Speaking at the national coordination meeting of the National Mandate Party (PAN) on Thursday night, Prabowo said everyone should come together and join in the work of his upcoming administration, especially his child hunger elimination project.

President-elect Prabowo Subianto is facing among the first challenges of his office to-be as he seeks to form an effective government amid jostling for strategic cabinet posts within his big-tent alliance.

Jakarta has long been a magnet for people searching for better livelihoods, particularly after Idul Fitri. But this year, the estimated number of newcomers has fallen as the economies of other cities in the country start to catch up.

In a recent legal defense against a class action lawsuit, British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca admitted that its vaccine can "in very rare cases, cause TTS", while acknowledging that the causal mechanism was yet known.

Kaesang's nomination was endorsed by the supporters of president- and vice president-elect Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka.

In his speech to inaugurate the project Prabowo said that the initiative to recreate the sprawling palace of Majapahit should be seen as an effort to preserve the country's history and culture.

Mahfud said that the proposal to add more ministerial portfolios should be a seen as a move to reward the many political parties that had contributed to the presidential bid of Prabowo in the Feb. 14 election.

The average nationwide temperature throughout April rose 0.8 degrees Celsius compared to the average of same month between 1991 and 2020; in line with the trend of higher monthly average temperature since the beginning of the year.

Members of president-elect Prabowo Subianto's coalition argue that more ministerial posts are necessary to help his administration hit the ground running.

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has dropped another hint that it may play an opposition role to the incoming government ahead of the much-anticipated meeting between its chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri and president-elect Prabowo Subianto.

A recent WHO study found that nearly 9 percent of the 130 popular foods and snacks it tested contained trans fatty acids above 2 percent of the product’s total fat by weight, the maximum level the organization considers safe.

Gerindra Party executive Habiburokhman said that adding new ministries to the upcoming administration of party patron and president-elect Prabowo Subianto would be a “good thing” for Indonesia to help address its vast arrays of issues.

Gibran, the eldest son of outgoing President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo also added that Prabowo had the full prerogative to pick candidates for ministerial positions in the upcoming administration.

PAN chairman Zulkifli Hasan said on Tuesday that on top of being nominated for a cabinet position, Eko was also one of the strongest candidates to represent the party in the Jakarta gubernatorial election.

PDI-P secretary-general Hasto Kristiyanto acknowledged that Anies and Ahok were among the names proposed by the party's rank and file. 

In a speech at the National Development Planning Conference (Musrenbangnas), outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo once again called on regional administrations to fall in line with the central government’s policies and priorities.

The communications minister says that a special interministerial task force is being formed to combat online gambling operations, which can be based in countries where the activity is legal.

A group of students from a Jakarta senior high school held the Patterns of Hope charity fashion show in partnership with RHI to help children with cancer.

West Java is the country’s largest province by population, and was home to 35.7 million registered voters in the 2024 general election, or 17.4 percent of all voters nationwide.

While Luhut's recent comment about a plan to grant dual citizenship has rekindled hope, especially among the Indonesian diaspora, the process until the policy can be issued will not happen overnight.

Rights watchdog Amnesty International reported that some Indonesian government bodies have been deploying highly invasive surveillance products imported from Israel, Luxembourg and Malaysia to spy on people, stoking concerns about privacy in a country notorious for its shrinking civic space.

President-elect Prabowo Subianto’s plan to form a so-called club of presidents has generally received a warm welcome from political parties across the spectrum, but a series of unresolved conflicts between his predecessors may become a stumbling block.

Police are working to arrest a group of local residents who allegedly attacked officers and damaged a police vehicle while freeing a drug suspect during a raid on Jl. Pelita V.

More than 100 people were evacuated to mosques or relatives' homes and more than 1,300 families were affected with authorities trying to evacuate them.

About 9,800 people live on Ruang island, in the province of North Sulawesi, but in recent weeks all residents have been forced to evacuate after the mountain has continued to spew incandescent lava and columns of ash kilometres into the sky. 

Authorities this week raised the alert status of the volcano to the highest level, closed the provincial airport in Manado, and also warned of a possible tsunami if parts of the mountain collapse into the surrounding waters.

The government is facing mounting pressure to engage more deeply with the public and experts in policymaking amid criticism that it only considers public input when issues go viral on social media.