Maritime authorities operating out of North Sumatra's Belawan Port apprehended a Malaysian boat on Monday, the latest in a series of vessel impoundments this year over suspicion of fishing illegally in Indonesian waters.

Too often, democracy defenders are treated as symbols, when what they need are systems of sustained support.

Cargo owners often seek trucking companies that offer the lowest possible rates while promising to haul the largest loads. This practice has pushed trucking operators to slash their transportation fees to unsustainable levels, leaving only a small portion of the revenue for drivers.

ASEAN's failure to establish enforceable legal norms for shared water governance risks undermining both environmental justice and regional stability. 

Too many Indonesian young people remain undertrained and underutilized for an economy striving for higher productivity.

Indonesia’s tough laws on companies employing foreigners have been further complicated by alleged embezzlement at a unit of the Manpower Ministry which oversees their administration. An ongoing probe into the scandal, however, may not lead to significant changes as the practice has been taking place for more than a decade.

The House of Representatives opted not to take up a petition to impeach Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka during Tuesday’s plenary session, a demand analysts say is unlikely to gain momentum anytime soon as the coalition aligned with President Prabowo Subianto and Gibran’s father, former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, remains united.

Indonesia's mineral downstream policy needs a clear shift in strategy to escape the low-value dominance trap so that instead of being a facilitator of foreign-led extraction, the country can be a curator of complete industrial ecosystems and emerge as a leader in the global supply chain.

Indonesian representatives in high-risk Middle Eastern countries have started circulating alert notices to diaspora communities outlining responses to possible escalations, including calls to start packing emergency rations and important documents.

 What is missing from the housing agenda is the important conversation about design, access and equity.

The government says it is in talks with potential investors to ensure that the project is "market-ready."  

After being touted as a potential PSI chairman candidate, former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo decided not to participate in the election and to instead support his youngest son incumbent party chair Kaesang Pangarep.

The government is set to double the number of Sekolah Rakyat (community schools) to 200 in President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship education program, which aims to provide free boarding schools for underprivileged children, despite mounting concerns about the program’s rushed implementation. 

Jonathan Christopher Collyer, 38, and Lisa Ellen Stocker, 39, were arrested on February 1 after being stopped at Bali's international airport with 17 packages of cocaine that weighed nearly a kilogram, according to public court records.

"Israel. Do not drop those bombs. If you do it it is a major violation. Bring your pilots home, now!" Trump wrote on Truth Social shortly after he left the White House for a trip to a NATO summit in The Hague.

Iran denied violating the ceasefire. The armed forces general staff denied that there had been any launch of missiles towards Israel in recent hours, Iran's Nour News reported.

TotalEnergies is among the first global oil and gas companies to return to Indonesia amid growing investments in the sector, after securing a 24.5 percent stake in the Bobara Block off West Papua from Petronas.

Known as aerospace companies, Boeing and PT Dirgantara Indonesia are also involved in programs in the maritime sector.

Online retail giant Amazon will invest 40 billion pounds (US$54 billion) in the United Kingdom over the next three years, the government said Tuesday, a boost for Prime Minister Keir Starmer as he struggles to kickstart the economy.

ADB has a significant opportunity to ensure indigenous peoples are treated with due respect as rights holders and development partners.

Two frigates, the Royal Navy's HMS Richmond and the Spanish Navy's Mendez Nunez, will be visiting Jakarta later this week as part of a deployment in the Indo-Pacific region under Operation Highmast 2025. 

With Rp 21.8 million in repair subsidies earmarked for each house, the country must pour Rp 43.6 trillion from the state budget to turn the plan into reality.

A nuclear strike on Iran's dense cities could lead to millions of deaths and injuries, widespread infrastructural collapse, and social breakdown, with victims suffering severe pain without medical care.

The woman identified by relatives and media reports as Juliana Marins, 26, went missing on Saturday at Mount Rinjani on Lombok island, which neighbours Bali.

"Fourth salvo of missiles fired from Iran toward Israel," Iranian state media Irib posted on Telegram.

More than two decades in the making, the $800 million US-funded telescope sits atop Cerro Pachon in central Chile, where dark skies and dry air provide ideal conditions for observing the cosmos.

Difficult terrain and thick fog prevented search and rescue workers from locating a Brazilian hiker who fell into the crater of Mt. Rinjani on Saturday.