Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – Indonesia reiterated its commitment to strengthening ties with Papua New Guinea on Wednesday in a "historic" meeting in Jayapura that emphasized defense cooper

Jakarta – President-elect Prabowo Subianto seems to realize that he would have to be above all parties in order to lead the whole nation, which includes the approximately 68 million peo

Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – The Israel military's assault on and seizure of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt has sparked outcry and fury from the international

Yustinus Patris Paat, Jakarta – Former Governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil, has emerged as a formidable candidate for the governor position in the 2024 Jakarta Gubernatorial Election af

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Palestinian Ambassador to Indonesia Zuhair Al-Shun gave his comments on Friday regarding Indonesia's existing trade with Israel, claiming that it would not

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – President-elect Prabowo Subianto has urged all political elites to collaborate with his forthcoming government or observe quietly from the sidelines as

Yustinus Patris Paat, Jakarta – Allies of Prabowo Subianto are voicing their full support for the president-elect's proposal to expand the number of ministries in his future cabinet, ci

Agung Sandy Lesmana, Dea Hardiningsih Irianto – The Musicians Coalition for Gaza held a demonstration in front of the United States Embassy in Central Jakarta on Friday May 10 as a form

Antara, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry is planning to overhaul the education curriculum in 33 vocational schools under its supervision, following the death of a 19-year-old stude

Yustinus Patris Paat, Jakarta – President-elect Prabowo Subianto has offered ministerial positions to the Democratic Party – a member of the coalition supporting him in the election – a

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – A 100 billion rupiah (S$8.4 million) tin-processing plant is being built in Batam by the younger brother of Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto,

Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto intends to form a cabinet of 40 ministers. This will result in a bloated bureaucracy and wasted public money.

Tempo.Co, Jakarta – Shinta Kamdani, chair of the Indonesian Employers Association or Apindo, said the closure of footwear manufacturer PT Sepatu Bata Tbk (BATA) was due to declining dem

Tempo.Co, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) investigation team named former North Maluku governor Abdul Ghani Kasuba as a suspect in the alleged money laundering c

Jakarta – The surreptitious purchase of surveillance devices is a threat to democracy and people's rights to privacy. It is also prone to embezzlement and abuse.

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H.

Stefani Wijaya, Jakarta – The National Police have arrested 142 suspects in a major crackdown on gambling websites over the past two weeks.

Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – April was the hottest month year-on-year (yoy) as the country's weather agency recorded an increase of nearly 1 degree Celsius last month, the highest temperat

Jakarta – An elite club comprising Indonesia's sitting and living former presidents could help incoming leader Prabowo Subianto consolidate power, but challenges lie in bridging new and

Johannes Nugroho – Chants of "Free, Free Palestine!" resounded at university campuses across Indonesia this week at hundreds of rallies inspired by student protests overseas, with local

Eugene Mark – The next administration has a chance to right the wrongs perpetuated by the outgoing president, whose administration has allowed private and vested interests to overrule o

Jakarta – Indonesia's largest deforesting company has continued to clear peatland despite an order by the government for the firm to stop clearing rainforests.

Indonesia's top court has acquitted an indigenous Catholic farmer who was jailed for "encroaching" on a piece of land declared as a tourist park.

Teguh Suprayitno, Sepintun, Indonesia – Past generations of Dahwas's family lived off the food and fuel growing all around them, traversing Sumatra's forest unobstructed whenever cultur

Yustinus Patris Paat, Jakarta – The political parties that formed the coalition supporting Prabowo Subianto's bid for the presidency are set to reunite for the upcoming Jakarta gubernat

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – The Jakarta Traffic Police revealed on Thursday that most of the VIP license plates used by motorists in the capital city are fake.

Jakarta – Elon Musk's Starlink satellite company has been granted business licences to operate in Indonesia, a senior communication and information ministry official said Thursday.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The recent Israeli assault on Rafah has sparked strong international condemnation, including from Indonesia, which has been a staunch supporter of Palestin

Indah Handayani, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves dropped from $140.4 billion in March to $136.2 billion the following month, according to Bank Indonesia.

Vinnilya, Jakarta – Despite Indonesia's robust economic growth, Chief Economist at Mirae Asset Sekuritas, Rully Arya Wisnubroto, cautioned the government about the declining trend in co

Resty Woro Yuniar – Indonesia's rights groups are calling for transparency from the government after a new investigation accused the nation's law enforcement agencies of purchasing "hig

Nida Sahara, Harso Kurniawan, Jakarta – Teachers and students are among the most affected groups when it comes to defaulting on online loans, also known as peer-to-peer lending (P2P len

Ricki Putra Harahap, Jakarta – A court revealed that the former Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo (SYL) utilized the government's budget to cover the expenses of his qurban, a sa

Jakarta – Last week, senior cabinet minister Luhut Pandjaitan dangled a very enticing carrot in front of a very specific audience at the Microsoft Build: AI Day event, just ahead of the

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is in the process of passing a regulation to establish the Indonesia Tourism Fund (ITF).

Jakarta – Former coordinating political, legal and security affairs minister Mahfud MD has criticized the proposal by politicians within the coalition of president-elect Prabowo Subiant

Jakarta – President-elect and current Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto officially kicked off on Tuesday the construction work for a project in East Jakarta to build a replica of the pa

Jakarta – The OJK releases a new regulation obliging banks to increase their capital. This anticipates a threat to the banking sector as a result of volatile geopolitics.

Falahi Mubarok, Yogi Eka Sahputra, Pulau Seribu, Indonesia – Mustaghfirin unmoors his boat every day in the Thousand Islands archipelago, two hours' sailing from the Jakarta coast, and

A'an Suryana – The absence of identity politics in Indonesia's February presidential polls points to the recognition that this factor can be a double-edged sword, especially when wooing

Jakarta – Indonesia's President-elect Prabowo Subianto is said to be contemplating a significantly bigger Cabinet with the expansion of ministries in his upcoming administration, accord

Didik Fibrianto, Blitar – The Blitar Immigration Office in East Java has arrested two Pakistani nationals for forcibly soliciting donations for Palestine from Blitar residents.

Yustinus Patris Paat, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has not yet reached a decision on its stance following the presidential election defeat, a senior par

Hanin Marwah, Jakarta – The Indonesian all-female heavy metal band, Voice of Baceprot or VoB, is set to make history as the first Indonesian musicians ever to perform at the prestigious

Savero Aristia Wienanto, Jakarta – The National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) announced that the free lunch program will start running in 2025.

Faris Mokhtar – In mid-April, executives from foreign business chambers descended upon the home of an Indonesian minister to call for the removal of a new imports rule, a sign of the pr

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Austrian companies have shown huge interest in investing in Indonesia's new capital Nusantara, according to its envoy on Wednesday.

Pribadi Wicaksono, Jakarta – Former vice presidential candidate for the 2024 general elections, Mahfud Md, said that for him, the 2024 election is legally finished.

Yustinus Patris Paat, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, commonly known as SBY, is prepared to meet his predecessor Megawati Soekarnoputri at a mutual

Hendro D Situmorang, Jakarta – The recent high temperatures in Indonesia, according to the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), are not due to a heatwave like those e