Deputy home minister reveals that the 2024 simultaneous elections incurred high costs, contrary to the initial intention of saving money..

Puan, the granddaughter of the country's founding president Sukarno, said that in rewriting the country's history, the Fadli-led initiative must present a comprehensive look into the past instead of promoting what the government regards as fitting with its political agenda.

The housing minister found himself in the hot seat on Monday when Commission V lambasted the government’s ambitious housing program as lacking a clear road map, with one lawmaker calling it "mere talk".

As of Sunday, at least 28 Indonesian pilgrims had died in Saudi Arabia—slightly higher than the number of fatalities recorded during the same period last year. The leading cause of death was heart-related conditions, followed by systemic infections linked to weakened immune systems.

The National Police launched on May 1 a nationwide operation targeting rogue mass organizations and street crime, amid escalating reports of racketeering and extortion that business leaders say are harming the country’s economic climate.

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin’s push to overhaul the healthcare system has sparked fresh backlash from medical professionals and professors, while his recent controversial remarks have further fueled public scrutiny.

Twenty-seven years after Indonesia emerged from the shadow of authoritarian rule, the nation now stands at a crossroads, as it reaches what some pro-democracy advocates describe as “the end of political reform,” marked by the dismantling of democratic institutions and the return of authoritarian tendencies.

President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship Sekolah Rakyat (community school) education initiative, designed to expand access for children from low-income families, has come under public scrutiny after the displacement of visually impaired students from a century-old special needs institution in Bandung, West Java.

The Indonesian Historical Transparency Alliance (AKSI) member Jaleswari Pramodhawardani, who leads the research institute Lab45, said a circulating 30-page draft outline of the history book reveals several omissions of the country’s history.

Three months into office, West Java governor Dedi Mulyadi is already under the spotlight for his populist rhetoric and policies that sideline the role of the provincial legislature.

The police foiled attempts to traffic illegal migrant workers to Malaysia while the Indonesian Navy intercepted returning illegal migrant workers who sought to enter North Sumatra. 

PT Transjakarta will make real-time route adjustments as up to 500,000 online motorcycle taxi, or ojol, drivers stage a protest on Tuesday.

The city administration has officially extended the operating hours of five public parks as part of Governor Pramono Anung’s campaign to expand access to public spaces and stimulate nighttime economic activity in the capital. 

The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) says it has frozen dormant bank accounts to “protect the public” from predatory schemes like online gambling and fraud, following reports that some bank customers found their accounts blocked without notice.

Speaking during an event organized by his Gerindra Party's youth wing PP Tidar, Prabowo said he has been in office for less than a year and the decision whether to run again would depend on his own assessment of whether he had succeeded in his first term.

Torrential rain triggered a landslide late on Friday in a small-scale mine run by local residents in the Arfak mountains in West Papua province, said Abdul Muhari, the spokesperson of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency. 

Indonesia raised the alert level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki to the highest after it erupted eight times over the weekend, its volcanology agency has said.

The 10-volume series would have an Indonesia-centric narrative and aims "to reinvent the Indonesian identity," Culture Minister Fadli Zon told Reuters in an interview. 

The police have begun cracking down on Facebook groups that allegedly posts adult content revolving around incest, amid mounting calls for the operators behind these illicit accounts to be brought to justice.

Some Indonesian netizens oppose the clinical trial of a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate in Indonesia, whose development has been supported by the Gates Foundation. They claim that the state is selling people as "lab rats" for the philanthropist’s agenda. 

The Indonesian Historical Transparency Alliance (AKSI) member Jaleswari Pramodhawardani, who leads the research institute Lab45, said a circulating 30-page draft outline of the history book reveals several omissions of the country’s history.

The Indonesian Historical Transparency Alliance (AKSI) member Jaleswari Pramodhawardani, who leads the research institute Lab45, said a circulating 30-page draft outline of the history book reveals several omissions of the country’s history.

The Indonesian Historical Transparency Alliance (AKSI) member Jaleswari Pramodhawardani, who leads the research institute Lab45, said a circulating 30-page draft outline of the history book reveals several omissions of the country’s history.

Rather than bestowing the former president with a national hero title, the government should focus on resolving past gross human rights violations and corruption committed during Soeharto’s presidency, a coalition of international civic groups have said.

At a special briefing on May 16, PDI-P executives urged affiliated regional heads to toe the party line, though they maintained the event was not a strategy to consolidate support for its postponed national congress, which still has no potential date.

Officers apprehended the ship after it turned off its lights and increased its speed to try to flee Indonesian waters in the Tanjung Balai Karimun region, Riau Islands, according to the navy.

Previously police said that they had questioned 96 witnesses in the course of the investigation into the bullying and extortion case that is thought to have contributed to Aulia taking her own life.