Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – Indonesia is being urged to overhaul its fuel subsidy regime by shifting from blanket price controls to a targeted quota-based system, as analysts warn the current approach is draining state finances while missing its intended beneficiaries.

Maudey Khalisha, Jakarta – Lawmakers and analysts warn that soaring jet fuel prices and a weakening rupiah, driven by escalating tensions in the Middle East, could add as much as Rp 1 trillion to this year's haj pilgrimage bill.

Dian Rahma Fika Alnina, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto delivered a briefing to the Red and White Cabinet at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Wednesday, April 8th, 2026. The Chair of the Gerindra Party opened his speech at the working meeting event by discussing the government's achievements.

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto addressed his frequent overseas trips, saying they are aimed at anticipating global oil price fluctuations.

The Gerindra Party chairman raised the issue during a working meeting with ministries, agencies, and state-owned enterprises, where he also outlined the responsibilities of the presidency.

Dian Rahma Fika Alnina, Jakarta – Deputy Coordinator of the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS) Andrie Yunus has filed a vote of no confidence against the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) Military Police HQ handling the acid attack case he experienced.

Tempo, Jakarta – Indonesia's Deputy Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Sonny Harry Budi Utomo Harmadi stated that national sugar production has increased while consumption has decreased. He mentioned that this reflects improvements in food security as well as a shift in the consumption patterns of the population towards a healthier direction.

Jakarta – The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) has revealed the alleged identities and roles of the 16 perpetrators of the acid attack on the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Deputy Coordinator Andrie Yunus.

Antara, Jakarta – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa has pushed back against the World Bank's decision to lower Indonesia's 2026 economic growth forecast from 4.8 percent to 4.7 percent, saying the institution's assessment does not fully capture the government's strategy to support the economy.

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The Indonesian rupiah continues to trade around 17,070 per US dollar as of Thursday, April 9, 2026. According to Trading Economics data, the currency was recorded at 17,073 per US dollar at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday morning.

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The World Bank has lowered its 2026 economic growth forecast for Indonesia to 4.7 percent, down from its previous projection of 4.8 percent issued in October 2025, citing rising oil prices and heightened investor caution in global financial markets.

Budiman, Ahmad Hisyam Nugroho, Jakarta – Surging soybean and packaging costs are squeezing Indonesia's small-scale tempe producers, forcing them to shrink product sizes and switch to traditional wrapping just to stay afloat.

Sumalata, Indonesia – Following encounters while diving, Gusnar Ismail has long turned to the morning glory plants growing on sandbanks here on the north of Indonesia's Sulawesi Island.

"When I get stung or stabbed by an animal in the sea, I'll go straight away to look for batata to use as medicine," Gusnar told Mongabay Indonesia on March 14.

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's Hajj waiting list has stretched to as long as 26 years for the regular pilgrimage program, with demand far outpacing the annual quota allocated by Saudi Arabia, a senior official said on Thursday.

JG, Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia has deployed army personnel to support the nationwide distribution of imported pickup trucks from India to rural cooperatives, as the government accelerates a large-scale logistics program aimed at boosting village economies.

M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – Danantara Indonesia Investment Management Agency has formed a new company named PT Daya Energi Bersih Nusantara (Denera) on April 1, 2026. Denera is a subsidiary of PT Danantara Investment Management, which aims to manage the Waste-to-Energy (PSEL) Processing project.

Antara, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto expressed optimism about Indonesia's emergence as a major global power, describing the country as a "rising giant" during the inauguration of PT VKTR Sakti Industries' electric commercial vehicle assembly facility in Magelang, Central Java, on Thursday.

DW (Deutsche Welle), Jakarta – Jakarta, October 1965. After a failed coup attempt, the Indonesian army and its allies killed, tortured and imprisoned hundreds of thousands of Indonesians they suspected to be communists, many of them of Chinese descent.

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto once again addressed the "Indonesia Gelap" (Dark Indonesia) movement. This time, he accused the mindset and hearts of the group propagating the narrative of dissatisfaction with the state of Indonesia as "not good enough."

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto said Indonesia aims to begin mass production of electric sedans by 2028 as part of the government's broader push to develop the country's domestic electric vehicle industry.

Surabaya – Scores of students from the East Java Nusantara Student Executive Board (BEM Nusantara) held a demonstration at the V/Brawijaya Regional Military Command Headquarters (Markas Kodam) in Surabaya on Thursday April 9.

Jakarta – East Jakarta officials are in the hot seat after a public maintenance worker falsely claimed that a resident's complaint had been resolved by responding with an AI-generated image.

Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid has criticised the seven-month prison sentence handed down against Wawan Hermawan, the administrator of the @bekasi_menggugat account, for inciting the August 2025 protests.

Hamid said that Hermawan's actions in simply reposting content on social media should not be the basis for a legal problem.

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves declined by $3.7 billion to $148.2 billion at the end of March 2026, as the central bank stepped up efforts to stabilize the rupiah and met external debt obligations.

On 22 March 2026 at approximately 5:00 pm, military members and Marine Corps personnel reportedly detained seven Papuan civilians, primarily pupils, in the Sinak District, Puncak Regency, Central Papua province.

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Indonesian activist Andrie Yunus, deputy coordinator of the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS), has called on civil society groups to submit amicus curiae, or friend-of-the-court briefs, in the judicial review of Indonesia's revised Military Law at the Constitutional Court.

Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – The landslide at the Bantar Gebang landfill in Bekasi, West Java, last month did more than claim seven lives; it triggered a cascading waste crisis across Jakarta.

Bandung, West Java – Indonesian prosecutors on April 7 charged 19 people accused of sending infants to cities across the country and overseas, including to Singapore, in what the authorities described as one of Indonesia's largest trafficking cases in recent years.

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Leonard AL Cahyoputra, Jakarta – Indonesia's plan to introduce B50 biodiesel in the second half of 2026 is increasingly constrained by a basic issue: palm oil supply may not be sufficient to meet surging domestic demand without crowding out exports.

Giri Ahmad Taufik – Picture a local thug in any Indonesian major city getting on an angkot (public transport minivan) to make the driver buy a bottle of water they neither need nor want. A transaction takes place. But it's hardly a business deal. It's coercion disguised as trade. The driver pays the thug not for the water but simply to avoid trouble.

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) can no longer claim to be a balancing force. In reality, despite claiming to be outside the ruling government, this party is clearly playing a "two-track" political game. This indecisive political stance prevents PDI-P from strengthening the checks and balances mechanism, which has lately become increasingly weak.

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – The Journalist Safety Committee (KKJ) has condemned Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Digital (Komdigi) for requesting the restriction of access to Magdalene's news content on the social media platform Instagram.

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – Executive Director of Amnesty International Indonesia, Usman Hamid, has criticized Indonesia's military justice system, saying it continues to serve as a political instrument that protects authorities rather than acting as an independent law enforcement body.

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition Against Impunity announced that the State Administrative Court (PTUN) in Jakarta will deliver its verdict on the lawsuit against Minister of Culture Fadli Zon for denying the May 1998 mass rape case.

Daniel Winarta, the coalition's legal representative, said the decision is scheduled for April 21, 2026.

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The textile and textile product (TPT) industry is under heavy pressure following a sharp increase in raw material prices. This is due to the conflict in the Middle East, which has pushed the price of global oil to around US$110 per barrel.

Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Deputy Coordinator for External Affairs, Andrie Yunus, has written a letter urging civil society to push for the formation of a Joint Fact-Finding Team (TGPF) to investigate the acid attack against him.

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Indonesia's Financial Services Authority (OJK) recorded that outstanding financing, or public debt, on online lending platforms reached Rp100.69 trillion in February 2026.

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Indonesia's coal production is nearing the 600 million tons quota, but the country is not shutting down the chance to raise production volumes as commodity prices fluctuate, said Tri Winarno, the Energy Ministry's Mineral and Coal director general.

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Indonesian activist Andrie Yunus, deputy coordinator of the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS), has rejected the military-led investigation into the acid attack against him, declaring that he has no confidence in the process.

Joniansyah, Jakarta – InJourney Airports, the operator of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, apologized on Tuesday after part of the roof at Boarding Lounge Gate 7 in Terminal 3 collapsed during heavy rain, in an incident that was widely circulated on social media.

Indah Ayu Pujiastuti, Maria Gabrielle Putrinda, Achmat Ikhsan, Tri Listiyarini, Jakarta – Indonesia is holding food prices steady despite a 40-60% surge in plastic packaging costs, while stepping up oversight on crude palm oil (CPO) to keep domestic supply intact.

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has procured 25,000 electric motorbikes to support the nationwide rollout of its free nutritious meal program, its chief Dadan Hindayana confirmed on Tuesday.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – It costs more money to fly to other Indonesian cities from Jakarta compared to other ASEAN nations, and the freshly announced airfare hike caps are expected to create another turbulence on domestic tourism.

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – The government says prices of subsidized gasoline and diesel will stay fixed even if global oil prices remain elevated, while airlines will be allowed to lift airfares, but without excessively hurting consumers.

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Indonesia has seen its highest level of forest loss in almost a decade in 2025, the first full year under President Prabowo Subianto whose administration has been expanding large-scale food and energy estates in critical deforested islands, according to a new report from Auriga Nusantara.

Jakarta – At least 72 children from four different schools in Duren Sawit, East Jakarta have shown symptoms of food poisoning after consuming school lunches prepared under the government's free nutritious meal program last week, prompting the shutdown of the participating kitchen due to failure to meet food safety standards.

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Until recently, Ms Dini Khairani topped up her fuel only once every two weeks, waiting until her tank neared empty.

Now, the Jakarta resident refuels every two to three days – and rarely lets the gauge fall far below from full.

The response of the Prabowo Subianto administration to the energy crisis resulting from the Israel-United States war on Iran is disappointing and should be criticized. The government is giving the impression that it wants to reassure the people by claiming that Indonesia remains far from crisis.

Jakarta – A student alliance has setup a tent in front of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) offices in Jakarta urging a thorough investigation into the acid attack on Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Deputy Coordinator Andrie Yunus, which was committed by members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) Strategic Intelligence Agency (BAIS).

Makassar – Hundreds of students from various organisations in Makassar, South Sulawesi (Sulsel), held a solidarity action in support of activist and acid attack victim Andrie Yunus. They demanded the immediate arrest of the intellectual masterminds behind the case.

Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta – A 16-year-old student in North Sumatra has taken his own life, allegedly after his parents were unable to afford his school supplies, marking yet another student suicide linked to economic hardship this year.