According to information published by Indonesia Defense on September 3, 2024, Indonesia's Defense Minister and newly elected President, Prabowo Subianto, is preparing to enhance the cou

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – Ahmad Fathanah Haris, attorney for the CNN Indonesia Workers' Solidarity (SPCI), explained that employees faced layoffs after addressing the unilateral w

Jakarta – The police continue to resort to brutality to silence demonstrators. This is a violation of human rights.

Dicky Kurniawan, Jakarta – Indonesian Investment Minister or Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Rosan Roeslani revealed the reason behind Tesla's decision not to invest in

Juan Ardya Guardiola, Jakarta – Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi is encouraging more Indonesians to embrace electric vehicles (EVs) in their lives as the country wishes to boos

Bella Evanglista, Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Pope Francis, the leader of the global Catholic Church, arrived at Merdeka Palace on Wednesday morning to meet with President Joko "Jo

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – A plan by India, the world's top buyer of vegetable oils, to increase its import tax on the commodity could hamper the growth of Indonesia's palm oil exports.

Antara, Jakarta – Investment Minister and Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), Rosan Roeslani, announced that Indonesia's investment realization for the first half of 2024

Vinnilya, Jakarta – The S&P Global Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for manufacturing in Indonesia dropped to 48.9 in August 2024, down from 49.3 in July, indicating the second cons

Jakarta – Authorities have been ramping up mitigation measures against the spread of mpox after three suspected cases were reportedly found in Jakarta, with one case being closely monit

Alex Arifianto – On 28 July 2024 Muhammadiyah, Indonesia's second largest Islamic organisation, officially announced that it would accept an offer of mining concessions from President J

Indonesian police have dismantled a baby trafficking ring in Depok, West Java, making eight arrests in a case that saw newborns being bought from parents via Facebook, before being reso

Georgina Giannopoulos – Despite consistent national efforts to close the gender gap in the Indonesian education system, pervasive patriarchal views – especially in more conservative reg

Duncan Graham – The paperwork signing late last month by Defence Minister Richard Marles and his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto in Magelang (Central Java) is being paraded as a

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – Nine out of 76 candidates in the running to become Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) members for the 2024-2029 period are politicians from political parties in t

Jakarta – Politics is the art of the possible, yet in the Jakarta gubernatorial election, political parties in both the ruling coalition and the opposition camps think it impossible to

Feiral Rizky Batubara, Jakarta – The government launched an extensive program in 2007 to replace kerosene with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as the primary cooking fuel in homes.

Antara, Jakarta – High living costs, traffic congestion, and parenting trauma are key contributors to mental health disorders in Jakarta, according to Samanta Elsener, a psychologist an

Winda Nelfira, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia hopes that Pope Francis' visit to Indonesia on September 3-7 can be used as a momentum to urge the Indonesian government to reso

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia has attracted potential investment deals worth around $52.9 million at the 2024 International Tourism Investment Forum (ITIF), the government announced on Mo

Yustinus Patris Paat, Jakarta – Saidiman Ahmad of Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) predicts a close race in the 2024 West Java gubernatorial election, emphasizing Dedi Mulya

Stefani Wijaya, Jakarta – Indonesia's counterterrorism unit Densus 88 spokesperson Aswin Siregar revealed that YLK, a suspected terrorist, had planned a terror attack against the Singap

Yustinus Paat, Thomas Rizal, Jakarta – The 2024 East Java gubernatorial election is shaping up to be highly competitive, with strong female contenders including Khofifah Indar Parawansa

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Multinational corporations are seeing dollar signs on President-Elect Prabowo Subianto's free meal program, according to a top brass at the Bank of America

Jakarta – Has our country become a dumping ground for others? While the question might sound a little harsh, some developments suggest that the answer may be even harsher.

Putri Safira Pitaloka, Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – The recent discourse surrounding the formation of a new community organization or political party has become a public spotlight on soci

Jakarta – Stuck in a Jakarta traffic jam? No worries, we have a carload of therapists and clerics who will stop by to ease your frustration during the interminable wait.

Made Supriatma – Less than two months before stepping down, the outgoing president of Indonesia's plans to hang onto power are at risk of unravelling.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Tri Atmoko is a regular visitor to the mangrove forests of Balikpapan Bay on the east coast of Indonesian Borneo, where he studies proboscis monkeys, an en

Pope Francis, 87, landed in Muslim-majority Indonesia on Tuesday for a visit dominated by inter-faith ties, at the start of an ambitious four-nation tour that will be the longest of his

Jakarta – Ace Hardware is leaving Indonesia as of December 31, 2024, even though the presence of the U.S.

Pope Francis' visit to Indonesia from 3 to 6 September 2024 should be a momentum to urge Indonesia to stop gross human rights violations and provide redress for past atrocities or injus

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court's decision in August to lower the vote threshold for political parties to nominate gubernatorial candidates was intended to promote b

Sui-Lee Wee and Emma Bubola – The hallelujahs rang out on Sunday from a small hall on the outskirts of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia.

Andreas Harsono – Pope Francis is in Indonesia as part of a 12-day tour of the Asia-Pacific region.

Feri Amsari – On 27 August 2024, former Constitutional Court Chief Justice Anwar Usman lodged an appeal against a Jakarta Administrative Court (PTUN) ruling (604/G/2023/PTUN.JKT) that c

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Jakarta – The Constitutional Court ruling on the requirements for nominating candidates for regional heads restores the political rationality that had been hijacked by the parties.

Mutia Yuantisya, Jakarta – The Deputy Chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Nurul Ghufron mentioned that offshore countries are often used for financial crimes and money

Mita Amalia Hapsari, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ordered the postponement of the planned relocation of central government employees to the still-developing new capital,

Jakarta – The impending visit of Pope Francis to Indonesia this week could not be more timely, coming as it does after a tumultuous period during which the country's democracy again ros

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – With poll leader Anies Baswedan absent from the Jakarta gubernatorial race, the competition is now wide open for two major candidates, both vying to capture h

Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta – Indonesian unicorns, once thriving start-ups valued at over US$1 billion, seem to have lost their direction over the past few years with funding becoming incr

Rama Sukarta, Jakarta – The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) confirmed that it is still investigating a gratification case involving five former employees who allegedly accepted bribes fr

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – Indonesia experienced a monthly deflation of 0.03 percent in August 2024, according to Statistics Indonesia (BPS).

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo suffered his first major political defeat, just two months before he steps down, when a popular revolt denied him the chanc

Kate Hartcher – With rising consumer concerns for animal welfare worldwide, the poultry industry is starting to let their hens roam around in bigger spaces.

Antara, Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) recorded that as many as 8 cities or regencies in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) are facing drought emergencies du

Han Revanda Putra, Jakarta – President-elect Prabowo Subianto announced plans to separate the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) into two distinct ministries: one dedica

Whisnu Bagus Prasetyo, Jakarta – Medistra Hospital Jakarta has issued an apology for its policy prohibiting the wearing of hijabs by doctors, nurses, and other medical staff after a let