Jakarta – The death toll from flash flooding and landslides in West Sumatra has risen to 26, an official said Monday, with at least 11 people still missing.

Antara, Jakarta – The Ministry of Transportation is currently devising up plans for the revitalization of historical train stations in Indonesia, which will be carried out without reduc

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Activists and scientists have condemned a British conglomerate's decision to resume gold exploration in Indonesia's Batang Toru forest, saying it threatens

Olena Wibisana, Bantul – Presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo said Monday he and running mate Mohammad Mahfud MD have no constitutional right to initiate an inquiry by the House of Rep

Wijayanti Putri, Solo – Vice-presidential candidate Gibran Rakabuming Raka expressed his intention on Monday to meet in person with presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo and running mat

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – The Greater Jakarta Light Rail Transit or LRT Jabodebek has operated for more than 6 months.

Resty Woro Yuniar – Presumptive president-elect Prabowo Subianto's plan to accelerate Indonesia's economic growth to 8 per cent in the next five years is "delusional", economists have s

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Co-captain of the Anies-Muhaimin National Winning Team (Timnas Amin) Sudirman Said said corruption cases were rampant during the two terms of President Joko W

Jakarta – As many as 50 anti-corruption activists and former employees of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have sent letters to a number of political party leaders to encoura

Jayapura, Jubi – The Head of the Environmental Quality Management of the Papua Forestry and Environmental Office, Yaconias Maitindom, stated that out of the 35 rivers spanning the Cyclo

Jakarta – Indonesia's transport ministry said on Saturday (Mar 9) it would open a probe into local airline Batik Air after two of its pilots were found to have fallen asleep during a re

Novie Fauziah, Jakarta – Indonesian celebrity and designer Ivan Gunawan, popularly known as Igun, has made a comeback to Indonesia for a fresh television endeavor, undeterred by recent

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir has announced that employees of state-owned companies can take Fridays off, provided they have worked for

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – French President Emmanuel Macron extended his congratulations to Indonesia's presidential candidate, Prabowo Subianto, following his potential election

According to unofficial polls, former Indonesian special forces commander Prabowo Subianto has won the 2024 Indonesian presidential election.

Ricky Juliansyah, Jakarta – Indonesian former Vice President Jusuf Kalla or JK said that the 2024 elections are considered by many to be non-transparent.

Savero Aristia Wienanto, Jakarta – Wahana Lingkungan Hidup (Walhi) Indonesia warns of the potential for population migration to the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) as infrastructure develo

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – The People's Coalition for Fisheries Justice (Kiara) and the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) say that the marine areas in East Java is threatened

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Advist Khoirunikmah, Jakarta – The Central Jakarta Police deployed 2,678 personnel to secure the demonstration held in front of the Parliament Building this afternoon, March 8.

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – A proposed law to scrap local government elections for Indonesia's capital Jakarta and have its governor appointed by the Indonesian President has drawn

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto recently got another congratulatory message from world leaders for his likely election win – this time coming from Palestinian President M

Indira Zahra Aridati and Melinda Martinus – Last month, Indonesia held its presidential and general elections, in one of the busiest election years alongside more than 60 other countrie

Sonya Hellen Sinombor – Hundreds of women from various women's organisations commemorated International Women's Day (IWD) 2024 by marching from the Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu)

Ricki Putra Harahap, Jakarta – The General Election Commission (KPU) has temporarily suspended the display of the recapitulation (Sirekap) graph on its website due to a high level of mi

Imam Suhartadi, Jakarta – Presidential Special Staff for Legal Affairs, Dini Purwono, confirms that Jakarta retains its status as the Special Capital Region (DKI) and it will remain the

Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – Ahmad Sahroni, a politician from the National Democratic Party (Nasdem), was supposed to be questioned by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Friday

Wahroni, Jakarta. The Customs Office at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport burned around 1 ton of soft bread rolls known as Milk Buns on Friday.

Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has heralded a fresh agreement on electric vehicle (EV) collaboration with Indonesia's southern neighbor Australia, while attemp

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Across the nation, Indonesians are queueing for rice, sugar and other staples to try and beat rising prices ahead of Ramadan, which is expected to begin on Mar

Jakarta – The Labour Movement with the People (GEBRAK) alliance held a demonstration next to the Arjuna Wiwaha or Horse Statue in Central Jakarta on Friday afternoon, March 8, during wh

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The government is set to implement a 12 percent value-added tax (VAT) next year, marking a 1 percentage point increase from the current VAT rate.

Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is currently investigating alleged massive corruption within Taspen, a state-owned insurer specializing in providin

Fuad Iqbal Abdullah, Balikpapan – A woman in East Kalimantan has been arrested for posting explicit images and audio recordings on her Instagram account, the local police said on Friday

Laila Afifa, Jakarta – Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia has revoked mining permits and then reissued them. There are indications of illegal buying and selling of permits.

Rachel Farahdiba Regar, Jakarta – On Friday March 8, the Jogja International Women's Day (IWD) Committee held an action in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta to commemorate IWD with th

Mutia Yuantisya, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has determined the suspects of corruption in the procurement of equipment for the official residences of the House

Anwar Siswadi (contributor), Jakarta – Extreme weather resulted in flooding and landslides in four regions of West Java on Tuesday, March 5.

Erin Cook – On 14 February 2024, in Jakarta's old Chinatown district of Glodok, a chain-smoking gentleman with a nephew studying in Melbourne gave me his shorthand view of that day's el

Jakarta – The campaign teams of two 2024 presidential candidates have protested the recent decision of the General Elections Commission (KPU) to stop displaying the preliminary vote tal

Savero Aristia Wienanto, Jakarta – Dida Gardera, deputy for food and agribusiness coordination at the Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs, said that the funding for Prabowo Subian

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has stopped publicly presenting the preliminary vote tally for the 2024 general election and associated graphics on its onl

Jakarta – Defense Minister, and the country's presumptive next president, Prabowo Subianto, on Tuesday described the country's democracy as tiring, very costly and "very messy", but sai

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Presidential candidate number two Prabowo Subianto believed that in less than five years Indonesia will be able to become an exporter and gain food indep

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – House of Representatives members marked their return from recess on Tuesday with some factions calling for the House to open an inquiry into reports of irregulari

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Nusantara authority body said Thursday that civil servants would not need to worry about moving to the yet-to-be-built capital city as it would have al

Arnoldus Kristianus, Mumbai – Bank Indonesia (BI) continues to reduce its dependence on the US dollar (de-dollarization) by forging a partnership with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The US Trade and Development Agency, also known as USTDA, announced Thursday a grant worth over $2 million to help Indonesia make its future capital Nusant

Hanaa Septiana, Jakarta – Immigration Office Class I Special TPI Surabaya said that there are already seven foreign nationals who obtain Golden Visas in East Java with the purpose of in