Prosecutors rejected former education minister Nadiem Makarim’s defense plea at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Tuesday, maintaining that he had abused his authority and professional expertise for personal gain, as the defense prepared a final counterargument. 

On Tuesday, the government and Bank Indonesia (BI) introduced several economic policy changes, including a benchmark interest rate hike, a commitment by state-owned banks to conduct stock buybacks and an increase in the Pertamax price.

Jeju Air previously operated a twice weekly service connecting Incheon International Airport with Hang Nadim International Airport using Boeing 737-800.

Living in more than one place means loving more than one home, and becoming more than one self.

The court found the attack was not influenced by any "chain of command."

Prices for subsidized Pertalite and Biosolar, however, remain unchanged.

The company reported that, within two months of opening its first international branch in the Timor-Leste capital of Dili on March 30, it had processed more than 600 transactions, generating total financing disbursements of US$ 329,882.

Industry players welcomed the government's decision, viewing it as a positive step toward ensuring stability and investment certainty in the sector.

The world experienced its second-hottest May on record, with Europe baking under an unusually early heatwave as climate extremes become the "new normal" on the continent, the EU's climate monitor said Wednesday.

Rescuers in the southern Philippines pulled a body from the rubble of a collapsed supermarket on Wednesday, as the death toll from a major earthquake climbed to 46.

Involving the public in wildlife sightings may become one of the keys in monitoring, and eventually safeguarding, Indonesia’s rich biodiversity.

Amid rumors that he might be restored to his former post as finance minister, Chatib has pointed to investor confidence in the government's fiscal management as the key issue at present.

Signs have been multiplying that the AI mania is getting out of hand.

This is a crisis of systems and of choices.

Indonesia’s missing entrepreneurs didn’t vanish by choice—they were systematically crowded out by a centuries-old governing instinct that still prefers centralized control over local economic freedom.

Iranian media reported at least two series of explosions along Iran's southern coast near the Strait of Hormuz.

State-owned electricity company PLN is working hard to restore electricity to affected regions in North Sumatra and expects electricity supply to resume on Wednesday or Thursday.

By holding up an uncomfortable mirror to state-led exploitation and violence in Papua, Pesta Babi has shattered decades of enforced silence, forcing Jakarta to choose between repressive censorship and genuine, rights-respecting reform.

Disgraced former deputy chief of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) Sony Sonjaya has offered to cooperate with law enforcement as a justice collaborator and expose “powerful names” allegedly tied to corruption in the free meals program, fueling intensified calls for a comprehensive audit of the multitrillion-rupiah program.

The crisis surrounding the government's flagship free meals program urges a fundamental rethink: restore the program's original focus as an anti-stunting intervention for vulnerable groups or maintain the current, unsustainable model of a universal feeding program that leaves it open to rent seeking.