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The 38-year-old's self-professed "positive message" and youthful energy helped pull off a stunning win over the far-right Freedom Party (PVV) in last year's election.
1 week agoA total of 462 Indonesians were repatriated in the week beginning on Feb. 16 after flying back on tickets they purchased themselves, having received support from the Indonesian Embassy in Phnom Penh. ...
1 week agoThe court ruled six to three on Friday that Trump does not have the authority to impose tariffs under a 1977 law he has relied on to impose sudden levies on individual countries, upending global trade. ...
1 week agoThe polls have ended the political uncertainty that had gripped the nation since the overthrow of the previous regime by a student-led uprising in 2024. Yet the challenges for the new government are daunting.
1 week agoUS rhetoric and policy signal a move from persuasion to deterrence, unsettling allies and heightening global strategic tensions.
1 week agoThe European Commission called Sunday for Washington to abide by the terms of the trade deal struck last year with the EU, as President Donald Trump announced new global tariff hikes a day after an adverse Supreme Court ruling.
1 week agoModern slavery is about an absence of choice: situations where workers lack the real freedom to stop working because of threats, coercion, deception or debt.
1 week agoPandemics are coming faster and spreading more widely, threatening more lives and livelihoods than ever before.
1 week agoIndonesia has stressed the importance of providing stability through the United States-led Board of Peace to pave the way for lasting peace in Gaza, amid domestic concerns about Jakarta's planned troop deployment to the region.
1 week agoTrade debates often begin with numbers. Yet global trade rarely turns on the numbers themselves. It turns on relative positioning.
1 week agoNasDem’s Ahmad Sahroni was reappointed as Commission III deputy speaker despite still having two weeks of suspension after being found guilty by the House ethics committee for his controversial remarks triggering wide public outrage in August 2025.
1 week agoThrowing stones not only damage train facilities but also a direct risk for passengers’ lives.
1 week agoPelita Air Service uses Air Tractor AT-802 fuel tanker aircraft to distribute fuel to border areas under One Price Fuel program.
1 week agoThe Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is looking into reports that Religious Affairs Minister Nasaruddin Umar had accepted an improper benefit after traveling on a private jet owned by businessman and politician Oesman Sapta Odang.
1 week agoA busy week lies ahead for Foreign Minister Sugiono, who is set to head the country’s delegation to the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, with Indonesia holding the council’s presidency for the first time amid mounting financial pressures on the Geneva-based UN body.
1 week agoGaza underground fortress is the physical face of asymmetric war, a conflict where the weaker side does not need to win.
1 week agoFollowing the resignation of the Financial Services Authority (OJK) chairman and deputy chairman, the government has formed a selection committee to seek the best candidates to lead the OJK and restore investor confidence after market turmoil triggered by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI)’s interim freeze of its February review of Indonesian stocks. The pressing question is whether any candidate will be capable of rebuilding market trust.
1 week agoAppointing a retired military doctor may disrupt meritocracy within civilian institutions and hindering the resolve of persistent issues faced by the Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) and the national health insurance (JKN), observers have said.
1 week agoProsecutors demanded the death penalty for six defendants in a smuggling case of nearly two tonnes of methamphetamine in a trial at the Batam District Court, Riau Islands.
1 week agoSending our brave soldiers to Gaza could put them in harm’s way given the still fluid and tense situation there.
1 week agoThe government has signaled that it will refrain for now from any decisive follow-up to its new bilateral trade deal with the United States after a US Supreme Court ruling raised questions over the legality of US tariff policies.
1 week agoOne of the first concrete reactions among Asian nations to the decision, it follows Trump's move on Saturday to levy a temporary tariff of 15 percent, the maximum allowed by law, on US imports from all countries, following the court's rejection.
1 week agoStudents enrolled in this program are those who have repeatedly violated reguations during their school terms.
1 week agoDuring a meeting with the House of Representatives on Feb. 10, Public Housing and Settlements Minister Maruarar Sirait revealed that the Meikarta land has been granted for free by Lippo Group to the government.
1 week agoNeymar has been struggling with injuries in recent seasons and remains doubtful for participation at the World Cup this year.
1 week agoThe court's ruling invalidated a number of tariffs that the Trump administration had imposed on Asian export powerhouses from China and South Korea to Japan and Taiwan, the world's largest chip maker and a key player in tech supply chains.
1 week agoVenezuela's National Assembly unanimously adopted the law a day before, providing hope that hundreds of political prisoners behind bars may soon be released.
1 week agoAn initiative founded by an Indonesian senior high school student has spotlighted the importance of collaboration in the field of neurodiversity education.
1 week agoTrump's talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on an extended visit to Beijing had been expected to revolve around extending a trade truce that kept both countries from further hiking tariffs.
1 week agoThe funds were traced through gold shops and refining companies using raw materials from the illegal mine, as well as through gold exporters.
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