Politicians always find opportunity in adversity. The latest example can be found in the revision of the Oil and Gas Law. Since 2015, the draft revision of Law No.

Achmad Ali, Erfan Maruf, Sidoarjo, East Java – At least 567 students and Islamic boarding school students in Sidoarjo, East Java, have received medical treatment after allegedly falling

Jakarta – Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific (FoE APAC) condemns the recurring transboundary haze crisis in Southeast Asia, as smoke from forest and land fires currently burning in Indon

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Toxic haze from forest and land fires in Indonesia have drifted further into neighboring countries as far as the Philippines and triggered public health alerts

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – Laboratory tests have found that 93% of sampled rice products marketed as fortified rice failed to meet requirements, prompting the National Food Agency (Bapanas)

Testriono – Several regional leaders have openly protested the Ministry of Finance's reduction of TKD, warning that the cuts could undermine their ability to provide basic public servic

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – Indonesia's forest and land fires could inflict up to Rp 123.1 trillion ($6.93 billion) in economic and health losses from January to August 2026, an estim

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Nutrition Agency (BGN) said 512 people were affected by suspected food poisoning linked to the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program served

Pribadi Wicaksono, Jakarta – A protest organized by the Gadjah Mada University (UGM) Student Alliance, which later joined the Civil Society Alliance, descended into clashes at the Grame

Hanaa Septiana, Jakarta – Hundreds of students at Manbaul Hikam Islamic boarding school in Tanggulangin, Sidoarjo, East Java, have reportedly suffered food poisoning after eating meals

Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) believes that the 2027 budget allocation is not sufficient to carry out the institution's duties as mandated by law, one of w

Nusantara Capital City (IKN) faces problems more fundamental than merely slowing construction and shrinking budgets.

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta (Antara) – At least eight Indonesian nationals may have been recruited to fight for Russia after initially applying for jobs as security guards or adminis

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Gerakan Rakyat Indonesia Bersatu (GRIB Jaya), or the United Indonesian People's Movement, has responded to an online petition calling for the dissolutio

Muhammad Beni Saputra – Under President Prabowo Subianto, new laws and regulations have opened the door wider for the military to escape the barracks.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia has reversed its two-month deficit, with its surplus rising to $120 million in July, according to the central statistics agency BPS.

Prisma Ardianto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government on Monday broke ground on a national strategic project that will convert coal into methanol at the Batuta Chemical Industrial Park (

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia and Singapore have officially operationalized their bilateral local currency transaction framework, the central banks announced Monday, marking

Thalita Dewanty, Andi Muttya, Keteng Pangerang, Jakarta – The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) has reported findings regarding alleged irregularities in the handling of the demonstrat

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court's decision to scrap criminal penalties for insulting the government and state institutions has been applauded by activists as upholdin

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Culture has launched the first five volumes of the national history book series titled Sejarah Indonesia: Dinamika Kebangsaan da

Jayapura, Jubi – The head of Black Danger Community (BDC) Persipura 1963, a supporters' group for Indonesian football club Persipura Jayapura, has questioned PT Freeport Indonesia's con

Thalita Dewanty, Andi Muttya, Keteng Pangerang, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) and the Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) have highlighte

Hanin Marwah, Jakarta – The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) highlighted allegations of excessive use of violence, targeted sweeps, mobilization of specific groups, and alleged arbitr

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesian pollster Poltracking Indonesia has outlined five recommendations for improving the performance of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakab

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Public satisfaction with the performance of the Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka cabinet continues to decline, falling to 55.1% in August 2026 from

Burhanuddin Muhtadi – In early August 2026, the National Nutrition Agency (Badan Gizi Nasional, BGN) confirmed something long suspected but rarely said aloud: hundreds of private school

Lorencia Sariani Tondang, Jakarta – The majority of the public believes household income has improved, but the gains have not been enough to offset the rising cost of living, according

Muhammad Fahmi Nurcahyo – On 29 May 2006, an ecological disaster occurred in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java, where a violent eruption of toxic sludge burst from a gas well drilling site op

Kate Lamb – More than 800 Indonesian students and teachers have fallen ill in separate incidents of food poisoning linked to President Prabowo Subianto's free-meals program this week, w

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – Most forest and land fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra were almost certainly deliberately set by individuals or companies for various purposes, including

Hanin Marwah, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has raised concerns over the assault of two residents during unrest that followed a protest on August 2

Lorencia Sariani Tondang, Jakarta – Public satisfaction with the performance of the Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka cabinet continues to decline, falling to 55.1% in August 2026

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will form an interagency team to evaluate how residents are classified into income deciles, following concerns over inaccuracies in data used

Antara, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto believes that a coalition is necessary to govern such a large nation like Indonesia, instead of being led by a single political party.

Agencies, Bandung, West Java – Indonesia, the United States and more than a dozen allies launched annual joint military exercises Monday to boost defence capabilities and "deter aggress

Made Supriatma – There are clear limits to any leadership style. Indonesia's president may be running up against a hard one soon.

Ichsan Amin, Jakarta – The Indonesian shipyard industry is nudging the government to introduce incentives and low-interest financing in an attempt to woo businesses into buying domestic

Bardjan, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has defended the size of his administration, comparing Indonesia's government structure with that of Timor-Leste to argue that the number o

Febrianto Adi Saputro, Jessi Carina, Jakarta – According to a Poltracking Indonesia survey, public satisfaction with the administration of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President

Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and power appear to have become two inseparable sides of the same coin.

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The United Indonesian People's Movement (GRIB Jaya) explained the viral video of its chairperson, Rosario de Marshal, also known as Hercules, at the site of

Chandra Adi Nurwidya, Central Java – Mount Merapi in Indonesia's Central Java province released a pyroclastic flow on Saturday morning, sending hot volcanic material about 2 kilometers

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights of Indonesia (Komnas HAM) has officially formed an ad hoc team to investigate allegations of serious human r

Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta police have named 48 people as suspects in connection with violence and vandalism during a protest near Indonesia's parliament complex on Thursday, authorities

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – The Jakarta Metro Police confirmed that their officers arrested an Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) personnel during the protest in front of the parliam

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has been allocated Rp 240 trillion ($13.6 billion) for 2027, with around 97% of the budget earmarked for the government

M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – Indonesia requires telecommunication operators to protect unused mobile data.

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Indonesia's Constitutional Court has declared Articles 240 and 241 of Law No.

Merauke, Jubi – Forest and land fires across parts of Indonesia are not simply a fire-related problem but a reflection of poor forest governance, according to the #ResetKehutanan coalit