Agrarian and Spatial Planning Ministry/National Land Agency (BPN) head Nusron Wahid explained that the majority of the permits were invalid as they covered areas off the coast. 

The termination, which has since been mediated and reversed, sparked the most glaring protest among state employees in a country where civil servants are rarely inclined to air their grievances about their superiors.

Instead of a monthlong break as initially proposed, a joint ministerial circular has declared a weeklong school holiday at the beginning of Ramadan, with the caveat that teachers provide their students with an independent learning project for the duration.

More than 1,500 personnel were deployed to take down a segment of a more than 30-kilometer-long bamboo structure that was allegedly built by private contractors to lay the groundwork for a massive reclamation project.

The treasure-hunting game with rewards that are too good to be true now requires positive contributions to public spaces.

National Nutrition Agency (BGN) head Dadan Hindayana said the agency would continue the program through the fasting month “as that’s the most important and highly anticipated activity” in schools.

A senior official at the Higher Education, Science and Technology Ministry confirmed that the recent protest against minister Satryo Soemantri Brodjonegoro regarding the allegedly abrupt dismissal of a civil servant in the institution had been resolved and that all related parties have met and mutually “forgiven each other”.

The Agrarian and Spatial Planning Ministry/the National Land Agency (BPN) has confirmed that two private companies own land on the shoreline facing the “mysterious” sea fence in the coastal waters of Tangerang regency, Banten, and has promised to investigate any potential links between the companies and the illegal barrier.

Prabowo said that the free meal program was still in its initial stage and that it could not instantly be applied to all schools across the country.

The government is ready to issue a circular that appears to revive a colonial-era policy on a monthlong school break for Ramadan, though the schools minister insists the contemporary iteration is intended as a special learning program.

The Indonesian Navy is taking down a sea fence of unexplained origin installed in the coastal waters of Tangerang, Banten, that has sparked a debate about the issue of unlicensed marine reclamation.

After at least two food poisoning incidents related to the free nutritious meals program, calls for stricter food safety procedures and monitoring have surfaced from parents and experts alike.

The Immigration Directorate General has deported a Saudi Arabian citizen identified as MA for harassing a marbut (mosque keeper) in Cisarua, Bogor regency, West Java.

Authorities are investigating food poisoning cases linked to the government's free meals program, with the presidential office saying the incidents will be an "important" point for the program's evaluation.

Parents have raised their concerns that a month-long school holiday could adversely impact their children’s learning.

The government plans to impose a minimum age limit for social media users to follow in the footsteps of Australia in safeguarding minors online, a move that has been widely lauded but also comes with caution from experts who believe that poorly thought out regulations might be counterproductive.

On Monday, Communications and Digital Minister Meutya Hafid said the government planned to issue a regulation to set a minimum age for social media users, after discussing the proposal to protect children online with President Prabowo Subianto. 

Authorities are ramping up an investigation into a 30 km bamboo fence installed off the Tangerang coast, while another, similar structure has cropped up off the northern coast of Bekasi, with speculation pointing to a possible link to ongoing property or land reclamation projects in Greater Jakarta.

Communications and Digital Ministry is preparing a regulation to ban social media use for certain ages, minister Meutya Hafid said on Monday. She did not say what the age limit would be.

The four students of Sunan Kalijaga Islamic State University in Yogyakarta say that they decided to file a judicial review request challenging the presidential nomination threshold after seeing the Constitutional Court rule in favor of another student who petitioned for a change in presidential candidate's requirements.

A coalition of Indonesian fact-checking institutions has denounced Meta’s decision to scrap its fact-checking program in the United States, raising concerns that the tech company may do the same in other countries, exacerbating the spread of false information over digital platforms.

La Niña is triggering a wetter rainy season in Indonesia, with higher intensity rainfall expected to occur until at least April, increasing the risk of hydrometeorological disasters across the country, the BNPB has warned.

The Religious Affairs Ministry and the United States have agreed to expand access to the US’s Fulbright scholarship program for Indonesian institutions and individuals under the ministry, in an attempt to increase cultural exchanges and improve education quality in the country.

Hassan Wirajuda, who served as foreign minister under the country's fifth and sixth presidents, was inaugurated on Wednesday as rector of Prasetiya Mulya University, vowing to develop an East Asian studies program to reflect the region's growing impact on the global order.

The government has agreed with lawmakers to lower the haj costs for this year by around Rp 4 million (US$248) in total, in a move Religious Affairs Minister Nasaruddin Umar said reflected President Prabowo Subianto’s eagerness to reduce the pilgrims’ financial burden.

The second day of the free meals rollout saw some schoolchildren complaining of unpalatable food, raising concerns among students, parents and experts alike about whether the government can maintain food quality and safety in the ambitious flagship program.

President Prabowo Subianto’s much-anticipated free nutritious meals program finally had its official rollout on Monday in numerous provinces across Indonesia, as students and teachers welcomed the first day of implementation with excitement.

The government has advised people to stay calm and take protective measures after it increased surveillance of HMPV to prevent the virus, which causes respiratory tract infections, from entering the country amid a slight rise in cases in China.

Stunting affects 21.5 percent of children in the archipelago of some 282 million people. The government aims to reduce the rate to five percent by 2045.

All eyes will be on President Prabowo Subianto’s administration on Monday with the rollout of the landmark free nutritious meals program, which will focus most of the work on densely populated Java in the first phase of a multiyear effort to improve the nation’s overall nutritional intake.