An activist in Jepara fights to protect rivers from pollution with puppets. 

M&A transactions typically flourish when the capital market is stable, according to a top banker of JP Morgan in Indonesia.

The campaign to keep President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in power beyond his term, which ends in October 2024, continues, this time going through the court, making it harder for anyone to stop it without being accused of tampering with the country’s legal system.

At a time when many people are becoming increasingly skeptical that Internet activism matters and can bring about positive changes, the seemingly organic online mobilization to expose the extravagant lifestyles of public officials has given a glimmer of hope that not all is lost with the democratic potential of social media.

The Indonesian Cultural Heritage (WBI) Foundation held on Saturday an event dubbed Jagantara 2.0, geared towards celebrating and preserving Indonesia’s richly diverse culture.

Whether the customs of a local culture are considered as part of conflict resolution, they should not supplant justice and law in determining the final resolution.

President Jokowi should assert his leadership, if he is really serious about achieving the renewables target he flaunted at the G20 Summit in Bali.

As the spread between BI and the Fed rates dropped to 1 percent from 3 percent, the yield on Indonesian financial assets became less attractive to investors.

The Health Ministry’s Basic Health Survey reveals a worrying statistic: the 2018 anemia prevalence in young women and pregnant women, respectively, stood at 32 and 48.9 percent.

While activities at Mt. Merapi had declined by Sunday, the local volcano monitoring unit has advised caution to anticipate the potential for other eruptions in the coming days.

As Indonesia sets out to host multiple international sporting events this year, the Immigration Directorate General has announced a plan to issue a special ‘sports visa’ to help lure global sports fans into the country.

Maruf Amin is now the vice president, but Mahfud MD steals the show.

In a few years, the freshman hopes to launch her career behind the camera, thanks to a special program at her Los Angeles high school for hundreds of young people from underrepresented communities looking to break into showbiz.

Among many records tumbling this awards season, Malaysian Everything Everywhere star Michelle Yeoh is only the second Asian best actress nominee in 95 years of Oscars history, with a strong chance of becoming the first winner Sunday.

Moved to do good for the community, a married couple founded a soccer club for underprivileged kids to play in for free.

Communication lines have started to recover on Serasan island, Natuna, Riau Islands, after a landslide in the remote region that killed at least 30 people also damaged communication infrastructure, hindering evacuation efforts.

Press rights groups and environmentalists have condemned an attempt to disrupt a media discussion on the Tapanuli orangutan and Batang Toru ecosystem on Thursday, calling it an affront to journalistic freedom and safety.

France faced a seventh day of demonstrations on Saturday against President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular pension reform plans amid ongoing rolling strikes which have affected refineries, public transport and garbage collections.  

The operator of the mining site, located in Batang Toru district in South Tapanuli, North Sumatra, aims to rehabilitate 4.7 hectares of mining sites this year by scattering seed balls of fast-growing plants.

The volcano located in Yogyakarta and Central Java erupted around 12 p.m local time (0500 GMT) and a lava flow of 1.5 km was observed, the local authority said.

If war were to break out today in the Indo-Pacific, experts believe ASEAN and its member states would be ill-equipped to respond.

Startup-focused lender SVB Financial Group became the largest bank failure since the financial crisis on Friday, in a sudden collapse that roiled global markets and stranded billions of dollars belonging to companies and investors.

Indonesia has lodged a formal complaint with the Fijian government expressing its “deep disappointment” with the South Pacific country’s recognition of West Papua and support for the separatist movement there, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday nominated Li Qiang, 63, to become premier during the ongoing annual meeting of China's rubber-stamp parliament, a role charged with managing the world's second-largest economy.

Rice, one of the most tightly regulated commodities in the country, increased in price throughout 2022, which has industry experts asking whether the protective measures themselves could be driving inflation.

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani “promises” to work with senior minister Mahfud MD to address reports about suspicious transactions amounting to Rp 300 trillion (US$19.4 billion) within tax and customs offices.

Flaunting wealth seems to be an obsession these days, fueled in large part by the reach and instant gratification of social media.