Rama Sukarta, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy is showing signs of a slowdown following a surprise deflation of 0.37 percent in May 2025, raising concerns about weakening consumer demand and the lack of industrial stimulus.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has revoked the environmental permit of a controversial zinc-and-lead mine being developed in a, earthquake-prone zone on the island of Sumatra, in what activists say sets an important legal precedent for community-led environmental challenges nationwide.

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's Ministry of Religious Affairs reported that a total of 203,149 hajj pilgrims, who are organized into 525 flight groups (kloter), have arrived in Mecca. Currently, all of them are entering a period of calm to prepare themselves for the peak of the Hajj pilgrimage.

Sorong – The Nusantara Indigenous Community Alliance (AMAN) together with a number of representatives of indigenous peoples from various parts of Indonesia have reported cases of criminalisation, intimidation and the seizure of indigenous territories directly to Dr. Albert K. Barume, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples.

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has accused foreign parties of funding non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in an effort to stir division within Indonesia. He made the statement during his speech at the Pancasila Day commemoration held at the Pancasila Building in Central Jakarta on June 2, 2025.

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform has called for a thorough investigation by an independent team from outside the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) to uncover the facts behind the ammunition explosion in Garut, West Java.

Antara & Jakarta – Indonesian metropolis Jakarta becomes the world's sixth most polluted city as of 11 a.m. on Monday, according to IQAir's monitoring system.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's trade surplus narrowed sharply to just $160 million in April 2025, a steep decline from the $4.33 billion surplus recorded the previous month, according to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS).

Jakarta – Bali Governor I Wayan Koster has announced plans to ban the production of water bottles smaller than 1 liter, in an effort to address the island's growing waste problem, which has been linked to several environmental disasters.

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Indonesian coal exports dropped 6.43 percent to 160 million tonnes in the January-April period of 2025, according to data from the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry.

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has reported a decline in the national stunting rate among children, from 21.5 percent in 2023 to 19.8 percent last year, marking progress toward reaching President Prabowo Subianto's 14 percent target although experts warn substantial efforts are still needed to maintain progress.

Farhan Mutaqin and Lukas Andri Surya Singarimbun (The Conversation) – The United States has recently called out Indonesia's national digital payment system Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard (QRIS) for being unfair.

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto and chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Megawati Soekarnoputri on Monday made a rare joint appearance during the ceremony to celebrate the birth of the country's founding ideology Pancasila.

Daniel Ahmad Fajri, Jakarta – Academics, experts, activists, and members of the Alliance for the Openness of Indonesian History (AKSI) have voiced strong opposition to the government's unilateral effort to rewrite national history, warning that such actions risk suppressing the truth.

Imagine if Indonesian history was only written from the perspective of and for the benefit of those in power. The stories of the victims, survivors and missing people would no longer be told. When the rulers publish an "official history", it is not impossible that the stories of the victims are considered "wild history".

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia welcomed over 1.16 million foreign tourists in April 2025, marking an 18.26 percent increase from the previous month and a 9.15 percent rise compared to the same period last year, according to data released by Statistics Indonesia (BPS) on Monday.

Muhammad Farhan, Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded a monthly deflation of 0.37 percent in May 2025, driven primarily by falling food prices, according to the latest data released by the Central Statistics Agency (BPS). On a year-on-year basis, however, inflation stood at 1.6 percent.

Ricky Juliansyah, Depok – Depok Mayor Supian Suri announced the enforcement of a student curfew starting Wednesday, June 3, 2025, as part of a West Java provincial initiative introduced by Governor Dedi Mulyadi. The curfew follows Circular Letter No: 51/PA.03/DISDIK on the Establishment of a Student Curfew, signed on May 23, 2025.

Ricki Putra Harahap, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto alleged that foreign interests are attempting to sow division within Indonesia by funding local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to pit citizens against each other.

Yudono Yanuar, Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has released its latest data on labor conditions in Indonesia as of February 2025. One of the key highlights of the report is the average monthly wage for Indonesian workers, recorded at Rp3.09 million.

Ricki Putra Harahap, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani announced that the government has canceled the planned 50 percent electricity tariff discount scheduled for June to July 2025.

Sri Mulyani explained that the subsidy was canceled due to budgeting processes that could not be completed in time to meet the June-July implementation target.

Angelina Tiara Puspitalova, Jakarta – Usman Hamid, Executive Director of Amnesty International Indonesia, asserts that the nation's primary adversary is not non-governmental organizations (NGOs) funded by foreign sources. Instead, he contends that the forces undermining Indonesia are the elites engaged in corruption.

Daniel Ahmad Fajri, Jakarta – On the podium, President Prabowo Subianto is an orator who speaks out strongly in defense of the people. He has said in many forums: the state's assets cannot be controlled by a small number of people because that characterizes a failed state.

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto says that foreign parties are funding non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in order to pit people against each other in Indonesia.

Jakarta – First Deputy Home Minister Bima Arya Sugiarto has said that around 50 regional heads elected in the 2024 regional head elections will take part in the second regional leaders retreat in June 2025 at the Institute of Public Administration (IPDN) in Jatinangor, Sumedang regency, West Java.

Grace el Dora, Jakarta – Indonesia s Health Ministry has issued a public health advisory following a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in several Asian countries, urging citizens to remain vigilant and adopt precautionary measures.

Rahmat Fajar Nugraha, Jakarta – Nusantara Trade Union Confederation (KSPN) General Chairperson Ristadi has highlighted the many domestic factories that have closed down or gone bankrupt because the products they produce cannot compete with cheap illegal goods from abroad.

Adhyasta Dirgantara, Jessi Carina, Jakarta – People's Justice and Prosperity Party (Prima) Chairperson Agus Jabo Priyono has stressed the commitment of his party to support the administration of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka.

Jakarta – A giant bubble became the focus of attention during the Car Free Day (CFD) event at the Hotel Indonesia (HI) traffic circle area in Central Jakarta on Sunday morning June 1. The bubble was part of an action by a number of organisations and activists, including the Pedestrian Coalition (Kopeka), which were demanding clean air in Jakarta.

Medikantyo Adhikresna, Jakarta – Three commuter trainsets imported from China officially began operating in the Greater Jakarta area on Sunday, according to KAI Commuter, the state-owned company overseeing the capital's commuter rail system.

Anastasya Lavenia Y, Jakarta – Faculty of Economics and Business lecturer at Gadjah Mada University, Wisnu Nugroho, questions the long-term effectiveness of the six economic stimulus packages to be launched by President Prabowo Subianto on June 5, 2025. These stimulus packages include discounts on electricity tariffs, toll tariffs, and wage subsidies.

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – Secretary-General of the National Commission on Tobacco Control (YLKI) and the chair of the Empowered Consumer Forum Indonesia, Tulus Abadi, said that the average Indonesian in cities and villages allocates 10 to 11 percent of their total expenditure for cigarette purchases.

Han Revanda, Jakarta – An economist from the Bright Institute, Awalil Rizky, predicted that the government of Prabowo Subianto will continue to increase Indonesia's national debt. This prediction is based on the large budget deficit target set by the government in the Macro-Economic Framework and the Basic Policy of Fiscal Policy (KEM-PPKF) 2026.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) warns that a bribery case over foreign worker permits at the Manpower Ministry could hurt investment.

Widy Wicaksono, Roy Adriansyah, Jakarta – Thousands of Indonesian pilgrims hoping to perform Hajj through the expedited furoda visa route have been left stranded after the Saudi government officially halted the issuance of such visas for the 2025 Hajj season.

Jakarta – If you spend a weekend night strolling through South Jakarta's Blok M, you'll find a vibrant shopping hub pulsing with youth culture, where thousands of people flock to taste the latest viral foods, attend various live events or simply hunt for Instagram-worthy pictures.

Agencies, Jakarta – At least thirteen people were killed and a dozen injured Friday in a rockfall at a limestone quarry in Cirebon regency, West Java, the disaster agency said, with search efforts ongoing to find people buried beneath the rubble.

Dede Adhitama, Cirebon – Fourteen bodies have been recovered and returned to their families after a deadly landslide struck a mining site in Gunung Kuda, Cirebon, West Java. Authorities are still searching for 11 people who remain missing, West Java Police Chief Inspector General Rudi Setiawan confirmed during a visit to the disaster site on Saturday.

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – Economist of the Indonesian Political Economy Association (AEPI) Khudori responded to Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman's statement regarding Indonesia's readiness to export 27,000 tons of corn in mid-June 2025.

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – The Indonesian Communication and Digital Ministry (Komdigi) warns 36 private Electronic System Providers (PSEs) to register immediately and update their data. Otherwise, the ministry will block their access.

Michelle Gabriela, Jakarta – Most business players in the hospitality and restaurant sector are under heavy pressure. This could potentially lead to layoffs of their employees.

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – Indonesian Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq said the carbon market in the energy sector, launched since January 20, 2025, has not attracted many buyers. Previously, the government had prepared five strategic projects in the energy sector to support international carbon trading.

Jakarta – Jakarta plans to issue a regulation that bans the use of ondel-ondel in street busking as part of a broader effort to preserve the cultural integrity of the Betawi people, the city's native inhabitants.

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Indonesia still has enough fiscal space to make the first nine years of education free at both public and private schools, according to an analyst.

Christina Griffin, Muhammad Alif K. Sahide, Nurhady Sirimorok and Wolfram Dressler (The Conversation) – Every morning, Indah, 18, wakes early to catch the company bus from her coastal village in Maros, South Sulawesi. She travels for over one hour to a shrimp manufacturing warehouse in the urban outskirts of the provincial capital Makassar.

Wen Zongduo, Prime Sarmiento and Leonardus Jegho, Hong Kong, Jakarta – When President Xi Jinping entered the front lawn of the parliament building in Jakarta on Oct 3, 2013, Marzuki Alie, then speaker of Indonesia's House of Representatives, greeted him in Mandarin, saying "huanying", or welcome.

Ihsan Syahreza, Medan – The central government has officially reassigned four islands previously under Aceh's jurisdiction to the administrative authority of North Sumatra Province, North Sumatra Governor Bobby Nasution confirmed on Thursday.

Jakarta – The move by the government to force Daya Anagata Nusantara Investment Management Agency, or Danantara, to take over projects of dubious economic value could be dangerous in the future. Business calculations are far more important than simply fulfilling the wishes of President Prabowo Subianto to accelerate the development of downstream industries.

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The Indonesian government recorded a drop in coal exports during the first quarter of 2025, as confirmed by the Director of Coal Business Development at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Surya Harjuna. According to him, the export volume shrank 11 million tons compared to the same period last year.

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – The Directorate General of Digital Monitoring confirms that the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Digital (Komdigi) has lifted the block on archive.org website.