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A fresh proposal to extend the tenure of village heads and abolish village elections to save money for President Prabowo Subianto’s costly signature programs has drawn flak from critics over the risk of undermining democracy and weakening accountability at the local level.
2 minutes agoA new report by environmental group Geopix found that about 560,758 hectares of elephant habitat have been affected by fires between August and early September, equivalent to roughly one-tenth of the species’ total habitat on Sumatra. ...
18 minutes agoJournalists and boat crew members who went missing in waters near Mount Anak Krakatau have yet to be found a week later, while police work to identify a body found on the shore of Enggano Island in Bengkulu suspected to be one of the missing. ...
29 minutes agoThe new finance minister brings steady hands and deep institutional memory, but restoring fiscal credibility will mean making the hard choices his predecessor avoided.
41 minutes agoThe corruption investigation into the Banjarmasin Medium Tax Office (KPP Madya) has taken an unexpected turn, with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) examining senior tax officials linked to Adaro, one of Indonesia’s largest business groups. The development has brought renewed attention to Adaro’s long and complicated ownership history, including a past dispute involving businessman Hashim Djojohadikusumo, the younger brother of President Prabowo Subianto.
49 minutes agoCiting data from the Shanghai Metals Market (SMM), Indonesia's coal exports totaled 36.10 million tonnes in August, down 23.34 percent year-on-year and 6.54 percent month-on-month, the lowest August level in five years.
1 hour agoThe food poisoning incident has left parents a lingering question: How could a program intended to nourish children end up putting their health at risk? And, perhaps more frighteningly, could their children be next?
1 hour agoIn West Kalimantan, one of the provinces hit hardest by the ongoing wildfires, conservation authorities and environmental groups have rescued three orangutans found in critical condition.
2 hours agoThe new finance minister is expected to favor predictable policy and tighter governance even as Prabowo pushes for growth.
10 hours agoDozens of people remain unaccounted for three days after the Virgo Transport 8, which carried 213 passengers and 30 crew, went down early Sunday.
13 hours ago"We believe that space must be free of any weapon," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
13 hours agoShandong Heavy Industry Group (SDHI) participated in the 24th Indonesia International Construction Machinery and Mining Exhibition (CON-MINE), establishing an integrated intelligent operation matrix covering dozing, excavating, loading, hauling, compacting and power generation, and showcasing complete mining construction equipment and smart mining solutions.
21 hours agoThe head of the state-owned agribusiness has expressed frustration at the delay in installing managers at individual Red and White Cooperative units, describing it as “a form of structural sabotage”.
16 hours agoThe United States is facing a shortfall in ammunition as a result of its war against Iran, the Defense Department's inspector general confirmed Monday, contrasting with President Donald Trump's assertions of full stocks.
16 hours agoKnown for his candor, Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa's tenure was marked by the fastest economic growth in three years, but also the widest budget deficit in over twenty years outside of the pandemic, and credit rating outlook downgrades by ratings agencies Fitch and Moody's.
16 hours agoThailand accused Cambodia on Tuesday of "playing the role of a victim" in a dispute over maritime resources, as the Southeast Asian neighbors brought their long-standing feud before international mediators.
17 hours agoThe manufacturing sector’s contribution to GDP remains substantial, 19.1 percent in 2025, but its growth has lagged behind national growth, causing its share of GDP to decline over the past 15 years.
17 hours agoThe number of centenarians across Japan topped 100,000 for the first time, the health ministry said Tuesday.
17 hours agoYemen's Iran-aligned Houthis launched a new wave of attacks on Saudi Arabia and were digging into positions on the western coast of Yemen along the Red Sea, Yemeni officials said, as urgent deliberations took place in Riyadh over how to respond to their lightning advance.
18 hours agoThe Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) plans to issue the list of short-selling securities on Sept. 28, which is slated to take effect in October.
18 hours agoCan Malaysia's UMNO pressure Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim into calling for an early election?
19 hours agoIndonesia's next digital leap, rather than helping democratize access, must lead toward democratizing capability: using AI to generate value.
19 hours agoThe Iran war is no longer a short-lived energy supply shock, but a prolonged, unpredictable test of global economic endurance.
20 hours agoStatistics Indonesia (BPS) acknowledged a 23 percent error rate in its mathematical model for estimating household expenditure in the Single National Socioeconomic Data (DTSEN).
20 hours agoAccording to authorities the two hostages had fled their captors and travelled through the forest for about 20 days without food or water. Demerina was found in a weakened condition while Yosina was found dead due to starvation.
20 hours agoThe dollar inched up to trade near a two-week high on Tuesday as surging oil prices lifted Treasury yields and reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this week.
21 hours agoMasked as agrarian reform, the national Land Bank is quietly dispossessing the rural poor to serve corporate profit, and a rushed new bill is about to make it permanent.
21 hours agoKelingking Beach is a popular tourist destination where visitors regularly hike along the cliffs or trek down to the beach. The descent can take up to two hours and the trail has been described as perilous.
22 hours agoFaith-based institutions committed to human dignity and pluralism can play an instrumental role in building the infrastructure required for grassroots organizing at scale.
22 hours ago"The US has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile adversary action," a US Space Force spokesperson said in a statement that did not provide specifics on the weapons.
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