The Constitutional Court just handed down a much-needed reality check on the country's public finances. By striking the free nutritious meal program out of the national education budget, the court drew a clear line in the sand: money set aside for education needs to go toward education. Now, the government has to figure out a transparent, long-term way to fund its flagship free meals program without taking a bite out of other vital national priorities.

President Prabowo Subianto’s plan to overhaul school textbooks has raised concerns that the government could use the revisions to further its controversial project to reshape Indonesia’s history, which critics have accused of downplaying human rights violations committed during the New Order era.

There have been no new initial public offerings (IPOs) by state-owned firms on the Indonesia Stock Exchange over the past three years.  

Separating the free meals program from the education budget is an important first step. However, the bigger test now is whether the government will genuinely commit to using the constitutionally mandated 20 percent education allocation to address the country’s perennial education challenges.

Bank Indonesia’s retail sales index also dropped sharply in June, but the central bank sees improvements next month.

In Pontianak, West Kalimantan, schools have been ordered to close due to the smoke wafting over the city from fires elsewhere.

As the summer slips into fall, the season transitioning into cooler temperatures amid vibrant shades of red and brown foliage, places around the world are offering another attractive travel period without the busyness of summer holidays.

Under the proposed scheme, cooperatives would register carbon units from forests or mangroves with the Carbon Unit Registration System (SRUK), enabling communities to directly benefit from sales. 

The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) launched the Laksmi Program 2026 at the East Java Cultural Park in Surabaya on Sept. 23. Laksmi is designed to support women microentrepreneurs through basic entrepreneurship assistance, specifically targeting Beneficiary Families (KPM) of the Family Hope Program (PKH).

More than 500 running events are taking place in Indonesia and more than 200 cities in 2026, roughly five times the number recorded in 2022.

The vessel, being built at the defense ministry's Song Thu Shipyard in Danang City, will also have most of its weapons and military equipment developed or assembled in the country, the Quan Doi Nhan Dan newspaper said late on Monday.

The lasting legacy of the Iran war will likely be a renewed impetus for energy-importing nations to lessen their dependence on fossil fuels.

As Indonesia embraced Reform in 1998, BJ Habibie envisioned a military with a smaller political role. Nearly three decades later, his words have taken on renewed significance.

US President Donald Trump on Monday responded to Iran's conditions for a peace deal with his own demands that Iran pay compensation for people killed in wars, attacks and protests, in a rhetorical escalation likely to complicate efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Deputy Statistics Indonesia (BPS) chief Sonny Harry Budiutomo Harmadi sat down with Aditya Hadi and Ruth Dea Juwita of The Jakarta Post to discuss the expanding scope of this year’s census and its implications for policymakers, investors and businesses.

The quake struck just days after Abelardo De La Espriella was sworn in as president, thrusting the new administration into its first major crisis, with memories still fresh of devastating twin earthquakes in neighboring Venezuela in June.

For the first time, these unique ecosystems are expanding at a faster rate than they are declining.

Bali Governor I Wayan Koster said the project, dubbed the autonomous rail rapid transit (ART) , would replace a planned mass rapid transit (MRT) system that broke ground in 2024 but failed to attract sufficient investor interest.

Droughts expose who gets left behind when basic public services aren't built for everyone.

Personnel from the Customs and Excise Directorate General, National Narcotics Agency (BNN), National Police and Navy took part in the interception operation.

At a time of historic inequality and inadequate public investment, the kind of redistributive policies promoted by politicians on the left are badly needed.

Indonesia holds the world's sixth-largest gold reserves, estimated at around 2,600 tonnes.  

An exhibition retracing Arthur Rimbaud’s 1876 journey through Central Java marks 150 years of the French poet’s passage while launching a new literary residency exchange between Indonesia and France.

It is true that a hefty share of public spending went into FGDs, seminars and workshops that produced little. But his own government now suffers the opposite failure of executing before it plans, then improvising the plan as the execution collapses. Yet the damage is already done, heavily. 

Another speculation over a possible cabinet reshuffle has intensified ahead of Indonesia's Independence Day, even as the Presidential Palace has repeatedly denied any potential changes to President Prabowo Subianto’s administration.

A proposal to stop directly electing deputy regional heads has gained traction in the House of Representatives, with lawmakers arguing that the current system often produces dysfunctional partnerships and unnecessary political and administrative costs.

Some are insisting that the new governor must be independent, which usually gets defined, rather narrowly, as someone able to say no. It is worth asking whether that is really the binding condition.