Max Lane – On 1 May 2026 in Jakarta, there were many May Day demonstrations but two stood out as reflections of the divisions among Indonesia's…

Rafiqa Qurrata Ayun – The acid attack on human rights activist Andrie Yunus by military personnel damaged not only his eyes but maybe also any…

Fahmi Wibawa – On many occasions, President Prabowo Subianto has stated that his economic worldview was profoundly shaped by the ideas of his…

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya responded to criticism that President Prabowo Subianto's overseas visits are…

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian Cabinet Secretary, Teddy Indra Wijaya, claims that the frequent foreign visits made by President Prabowo…

Alfitria Nefi Pratiwi, Jakarta – Standard & Poor's Global Ratings (S&P) reported that Indonesia's manufacturing sector returned to…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A group of Indonesian citizens affected by the late-2025 Sumatra floods and landslides have filed a lawsuit with a…

Rahmat Hidayat – A major fire swept through a densely populated residential area in Indonesia's Central Jakarta on Monday night, destroying…

Vidya Pinandhita, Jakarta – Apair of Indonesian "researchers" participating in a leading international medical symposium in Denmark have come…

Hariz Baharudin, Jakarta – Headlines about a recent spate of street crimes in Jakarta and viral videos of brazen robberies targeting tourists have…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Sidoarjo – Under the sweltering afternoon sun, 47-year-old Ahmad Solihudin waits outside his home in Glagaharum village,…

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto called on Indonesians to honestly assess the country's current condition, arguing that…

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has called for a transformation of Indonesia's economy toward what he described as a…

Septia Ryanthie, Jakarta – Former Indonesian President Joko Widodo did not attend the Pancasila Day Commemoration Ceremony held at Pancasila…

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto wants schools in the homeland to learn French. Prabowo conveyed this…

Jakarta – Former Indonesian defense minister and army chief Ryamizard Ryacudu died on Sunday at the age of 76 after undergoing treatment at a…

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – Indonesia will officially begin implementing a centralized export system for selected natural resource commodities on June…

Shinta Maharani, Jakarta – Hundreds of academics, activists, civil society organization activists, and communities consolidated at the University…

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The founder of the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI), Dino Patti Djalal, has provided five suggestions to…

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The Indonesian rupiah exchange rate slides past 17,880 in Friday's trading, marking a decline compared to the previous…

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has said that Indonesia is doing a good job by upgrading its military arsenal, as…

Imam Suhartadi, Jakarta – A recent survey has shown that operational costs have taken out a huge chunk out of Indonesia's ride-hailing drivers'…

Antara, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has assured the public that subsidized fuel prices will remain unchanged through the…

James Balowski – International Labour Day was commemorated by thousands of Indonesian workers, students, and civil society activists in major…

Maudey Khalisha, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has instructed the reactivation of Bandung's Husein Sastranegara Airport for commercial…

Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – After four days at sea attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza and another four confined inside an overcrowded…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The chief statistician has defended the credibility of the country's 5.61% year-on-year economic growth figure for the…

Endang Mulyani, Jakarta – The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) on Friday warned that Indonesia's plan to build 100 gigawatts (GW) of…

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia is hoping to turn the weakening rupiah into a tourist magnet, as the currency continues to near Rp 18,000 against the…

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia is forging ahead with its plan to require its citizens to submit facial biometrics data before they can register their…

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto wants Indonesian schools to teach French, further expanding the list of new foreign…

Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) activist As'ad Aras recounted one of the dark rooms where GSF activists were tortured after…

Jakarta – The Education and Teachers Association (P2G) has criticised President Prabowo Subianto's instruction for all schools in Indonesia to…

Vidya Pinandhita, Jakarta – Education watchdogs are pressing the government to immediately enforce a Constitutional Court ruling mandating free…

Muhammad Yoppy Adhi Hernawan – Indonesian universities are more than just administrative units in the state hierarchy. Law 12 of 2012 on Higher…

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Indonesia's top Islamic clerical body has defended President Prabowo Subianto's use of state funds to purchase…

Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid has condemned the forced disbandment of a congregation…

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa said he was "stressed" by the rupiah's sharp depreciation after the currency…

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – The rupiah exchange rate has once again plummeted on Thursday morning, May 28, 2026, to the level of Rp17,870…

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The rupiah has entered a phase of excessive depreciation and is now trading significantly weaker than what…

Tri Listiyarini, Jakarta – Indonesian sugar farmers are urging the government to ensure the country's upcoming E10 fuel-blending program uses only…

The two elephants were found dead in the Indonesian province of Bengkulu, in an area of "production forest" in southern Sumatra. The mother and…

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa stated that he was not aware of the reported use of the state budget (APBN) to…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – More than a decade after the palm oil industry embraced a pledge to not deforest, clear tropical peatlands, or use…

The Indonesian government responded awkwardly to the interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla 2.0 humanitarian convoy by Israeli forces in…

Tempo, Jakarta – The Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti, stated that the consumption patterns of Indonesian…

Alfitria Nefi Pratiwi, Jakarta – The Chairperson of the Indonesian Retail Entrepreneurs Association, Solihin, confirmed the temporary shutdown of…

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Culture Minister Fadli Zon announced that the new national history book titled 'Sejarah Indonesia: Dinamika…

Alfitria Nefi Pratiwi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Palm Oil Association (Gapki) reported a monthly decline in Indonesia's crude palm oil (CPO)…

Djayadi Hanan and Yoes C Kenawas – President Prabowo Subianto has repeatedly expressed his concern that foreign interests are using proxies –…