Taufiq Hanafi – Mr Hanafi is responding to Max Lane's Fulcrum, published on 18 March 2024, on the success of "Eksil", the documentary about ten exiled Indonesians discussing Suharto's p

Jakarta – More than 10,000 Indonesian civil servants will move to Nusantara in September, marking the first phase of inhabiting the country's new capital in East Kalimantan as developme

Resty Woro Yuniar – A new report alleges that miners in Indonesia's nickel hub of Sulawesi, some tied to Chinese electric vehicles battery manufacturers, cleared protected forests at a

Jakarta (Agencies) – Authorities in North Sulawesi shut an international airport and evacuated hundreds of people from the vicinity of the Ruang volcano after it belched explosive plume

Jakarta (Agencies) – Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said China and Indonesia had agreed to strengthen cooperation and bilateral relations, after a meeting with China Foreign Minister Wa

Antara, Denpasar – The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) discovered that the glacier's thickness atop Puncak Jaya, Papua, decreased by about four meters, or 66 perc

Thomas Rizal, Jakarta – The Anti-Mafia Task Force (Satgas) for Football is investigating allegations of match-fixing in the Indonesian Liga 1 match between Bhayangkara FC and Persik Ked

Antara, Jakarta – According to data from OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited, a travel intelligence agency based in London, Soekarno-Hatta Airport (Soetta) claimed the title of the busiest a

Harkristuti Harkrisnowo – Indonesia's recent election results have sparked controversy and raised questions about the integrity of the Indonesian electoral process.

Laila Afifa, Jakarta – Many Islamic boarding schools are operating without permits. There needs to be standardization of these religious educational institutions.

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Deputy Chair of Commission IX of the House of Representatives (DPR), Kurniasih Mufidayati, highlighted the case of the dismissal of 249 non-civil servants hea

Jakarta – Defense minister and president-elect Prabowo Subianto on Thursday held a meeting with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who arrived in Jakarta for bilateral talks wit

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – Pastor Gilbert Lumoindong has been officially reported to the Jakarta Metro Police for a sermon addressing prayer and almsgiving in Islam (Zakat).

Dina Indrasafitri – Circa 1999, I sat on the floor in a poorly lit house on the outskirts of Jakarta, still in my grey-and-white high-school uniform.

Jakarta – Indonesia's economy was primed for monetary easing later this year, but an unwelcome plunge in its currency is complicating matters for Bank Indonesia and could force it to gr

Antara, Jakarta – State Apparatus and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Abdullah Azwar Anas has announced the first batch of 38 ministries and institutions set to be relocated to Indonesia's

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – On Wednesday April 17 the Indonesian Lawyers Association in America (IALA) submitted an amicus curiae in relation to the 2024 presidential election (Pilpres) dispu

Jakarta – A volcano erupted several times in North Sulawesi overnight Wednesday, forcing hundreds of people to be evacuated after it spewed lava and a column of smoke more than a mile i

Jakarta – The faithful gathered in an imposing modernist building, thousands of men in skullcaps and women in veils sitting shoulder to shoulder.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – South Korean automobile giant Hyundai has ended an agreement with Adaro Minerals, a subsidiary of Indonesia's second-largest coal miner, PT Adaro Energy, t

Jaka Hendra Baittri, Vinolia Ahmad, South Pesisir, Indonesia – Bendri lived with his wife and child just 80 meters, or 260 feet, back from the Surantih Mudiak Dalam River, which flows f

Antara, Jakarta – The government has reversed its decision to restrict imported goods carried by air passengers due to public outcry.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government is planning to review energy subsidies later this year, according to Chief Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto.

Jakarta – Prospective legislators need to spend large amounts of money to garner votes in increasingly transactional elections. A simpler system is needed.

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta (Antara) – Presidential candidate number three Ganjar Pranowo believes that the submission of amicus curiae or "friends of the court" by Indonesia's Fifth

Authorities in Indonesia have issued a tsunami alert after a volcano erupted five times in the province of North Sulawesi, spewing a column of smoke more than a mile into the sky and fo

Jakarta – Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) chairman Kaesang Pangarep, the youngest son of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, has said that his wife Erina Gudono will not run for Sleman re

Resty Woro Yuniar – Reports that Indonesia is considering establishing diplomatic relations with Israel as a way of securing membership to the OECD club of nations have been outright re

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – On Tuesday April 16 the faculty of Law Student Executive Councils (BEM FH) from the Gajah Mada University (UGM), the Diponegoro University (Undip), the Padjadjaran

Melbourne – Bank Indonesia (BI) stepped in to support the rupiah after the currency weakened past 16,000 per US dollar for the first time in four years.

Jakarta – Hyundai Motor Company's recent withdrawal from an agreement with PT Adaro Minerals Indonesia (Adaro) following calls from climate activists should give us pause.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – President-elect Prabowo Subianto's legal team expressed confidence on Tuesday that the motion challenging the presidential election result will be dismissed by

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Further escalation in the Middle East conflict could pose multi-layered economic risks to Indonesia, ranging from further capital outflows to weaker gross domest

Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has identified Ahmad Muhdlor Ali, also known as Gus Muhdlor, as a suspect in a corruption case involving the Region

Yustinus Patris Paat, Jakarta – Chairman of the National Democratic (Nasdem) Party's Central Executive Board, Willy Aditya, pledges to honor the Constitutional Court's decision on the 2

Trissia Wijaya – Indonesia's president-elect, Prabowo Subianto, committed to deepening relations with China in a meeting with President Xi Jinping on Monday, 1 April.

Hendro Situmorang, Jakarta – Golkar Party Chairman Airlangga Hartarto received explicit support for reelection from the party's youth wing AMPI on Tuesday, following remarkable results

Yustinus Paat & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The legal team representing President-elect Prabowo Subianto on Tuesday submitted their responses to accusations of election fraud filed b

Antara, Jakarta – Member of the General Elections Commission (KPU) Idham Holik said that the Constitutional Court or MK's decision on the presidential election dispute, which will be re

Yudono Yanuar, Jakarta – Indonesia has secured the third spot among the top 20 most competitive countries in Asia to attract investors, based on research conducted by the financial and

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Indonesian economy will likely slow down if the Middle East conflict worsens following Iran's retaliatory strike on Israel, according to experts.

Jakarta (Agencies) – Landslides in South Sulawesi on the weekend killed at least 18 people with rescue efforts, including police sniffer dogs, still ongoing for two missing people, loca

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto has apparently seized the opportunity presented by the Idul Fitri holiday to strengthen his existing ties and win over potential allies, in a move

Adinda Jasmine and Amelia Rahima, Jakarta – A political observer Adi Prayitno assessed that the verdict of the Constitutional Court (MK) judges in the election dispute (PHPU) case will

Yohanes Maharso (Antara), Jakarta – Head of the Indonesian Military (TNI) Information Center, Major General Nugraha Gumilar, confirmed that Navy soldiers and the Police's Mobile Brigade

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has denied claims involving a female celebrity with the initial "A" in a corruption case linked to trading permits for tin

Yudono Yanuar, Jakarta – The depreciating trend of the rupiah against the US dollar persisted in the recent week.

Antara, Jakarta – At least 18 neighborhood units (RT) in East Jakarta were submerged by floods on Monday morning at 08:00 WIB (Western Indonesia Time).

Diamanty Meiliana, Jakarta – Human rights activists Usman Hamid believes a people's tribunal is needed to hold a hearing into the 2024 general elections during which widespread fraud is

Diamanty Meiliana, Jakarta – The issue of a people's tribunal or pengadilan rakyat has come up again following the 2024 elections that were allegedly marred by election fraud.