Jakarta – Customs inspectors at the Indonesian capital's main port uncovered more than 3 metric tons of pangolin scales in a shipping container bound for Cambodia in late February, in o

Dian Rahma Fika Alnina, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto discussed plans to adjust the implementation of Indonesia's Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program during a meeting with severa

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has defended the use of coal, saying there is nothing wrong with using the affordable combustible rock in times of crisis despit

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has warned regional administrations not to "challenge" the central government, saying Jakarta has often stepped in to handle res

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – US President Donald Trump has promised to keep Israel in check, according to his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto, as Jakarta continues to defend it

Prisma Ardianto, Jakarta – A temporary halt in Indonesia's Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program during the Eid holiday is set to deliver multi-trillion rupiah savings to the state budget

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia sees the US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran as a sign to quit the Gaza peace board, according to President Prabowo Subianto, although Jakarta wishes t

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Andrie Yunus' legal representatives from the Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) have spoken out regarding the arrest of four active members of the Strat

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Jakarta Metro Police disclosed several key findings regarding the perpetrators behind the acid attack on Andrie Yunus, the Deputy Coordinator of the Commission

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – Chairperson of the National Council of SETARA Institute, Hendardi, assesses that the Indonesian Military (TNI) has sabotaged law enforcement in the acid attac

East Kalimantan, Indonesia – Indonesia's Supreme Court has ordered the government to release environmental impact assessments for two projects at the country's new capital city, handing

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – The Indonesian House of Representatives Commission III (DPR) will supervise and monitor the legal process in the case of the attack against Andrie Yunus

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto has vowed a thorough investigation into the acid attack on activist Andrie Yunus of the Commission for the Disappeare

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – The Metro Jaya Police have addressed the discrepancies in the initials of the perpetrators behind the acid attack on Andrie Yunus, the Deputy Coordinator of th

Philip Jacobson, Jakarta – A new report by Mongabay and independent journalism organization Bellingcat has uncovered several Facebook groups selling protected species in Indonesi

Antara, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto convened a select group of journalists, observers, and experts at his private residence in Hambalang, Bogor Regency, West Java, to deliberat

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto has condemned the acid attack on human rights activist Andrie Yunus, calling the assault "atrocious terrorism."

Sopian Hadi, Denpasar – Muslims in Denpasar, Bali performed Maghrib and Isha prayers on Thursday evening without loudspeakers and with limited lighting, in observance of the Hindu Day o

Theressia Sunday Silalahi, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto hosted former president Megawati Soekarnoputri at the State Palace on Thursday in an unannounced meeting, with no officia

Calvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia is considering imposing a windfall profit tax on coal producers as part of a broader strategy to keep the state budget def

Dian Rahma Fika Alnina, Jakarta – Social media activist, Palti Hutabarat, received a threat in the form of a dog's head sent by an unknown person to the yard of her parents' house in Na

Iqro Rinaldi, Jakarta – Ramadan is more than an annual ritual marked by empty plates from dawn to dusk.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military Police Headquarters (Puspom TNI) has announced the arrest of four suspected perpetrators of last week's acid attack on human rights advocate Andrie Yun

Philip Jacobson, Jakarta – Environmental experts and activists have slammed plans for carbon and tourism projects in an Indonesian park that's home to critically endangered tigers, rhin

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa signaled openness to austerity measures, saying he would not object if ministers' salaries were cut as the government

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Iran is now accepting financial donations from generous Indonesians to rebuild the country as the US-Israeli military campaign against Tehran marked its th

Rizal Harahap, Jakarta – Thick smoke from widespread forest fires in Riau has disrupted the Idul Fitri mudik (exodus), reducing visibility to just 10 meters on key roads and rais

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – A group of prominent Indonesian public figures has urged President Prabowo Subianto to establish an independent joint fact-finding team to investigate the aci

Ni Made Tasyarani, Jakarta – International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank's private sector arm, has urged Indonesia to prioritize the growth of more productive, higher-value

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The United States government has launched a Section 301 investigation into trade practices across 16 economies, including Indonesia, over allegations of indus

Shela Octavia, Nawir Arsyad Akbar, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition is calling for the four soldiers suspected of throwing acid on human rights activist Andrie Yunus to be prosecut

Antara, Jakarta – The surge in measles cases across Indonesia throughout 2025 and early 2026 has raised alarms over severe complications in children.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's push for aggressive budget efficiency risks backfiring on growth if executed indiscriminately, as economists warn that cutting spending too de

Charlotte Setijadi and Ivan Franceschini (The Conversation) – In the first two weeks of March, two young Indonesian women died alone in a hospital in Phnom Penh.

Calvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – Around 1.2 million vehicles have departed Jakarta ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, according to toll road operator Jasa Marga.

Karina Tehusijarana, Jakarta – A brutal acid attack on a high-profile Indonesian human rights activist has raised the spectre of past attacks against activists, and put pressure on law

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – Andrie Yunus, the Deputy Coordinator of the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS), was targeted in a harrowing acid attack in Centr

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military Police Center has confirmed that the acid attack case involving Kontras Deputy Coordinator Andrie Yunus will be handled through th

Alfitria Nefi Pratiwi, Jakarta – Indonesia's Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries has recorded a decline in the volume of fishery exports due to the conflict between the United St

The government bond market is showing signs of decline.

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – The legal team representing Andrie Yunus, Deputy Coordinator of KontraS, is urging police to expedite the investigation into the acid attack he suffered

Joko Widodo, who was President of Indonesia from 2014 to 2024, seems determined to retain his political sway.

On 12 March 2026, Mr Andrie Yunus, Deputy Coordinator of the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS), was attacked with acid by unidentified perpetrators whilst

Jayapura – The Papuan Law Enforcement and Human Rights Coalition is urging the president of the Republic of Indonesia to immediately order security forces to arrest and prosecute the pe

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia has denied forced labor allegations as the US launched an unfair trade probe into Southeast Asia's biggest economy in a bid to construct a new ta

Johnny Johan Sompotan, Jakarta – Indonesia's Food and Drug Authority (BPOM) has revoked the distribution permits of eight cosmetic products found to be promoted with misleading and inde

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto said he wants optimistic people in his administration and has no place for pessimism in his inner circle, as he explained why

Divya Kariza, Jakarta – The government has inked a memorandum of cooperation with Japan to strengthen their partnership in the critical minerals supply chain and to develop nuclear ener

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto stated that the option to temporarily relax the state budget deficit or APBN limit is possible if the world crude

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – The Dr.