In his annual State of the Nation address on Tuesday, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo underlined the country’s achievement in tackling the health crisis and inflation amid the Russo-Ukraine war and the pandemic, while stressing the need for Indonesia to carry on with its domestic agenda.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has continued his tradition of wearing customary regional attire while delivering his annual State Address, this time donning Bangka Belitung dress. 

Various agricultural groups have warned the central government that the country is rapidly losing farming land and are calling for immediate action.  

Indonesia’s sense of nationalism, despite having managed to keep a diverse range of peoples, cultures and beliefs together in a singular ark for nearly 80 years, remains largely superficial and full of paradoxes, according to analysts drawn from academia, civil society and the private sector.

Indonesia has come a long way from being an “imagined political community”, as per the famous Benedict Anderson edict, but local professionals and researchers alike are growing increasingly worried that nationalism has turned toxic.

People are relishing the thought of celebrating Indonesia's Independence Day festivities in person and en masse, after more than two years of being sequestered due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A police investigation team has been deployed from North Sumatra to track down a recruitment company in Jakarta that was allegedly involved in recruiting migrant workers for what appears to be a human trafficking scheme.

Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto has officially announced his intent to run for president in 2024, as his Gerindra Party forges an alliance with the Islam-based National Awakening Party (PKB), setting the stage for his third bid for the country’s highest office after two consecutive losses to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.

The Law and Human Rights Ministry and Foreign Ministry are working to solve a problem with certain Indonesian passports that has resulted in the German Embassy’s rejection of visa applicants.

Local police have arrested a man who witnesses said stabbed his nephew to death on Tuesday at his school.

The former general has finally conceded to his party's wishes and declared his 2024 presidential bid as Gerindra's sole candidate.

A joint operation mounted by immigration officials, police and the migrant workers' protection agency in North Sumatra have foiled an attempt to traffic Indonesian workers to Cambodia.

Almost all Indonesians have developed antibodies against COVID-19, according to the latest serosurvey conducted by the Health Ministry and the School of Public Health at the University of Indonesia in July.

The National Police’s embattled former chief of internal affairs, Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo, was allegedly in an “angry and emotional” state that led him to orchestrate the murder, the police said on Thursday.

Bima Arya, mayor of Bogor, West Java, said that the administration’s move to ban single-use plastic bags in traditional markets faced challenges in its public reception.

Surabaya city administration in East Java will start imposing fines and social work for smokers and vapers violating smoke-free area policy by the end of August.

Rohingya refugees in Medan, North Sumatra, are struggling to access child health services amid a lack of resources, forcing many to treat sick children at refugee shelters without professional support.

The government is planning to strengthen its relatively lax regulation on smoking in a bid to curb the increasing number of child smokers in the country.

At least a three-horse race is shaping up as the nation’s political parties sign up for the 2024 race, marking the official start of a busy election season ahead.

A PDI-P executive has said that its central board chair and House Speaker, Puan Maharani, will embark on a series of cross-party talks after the party's Independence Day celebrations.

Local police are on a hunt for a man wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of his nephew in front of his teacher and classmates on Tuesday.

The Group of Seven has called on Indonesia to join its supplemental alliance, the G7+, and impose a price cap on Russian oil to bring the commodity down to pre-war prices, a United States official told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday. 

The United Indonesia Coalition (KIB), one of the first political party alliances to be formed ahead of the 2024 general election, says it is committed to sticking together until the election while keeping open the option of nominating a popular political outsider as a presidential candidate.

The National Police have finally announced that their former internal affairs chief, Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo, allegedly masterminded the murder of his aide de camp, Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat, but questions remain over his reported motive.

BPK deputy chairman Agus Djoko Pramono said on Tuesday the key provision that needed amending in the current law was one that would allow the agency to get direct access to funding from the state budget.

North Sumatra Police have arrested two men for attempting to smuggle the scales of pangolins and beaks of hornbills worth Rp 2.1 billion (US$141,437) to China.

In a twist that was both shocking and yet hardly surprising, the National Police on Tuesday announced they had charged former internal affairs chief Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo with the murder of his own aide de camp, Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat, ending weeks of wild speculation surrounding a case that has gripped the nation.