Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto and US President Donald Trump are expected to sign a landmark reciprocal trade agreement within the next month, a deal welcomed

Jakarta – The national car is a recurring dream of the Indonesian government. Appearing in every regime, proposals for a national car end in uncertainty and then fade away.

Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has criticised the Attorney General's Office (AGO) for displaying a pile of cash valued at 6.6 trillion rupiah, the result of

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – The Chairperson of the Indonesian Disaster Mitigation Society (MPBI), Avianto Amri, has provided an update on the conditions in Aceh, North Sumatra, and W

Defara Dhanya, Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) stated that climate change in Indonesia has been clearly observed through long-term monitoring of var

Alfitria Nefi Pratiwi, Jakarta – Minister of Agriculture Amran Sulaiman is seeking the opening of 100,000 hectares of sugarcane plantations next year, which requires up to Rp1.6 trillio

Ayu Cipta, Jakarta – A total of 16,078 Catholic and Protestant inmates across Indonesia received special remission during Christmas 2025.

Stefani Wijaya, Jakarta – About 1.2 million vehicles have exited the Greater Jakarta area over the past week leading up to Christmas, Indonesia's national traffic police said, accountin

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Public narratives surrounding the floods and landslides that have affected parts of Sumatra for more than a month remain largely positive and neutral, but req

Alfitria Nefi Pratiwi, Jakarta – The Center of Reform on Economics (CORE) predicts that economic growth targets for this year and 2026 will be difficult to achieve due to floods in Suma

Jakarta – Indonesia said Wednesday that it had reported controversial adult star Bonnie Blue to UK authorities over her flag controversy.

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa has pledged Rp 2 trillion ($119.29 million) in export credit facilities through Indonesia Eximbank to support the furnitu

Indah Handayani, Jakarta – State-owned fertilizer producer Pupuk Indonesia has begun construction of Indonesia's first ammonium nitrate-based NPK fertilizer plant in West Java, a projec

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry plans to extend its tax holiday incentive into 2026 to sustain investment momentum, while adjusting the scheme to comply with global minim

Andrew Tito, Jakarta – The Jakarta provincial government has officially launched a large-scale flood control initiative worth Rp2.62 trillion ($156.25 million), aiming to strengthen the

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – The Indonesian Food and Drug Monitoring Agency's (BPOM) appointment as a WHO Listed Authority (WLA) places Indonesia among the few global regulators of medicin

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – The Indonesian Education Monitoring Network (JPPI) reported the latest data on poisoning cases linked to the free nutritious meals (MBG) distribution throughou

Hanaa Septiana, Jakarta – The East Java Provincial Government has set the 2026 Minimum Wage (UMP) at Rp2,446,880.

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung has announced a 6.17% increase in the capital's provincial minimum wage (UMP) for 2026, raising it to Rp5,729,876 per month ($34

News Desk, Jakarta – The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has come under criticism for continuing its free nutritious meal program during the school holiday period with critics urging th

Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta – Indonesia is preparing to seal a trade agreement with the United States by the end of January after the two sides reportedly resolved all substantial issues i

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Susi Air airline is being sued for bankruptcy by its former employee regarding the fulfillment of severance pay.

Jihan Ristiyanti, Jakarta – The prosecutor charges former Chief Executive Officer of PT Sri Rejeki Isman (Sritex), Iwan Setiawan, and former Deputy Chief Executive Officer Iwan Kurniawa

Jakarta – Those who are in power find it all too easy to conclude that the natural disasters striking the country are caused solely by extreme natural phenomena.

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Academics from various universities in Indonesia will be involved in conducting environmental audits on at least a hundred corporations after the flood in

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Minister of Finance Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa responded to the 79,000 job terminations in 2025.

On Tuesday December 23, the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) management launched its Year-End Report (CATAHU), which based on a snapshot of case handling by 16 Legal Aid Foundati

Jakarta – Former ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) employee Laras Faizati Khairunnisa, who is facing a one-year prison sentence for allegedly inciting the August protests, insis

Jamal Abdun Nashr, Jakarta – Indonesia's Central Java province has set its provincial minimum wage (UMP) for 2026 at Rp2,327,386, or about Rp2.33 million, marking a 7.28 percent increas

Fachri Hamzah, Jakarta – The recovery from flash floods in West Sumatra requires a comprehensive approach.

Iil Askar Mondza, Jakarta – Heavy rain has once again fallen in Pidie Jaya Regency, Aceh, on Wednesday, December 24, 2025.

Yogi Eka Sahputra, Jakarta – The condition of several small islands in Indonesia's Riau Islands province that were damaged by mining has once again drawn public attention after images w

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – The Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) has rejected the 2026 Jakarta Provincial Minimum Wage (UMP) of Rp5.73 million, arguing that it falls short of

Aep Sopandi, Bandung – The city of Bekasi has once again recorded the highest monthly minimum wage in Indonesia, with the figure set just short of Rp 6 million ($358.5) for 2026, accord

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office transferred Rp 6.6 trillion ($390 million) to the state from fines imposed on palm oil and nicke

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – A number of civil society organizations contend that the draft of the Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Bill (RUU KKS) poses a significant risk to human rights a

Olivia Rianjani, Yogyakarta – The Gajah Mada University (UGM) traffic circle in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta was not just filled with passing vehicles yesterday.

Alfitria Nefi Pratiwi, Jakarta – The Vice Chair of the Indonesian Electric Vehicle Industry Association, Prabowo Kartoleksono, criticizes the investment policy of the Investment Coordin

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – The Minister of Environment, Hanif Faisol Nurofiq, stated that his agency is currently auditing the compliance of more than 100 companies in Aceh, North S

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has said that students who post complaints about the free nutritious meal program, known as Makan Bergizi Gratis (M

Purwanto Setiadi – Except during periods of acute crisis – most notably when the Covid-19 pandemic swept the world – Indonesia has appeared to be doing well.

Jakarta – Every time disaster strikes, the government acts as if it has only just woken from a slumber.

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – The National Nutrition Body (BGN) denies claims that the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program runs during school holidays just to spend the state budget.

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – The Center of Economic and Law Studies (Celios) has criticized Indonesia's National Nutrition Agency (BGN) for continuing its free nutritious meal program (MBG)

Delfi Neski, Padang, W – Sumatra.

We unequivocally condemn the dangerous escalation of imperialist aggression by the US and its allies against the sovereign Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Zurich, Switzerland – A court in Switzerland said on Monday it would admit a legal complaint against Swiss cement maker Holcim which alleges the company is doing too little to cut carbo

Jakarta – After months of delays, the government has finally launched, after a fashion, the contentious volumes containing what politicians are calling the official historical narrative

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – As extreme hydrometeorological events dominated the national headlines, 2025 became another deadly year in terms of disasters, disasters that revealed the country

Ary Hermawan – 2025 has been a tough year for Indonesians. Many people in Sumatra are still grappling with the aftermath of one of the island's worst flood disasters.