The latest raid in the waters off Batam in mid-May netted a record 2.1 tonnes of methamphetamine, a synthetic drug also known as meth.

Zacharias Wuragil, Jakarta – The Jakarta Department of Environment urges the public to monitor Jakarta's air quality and understand the necessary precautions based on official data befo

Stefanno Sulaiman and Dewi Kurniawati, Jakarta – Indonesian sovereign wealth fund Danantara plans to sign an US$8 billion engineering, procurement and construction contract with US engi

Ary Hermawan – Within Indonesia's largest mass Muslim organisation, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), there is a deepening ideological and generational split over the elites' decision to defend con

Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) is very responsive when it comes to matters concerning the interests of political parties.

Akmalal Hamdhi, Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said Tuesday that nearly 1,000 civil servants at the Finance Ministry have been laid off as part of the

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Indonesia attracted approximately Rp 950 trillion ($58.4 billion) in investment during the first half of 2025, marking a year-on-year increase from Rp 829.9 tr

Fersianus Waku, Jakarta – Dozens of University of Indonesia (UI) students and activists from the Civil Society Coalition for the Reform of the Criminal Procedural Code held a demonstrat

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is accelerating the construction of suspension bridges to improve connectivity in remote and geographically challenging areas.

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Defense Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, along with the Head of the National Agency of Drug and Food Control (BPOM), Taruna Ikrar, signed a me

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Vice Chairman of the House of Representatives' Commission XI, Dolfie Othniel Frederic Palit, raised concerns over the education budget during a working meeting

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin reveals that Indonesia requires Rp70 trillion to achieve the demand of 70,000 specialist doctors in the next ten years.

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated that cardiac health services in Indonesia remain severely limited.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia is testing whether one of the world's most powerful timber certifiers can deliver justice – or merely a reset – to forest communities harmed by i

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Ana Swanson – The Trump administration provided more details Tuesday of the trade deal it reached with Indonesia, saying that the Indonesian government had agreed to roll back multiple

Jakarta – Three people died and more than 500 others were rescued after a ferry caught fire off the northern coast of Sulawesi Island, emergency officials said Monday.

Jakarta – A speedboat carrying 18 passengers capsized in the waters of Mentawai Islands regency, West Sumatra, on Monday, an incident that once again underscored Indonesia's ongoing str

Ni Made Tasyarani, Jakarta – Indonesia is among the top countries globally in the number of artificial intelligence users but lags far behind in AI development, revealing a yawning digi

Jakarta – The Bali provincial administration plans to ban the production of small plastic packaging, or sachet, starting in 2026 as a response to suggestions from environmentalists afte

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has pledged to provide free medical treatment for the poor if the state budget allows.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto officially launched 80,081 rural cooperatives on Monday as Jakarta waged war against food cartels that had caused an annual stat

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has introduced a new term to criticize those he sees as excessively greedy in the pursuit of profit.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto on Sunday renewed his pledge to crack down on food cartels that distort national food distribution for profit, saying their actions c

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The Indonesian Transport Workers Union (SPAI) is calling on the government to swiftly regulate the pricing scheme for food and beverage deliveries via online mo

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – The Executive Board of the All-Indonesian Student Association (BEM SI) has announced plans for a nationwide demonstration.

Daniel Ahmad Fajri, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has voiced concern over deceptive practices by several entrepreneurs involved in rice adulteration, calling them serious violati

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto remarked that there is a growing trend of people who believe they are highly intelligent.

Muhammad Ghafur Fadillah, Jakarta – The number of investors in Indonesia's capital market rose to 17 million by the end of June 2025, up from 14.87 million at the end of 2024 and 12.17

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Daikin has begun mass distribution of its first locally manufactured residential air conditioners from its new West Java factory.

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – Indonesia's oil lifting reached 578,000 barrels per day in the first half of 2025, which is about 95.5 percent of this year's target of 605,000 barrels per

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Responding to President Prabowo Subianto's statement that the Indonesia Gelap (Dark Indonesia) protests in February 2025 were financed by corruptors, Amnesty International Indonesia Dep

Antara, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto claimed that Indonesia's national development is currently on the right track.

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto claimed that corruptors pay the masses for demonstrations under the titles 'Dark Indonesia' (Indonesia Gelap) and 'Let's

Shinta Maharani, Yogyakarta – The Student Executive Board of Diponegoro University (Undip) in Semarang announced its withdrawal from the All-Indonesian People's Student Executive Board

Jakarta – As an oil trader who has done business under every regime, Mohammad Riza Chalid seemed to be above the law.

Melynda Dwi Puspita, Jakarta – Tens of thousands of online motorcycle taxi (ojol) drivers from Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi (Jabodetabek) are staging a demonstration tod

Bukittinggi, West Sumatra – Authorities monitoring Mount Marapi, one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes, have reported a string of equipment thefts that have compromised early warning

Solo – President Prabowo Subianto has again touched on the wave of demonstrations in early 2025. He accused the actions of being fabricated by those who wanted make Indonesia fail.

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – As uncertainty clouds the status of Nusantara Capital City (IKN), Indonesia's NasDem Party proposes a temporary moratorium on the new capital city developme

Jakarta – Minister of Culture Fadli Zon stated that Indonesia holds the potential to become the world's cultural capital through its diverse cultural expressions, including traditional

Wijayanti Putri, Theressia Sunday Silalahi, Solo, Central Java – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto paid a visit to his predecessor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Sunday to personally repor

Max Lane – Living in Australia, one sees almost every week a news report about some event or other in Bali, Indonesia's primary tourist destination.

Effendi Rusli, Pekanbaru, Riau – Haze from forest and land fires in Riau province has crossed the border into Malaysia, according to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Indonesian Communication and Digital (Komdigi) Minister Meutya Hafid has firmly denied any government plan to restrict internet-based voice and video call serv

Djibril Muhammad, Jakarta – Indonesia has certified more than 80,000 village-based cooperatives under the Merah Putih Cooperative program, a major step toward strengthening the grassroo

Wahyu Sahala Tua, Jakarta – Indonesia's homegrown electronics company Polytron has officially started mass production of its electric vehicles in Indonesia.

Ary Hermawan – On Friday, 18 July 2025, the Jakarta Corruption Court sentenced former trade minister Thomas Lembong to 4.5 years in prison for his role in a corruption case centering on

Chandra Adi Nurwidya, Yudha Setiawan Pane, Vinnilya Huanggrio, Jakarta – Puspa, a young woman from Yogyakarta, thought she was on her way to a decent job in Thailand.