Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has advised ministers in his Red and White Cabinet to refrain from making public comments that could incite controversy or discomfo

Servio Maranda, Bangka – The Indonesian National Construction Contractors Association (Gapensi) states that the government's budget efficiency policy has had the greatest impact on the

Antara, Jakarta – Wildlife authorities in Central Kalimantan have released five rehabilitated orangutans back into their natural habitat, marking another milestone in Indonesia's ongoin

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Indonesia's top judge, Chief Justice Sunarto, criticized judges flaunting luxury lifestyles far beyond their official salaries, warning that such behavior invit

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) may believe it needs the added protection of the Indonesian Military (TNI) to go after high-profile criminal cases.

T. Handoko, Sukoharjo, Indonesia – Sarmi recalls the unusual blight that fell over Gupit village around 2017, when doves and finches appeared to vanish from the sky.

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia dismissed claims that Shell's sale of its entire fuel retail network in Indonesia reflects a worsening i

Ashoka Mukpo, Jakarta – Indonesia's push to meet its ambitious biofuel targets by expanding oil palm plantations could cost the country billions in environmental damage and social confl

Intan Setiawanty, Jakarta – The Jakarta Metropolitan Police have identified 15 students of Trisakti University as suspects following a skirmish during the 27th-anniversary demonstration

Antara, Jakarta – Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia urged the state-run energy firm Pertamina to import American fuel regardless of the logistical challenges, as Jakarta's tariff negotia

Resty Woro Yuniar – A sweeping new ban on small plastic water bottles in Bali has triggered backlash from Indonesia's beverage and plastics industries, even as environmental advocates h

Wawan Kurniawan, Tangerang – Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq ordered the immediate shutdown of a steel blast furnace facility in Tangerang Regency, Banten, on Friday after wit

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Prabowo Subianto government had already spent Rp 3 trillion, or approximately $184.8 million, to carry out the nationwide free meal program as of May 2

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday issued a stern ultimatum to government officials and regulators, demanding an overhaul of

Adhyasta Dirgantara, Dani Prabowo, Jakarta – 98 activist and Central Tapanuli Regent Masinton Pasaribu says that labour figure Marsinah is more deserving of the title of national hero t

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts Indonesia's unemployment rate will reach 5 percent in 2025.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Chinese nickel material manufacturer Huayou is set to break ground on its Indonesian electric vehicle (EV) battery ecosystem project by August, thus offici

Amelia Rahima Sari, Jakarta – Representatives of online motorcycle taxi drivers, or ojol, held a meeting with the Ministry of Human Rights, during which a dozen members of the National

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – The National Police (Polri) have concluded their investigation into allegations that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo used a fake university diploma, decl

Responding to the arrests of dozens of students who held a demonstration in front of the Jakarta City Hall commemorating 27 years of reformasi – the political reform process that began

Septia Ryanthie, Sukoharjo – Around 1,300 former employees of PT Sri Rejeki Isman Textile Tbk. (Sritex) have been rehired by a company leasing Sritex's assets.

Wawan Kurniawan, Tangerang – Indonesian authorities have seized millions of illegally imported tools and hardware products from China, with an estimated value of Rp 18 billion (approx.

Stefani Wijaya, Jakarta – Indonesia's Manpower Ministry launched the 2025 National Job Fair on Thursday, offering more than 53,000 job opportunities amid persistently high youth unemplo

Yurike Metriani, Jakarta – Social Security Forum (Jamsos) of labor and worker unions want the government to reconsider the single-tier inpatient care system in the national health insur

Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia confirmed on Thursday that it was his decision to remove South Korea's LG Energy Solution from a high-profil

Resty Woro Yuniar – Calls are growing for the Indonesian government to formally acknowledge the mass rapes of the country's ethnic Chinese women during the May 1998 riots, as members of

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Economist Bright Institute Awalil Rizky stated that the online motorcycle taxi industry, or ride-hailing, is expanding not only because of technological innovatio

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – The government has once again reduced the number of inmates eligible for amnesty.

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) has identified contaminated raw ingredients and poor hygiene as key causes behind food poisoning incidents reported

Wahyu Chandra – Hundreds of protesters, including young and Indigenous peoples from three coastal villages, have demanded the closure of sand dredging in Indonesia's West Sulawesi over

Jakarta – Culture Minister Fadli Zon's plan to launch a newly rewritten history of Indonesia by Aug.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Presidential envoy Hashim Djojohadikusumo said Wednesday that Indonesia didn't want to heavily rely on foreign investment for the country's housing program

Ni Made Tasyarani, Jakarta – Property developers have proposed a rent-to-own scheme as a way to ease homeownership access for workers in the informal sector.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – For years, Mikael Ane, an Indigenous farmer from the island of Flores in eastern Indonesia, has faced prison not for harming the environment, but for tryin

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – The deputy chief of Presidential Staff, Muhammad Qodari, said President Prabowo Subianto's administration has introduced an economic democracy transforma

Iim Halimatusa'diyah – It is not clear that some of Indonesia's renewable energy projects are designed with the people in mind.

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – A total of 93 individuals were arrested by the police during a demonstration commemorating the 27th anniversary of the reformation in front of Jakarta C

Jakarta – Ten cities in Indonesia received Climate Action Plans (CAP) to mark the completion of the Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities (CRIC) program on Wednesday, which was funded

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Tim Lindsey (The Conversation) – Making Jakarta their first overseas destination has become a set piece for newly elected Australian prime ministers dating back to John Howard in 1996.

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Devy Ernis, Jakarta – A number of '98 activists gathered at the JS Luwansa Hotel in South Jakarta on Wednesday May 21 for a cross-generation activist workshop tit

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia has revised down its economic growth projection for 2025 to a range of 4.6 to 5.4 percent, citing weaker global growth and slower-than-expe

Anisa Fauziah, Jakarta – Former investigator of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Yudi Purnomo, warned that threats and terror against anti-corruption officers are becoming m

Hanif Musyaffa, Jakarta – Transmigration Minister Muhammad Iftitah Sulaiman Suryanegara on Monday pitched the Prabowo Subianto administration's revamped transmigration agenda during a v

Jakarta – Migrant Workers Protection Minister Abdul Kadir Karding warned prospective interns to be cautious of Japan's so-called "cheap labor" schemes.

Jakarta – Speaker of the House of Representatives Puan Maharani has warned Culture Minister Fadli Zon, who currently leads the job of rewriting Indonesia's national history, against wha

Yovanda Noni, Jakarta – A severe shortage of non-subsidized fuels, specifically Pertamax and Pertamax Turbo, has hit several public gas stations (SPBUs) in Balikpapan since Sunday, May

Simone Galimberti, Kathmandu – Indonesia's democracy is in crisis after 27 years of reform. The threat is not an overt challenge to its liberal, election-based rule of law.

Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto's recent visits to Southeast Asian neighbors have yet to dispel concerns over his lack of engagement with ASEAN as an institution, a

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.5 percent during its Board of Governors Meeting held on May 20-21, marking its firs