Indonesia's investment figures are improving, with investment realization exceeding Rp 1,000 trillion (US$57 billion) and portfolio inflows rebounding strongly in the first half of 2026. But the recovery has yet to dispel investor concerns. Policy uncertainty, governance issues and continued pressure on the rupiah suggest that confidence in Indonesia's long-term investment climate remains fragile.

The event triggered widespread backlash after several local residents said they were denied access to the club and prevented from joining the run after identifying themselves as Indonesian citizens, while applicants who identified themselves as foreign nationals were reportedly accepted without issue.

Indonesia recorded 32,389 layoffs in the first half of this year, with nearly one-fifth of the job losses occurring in West Java.

By ruling against executive discretion in mining permits, the Constitutional Court has drawn a long-overdue line between public wealth and political favoritism.

The Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru facilitated the repatriation of 274 Indonesians from Melaka International Ferry Terminal in Malacca and Port Dickson Port in Negeri Sembilan to Dumai, Riau, and Tanjung Balai Asahan, North Sumatra.  

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.

Indonesia's automotive market is not in decline but is undergoing a reset. While higher interest rates and affordability pressures have softened new-car sales, the market's long-term fundamentals remain intact. Electrification, urbanization and manufacturing investment are reshaping the industry and creating the foundation for its next phase of growth, according to Lukmanul Arsyad, an Industrials & Services Leader and Partner at PwC Indonesia.

There are 39 regencies and cities in Indonesia, which cannot pay their contract employees using their own regional budgets after the central government cut funding. 

Jakarta Police have named seven suspects over a deadly clash in Pegangsaan, Menteng, Central Jakarta, that left one man dead and another in critical condition, with investigators separating the case into vandalism and fatal assault investigations.

Economists noted that Perry's successor must be a respected technocrat with deep monetary-policy experience and sufficient independence from political interests.

The attack late Saturday -- the first such incident to target the German capital's LGBTQ community -- killed one woman and wounded 29 others.

Designated a National Strategic Project (PSN), the smelter is designed to process up to 900,000 tonnes of concentrate annually from the Batu Hijau and, in later, Elang mines.

The company had previously failed to make the payment, valued at Rp 24.12 billion (US$1.4 million), which fell due on July 7, prompting the KSEI to postpone the distribution of returns to sukuk holders.

Protests over a data center complex in Johor state's southern tip — the epicenter of the boom — were the first of their kind in the country. In Selangor, the richest and most populous state, debate about the burden on communities has become politicized.

While Prime Minister Lawrence Wong secured major defense wins in Jakarta, his failure to deliver on a long-awaited extradition leaves a lingering shadow over Singapore-Indonesia relations.

Firefighters battled massive blazes tearing through forests across France and Spain Monday, as authorities warned of a fresh heatwave set to engulf the scorched French wine-growing region around the major city of Bordeaux.

Iran will halt its own attacks as long as the United States does the same, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Sunday. The development comes as the United States pressed pause on its bombing campaign after President Donald Trump's advisers told him they were running out of targets and expressed worries about depleting the US arsenal.

We found that most damaging contacts were accidental and often went entirely unnoticed.

The government has begun renovating a severely damaged elementary school in Grobogan, Central Java, six months after its deteriorating condition emerged and only days after a photograph of its crumbling classrooms went viral, reigniting criticism over the country’s education spending priorities.

Evi Fitriani, an international relations expert at the University of Indonesia, said wars had long been driven by competition over territory and resources, but today's conflicts were increasingly shaped by globalization and economic interdependence.

This diplomatic moment offers a second opportunity built on the India-Indonesia relationship: closer cooperation with the India-Brazil-South Africa Dialogue Forum, or IBSA.

Concerns about the sustainability of the AI boom and questions over the eye-watering sums pumped into the sector continue to dog traders, as tech firms bear the brunt of selling.

Addressing environmental challenges like air pollution requires not only regulatory measures but also behavioral intervention if Jakarta is to achieve its ambition of becoming a global city.  

Labelling of journalists as londo ireng, or black Dutchmen, was condescending, belittling and delegitimizing to journalists' profession.

By prioritizing military expansion and resource extraction over indigenous land rights, Indonesia’s strategic development in Papua risks sacrificing constitutional protections and human safety for state control.

Opposition to the initiative to give cash rewards to people that catch criminals came from experts and a government official, who fear that the move may encourage vigilantism and create division among civilians.

Perry's departure comes just weeks after BI aggressively tightened monetary policy, raising its benchmark interest rate by a cumulative one percentage point to 5.75 percent through three hikes in the span of four weeks during May and June.