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August 8, 2026

Jakarta Globe - August 8, 2026

Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat, Jakarta – On 23 July, at the National Awakening Party's anniversary gala in Jakarta, President Prabowo Subianto told…

Jakarta Globe - August 8, 2026

Reza Hery Pamungkas, Jakarta – Indonesian police have detained nine social media account owners accused of spreading hoaxes and provocative online…

Jubi - August 8, 2026

Jayapura, Jubi – The 2026 Papua Film Festival is seeking to build collective awareness among Papuans through documentary filmmaking. Organised by…

August 7, 2026

Jubi - August 7, 2026

Jayapura, Jubi – Indonesia's Deputy Home Affairs Minister, Ribka Haluk, says the suspected food poisoning incident involving children and adults…

Mongabay - August 7, 2026

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A wildfire that reached the edge of an orangutan rehabilitation center in western Borneo is highlighting how…

Jakarta Globe - August 7, 2026

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – Indonesia has reduced unemployment to its lowest level in more than three decades, but experts say the country's…

Mongabay - August 7, 2026

Isabel Esterman, Tanggamus, Indonesia – For more than a decade and a half, forest ranger Wandi Harmoko has walked the ridges and valleys of…

Jakarta Globe - August 7, 2026

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves slipped to $145.3 billion at the end of July, as Bank Indonesia continued…

Jakarta Globe - August 7, 2026

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) faces mounting pressure to secure new funding for President…

Tempo - August 7, 2026

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – The Presidential Palace has responded to the arrest of two individuals who uploaded content featuring statements by…

Jubi - August 7, 2026

Wamena, Jubi – A prolonged drought that has affected Kuyawage District in Lanny Jaya Regency, Papua Highlands Province, since June 2026 is…

Amnesty International Indonesia Press Release - August 7, 2026

Responding to the arrest of two people because of social media posts and comments related to the President's statement on Iran's nuclear program,…

Jakarta Globe - August 7, 2026

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Indonesian government is offering tax breaks and subsidizing internship wages to help companies avoid layoffs amid…

Tempo - August 7, 2026

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto claims to lead based on facts. He states that he acknowledges existing facts, even those…

Agence France-Presse - August 7, 2026

Malang, East Java – The authorities battled Friday to contain a wildfire that has swept through Mount Bromo National Park in Java, destroying more…

Tempo - August 7, 2026

Cristina Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy expanded 5.29 percent in the second quarter of 2026, but the strong headline figure masks growing…

August 6, 2026

Jakarta Post - August 6, 2026

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Indonesia may be heading toward its worst wildfire season in years as fire activity surges ahead of peak burning months…

Jakarta Globe - August 6, 2026

Antara, Jakarta – Transactions made through Indonesia's national QR code payment system, known as QRIS, more than doubled in the first half of…

Indonesia at Melbourne - August 6, 2026

Elita Pertiwi and Raden Muhamad Purnagunawan – As one of the largest cities in the world, Jakarta needs a massive urban cleaning force to keep the…

Jakarta Globe - August 6, 2026

Jakarta – Social Affairs Ministry has temporarily suspended welfare payments to about 1.49 million beneficiary households suspected of making…

Jakarta Globe - August 6, 2026

Reza Hery Pamungkas, Jakarta – Jakarta's open unemployment rate fell to 5.79% in May 2026 from 6.03% in February, as more workers secured full-…

National Indigenous Times - August 6, 2026

Andrew Mathieson – West Papuan independence separatists killed three Indigenous Papuans depicted in an execution-style video that has gone viral…

Tempo - August 6, 2026

Antara, Jakarta – The military air chiefs of Indonesia and Australia conducted a joint formation flight over Darwin on Tuesday, August 4, 2026,…

Tempo Editorial - August 6, 2026

We, the people of Indonesia, should be prepared to face the impact of the forest and land fires (wildfires) currently spreading around different…

Jubi - August 6, 2026

Sorong, Jubi – Indigenous youth from the Domberay customary region have launched a cultural camp aimed at strengthening, preserving and…

Tempo - August 6, 2026

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has called for the suspension and comprehensive evaluation of Indonesia's Free…

Tempo - August 6, 2026

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is investigating a 69-page academic paper that lists President Prabowo Subianto as one of…

August 5, 2026

Jakarta Globe - August 5, 2026

Prisma Ardianto, Jakarta – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa said the government will proceed with its plan to place Rp 200 trillion ($11.15…

Tempo - August 5, 2026

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa has postponed the implementation of the e-commerce tax, which was previously…

Jubi - August 5, 2026

Jayapura, Jubi – Indonesian security forces have launched a joint operation to pursue fighters from the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB…

Jakarta Globe - August 5, 2026

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Bernardus Wijayaka, Jakarta – Indonesia's decision to resume exports of long-tailed macaques for laboratory testing after a…

Jakarta Globe - August 5, 2026

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy grew 5.29% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026, but the country's business community warned…

Jakarta Globe - August 5, 2026

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's poverty rate fell to 8.07% of the population in March 2026, with the number of people…

Tempo - August 5, 2026

Antara, Jakarta – Human rights watchdog SETARA Institute has urged President Prabowo Subianto to order the transfer of the case involving former…

Jakarta Globe - August 5, 2026

Antara, Jakarta – The coordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs on Wednesday warned that social media users who disseminate…

Suara Papua - August 5, 2026

Jayapura – The size of the indigenous population in the land of Papua is steadily declining. There are many reasons for this drop in the…

Jakarta Globe - August 5, 2026

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – Culture Minister Fadli Zon said the government's controversial project to rewrite the country's national history remains…

Jakarta Globe - August 5, 2026

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia's unemployment rate is at the lowest in decades, according to the latest data by the Central Statistics…

Jubi - August 5, 2026

Jayapura, Jubi – The number of children suspected of suffering food poisoning after consuming meals provided under Indonesia's Free Nutritious…

Jakarta Post - August 5, 2026

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya – Concerns are mounting over safety oversight in Indonesia's maritime sector after a passenger ferry caught fire…

August 4, 2026

Tempo - August 4, 2026

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said the Thai military respects Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto.…

Jakarta Globe - August 4, 2026

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia has been buying large numbers of African crude this year, according to official statistics, as Jakarta…

Mongabay - August 4, 2026

Laura Oliver, Jakarta – Raja Ampat, one of the world's most biodiverse marine regions, remains under pressure from Indonesia's expanding nickel…

Tempo Editorial - August 4, 2026

In politics, polls are like mirrors. Some use them to groom their image, while others choose to shatter the glass when the reflection turns…

Jubi - August 4, 2026

Sentani, Jubi – Jayapura Police Chief AKBP Dionisius VDP Helan has apologised over the alleged intimidation of a Jubi journalist by one of his…

Indonesia at Melbourne - August 4, 2026

Annisa Dina Amalia, Monika Winarnita and Charlotte Setijadi – In March 2026, we wrote an article on this site about whether Indonesia would ever…

Tempo - August 4, 2026

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – The Iranian Embassy in Indonesia emphasized that its country has never developed nuclear weapons and never will.…

Tempo - August 4, 2026

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – The Head of the Development Control and Special Investigation Agency (Bappisus), Aris Marsudiyanto, has spoken…

Jakarta Globe - August 4, 2026

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesia's population has surpassed 290 million, with nearly seven in 10 people in the traditional working-age…

Jakarta Globe - August 4, 2026

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy likely grew less than 5% in the second quarter of 2026 as a high base effect, a weaker rupiah and elevated…