Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia says "annyeonghaseyo" or hello to a new "special comprehensive strategic partnership" with South Korea, even becoming the first country to do so.

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – Indonesia's trade balance recorded a $1.27 billion surplus in February 2026, marking 70 consecutive months of surplus since May 2020, even as import growth

Ichsan Ali, Muhammad Miftakul Falakh, Ngawi, East Java – Prices of plastic packaging materials in Indonesia have surged sharply, with some products doubling in cost, as supply chain dis

Jakarta – The government on Tuesday announced fuel rationing and mandated work from home for civil servants as it seeks to conserve energy stocks amid global price hikes due to the Midd

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Deputy Chairperson of the Golkar Party, Ahmad Doli Kurnia, urged the Indonesian government to consider withdrawing from the Board of Peace after Israel l

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has expressed his condolences over the deaths of three Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) soldiers who were killed while ser

Antara, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto stated that potential budget savings from optimizing the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program to five days

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has revised its economic projection for Indonesia, with economic growth expected to park at 4.8 p

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Jakarta has condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon that killed three Indonesian peacekeepers, as the border area became anoth

Antara, Jakarta – The Head of the Indonesian National Armed Forces Information Center, Major General Aulia Dwi Nasrullah, stated that the Military Police have named four TNI personnel i

Dian Rahma Fika Alnina, Jakarta – The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) suspects that 16 people were involved in the acid attack on KontraS activist Andrie Yunus on March 12, 2026.

Jakarta – The advocacy and legal team in the case of the acid attack on Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Deputy Coordinator Andrie Yunus has stated that

Jakarta – The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD), which is comprised of several civil society organisations, says that at least 16 people were involved in the acid attack on the Commiss

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has officially introduced a work-from-home (WFH) policy for civil servants (ASN) every Friday.

Agencies, Jakarta – Indonesia urged warring parties in the Middle East "to respect international humanitarian law" after three of its peacekeepers were killed in Lebanon, and called for

Maudey Khalisha, Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has forecast that this year's dry season will begin earlier and last longer than usual, particularly

Theressia Silalahi, Dayat, Jakarta – The government has confirmed there will be no immediate fuel price hike, moving to calm panic buying after viral rumors of steep increases triggered

Nava Nuraniyah – In a recent interview, Prabowo once again accused civil society groups and think tanks of being pawns of Western donors seeking to destabilise Indonesia through proxy m

Antara, Jakarta – According to IQAir on Tuesday morning, Jakarta's air quality was categorized as unhealthy, as residents' activities returned to normal after the long Eid al-Fitr 2026

Ghafur Fadillah, Jakarta – Indonesia's markets took a hit as fears of a broader Middle East war triggered heavy foreign selling, pushing stocks, the rupiah, and bonds lower.

Agencies, Jakarta – The government has issued summons letters to Google and Meta over their failure to comply with a social media ban for under-16s that entered into force over the week

Agencies, Jakarta – A Russian naval unit including a submarine was docked in Jakarta Tuesday, officials said, for joint training with Indonesia, which is walking a diplomatic tightrope

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has approved annual production plans (RKAB) for 580 million tonnes of coal, the ministry's coal and mineral director ge

Banjar, Indonesia – Indonesia's government continues to review mines and plantations in the river basins of southern Borneo, months after more than 7% of the population there was impact

The surge in non-performing loans among micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) serves as a warning sign of two problems: the sluggishness of the grassroots economy and the p

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia is moving to diversify its energy import sources away from the Middle East, as disruptions linked to tensions around the Strait of Hormuz highlight

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Head of the Nusantara Capital City Authority (IKN) Basuki Hadimuljono stated that Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka will soon begin working

Ricki Putra Harahap, Tokyo – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto oversaw the signing of $22.6 billion (Rp 380 trillion) worth of investment commitments between Indonesian and Japanese

Oyuk Ivani Siagian, Jakarta – The Monitoring and Investigation Commissioner of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), Saurlin P.

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) expresses dismay over the stalled investigation by law enforcement authorities in probing the case of acid attack

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – Malaysia and Indonesia are seeking to align their positions in addressing the ongoing crisis triggered by the United States-Israeli war on Iran, as President Prabo

It only took 29 years for the military to once again show its claws in damaging Indonesian democracy.

Agung Dharma Putra, Heru Andriyanto, Surabaya – The Indonesian Navy on Sunday officially commissioned a new warship, KRI Prabu Siliwangi-321, in a ceremony held in the waters off Suraba

Agencies, Jakarta – Indonesia is in talks with Iran to secure safe passage for its tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, with Tehran responding favourably to Jakarta's diplomatic effort

Erta Darwati, Jakarta – The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) lost Rp 31 trillion ($1.8 billion) in market capitalization over the past week, as escalating tensions in the Middle East drov

Max Lane – Over the last few months, controversy has erupted in Indonesia over a major foreign policy decision of the Prabowo Subianto government.

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – State prosecutors have detained businessman Samin Tan as a suspect in an alleged corruption case tied to the management of coal mining operations at Asm

Martin Bagya Kertiyasa, Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia said only two digital platforms – X and Bigo Live – have fully complied with its new child protection regulation for online se

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Environmental activists are sounding the alarm over a new trade agreement between the U.S.

Maudey Khalisha, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Air Carriers Association (INACA) has urged the government to approve a 15 percent increase in the fuel surcharge and raise the domesti

Antara Jakarta – Executive Director of the Center of Economics and Law Studies (Celios), Bhima Yudhistira, believes that the government could divert the surplus budget balance (SAL) as

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – Indonesia's decision to hold fuel prices steady has helped lift public support for President Prabowo Subianto's administration, Finance Minister Purbaya Yu

Max Lane – Anti-government sentiment – especially online – among Indonesia's youth has not been cowed by intimidation or arrest, but this resistance does not seem to have generated any

Jakarta – The plan to introduce work from home (WFH) once a week in the public and private sectors should not be that hard to implement since the nation has already had plenty of experi

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has temporarily suspended the operation of 764 nutrition fulfillment service units (SPPGs) for the free nutritious meal

Jakarta – The civil society organisation Indonesian Human Rights Watch (Imparsial) says the resignation of Lieutenant General Yudi Abrimantyo as the head of the Indonesian Military's (T

Antara, Endang Mulyani, Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian estimates the government will need Rp130 trillion ($7.69 billion) over the next three years for post-disaster reha

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – The Federation Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) emphasizes the importance of establishing an independent fact-finding te

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto has instructed ministers in his Red and White Cabinet to accelerate waste management programs across Indonesia as par

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – The Financial Services Authority (OJK) has given companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) until March 2027 to comply with a new minimum public sh