Jakarta – Amid the doom and gloom characterizing recent global events, rare, positive, albeit pungent, news has bloomed from a forest in West Sumatra.

Nathanael Sumaktoyo – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto surprised many on 11 June 2025 when he mentioned in a speech at the Indo Defence Expo & Forum that according to a study p

Aida Ulim, Jayapura, Jubi – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) commemorated the 64th anniversary of the West Papuan independence Political Manifesto on December 1, by reflecting o

Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) and the western regional Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) are urging the administration of President Prabowo Subianto to immediately decl

Jakarta – The North Sumatra chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) believes the flash floods that have hit several areas recently were not solely the result of extr

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian acknowledges that the government is not yet ready to deal with large-scale disasters such as the Sumatra flood that

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Yuliot Tanjung has responded to growing public scrutiny over the role of extractive industries in wo

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said it had warned local governments well in advance about the formation of Tropical Cycl

Agencies, Jakarta – The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in Southeast Asia climbed past 400 on Saturday as clean-up and search-and-rescue operations got underway in Ind

Tempo.co, Jakarta – Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his condolences for the massive flood disaster in the northern region of Sumatra Island, Indonesia, which has claimed

Agencies, Jakarta – The death toll from floods and landslides following cyclonic rains in Sumatra has risen to 442, official data on a government website showed on Sunday.

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has promised to double the budget for school rehabilitation in 2026 after acknowledging that the government had only been

Antara, Jakarta – Massive floods and landslides across western Indonesia have killed more than 100 people, displaced tens of thousands, crippled fuel supply lines, and exposed possible

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – The floods and landslides wreaking havoc in Aceh, West Sumatra, and North Sumatra are evidence that relying on forest-damaging extractive energy may not

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – The Chair of the House Commission VIII (DPR), Marwan Dasopang, suspects that the recent flooding in several areas of North Sumatra, especially in South

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto claims that the government has shown tangible results in the first year of his leadership.

Antara, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Perry Warjiyo has disclosed the direction of the monetary policy in 2026: to maintain a balance between stability and growth, or pro-stabi

Ranny Supusepa, Asrul Rizal – The North Sumatra chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) says that the ecological disaster in the form of flooding and landslides that

Maria Gabrielle, Jakarta – Concerns over coastal defenses in Jakarta have intensified after a video showing seawater seeping through a seawall in Pantai Mutiara, North Jakarta, went vir

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto claimed that the allocation for the education budget receives the largest portion in the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN)

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said he views strict teachers as playing a constructive role in shaping student character, emphasizing that firm discipl

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – Indonesia's upstream textile industry is experiencing a steep downturn, with the Association of Indonesian Fiber and Filament Yarn Producers (APSyFI) reporting

Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto on Friday offered condolences to victims of the devastating floods and landslides that have struck Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra

Yohannes Tohap, Jakarta – Online videos showing massive flooding in South Tapanuli (Tapsel) and Central Tapanuli (Tapteng), North Sumatra, and logs being swept downstream has fueled pub

Keith Anthony Fabro – In the cool highlands of Indonesia's Flores Island, where mist settles over rice fields and coffee gardens, the Manggarai people have cultivated a close relationsh

Iwan Arifianto, Semarang – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) is urging the police to release two activists from Semarang, Adetya Pramandira alias Dera and Fathul Munif, w

Responding to the arbitrary arrest of two activists in Semarang, Adetya Pramandira and Fathul Munif, Amnesty International Indonesia's Executive Director Usman Hamid said:

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – Deputy Director of PT Garuda Indonesia Tbk, Thomas Sugiarto Oentoro, said that the injection of Rp23.6 trillion in capital from Investment Management Agency Dan

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – The Head of the Advocacy Department of the Association of Education and Teachers (P2G) Iman Zanatul Haeri has warned that Indonesia's government-backed nutriti

Jakarta – Last year, the policy of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, ending the ban on the lobster larvae export, was criticized due to the significant risk of leaks and a w

Antara, Jakarta – Former President Joko Widodo or Jokowi denied allegations that he inaugurated the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) Airport in Morowali, Central Sulawesi.

Jakarta – Flooding and landslides across Sumatra have killed at least 84 people this week and dozens more are missing, rescue officials said Friday.

Felix Martua, Jakarta – Puput Setia Susanti, the senior program officer in the Cultural Division at The Japan Foundation Jakarta, recalled an interesting moment from the third-day scree

As Indonesia marked its 80th birthday with much fanfare, pomp and ceremony, it has been clear that the country sits at an uncomfortable crossroads, with underlying challenges further bu

Rizal Harahap and Theresia Sufa, Pekanbaru – Amid relentless deforestation and rising human – elephant conflict, two more Sumatran elephant calves have died in Aceh and Riau, deepening

Flash floods and landslides on Indonesia's Sumatra island have killed 69 people, with 59 missing as emergency workers search in rivers and the rubble of villages for bodies and possible

Mastin Annisa and Jeremy J Kingsley – The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Rail (KCJB), known as Whoosh, is Southeast Asia's first-ever bullet train.

Agnes Valentina Christa, Tangerang – East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa said on Friday that the province has already achieved full food self-sufficiency and now holds one of th

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa has pledged sweeping reforms at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise, warning that the agency could be froze

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Hopes for a policy reversal on imported second-hand clothing have been shut down after Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa firmly rejected a proposal to lega

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto attended the National Teacher's Day commemoration event at the Indonesia Arena, Gelora Bung Karno area, Central Jakarta,

Sahat Simatupang, Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) in North Sumatra has accused seven companies of playing a significant role in the flash floods and landslide

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Palm oil edged higher on Wednesday after touching a near five-month low, with Malaysian futures climbing more than 1 percent to around 4,040 ringgit per

Cut Mery, Antara, Jakarta – Cyclone Senyar, an unusual weather phenomenon for the Malacca Strait, has unleashed a series of deadly disasters across Sumatra, as Indonesia's meteor

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Sovereign wealth fund Danantara aims to merge Indonesia's state-run construction engineering firms by the first quarter of 2026, according to a senior offi

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Despite President Prabowo Subianto's bold pledge to shift Indonesia entirely to renewable energy, a proposal to grant state utility company PLN greater leeway to

Budiman, Jakarta – Musofa, a male Javan rhinoceros, died shortly after his historic relocation from its habitat to the Javan Rhino Study and Conservation Area (JRSCA) in Ujung Kulon Nat

Jakarta – The death of a 13-year-old junior high school student in South Tangerang, Banten, last week marks yet another bleak moment for Indonesia's education system.

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – The government plans to form 150 new battalions each year starting in 2026 to guard vital state assets, such as oil refineries, as part of an ambitious expansion

Antara, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has removed four major bills from its 2026 priority legislative program, including several high-profile initiatives such as sovereign weal