Jakarta – Lawmakers passed the long-awaited revision to the 1990 Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation Law; a change the policymakers claim will ensure better legal protection fo

Jakarta – It would be unwise to assume that the decline in the poverty rate in Indonesia, which reached a historic low of 9.03 percent in March according to Statistics Indonesia (BPS),

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – Indonesia's antitrust agency, the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU), has accused e-commerce firm Shopee and tech giant Google of engaging

Apriadi Gunawan, Karo – The North Sumatra Police arrested two suspects and are pursuing another person allegedly involved in an arson case that killed a journalist and his family in Kar

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo does not want Indonesia's regents to spend the hard-earned government money on imports.

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Tuesday detained three suspects accused of inflating the price of a power plant component procured by the

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – Twelve unsuspecting job applicants have handed over personal data and copies of their identity cards, only to find themselves indebted by over Rp 1 billion (ar

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – At least 50 alumni of the Australian National University (ANU) in Indonesia are disputing a statement made by Bambang Soesatyo (Bamsoet), the speaker of the

Adhyasta Dirgantara, Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – TNI (Indonesian military) Commander General Agus Subiyanto has bragged that TNI soldiers are needed everywhere by the government and society.

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia has scrapped the proposal to collect tourism fees through airline tickets.

Jakarta – Early today, approximately 100 Satpol PP (municipal police) personnel, supported by dozens of police and military officers, conducted an eviction at the PKBI (Perkumpulan Kelu

Ikhsan Reliubun, Jakarta – A senior economist from the University of Indonesia (UI) Faisal Basri said he's skeptical that the global ultrarich would deposit their funds in Indonesia, in

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – NGOs working with Indonesian smallholder farmers have developed a set of guidelines aimed at helping oil palm farmers prove that their products are defores

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has uncovered allegations of extortion by locals towards tourists in Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua, with suspe

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Allegations of illegal activity and land-grabbing against Indonesia's second-largest palm oil company continue to mount as a new report reveals the firm's

Jakarta – An Indonesian court has acquitted a former government official accused of human trafficking after people were found in cages near his palm oil plantation, a ruling the country

Jakarta – The death toll from a landslide near an illegal gold mine in Gorontalo had risen to 23 people, while 35 others are still missing, an official said Tuesday.

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia is set to grant visa-free visits to 20 countries by October, according to the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy.

Jakarta – At least 10 people had died and 40 were missing after torrential rain caused a landslide at a gold mine in Sulawesi's Gorontalo province at the weekend, officials said on Mond

Marc Jones, London – The US has agreed to forgive $35 million of Indonesian debt over the next nine years, the US Treasury said on Monday, in return for the Southeast Asian country rest

Jakarta – What an anticlimactic end to the hyped cyberattack on Indonesia's frail data system.

Jakarta – Authorities are scrambling to respond to a spate of disasters that has swept the country, including a deadly landslide in Sulawesi and flooding across several regions in Java

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is supposed to start working from the new capital Nusantara starting this month.

Riri Rahayu, Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – Indonesia's Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Arifin Tasrif said that nuclear energy is part of the country's renewable energy mix

Nabiha Shahab – The impacts of climate change are increasingly undeniable, weaving into the fabric of our daily lives.

Pizaro Gozali Idrus, Jakarta – Indonesian human rights groups on Tuesday condemned the acquittal of an ex-regent charged with slavery and torture after dozens of people were found caged

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – The central government's fiscal deficit this year is projected to be much larger than planned as the state is set to spend more but collect less in tax than laid

Suherdjoko, Batang, Central Java – A total of 240 houses were damaged after a magnitude 4.4 earthquake hit Batang regency and Pekalongan city in Central Java on Sunday.

Thomas Rizal, Jakarta – Online gambling is so rampant in Indonesia that the country's lawmakers are also among the players, and calls are mounting for some firm action against these law

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia revealed Monday that consumers were still quite upbeat about the country's overall economic conditions as of June, but data showed that Indo

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

Jakarta – The state employment security agency BPJS Ketenagakerjaan recently announced its audited financial and program report for the financial year 2023.

Panji Satrio, Karo, North Sumatra – The North Sumatra Police announced on Monday that they have launched a murder investigation and arrested two suspects after a local journalist, his w

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has once again drawn attention to the bureaucratic complexities that impede the government's efforts to accelerate economic

Aep Sopandi, Bandung – A judge in the Bandung District Court on Monday ordered the immediate release of Pegi Setiawan after declaring that police had violated procedures in naming him a

Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – Several neighborhoods in Jakarta were inundated over the weekend following heavy rain in the capital last week, with the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysic

Jakarta – We proudly join Indonesians all over the country and across the globe, raising our metal horns for celebrated music outfit Voice of Baceprot, who last week marked a milestone

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – The political parties backing president-elect Prabowo Subianto face a bumpy road to agree on joint nominations for the November regional elections in several key r

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

Iim Halimatusa'diyah, Endi Aulia Garadian – Nahdlatul Ulama's venture into the mining business might send the wrong signal for Indonesia's emerging green Islam movement.

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

Emmanuel Kure, Jakarta – A former employee of Lintasarta, a subsidiary of cellular operator Indosat, is alleged to have breached the second backup server of the national data center in

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

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.