Student protesters say that as many as 24 bus drivers were threatened and intimidated so they would not transport University of Indonesia Student Executive Council (BEM UI) protesters t

Laurensius Teddy Saputro, Jakarta – University of Indonesia (UI) students took to the streets on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, a day after Indonesia marked its 81st Independence Day, marchi

Ary Hermawan and Norshahril Saat – President Prabowo Subianto was absent from a key event organised by the Ulema Council of Indonesia (MUI) in late July.

Agencies, Mbay/Ende, East Nusa Tenggara – Residents of villages in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) hit by a deadly earthquake that killed at least 54 people were awaiting aid on Monday as resc

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesia's 81st Independence Day celebrations saw soldiers jumping 10,000 feet with a parachute.

Riza, Students at Baiti Jannati Islamic boarding school are being treated for suspected food poisoning at Al-Mulk Regional Hospital in Sukabumi, West Java, Sunday, Aug – 16, 2026.

Mazka Hauzan Naufal, Pati – The 81st Indonesian Independence Day commemorations took place in a solemn atmosphere at Omah Kendeng in Sukolilo district, Pati regency, Central Java, on Mo

Albertus Pepi Kurniawan, Theressia Silalahi, Muhammad Aulia Rahman, East Nusa Tenggara – Residents displaced by the powerful earthquake that struck Indonesia's Flores region remained in

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – The Association of All Indonesian Workers' Unions (Aspirasi) believes that the Independence Day celebration must be realized through decent jobs, fair wages, em

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – The Nusantara Capital City (IKN) Authority held a ceremony to commemorate Indonesia's 81st Independence Day on Monday, August 17, 2026.

Marchio Gorbiano, Ruteng, East Nusa Tenggara – Thousands of evacuees waited for help Sunday on Flores island in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) after a powerful earthquake killed 48 people, in

Max Lane – On March 31, Prof. Dr.

Ricky Juliansyah, Jakarta – The University of Indonesia Student Executive Board (BEM UI), together with the Alliance of Student Executive Boards across Indonesia and civil society group

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's outstanding government debt rose 12.65% year-on-year to Rp 10,293.69 trillion ($576 billion) as of June 30, the Finance Ministry reported on W

Hendro D Situmorang, Jakarta – Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Brian Yuliarta says around 10% of the seven million children screened through the Health Ministry's free

Erfan Maruf, Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan – Vice President Gibran Rakabuming is expected to begin working from the vice presidential palace in Nusantara, Indonesia's planned new

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has issued a critical assessment of the points made by President Prabowo Subianto in his 2026 State of the Nation address to t

Teguh Adi Prasetyo, Kupang, NTT – The death toll from a magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province early Saturday has risen to 14, with dozens of homes

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta - The Shadow Cabinet, a civil society movement that scrutinizes President Prabowo Subianto's administration by appointing shadow ministers, issued several cr

Philip Jacobson, Lubuk Kembang Bunga, Indonesia – Tesso Nilo National Park, located on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, often makes headlines due to human-wildlife conflict – a byprodu

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Inequality in Indonesia has multiplied over the past three decades, a situation mirrored across many resource-dependent Global South countries, with the soluti

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Indonesia has seen an alarming surge in land and forest fires over the past month, with thick haze from burning in Kalimantan reaching neighboring Malaysia and

Yenni Kwok, Numbing Island, Indonesia – The waters off Numbing Island, part of the Riau archipelago between Sumatra and Singapore, are among Indonesia's richest fishing grounds.

Jayanty Nada Shofa & Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – The spotlight will fall on President Prabowo Subianto's second State of the Nation address on Friday, with economists reminding th

In his State of the Nation address before the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), House of Representatives (DPR) and Regional Representatives Council (DPD) on August 14, President Pra

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto has proposed creating a special ad hoc court to investigate alleged legal violations by executives of Indone

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesia risks losing tourists to competing destinations if it doubles the fee for visitors obtaining a Visa on Arrival, the country's tour and travel

Responding to the President's State of the Nation address today at the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) annual session, Amnesty International Indonesia's (AII) Executive Director Us

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto claimed that Indonesia has achieved food self-sufficiency within just one year of his presidency.

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta - Constitutional law expert Bivitri Susanti from the Indonesia Jentera School of Law criticized President Prabowo Subianto's proposal to grant amnesty to hig

Yerica La – Former presidents Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Megawati Soekarnoputri were notably absent from the annual People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) plenary meeting on Friday, to

Rahmat Hidayat – Hundreds of people gathered at a house in Rawalumbu, Bekasi City, West Java, after social media posts linked the property to an event host accused of promoting alcoholi

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – A collective of professors and scholars under the Interdisciplinary Intellectual Forum (FIAD) has raised alarms over various problems gripping the nation.

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry has ordered a comprehensive verification of passenger data after a ferry carrying significantly more people than listed on its manifes

Heru Andriyanto, Cikarang – President Prabowo Subianto said on Thursday that Indonesia's government-backed national electric car is expected to enter mass production by 2028 at a planne

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – The government's proposed rupiah assumption of Rp 16,800-Rp 17,500 per US dollar for the 2027 state budget is too optimistic, an economist said, as the currenc

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – The existential threat facing the Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) is closely tied to the relentless shrinkage of its natural habitat.

Ananda Teresia, Gorontalo – Loan sharks are circling a kitchen that stands on stilts above the waters of Tomini Bay, off the coast of Sulawesi in the remote fishing village of Torosiaje

Yenni Kwok, Jakarta, Indonesia – Indigenous groups in Indonesia have made a legal challenge to parts of a new conservation law.

Nawir Arsyad Akbar, Jakarta – The Interdisciplinary Intellectual Forum (FIAD), comprising professors, intellectuals, experts and activists, has delivered a manifesto expressing concerns

Dian Rahma Fika Alnina, Jakarta – The Parliamentary Complex is gearing up to host the annual joint session of the House of Representatives (DPR), the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR

Alfi Dinilhaq, Jakarta – Indonesia's Constitutional Court has ruled that criminal complaints over alleged insults against the president or vice president can only be filed by the offici

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia's nickel boom is colliding with its efforts to protect biodiversity and reduce emissions from forests and other land uses.

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform has responded to a statement by Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander General Agus Subiyanto who claimed responsibility fo

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources is accelerating the expansion of public electric vehicle charging stations (SPKLUs) to keep pace with the growt

A'an Suryana – The leadership contest in Nahdlatul Ulama is consequential.

Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – A navy vessel and other ships rushed in Wednesday to rescue over 100 people from a ferry on fire off Bali, officials said, in the second such incident in d

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – With more than 107,000 hectares already ravaged by land and forest fires this year, the government is scrambling to strengthen its response as a prolonged dry

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia has confirmed that its warship will engage in a series of "passing exercises" on the way back from Russia's Vladivostok amid Taiwan's wrath over

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto is preparing a regulation that would classify ride-hailing drivers as micro-entrepreneurs, potentially giving them access to government incentives a