Prosecutors alleged that Wahid demanded money from officials at the Riau Public Works, Spatial Planning, Housing, Settlement and Land agency (PUPR-PKPP), threatening those who refused to contribute with removal or reassignment.

Marine conservation is a fundamental component of national development among many WIO countries, but international cooperation and common financing instruments are essential because the ocean, as well as the species in it, knows no man-made bounds.

Demonstrations swept across France on Tuesday as teachers and parents took to the streets with high school pupils on the biggest day of what Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu described as the most violent student demonstrations in decades.

Nobel laureate James A. Robinson says Indonesia’s challenge is not geography but building institutions that spread opportunity and keep power from becoming too concentrated.

Indonesia fuels the global economy with its coal, palm oil, and nickel, yet loses billions every year by paying foreign fleets to carry its own wealth away.  

Indonesia is ready to claim a fifth seat on the UN Security Council, but unless President Prabowo can convince ordinary citizens why it matters, the bid risks looking like little more than expensive diplomatic tourism.

The government has formally changed how it manages its budget surplus funds (SAL), ending a nearly year-long debate over how the roughly Rp 400 trillion (US$22.4 billion) in surplus funds should be managed and put to use. Under Finance Ministry Regulation (PMK) No. 67/2026, excess government cash can now be placed with commercial banks or invested in government securities (SBN), giving the Finance Ministry greater flexibility in managing its cash.

The FIFA ASEAN Cup trophy was also the first major award to be won by Indonesia’s national men’s soccer team under head coach John Herdman, who replaced Patrick Kluivert after Indonesia’s failure to qualify for the 2026 World Cup.

Indonesia's nickel processing boom is outpacing its reserves, with experts warning of depletion within a decade and urging the government to shift from price support to policies that sustain ore longevity.

The Constitutional Court dismissed on Tuesday evening a petition challenging Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka’s election win over a lack of educational qualifications when he ran for office two years ago, saying the petitioners had no legal standing to pursue the case.

International sporting glory isn’t an accident of luck or raw grit. It is the inevitable dividend of a nation that invests in the health, education and human development of its people.

All seven factions of the Gowa DPRD, including Husniah’s own National Mandate Party (PAN), backed an impeachment motion against her on Aug. 12, following a months-long investigation into alleged misconduct by the regent.

House Legislative Body (Baleg) deputy chairman Sturman Panjaitan said the Satu Data Law would help integrate data from various government agencies, including ministries and regional administrations, into an interoperable national system. 

The government targeted to finalize the bill before the end of October, following a Constitutional Court ruling on October 2024 that ordered the establishment of a new employment law separate from the Job Creation Law within two years.   

More than two months into haze crisis, worsening air quality and mounting health concerns are fueling frustration among residents and renewed calls for authorities to hold those responsible for the fires accountable.

Counting conventional assets like warships, fighter jets and troop numbers is no longer an accurate metric of military strength as the ultimate deciding factor in modern geopolitical standoffs is digital sophistication.

For Indonesia, a pause in US tightening could improve sentiment, but a sustained recovery would require confidence that inflation pressures and US interest rates are moving toward a more favorable path.

India is working to emerge from China’s shadow while improving diplomatic relations, but the more the world’s most populous country pushes, the more apparent its dependence on its wealthier neighbor becomes.

The Garuda men claimed the title of the very first FIFA ASEAN Cup on Monday night in a rousing penalty shootout during extra time, witnessed in person by the President and the PSSI head at GBK Stadium in Central Jakarta.

Majda El Muhtaj of the Human Rights Study Center at Medan State University said the recent rise in theft and robbery in Medan coincided with an increase in drug-related cases.

AI chatbots have made large-scale cheating among US students – what some educators call "homework scams" – easier than ever, allowing them to generate credible solutions to almost any written assignment within seconds.

The state-owned infrastructure financier, as part of its partnership with NUCA, is funding water, wastewater and other projects to help regions adapt to a changing climate through built-in resilience.

Natural hazards are inevitable, but disaster risk is manufactured, and Indonesia cannot engineer true resilience until it stops spending like a firefighter and starts budgeting like an architect.

Removing prison wardens will never fix Indonesia’s broken justice system as long as luxury remains a commodity the corrupt can buy behind bars.

Nations escape the middle-income trap by building factories, not funding handouts - and Prabowonomics risks mistaking consumption for a cure.

Iran-backed Houthis on Monday said they had struck Riyadh's international airport, an Aramco refinery and several other sites in Saudi Arabia, as the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said they had destroyed Houthi targets on the Red Sea coast.

Rosek Nursahid, founder of the wildlife conservation organization ProFauna Indonesia said that illegal imports of songbirds from neighboring nations like Vietnam and Malaysia are directly driven by the depletion of Indonesia’s own wild populations after decades of overhunting.