When the government tends to do something rather than do nothing, we must be more cautious about the dangers of doing too much.

Environmental organizations, including the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi), attributed the severe impact of the Senyar Cyclone to large-scale deforestation and weak enforcement of environmental regulations in Sumatra Island.

As a nation born of anticolonial struggle, Indonesia cannot afford moral complacency or strategic naïveté.

The reassignment of President Prabowo Subianto’s nephew Thomas Djiwandono to the senior post of the country's central bank has fueled speculations of a cabinet reshuffle, with attention turning to the possible appointment of another family member to an executive post.

The government is currently drafting the Bill on Prevention of Disinformation and Foreign Propaganda as part of President Prabowo Subianto’s efforts to contain potential threats to national political stability. However, the initiative risks undermining citizens’ right to access information, as such regulations are prone to elastic interpretations and potential abuse by law enforcement agencies.

The House of Representatives abruptly appointed lawmaker Adies Kadir as a Constitutional Court justice, replacing an appointee who had served only five months. Adies was embroiled in controversy over remarks that fueled the August unrest.

ASEAN opened its first foreign ministers’ talks of the year in Cebu, the Philippines, on Wednesday under the lingering shadow of unresolved South China Sea disputes and mounting doubts over the fate of a long-promised regional code of conduct (COC).

Indonesian Navy chief of staff Adm. Muhammad Ali said that 19 Marine Corps personnel were still missing.

The government and stakeholders must act now to protect archeological sites on Sulawesi from a growing list of threats, from climate change to mining. 

Indonesia’s future economic growth will not be determined solely by the size of government spending, but also by how effectively development financing is managed.

The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) temporarily halted trading on Wednesday after shares plunged on a warning from global index provider MSCI that it could downgrade Indonesian stocks to frontier-market status.  

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) previously forecast rainfall to increase until the end of January in many parts of Sumatra, Java, Bali and Nusa Tenggara islands.

Every day, thousands of Indonesians donate blood and plasma, often unaware of the complex scientific and safety-driven processes that transform a single donation into life-saving therapies. As Indonesia advances toward domestic production of plasma-derived medicines, the “donor-to-drug” journey is becoming increasingly relevant for patients, healthcare professionals, policymakers and the wider public.

Up 18 percent in a year, Indonesia’s US$1 billion gross merchandise value (GMV) growth is the highest in the region.

As investors have grown increasingly nervous about their exposure to US assets, other currencies and gold have shot up in the past couple of weeks.

Controversy has long surrounded 53-year-old Kim and accusations of graft, influence peddling and even academic fraud dominated her husband Yoon Suk Yeol's time in office.

The heatwave is the worst seen in Victoria, Australia's second-most populous state, since the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires that killed 173 people and is not expected to ease until the weekend, authorities said.

The Public Service Obligation (PSO) subsidy for MRT Jakarta in the 2026 regional budget (APBD), which had been cut to Rp 536.7 billion (US$32.11 million), is to be increased to approximately Rp 700 billion, according to MRT president director Tuhiyat.

Rescuers have been scouring the unstable area in West Bandung region manually and using heavy equipment. But they are treading carefully for fear of another landslide due to bad weather.

The White House is also evaluating whether the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents who gunned down a nurse failed to follow "clear guidance" to "create a physical barrier between the arrest teams and the disruptors," deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller told AFP.

Peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait are extremely important for the stability of the region, including Indonesia, and the entire international community.

Increased power, perhaps counterintuitively, appears to breed increased fear of weaker competitors. This can trigger preventive action such as foreign interventions that, to outsiders, may look illogical.

The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) Composite index nosedived as trading opened on Wednesday following an evaluation by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) that flags Indonesian stocks.

ASEAN will now need to make decisions about its future purpose and whether it will seek to restore the established order or strike out in a new direction. 

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States and South Korea will work out a solution when asked about his surprise Monday announcement that he would increase tariffs on imports from the Asian ally to 25 percent.

Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Atip Latipulhayat said a total of 4,859 schools across three provinces were damaged by floods in Sumatra.

The Greenland saga shows that the post-Cold War assumption that alliances and international norms would reliably restrain power politics is eroding.