Amy Sood – Ferdy Susanto, a 23-year-old tech graduate in Indonesia, is feeling down on his luck. He has applied for at least 20 jobs in the past year but has yet to land one.

Duncan Graham – Indonesian politicians are getting in a righteous tizzy over child protection. Their target is online pornography and gambling, and their condemnation is absolute.

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Desty Luthfiani, Jakarta – The Jakarta Environmental Agency has launched a new digital platform to empower residents with real-time air quality information.

Antara, Jakarta – The Minister of State Apparatus Utilization and Bureaucratic Reform, Abdullah Azwar Anas, said that the government has established a special formation for civil servan

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The Coalition of Communities Concerned with Women's Representation (KMPKP) urges the General Election Commission (KPU) to immediately form guidelines for ha

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati revealed an increase in state assets, reaching Rp13,072.8 trillion by the end of 2023.

Laila Afifa, Jakarta – Violence by police officers and military personnel continues. They have become increasingly sadistic in the way they deal with problems in the field.

RSF is urging Indonesian authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into a recent house fire that claimed the lives of a journalist and his family, amid serious suspicions that the

New York – Indonesian authorities must conduct an independent and credible investigation into the house fire that killed journalist Sempurna Pasaribu, determine if the blaze was sparked

Antara, Jakarta – The Jakarta Provincial Government aims to finalize regulations limiting private vehicle usage and vehicle age in the city by year-end.

Monique Handa Shafira, Jakarta – The Indonesian Retailers and Shopping Mall Lessees Association (Hippindo) has voiced concerns over the government's plan to impose a 200 percent import

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has confirmed that the 2024 regional elections will proceed as planned despite the dismissal of Hasyim Asy'ari

Denpasar – An Indonesian court sentenced an Australian man to six months of medical rehabilitation Thursday after finding him guilty of possessing methamphetamine on the tourist island

Kate Lamb and Ananda Teresia (Reuters), Jakarta – Senior members of Jemaah Islamiyah, the Southeast Asian militant network blamed for the deadly Bali bombings, have announced they are d

Muawwan Daelami, Jakarta – The State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) Ministry, as the majority shareholder of local carrier Garuda Indonesia (GIAA), is proceeding with plans to merge Garuda and

Bella Evanglista, Jakarta – Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan, the Director General of Informatics Applications at the Communications and Informatics Ministry, resigned from his position in th

Jakarta – A woman who has completed her prison sentence for a terrorism conviction has voluntarily pledged allegiance to the Republic of Indonesia and vowed to abandon her radical views

Antara, Solo – The Festival Pecinan Nusantara, a non-halal culinary event hosted at Solo Paragon Mall in Surakarta, Central Java, has been temporarily suspended amidst controversy.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The visiting UN Committee that is in charge of promoting Palestinian rights said Thursday that it had high expectations for Indonesia's next administration

Jakarta – Key members of the terror group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) in Indonesia have dissolved the organisation but analysts caution that the threat posed by the group, which has claimed r

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – The United Nations' recent report of a learning crisis experienced by low-and-middle income countries globally has raised concerns about the state of early childh

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – The country's poverty rate has fallen to a historic low this year while inequality, as measured by the Gini coefficient, has hit its lowest point in more than a

Antara, Malang – A Malaysian national is alleged to be the mastermind behind a synthetic drug factory in Malang, East Java.

Jakarta – Not a day goes by without stories about the "flood" of products from China and calls for protective trade barriers in response.

Will Dunham, Jakarta – On the ceiling of a limestone cave in South Sulawesi, scientists have discovered artwork depicting three human-like figures interacting with a wild pig in what th

Jakarta – The family and lawyers of a 13-year-old boy who was allegedly beaten to death by police officers in Padang, West Sumatra, are in Jakarta this week, visiting several state inst

Laura Dobberstein – Brain Cipher, the group responsible for hacking into Indonesia's Temporary National Data Center (PDNS) and disrupting the country's services, has seemingly apologize

Laila Afifa, Jakarta – Mistakes with government import regulations continue to claim victims.

Afron Mandala Putra, Jakarta – Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) confirmed that it has attempted to use the decryption key provided by the Brain Cipher rans

Antara, Jakarta – The government's plan to address the shortage of medical professionals by bringing in foreign doctors has ignited controversy.

Hendro D Situmorang, Jakarta – The son of President-elect Prabowo Subianto played a key role in designing the kit for the Indonesian Olympic team.

Thomas Rizal, Jakarta – The National Awakening Party (PKB) is considering nominating Tourism Minister Sandiaga Uno for the West Java gubernatorial election, a party executive said on Th

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia is planning to ramp up its funding to the UNRWA – the UN's relief agency for Palestinian refugees – this year as the Southeast Asian country grow

Iman Rahman Cahyadi, Jakarta – The General Election Commission (KPU) has appointed Commissioner Mochammad Afifudin as the acting chairman, replacing Hasyim Asy'ari, who was dismissed by

Andika Dwi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is gearing up for Super Garuda Shield 2024, a large-scale multi-country military exercise scheduled from August 26 to September 5, 20

Jakarta – Bogor Police have arrested four female influencers in West Java over the past week for allegedly promoting online gambling via their social media accounts amid the government'

Jakarta – NasDem Party chairman Surya Paloh has said his party will support Bobby Nasution for North Sumatra governor in the November regional elections.

Jakarta – Puan Maharani from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) said on Tuesday that the party leadership was weighing the idea of nominating Indonesian Solidarity Part

Jakarta – Police in North Sumatra are investigating an accusation by a journalists' group that arson was behind a fire that killed a reporter and three of his family, an official said o

Herlan Kanduruan Adiwisastra, Garut – Garut Police continue their investigation into mutilation involving cannibalism case in Bantar Limus Village, Cibalong District, Garut Regency, Wes

Jakarta – A woman was found dead inside the belly of a snake after it swallowed her whole in South Sulawesi, police said Wednesday, the second python killing in the province in a month.

Jakarta – Vice president-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest son of outgoing President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, assured his supporters on Wednesday that Defense Minister and president

Jakarta – Indonesia launched its first electric vehicle battery plant on Wednesday, President Joko Widodo said, as Southeast Asian countries move to gain a foothold in the emerging indu

Ikhsan Reliubun, Jakarta – Labor Party President Said Iqbal said hundreds of thousands of workers are affected by mass layoff, based on the data from the R&D of the Labor Party and

Jakarta – Protesting workers have dispersed after holding a demonstration rejecting Minister of Trade Regulation Number 8/2024 on Import Policies and Regulations in front of the Ministr

Jakarta – A non-halal (non-kosher) culinary festival in Solo (Surakarta) was cancelled after objections from the Surakarta City Shariah (Islamic Law) Council (DSKS).

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – A giant glass factory run by South Korea's KCC Glass is set to begin production in the Central Java town of Batang in August, according to Investment Minis

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – The Financial Services Authority (OJK) has suffered another legal setback against Kresna Life Insurance.

Antara, Jakarta – Hyundai's flying taxi, set to operate in Indonesia's new capital city, Nusantara (IKN), will soon commence test flights this month.