Eddy cautioned that such illicit activities, carried out under the guise of CSOs, commonly referred to locally as ormas (mass organizations), would erode Indonesia’s investment climate and could drive investors away.

The firm produces more than a third of all electric vehicle (EV) batteries sold worldwide, working with major brands including Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Volkswagen.

Public Housing and Settlements Minister Fahri Hamzah said the backlog, which measures the gap between home demand and existing ownership, is estimated to have increased to 15 million from the previous 9.9 million to 12 million units in the past two years.  

The Foreign Ministry said 15 Indonesian nationals in the United States had been affected by President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, with one already deported. The Indonesian government now focuses on educating Indonesians there about their legal rights.

Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman said Indonesia cannot export rice to Malaysia to maintain domestic rice stocks.

An Australian researcher has responded to the Russian ambassador’s letter over the former's views about reports of a Russian request to base its aircraft in Papua, in the context of bilateral cooperation, published in an op-ed on April 17.

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said on Tuesday that the agency plans to remove synthetic food dyes from the US food supply by revoking authorizations of some and working with industry to voluntarily remove others.

There are signs that the Chinese economy has been improving, owing to the government’s September 2024 stimulus package.

The Surakarta District Court has scheduled the first hearings for both lawsuits on April 24, 2025 at 10 a.m.

Developing Indonesia's digital infrastructure will be pivotal in supporting the proliferation of digital service-led strategies in Southeast Asia.

The return of aggressive protectionism under Trump 2.0 presents an opportunity for Indonesia to increase its competitiveness and role in the global trade landscape, but this will require more investment and effort at home, as well as political will.

On April 4th, Cambodian police discovered Ihwan unconscious on the side of the road. He was naked and had multiple injuries across his body, and was promptly rushed to a local hospital.

Moscow has been Jakarta's close and reliable defense partner since Indonesia’s first president, Sukarno, was in power.

Worldwide economic output will slow in the months ahead as US President Donald Trump's steep tariffs on virtually all trading partners begin to bite, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday, as global finance chiefs swarmed Washington seeking deals with Trump's team to lower the levies.

According to the performers' legal representative, the circus management allegedly took in more than 60 underprivileged children, some as young as two years old, from their families and trained them as performers. They were reportedly denied salaries, education and any documentation of their identities or family ties.

Leather clutches are nothing new, but ones made from chicken feet skin? That turns heads.

From the very start of his papacy, he seemed determined to do things differently.

President Prabowo Subianto hosted Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi at the State Palace on Tuesday, during which they discussed bilateral ties, global trade tensions and the crisis in Gaza.

The historic Asia-Africa Conference symbolized Asia’s resurgence, the promise of full liberation of Africa and strategic solidarity between two regions representing over half of the world’s population.

One cannot help but ask, is chasing a deal with Washington still worth the effort?

President Prabowo Subianto visited former president and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri on the occasion of the Idul Fitri holiday. The meeting on April 7 marked an important rapprochement between the two figures that would define the country’s political dynamics in the future.

A proposal for the government to name late president Soeharto as a national hero has been met with stiff opposition from rights activists, who fear it would exacerbate a culture of impunity and eventually absolve the authoritarian leader of his alleged corruption and rights violations.

Francis was known as a progressive reformer who often clashed with other top brass in the conservative Church during his 12-year papacy.

People living in Greater Jakarta area took to social media expressing their frustration as they were stuck in traffic leading to the port for hours.  

The Jakarta administration regrets the decision by the management of the Kota Wisata housing complex in Cibubur, Bogor Regency, West Java, to halt the expansion of the Tranjabodetabek bus service to the area, while promising to find new alternative routes to improve connectivity between the capital and its surrounding buffer zones.

Catholics remember the late Pope Francis for his message to build bridges of hope and peace, while leaders of non-Catholic organizations vow to carry on the pontiff’s work to nurture humanity.

As a top-tier government delegation kicks off trade talks in Washington, Jakarta is counting on critical minerals to help secure access to the United States market for Indonesian goods, but the highly protectionist administration led by President Donald Trump is looking to reduce import dependence in that area too.