Sesilia Ayu Febriani, Martin Bagya Kertiyasa, Jakarta – Foreign investors posted a net outflow of Rp 7.71 trillion ($455.6 million) from Indonesia's financial markets in the second week

Basten Gokkon – When Indonesia designated Flores a "geothermal island" in 2017, identifying up to 21 geothermal sites, the policy was framed as a cornerstone of the country's renewable

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesia's government has confirmed that the Draft Law on Countering Disinformation and Foreign Propaganda is still in the discussion stage and has not ye

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – The Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) has warned that child grooming and sexual violence against children remain serious threa

Wahroni, Tangerang, Banten – The Tangerang City administration, on the outskirts of Jakarta, is planning to revise two long-standing local bylaws that strictly ban prostitution and the

Putri Maharani Kristiana, Jakarta – Foreign Minister Sugiono highlighted ten of Indonesia's recent successes in international diplomacy, including its election as President of the Unite

Danu Damarjati, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) is asking that discussion on the Draft Law (RUU) on Countering Disinformation and Foreign Propaganda be stopped.

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Flooding and landslides have struck parts of Java amid persistent rainfall, with coastal areas bearing the brunt due to ongoing erosion, and conditions are for

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – The Indonesian Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has requested PT Nestle Indonesia to temporarily halt distributing and importing S-26 Promil Gold p

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto gathered academics at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Thursday, January 15, 2026.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – An analyst said Thursday that Indonesia should think twice about joining the Gaza security force that US President Donald Trump had pitched, citing concern

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – PT Aneka Tambang (Antam), Indonesia's state-owned mining companies, has responded to circulating reports and social media videos claiming an explosion at its Po

Shaan Amin – Prejudice against queer people in Indonesia is on the rise in many forms.

Fadli, Batam – An Indonesian migrant worker from South Sulawesi, identified only as MRI, has escaped the death penalty after a six-year legal battle over an alleged 2020 murder.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has scrapped a plan to retire a major coal-fired power plant, after having promised for years to do so.

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) reported a total of 2,301 cases of violence against children in 2025.

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has criticized the government's proposed Bill on the Prevention of Disinformation and Foreign Propaganda, saying i

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – Indonesia will need nearly Rp 60 trillion ($3.55 billion) to rehabilitate damaged infrastructure and rebuild almost 239,000 homes following flash floods in Aceh,

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Research funding during Prabowo's administration has increased up to 218 percent, said Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology Stella

M Fathur Rohman, Jakarta – A Kamisan (Thursday) action was again held in front of the State Palace in Central Jakarta on Thursday January 15.

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia Climate and Energy Campaign Manager Iqbal Damanik on Wednesday submitted evidence of an alleged intimidation campaign to Indonesia's Nati

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Executive Director of Parameter Politik Indonesia, Adi Prayitno, predicts that the issues of extending the president's term and the president being elected by

Antara, Jakarta – Bhima Yudhistira, Executive Director of the Center of Economic and Law Studies (Celios), identified factors that will increase pressure on consumer purchasing power th

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Professor of Political Science at the Indonesia University of Education, Cecep Darmawan, said the meeting between professors and university leaders with P

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – Indonesia's economic growth is projected to be stuck within the 5 percent range while facing pressure on quality growth in 2026.

Yogi Eka Sahputra, Jakarta – The destruction of the Tanjung Kasam protected forest in Batam, Riau Islands, is significantly more extensive than previously estimated, with 20 hectares of

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Jakarta faces an escalating threat from land subsidence, which experts warn could leave parts of the city underwater and cause massive economic losses if aggre

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – The Climate and Energy Campaign Manager of Greenpeace Indonesia, Iqbal Damanik, and a content creator, Yansen, visited the National Police's Criminal Investig

Jakarta – Indonesian policymakers love targets, and always have, and the administration of President Prabowo Subianto is no exception.

Han Revanda Putra, Jakarta – Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto compared the quality of land for the food estate in Merauke, Papua province, Indon

Philip Jacobson – A reacceleration in the rate of Indonesia's deforestation risks is also drawing attention to the country's spotty climate record: At No.

Shinta Maharani, Jakarta – Several professors from the Islamic University of Indonesia (UII) in Yogyakarta have declined President Prabowo Subianto's invitation to a dialogue at the Sta

Nur Janti, Jakarta – The iconic raptor, the Javan hawk-eagle (Nisaetus bartelsi), is facing mounting risks from habitat degradation that threatens its remaining populations, according t

Adhfar Aulia Syuhada, Jakarta – Online motorcycle taxi drivers (ojol) held a demonstration in front of the United States Embassy in Central Jakarta today where they demanded that the US

Stefanno Sulaiman, Jakarta – Millions of Indonesian ride-hailing drivers would receive major increases to financial and social benefits under a draft decree being considered by Presiden

Nawir Arsyad Akbar, Jakarta – Kompas Research and Development (Litbang Kompas) has released the results of a poll showing that the majority of Generation Y or Millennials reject the ele

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – International Economic Association Secretary General Lili Yan Ing has urged the government to take a more measured and consistent approach in setting its e

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Authorities in Indonesia's Majene Regency, West Sulawesi, have confirmed that an alleged food poisoning incident linked to the government's Free Nutritious Mea

Yanuar Nugroho – Indonesia's 2026 state budget is the first that is truly President Prabowo Subianto's, in the sense that his administration drafted and defended it and it is not inheri

Lisa Hiwasaki and Haekal A. Haridhi (The Conversation) – Weeks after Cyclone Senyar made landfall in northern Sumatra, the province of Aceh continues to struggle.

Riri Rahayuningsih, Jakarta – The latest survey results from Bank Indonesia reveal a trend where the public is allocating a larger portion of their income to savings while simultaneousl

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia has reclaimed more than 4 million hectares (9.9 million acres, about the size of Switzerland) of land nationwide that had been used for plantatio

Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Jessi Carina, Jakarta – Environmental activist and Greenpeace Indonesia Forest Campaigner, Iqbal Damanik, has reported the recent terror and threats he experienced

Adinda Jasmine, Jakarta – Foreign Minister Sugiono has called for Indonesia's diplomacy to adapt to an increasingly uncertain and volatile global environment, urging a strategy rooted i

Singgih Wiryono, Dani Prabowo, Jakarta – Three different survey institutions, LSI Denny JA, Litbang Kompas and Populi Centre, have released similar results on the issue of the el

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Nine law students from several Indonesian universities have filed a judicial review at the Constitutional Court challenging a provision in the country's n

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Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – From being one of the most coveted tech collaborators, billionaire Elon Musk has fallen out of favor with the government as Indonesia became the first country

Septia Ryanthie, Jakarta – Central Java Governor Ahmad Luthfi has urged regency and city governments to promptly apply for crop failure insurance to mitigate the risk of losses for farm