has tightened its SIM card registration rules, requiring citizens to register mobile numbers using their national identity number (NIK) and biometric facial

Indonesia's decision to appoint core staff of its Free Nutritious Meals programme kitchens as contract-based civil servants has sparked parliamentary warnings and criticism over recruit

Jakarta – Beyond the fuss over the inclusion of the word kapitil in the latest edition of the official Indonesian language dictionary Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) – a colloquial

Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – Indonesia's entry onto the Board of Peace for Gaza on Thursday has stoked fresh fears that Jakarta could be coerced into a United States-controlled agenda in t

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – The Global Citizenship of Indonesia (GCI) program is drawing lukewarm response from diaspora and mixed-marriage groups, who warn the policy risks becomi

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has launched the Mak Comblang Project (named after the Indonesian term for matchmaker), an initiative designed to d

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – Indonesia's national police have raided the Jakarta office of Islamic fintech lender Dana Syariah Indonesia (DSI) as part of a criminal investigation into alleged

Rescuers on Friday has found the bodies of 10 passengers on a fishery surveillance plane that went missing in Mount Bulusaraung, South Sulawesi, after almost a week of search in the are

Antara, Malang – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa is considering adding an excise tier for cigarettes, a move the government says could provide a pathway for illegal tobacco produc

Nicholas Kusnetz – The Indonesian government said it has revoked the licenses of 28 companies for violating forestry regulations in provinces hit by devastating flooding in November.

Responding to the government's plan to formulate a Draft Law (RUU) on Combating Disinformation and Foreign Propaganda, Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid, sa

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Floodwaters as high as 180 centimeters submerged several areas within the Green Lavender housing complex in Suka Mekar Village, North Bekasi, on Friday m

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia is recording a surplus of around 1.4 billion liters of subsidized low-grade diesel fuel, sold domestically under the Solar brand, Energy and Mineral

Hariz Baharudin, Singapore – Making his World Economic Forum (WEF) debut as Indonesia's president, Mr Prabowo Subianto used the Davos stage to outline his view of Indonesia as a steady,

Muhammad Fauzan Malufti – When journalists or policy experts fretfully discuss arms racing and military buildups in the Indo-Pacific, they tend to focus on Northeast Asian autocracies r

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia said Friday that Palestinian independence would remain a key goal in its foreign policy as Jakarta joined the Gaza peace board amidst concerns ov

Jakarta – Forest and land fires have erupted in several regions across the country despite most areas still being in the peak of the rainy season

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Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto is seeking to attract leading British universities to establish campuses in Indonesia as part of broader efforts to bolster educatio

Jakarta/Singapore: President Prabowo Subianto's participation in the Gaza peace summit in Egypt affirms Indonesia's elevated international profile and highlights the opportunities and p

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Indonesia's Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said a gas pipeline leak operated by PT Transportasi Gas Indonesia (TGI) disrupted production

M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – Indonesia is planning to establish waste-to-energy plants (PSEL) this year.