Sofie Arjon Schutte – Presidential and vice presidential candidates were presented with jackets at the Integrity Pact on 17 January.

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Bali – Beginning Feb. 14, 2024, foreign tourists visiting Bali will be required to pay a tourist tax of Rp 150,000 ($10).

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – A number of retired Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU) officers who are members of Elang Indonesia Maju (Onward Indonesian Eagles) have declared their support for the p

Jakarta – The Non-Government Organisation (NGO) Coalition for Election Justice (SAKAKAP) has found 121 cases of alleged election violations committed by the state apparatus between Nove

Jakarta – Hundreds of students from a number of different campuses gathered at the 12 May Reformasi Monument in front of the Trisakti University campus in Jakarta on Wednesday Fe

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo reiterated on Wednesday that he will abstain from participating in campaign rallies, despite his son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, c

Antara, Amelia Rahima Sari, Jakarta – Presidential candidate number one Anies Baswedan spoke up about the supposed plan to liquidate state-owned enterprises (SOEs).

Ashlynn Hannah, Jakarta – Within the Southeast Asia Region, Indonesia has the highest birth rates among adolescent females from the ages of 15 to 19 according to a research report on ad

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto recently reminisced about his late mother Dora Marie Sigar when he visited the latter's hometown in Langowan, Manado.

Jakarta – The rain did not stop presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto from dancing with tens of thousands of his supporters in Manado on Monday.

Jakarta – Retired army general Wiranto recently revealed the reason why he gave Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka his support for the 2024 election.

Jakarta – To some, the fifth and final electoral debate of the campaign season on Sunday was an anticlimax, as the three presidential candidates refrained from attacking each other as t

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy expanded at a much slower rate last year, with weaker household spending and exports weighing on the country's economic output.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo denied allegations he has politicized social assistance (bansos) in a bid to support his eldest son Gibran Rakabuming Raka, who is the running m

Nivell Rayda, Medan, Indonesia – It was Sunday morning in December, but there were hardly any customers stopping by at Mdm Teti Gusyana's store, one of the few remaining snack shops sti

Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – With just over a week left before the 2024 simultaneous elections, the government has highlighted its commitment to assisting thousands of people with mental d

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesia's largest banks posted positive results as the country's economy continued its recovery in the post-pandemic era.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) and the government will begin discussion on the Special Jakarta Region Bill, which is a result of Indonesia's capital relocat

Amelia Rahima Sari, Jakarta – Chairman of the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) M.

Jakarta – In the corruption case in Sidoarjo, the KPK gives the impression of having become a political tool. A thorough investigation is needed to remove this impression.

Antara, Jakarta – Acting Deputy of Medicine and Narcotics Control of BPOM (The Indonesian Food and Drug Authority) Rita Endang estimated that by 2050, 10 million deaths each year are po

Han Revanda Putra, Antara, Jakarta – The national campaigning team of Prabowo-Gibran claimed the ethical decision of the General Elections Ethics Council or DKPP against General

Farida Indriastuti – The debate of presidential and vice-presidential candidates for 2024 will enter its fifth round.

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said that the government has raised the fertilizer subsidy budget by Rp14 trillion.

Wahyu Sahala Tua, Jakarta – Anti-corruption activist Hanifa Sutrisna denied having accused Raffi Ahmad of money laundering despite an earlier video appearance in which he urged law agen

Roy Triono & Heru Andriyanto, Bandar Lampung – Comedian Aulia Rakhman is set to face a blasphemy trial in connection with a joke he made during a campaign rally supporting president

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition is inviting the public to impose ethical sanctions on presidential and vice presidential candidates number 2, Defense Minister Prabowo

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto revealed that Rp50.14 trillion of the ministry/agency budget has been blocked in order to become

Amelia Rahima Sari, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia asks presidential candidates to support the transition towards a green economy.

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – Presidential candidate number two Prabowo Subianto said Indonesia currently lacked doctors and he will add more medical faculties in the country as a meas

Melynda Dwi Puspita, Andika Dwi, Jakarta – Presidential candidate number 2 Prabowo Subianto apologized to his rivals Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo in his closing statement during th

Eka Yudha, Jamal Abdun Nashr, Bagus Pribadi, Jakarta – The police are suspected of intimidating several professors and academics taking part in the current stream of criticism over the

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has reported that Indonesia's economy expanded by 5.05 percent in 2023.

Jakarta – With voting day just 10 days away, the 2024 presidential candidates struck a more conciliatory tone in their final televised debate on Sunday, as they addressed issues of educ

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – More than 11 million foreign tourists visited Indonesia last year, according to Statistics Indonesia (BPS), signaling a strong post-pandemic recovery, but busine

Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – Flooding and landslides caused by a series of severe weather events have damaged homes and displaced people in many regions of the country, prompting local and

Jakarta – Indonesia needs all the help it can get to accelerate its gaming industry development.

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – Mahfud MD is stepping down from his job as coordinating minister for politics, law and human rights, citing the need to prevent a potential conflict of in

Jakarta (Agencies) – Presidential front runner Prabowo Subianto drew flak in his final debate with election rivals Sunday over issues from women's rights to remarks about voters' intell

Jakarta – Indonesia's economic growth slowed last year owing to weak exports driven by lower commodity prices, official data showed Monday.

Wellington, New Zealand – New Zealand has called for the immediate release of Kiwi pilot Phillip Mehrtens, a year after he was taken hostage by rebels in Papua region, its foreign minis

Dicky Kurniawan, Yohanes Maharso Joharsoyo, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has received 462 electric buses from the World Bank.

Yuni Rochmawati, Jakarta – Acting DG of Higher Education of the Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Ministry Nizam responded to the wave of campus criticism of the current admi

Zannie Langford – Indonesia, the world's second-largest seaweed producer, plans to introduce a nationwide export ban on seaweed, following a ban at a provincial level in 2022.

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Several Indonesian ministers are discontented with President Joko Widodo's overspending on social aid and seeming partiality ahead of elections on Feb 1

Dio Suhenda and Nur Janti, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has its integrity put under public scrutiny once again after its leadership was found to have committed ethic

Helmut Timothy & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Despite a "strong reprimand" from the ethics council against top election organizers regarding the candidacy of Gibran Rakabuming Raka, t

Siwage Dharma Negara and Maria Monica Wihardja – Indonesian Millennials and Gen-Z would like their next president to create jobs, eradicate poverty and combat corruption.

Resty Woro Yuniar – Less than two weeks before voters head to the polls to choose Indonesia's next leader, presidential front runner Prabowo Subianto found himself on the defensive foll

Jakarta – Ganjar Pranowo plans to turn North Sulawesi into an import-export hub if elected president, saying that doing so would contribute significantly to the province's economic grow