Tempo.co, Jakarta – Public trust has emerged as a central theme in responses from several of Indonesia's prominent political figures as the rupiah…

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – Speculation over a possible broader cabinet reshuffle has resurfaced as President Prabowo Subianto is scheduled to swear in…

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Nutrition expert and public health activist, Tan Shot Yen, assessed that several new policies to be implemented by…

Rahmat Hidayat – Indonesia's financial markets are facing a deeper challenge than a conventional market correction, according to political economy…

While the government's free nutritious meal (MBG) program has become a debacle from top to bottom, its design was flawed from the start. This…

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves declined by $1.3 billion to $144.9 billion at the end of May 2026 from $146.2…

Jakarta – Indonesia's next presidential election is not due until 2029, but it seems the fight may have started early in 2026.

President…

Rahmat Hidayat – Indonesia's Free Nutritious Meals program has come under renewed public scrutiny after anti-corruption activists called for an…

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticized the Indonesian government's plan to involve the military in tackling street…

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto urged students at Indonesia's People's Schools not to be discouraged when facing…

M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya has defended President Prabowo Subianto's frequent overseas trips, arguing that the…

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto shared a personal story about what he considers his two lucky numbers during a visit…

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa has rejected the growing "sell Indonesia" narrative circulating among some global…

Mutia Yuantisya, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Finance has announced optimistic dynamic macroeconomic assumptions. Finance Minister Purbaya…

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – Indonesian Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa inspected 3,100 containers that were piling up at Tanjung Priok Port…

Sontry Napitupulu – The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has officially launched an internal consolidation effort, with a primary focus on…

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Indonesia's rupiah has weakened past the psychological level of Rp18,000 per US dollar, prompting calls for…

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesia's weakening rupiah is changing travel patterns on both sides of its borders.…

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – Indonesia's tax collections reach Rp 834.4 trillion ($46.3 billion) as of the end of May, rising 22.1% from a year…

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – The President of the Indonesian Trade Union Confederation (KSPI), also the Labour Party President, Said Iqbal,…

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – A coalition of Indonesian civil society organizations has urged the government and the House of Representatives (DPR)…

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Victims of a sexual violence case involving students at the University of Indonesia's Faculty of Law (FH UI) have…

Antara, Jakarta – Reforming Indonesia's energy subsidies would strengthen fiscal credibility, ease pressure on the state budget, and support…

Dylan Duan, Gayatri Suroyo and Melanie Burton, Shanghai, China/Jakarta/Melbourne, Australia – Chinese companies that helped build Indonesia's…

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Economists have warned that Indonesia's surplus can shrink further – even to the point of being in the red – as the…

Eka Permadhi, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition that is part of MBG Watch has called the corruption case involving the leadership of the…

Jauhari Mahardhika, Jakarta – The "sell Indonesia" trade gathers pace on Friday as foreign investors dump another Rp 3.7 trillion ($204 million)…

Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta – The rupiah slid to a new record low of Rp 18,000 per United States dollar on Thursday, extending its losses this year…

Nadira Rahmadini – United Nations human rights experts have criticized Indonesia's decision to prosecute four military personnel accused in the…

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – A total of 301 senior professors at the University of Indonesia (UI) are submitting an amicus curiae, or friend of the…

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Survey agency Poltracking Indonesia has released its latest public opinion poll, featuring data on public…

Maretha Uli, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named Deputy Immigration and Corrections Minister Silmy Karim a suspect in…

Antara, Jakarta – Sovereign wealth fund Danantara has denied reports that rich Indonesians with savings of over Rp 3 billion ($166,242) are…

Freddie Daley and Charlie Lawrie (The Conversation) – In December 2025, Indonesia quietly abandoned plans to close the Cirebon-1 coal power plant…

Ananda Teresia, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested Deputy Immigration and Corrections Minister Silmy Karim, a…

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – The Poltracking survey agency has released the latest results of the Indonesian government survey conducted in May…

Ardan Pratama, Jakarta – International attention has been directed at Indonesia after United Nations (UN) experts said they believe that the "…

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has instructed central kitchens operating the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program to…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday expanding the central bank's role to include responsibility for economic growth and…

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has named Dadan Hindayana, former head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) that…

Tempo.co, Jakarta – UN experts have expressed dismay over the use of military court proceedings in the acid attack case targeting Indonesian human…

Marta Serafinko, Gdansk, Poland – For the past century, the Blue-fronted Lorikeet was one of Indonesia's most elusive birds, known only from a…

Jakarta – Indonesian authorities should immediately rescind new policies to counter street crime that would result in the unlawful use of force by…

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia has injected Rp 8 trillion ($443 million) into the bond market to help stabilize the rupiah as the…

Tempo.co, Jakarta – The Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) continued its sharp correction on Thursday, falling more than 4 percent. This morning, the…

Dayat, Jakarta – Indonesia's Anti-Corruption Court on Thursday sentenced former Deputy Manpower Minister Immanuel Ebenezer Gerungan to four years…

Emanuel Kure, Jakarta – Indonesia's data center industry is attracting fresh capital as global operators race to expand infrastructure to meet…

Jakarta – The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) has strongly criticised a military court hearing the case of four Indonesian Military (TNI)…

Yassir Fuady, Jakarta – Three former leaders of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) are suspected of intervening with the Commitment Making…

Jihan Ristiyanti, Jakarta – Prosecutors have named the former Chief of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), Dadan Hindayana, and his two deputies…