Jakarta – When President Prabowo Subianto shared the idea of state asset fund Danantara to Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio in March of this year, he described it as an agency t

Rio De Janeiro – President Prabowo Subianto said on Monday that BRICS should be the conduit for further cooperation among countries in the Global South, calling for a further integratio

Indonesia, West Papua – On 12-13 June 2025, a coalition of NGOs has officially filed the extra-judicial execution and mutilation of Mr Abral Wandikbo, a 27-year-old indigenous farmer fr

Terjemahan, Jakarta – Indonesia's Palm oil exports in 2024 decreased by 8.65 percent to US$22.9 billion. In the preceding year, palm oil exports reached US$25 billion.

Indonesia, West Papua – On 25 June 2025, 18 civilian families residing in the Sanggeng and Reremi areas in the Manokwari Regency were reportedly ordered to vacate their homes by the Ind

Ilham Oktafian, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Senior lawmaker Rifqinizamy Karsayuda on Monday sharply criticized a recent Constitutional Court ruling mandating the separation of national a

Banda Aceh – A number of residents from the Aceh People's Alliance have opposed and challenged the establishment of Territorial Development Battalions in five areas and have asked the I

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – Indonesian House of Commission I member Frederik Kalalembang has criticized rampant online gambling due to the lax supervision of SIM card registration.

Singgih Wiryono, Danu Damarjati, Jakarta – A factual witness testifying during a formal review of Law Number 3/2025 on the Indonesian Military (TNI), Usman Hamid, has revealed that more

Anggi Sagita, Jayapura – United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Albert Kwokwo Barume, personally heard the heartfelt cries of Papuan indigenous peoples

Ken MP Setiawan, Melbourne, Australia – Indonesia faces a critical and multi-faceted health challenge: malnutrition.

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Police (Polri) and the Attorney General's Office have requested significant budget increases for 2026, citing rising operational de

Muhammad Awaludin, Lombok, NTB – Two police officers have been detained in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) over the death of Brigadier Muhammad Nurhadi, a member of the NTB Police's Internal A

Jakarta – The plan by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) to join the government coalition of Prabowo Subianto is a nightmare for Indonesian politics.

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – A senior economist at Bright Institute, Awalil Rizky, assessed that the projected 2025 State Budget deficit of Rp662 trillion, or 2.78 percent of Gross

Timor-Leste has dismissed Myanmar's objection to it becoming the 11th member of ASEAN as "inconsequential and irrelevant."

Muhammad Miftakul Falakh, Ngawi, East Java – A massive fire engulfed a warehouse belonging to footwear manufacturer Dwi Prima Sentosa late Sunday night, destroying hundreds of thousands

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The Indonesian government and the House of Representatives (DPR) have agreed on the principles of macroeconomic assumptions for the 2026 state budget in a wor

Simon Butt – Since its establishment in 2003, the Indonesian Constitutional Court has made major changes to Indonesia's electoral laws.

Agencies, Denpasar – Australian airlines including Qantas, its low cost carrier JetStar, and Virgin Australia said on Monday that they have canceled several flights between Australia an

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – North Sumatra Governor Bobby Nasution consistently attracts negative press.

Jakarta – Two Indonesian public schools have won an Asia-Pacific healthiest schools competition announced recently in Vietnam.

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto surprised the nation when he announced a few days after his inauguration in October that Indonesia was joining BRICS, a global forum championed by C

Mita Amalia Hapsari, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung apologized to residents affected by floods over the weekend, acknowledging shortcomings in the city's response while insist

Alfida Rizki Febrianna, Anisa Fauziah, Jakarta – Government plans to raise online motorcycle taxi (ojol) fares by 8-15 percent could end up hurting drivers rather than improving their w

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia reported on Monday that the country's foreign exchange reserves stood at $152.6 billion as of June 2025, a slight increase from $152.5 bill

Djibril Muhammad & Antara, Jakarta – Heavy rain that has been pouring over the capital city of Jakarta since Saturday has caused flooding in several areas.

Australian solidarity activists today marked the 27th anniversary of the Biak massacre in West Papua and have warned the human rights crisis in the Indonesian-ruled Melanesian region is

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta -The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported that a landslide occurred in West Bandung Regency on Saturday, July 5, 2025, at 06:15 PM local time.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will need to allocate Rp 552.14 trillion (approximately $34 billion) in the 2025 state budget solely to service interest on its

Antara, Jakarta – Floodwaters submerged several areas in South and East Jakarta early Sunday following heavy overnight rainfall, particularly in the upstream region of Bogor, officials

Djibril Muhammad, Jakarta – Governor Pramono Anung announced on Saturday that all entertainment venues in Jakarta will be required to provide designated smoking areas, as the city seeks

Jakarta – The safety standard of Indonesia's tourism industry has come under intense international scrutiny following the tragic death of Brazilian tourist Juliana De Souza Pereira Mari

Iman Rahman Cahyadi, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office has emerged as the most trusted law enforcement institution in Indonesia, overtaking both the Corruption Eradication Commiss

Basudiwa Supraja, Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will launch 100 free boarding schools across the country on July 14 to support children from the nation's poorest household

Jakarta – The mass rapes during the May 1998 riots in Jakarta accompanying the wave of demands for reformasi or political reform that that brought down the New Order regime (Orba) of fo

In the last few months, a disturbing trend has become apparent in a string of incidents across Indonesia: the sending of innocuous packages that contain the corpses of dead animals.

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Academic and Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) politician Ade Armando has been officially appointed as a commissioner at PLN Nusantara Power, a subsidiary of t

Jakarta – A court in South Sumatra has thrown out a lawsuit filed by residents against plantation companies, which accused the firms of causing lung-choking smoke by lighting peatland f

Eka Jaya Saputra, Bekasi, West Java – Hundreds of workers across various industries in Bekasi regency, West Java, have lost their jobs as a wave of layoffs continues into early July 202

Indonesia, West Papua – The pristine waters and biodiversity-rich islands of Raja Ampat, Papua Barat Daya Province, are facing a devastating environmental and human rights crisis as mul

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati warns that the low Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF), or investments during the first quarter of 2025 is some

Jakarta – Timor-Leste will officially become ASEAN's 11th member later this year, according to the Foreign Ministry's Director General for ASEAN Cooperation, Sidharto R.

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said that the 2025 State Expenditure and Revenue Budget (APBN) faces significant challenges, not only from global eco

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Minister of Elementary and Secondary Education Abdul Mu'ti has officially designated July 7 as Indonesian Librarian's Day.

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – The operator of the coffee chain Starbucks, PT Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk.

Jakarta – The horrific memory of the 2019 and 2024 simultaneous presidential and legislative elections looks to be behind us.

Agencies, Denpasar – Hundreds of rescuers widened their search for dozens of missing people Friday after a ferry sank in rough seas on the way to Bali, leaving at least six dead.

Poramet Tangsathaporn – Thailand will support Timor-Leste joining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) as its 11th member despite reported opposition from Myanmar, officia

Indonesia, West Papua – Indigenous residents have reported ongoing intimidation and harassment by Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) officers stationed at PT Mancaraya Argo Mandiri (MAM) an