Tri Listiyarini, Jakarta – Indonesia faces a growing dilemma over soybeans, as the country remains heavily dependent on imports while domestic production costs are too high to make loca

Vidya Pinandhita, Jakarta – Around 663,000 schoolchildren screened this year in the government's free health check program were found to have high blood pressure, raising concern over u

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia's nickel policies have worried Chinese investors, as businessmen penned a letter to President Prabowo Subianto to improve the investment climate.

Susanne Seong-eun Bergsten – Two female domestic workers, ages 15 and 18, jumped from the fourth floor of a Jakarta boarding house on April 22 in a desperate attempt to escape their emp

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – A defendant in the case involving Indonesia's Strategic Intelligence Agency of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI), Sergeant Edi Sudarko, told a mil

Oyuk Ivani Siagian, Jakarta – Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka is recorded to have a wealth of Rp27,915,654,176.

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – The air quality in Indonesia has deteriorated based on air monitoring data from the US AQI website, which indicates that throughout May 2026, five major cities

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesian billionaire Prajogo Pangestu saw his fortune shrink by $1.8 billion (Rp 31.5 trillion) in a single day on his 82nd birthday after global inde

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Four people were killed and 19 others injured after a bus collided with a pickup truck on the Kualanamu – Tebing Tinggi Toll Road in Serdang Bedagai regency, No

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – The legal team of Andrie Yunus, who is part of the Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD), has spoken out about the visit from the Military Prosecutor's Off

Max Lane – This book tries to tell the story of the rise and fall of the Suharto New Order dictatorship and the vanguard role of the activists who organised to build mass action protest

Hanaa Septiana, Jakarta – As many as 200 students from 12 schools in the Tembok Dukuh area of Surabaya region in Indonesia experienced mass food poisoning after eating the free nutritio

Oyuk Ivani Siagian, Jakarta – The Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has released the Wealth Report of State Officials (LHKPN) of President Prabowo Subianto.

Antara, Jakarta – A Jakarta court on Tuesday sentenced former Pertamina Patra Niaga president director Alfian Nasution to six years in prison in a corruption case linked to fuel procure

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – The weakening rupiah, which fell beyond Rp 17,500 against the US dollar on Tuesday, is beginning to affect Indonesia's business sector, prompting companies to

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – The continued slide of the rupiah, which has fallen beyond Rp 17,500 against the US dollar for the first time on Tuesday, should not be compared with the count

Simon Butt – On 2 January 2026, Indonesia's new Code of Criminal Procedure (Kitab Undang-undang Hukum Acara Pidana, or KUHAP) came into force.

Natasha Khairunisa, Jakarta – Rupiah weakened past Rp 17,500 against the US dollar on Tuesday morning as investors monitored stalled peace talks between the United States and Iran, whil

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's taxpayers must repatriate their offshore wealth within 6 months or miss a chance to invest that money in the country, as Finance Minister Purb

Bobby Bascomb – Agriculture is the biggest driver of peatland loss in Indonesia, Peru and the Democratic Republic of Congo, home to the largest expanses of tropical peatlands in the wor

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Jakarta – Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) senior investigator Novel Baswedan has strongly criticised the legal proceedings in the case of the acid attack on Commission fo

Indah Ayu Pujiastuti, Jakarta – Indonesia's automobile sales rose 12% in the first four months of 2026, supported by seasonal demand and new model launches, but this does not necessaril

Rhett Ayers Butler – Stop telling people to protect wildlife. Start paying them instead.

Alfitria Nefi Pratiwi, Jakarta – Deputy Industry Minister Faisol Riza called for the acceleration of industrial cooperation between Indonesia and Russia, saying both countries should fu

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Theresia Sufa, Jakarta – Sumatran and Kalimantan elephants are now critically endangered as their habitat areas have been reduced from 42 to 21, Forestry Ministry Raja Juli Antoni told

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves fell by $2 billion to $146.2 billion in April 2026, raising concerns over Bank Indonesia's ability to defend the rup

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Navy has received its first submarine rescue vessel, a German-made ship, as the archipelagic country seeks to boost its rescue capabilities.

Febryan Kevin Candra Kurniawan, Faieq Hidayat, Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Deputy Coordinator Andrie Yunus has refused to attend the trial

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa dismissed the possibility of another tax amnesty program under his leadership, seeking to calm businesses and taxpayers a

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia has postponed its royalty hike on mining commodities amid concerns over the policy potentially taking a toll on business profits.

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Indonesia's Financial Services Authority (OJK) said non-performing loans in the country's online lending industry were dominated by borrowers aged 19 t

Dian Rahma Fika Alnina, Jakarta – A case of food poisoning due to free nutritious meal (MBG) menu has occurred again at several elementary schools in Pulogebang Sub-District, East Jakar

Harumbi Prastya Hidayahningrum, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has pledged to renovate community health centers, or puskesmas, across Indonesia after inspecting medical facilities

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Indonesian police unveiled and raided the operational location of 75 online gambling sites managed by 321 foreign nationals at Hayam Wuruk Tower Plaza, West J

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – Hundreds of students from several schools in the Pulogebang area of Cakung, East Jakarta, have fallen ill with symptoms of food poisoning after consuming

Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has found potential Rp49.5 billion in state losses in the National Nutrition Agency's (BGN) halal certification servic

Jakarta – Sixteen people were killed on Wednesday after a passenger bus collided with a fuel truck on the Trans-Sumatra Highway in North Musi Rawas regency, South Sumatra, just 10 days

Erik Hoffner – Protecting nature is still a struggle due to funding gaps that governments across developing countries are struggling to close. Indonesia is no exception.

Fachri Hamzah, Jakarta – Victims of the devastating floods and landslides in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra filed a lawsuit against the central government at the Jakarta State Ad

Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – Indonesia, along with 12 other countries, has condemned Israel's interception last week of the Global Sumud aid flotilla bound for Gaza and the subsequent dete

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Indonesia's government debt approached Rp 10,000 trillion in the first quarter of 2026, with the vast majority financed through state securities issuance, acco

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Fires have burned part of a decade-long orangutan habitat restoration site in Indonesian Borneo, raising fears among conservationists that another severe f

Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – The government-sanctioned police reform commission has proposed demilitarizing the work culture of the National Police as part of broader reforms, amid persist

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Dadan Hindayana, Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), has detailed the reasons behind involving correctional institutions to support the management of

The Indigenous Peoples Bill has returned to the national legislative priority list after being in limbo for 16 years.

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Corruption in the education sector is more than simply a matter of losses to the state, it could deprive millions of students of the right to a proper education.

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Yusuf Rendy from the Center of Reform on Economics (CORE) said Indonesia's declining open unemployment rate (TPT) to 4.68 percent does not necessarily reflect a