Inside the UN General Assembly, dozens of diplomats from around the world walked out as Netanyahu, wanted foe war crimes by the International Criminal Court, began his speech.

The government’s plan to spend an estimated Rp 11 trillion (US$619 million) opening bank accounts for more than 200 million Indonesians aged 17 and above is difficult to justify when fiscal space is already tight and financial inclusion has reached 93.61 percent. If the objective is to reach the unbanked or improve the delivery of social assistance, there is little reason to give new accounts to almost every adult, including those already banked. Scarce public funds should be targeted at people who actually need them.

Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara said there would be no additional allocation for free state schools, with the government instead reviewing how the existing education budget is distributed among the central and regional governments, ministries and agencies.

As global headwinds mount and leadership wavers, Indonesia's push to scrap its 3 percent deficit cap risks trading hard-won market credibility for reckless spending.

A nine-year-old boy in Lampung recently died after choking on a longan fruit distributed as part of the initiative, marking the first reported death linked to the program.

A planned marketplace for the free nutritious meal program could end up centralizing the program’s supply chain without addressing underlying procurement and governance problems, economists have warned.

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).

Indonesia has called on the next United Nations secretary-general to restore trust in the world body, strengthen its role in dealing with rising conflicts around the globe and ensure that the voices of developing countries are better represented.

The Jakarta Post has launched the Open Lecture series, part of the JP Edu initiative convening experts from diverse fields and industries to share their insights and perspectives with the Post’s readers.

Mamdani campaigned for office on a promise to have Netanyahu arrested for alleged war crimes should he visit the largest US city, though he later said he determined he lacked the legal authority to do so. This week, Mamdani described Netanyahu as "the architect of a horrific genocide against Palestinians."

The biggest issue at the Aichi-Nagoya Games has been a shortage of rooms for the 17,000 participants, while some athletes have complained of cramped accommodation.

The Confederation of All Indonesian Trade Unions (KSBSI) called for labor rules that balance business sustainability with worker protection while adapting to changes in the workforce.

Hosted by Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) and South Korea’s Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), the facility is intended to allow researchers from across ASEAN to remotely access computing resources that remain limited in much of the region.

Lawmakers have green-lit a plan to import used trains from Japan, which has a compatible railway system, as KAI projects the shortfall in trains to peak at 45 in 2029 amid growing demand from Commuter Line passengers.

The EU has confirmed that Indonesia will leave the GSP from Jan. 1, 2027, after being classified as an upper-middle-income country for three consecutive years.

Indonesia is learning that building a dominant position in the nickel market is the easy part. Leveraging its influence over supply to control prices is proving much trickier.

"Our two countries should be partners rather than rivals," Xi said in written remarks published by state news agency Xinhua, adding that "the Chinese and US peoples have enjoyed long-standing friendly exchanges, and our interests are deeply intertwined".

According to the coordinating economy minister, Indonesia's Russian crude deal in April will not be subject to the new tariff, as it was agreed during a window when it was allowed.

A deadly Himalayan avalanche has exposed the catastrophic human toll of global climate inaction, turning Nepal’s tragedy into an urgent test of whether world leaders will finally pay climate reparations or face international legal accountability.

You can choose almost anything you want to hear these days. So why are young people still tuning in to radio?

Presidential chief of staff Dudung Abdurrahman said 30 students from Integrated Community School 1 in Serdang Bedagai regency returned to their homes because they were unable to settle in the boarding school.

To protect millions in an era of subcontracting and gig platforms, Indonesia’s new labor bill must ensure that basic rights follow the worker, not just the corporate contract.

Authorities are preparing to move patients to an off-site facility if smoke from the wildfires around the hospital could not be brought under control.

Indonesia’s long-standing ambition to build a high-speed rail network has evolved from a national prestige project into a potential fiscal burden. Whoosh’s continuing losses and mounting debt have already drawn the Finance Ministry closer to backstopping the project. Given its history of delays, cost overruns and overly optimistic projections, the question is whether Whoosh can deliver sufficient economic benefits or become a noose around Indonesia’s already stretched fiscal capacity.

The warming phenomenon, which was declared in June and is due to peak later this year, is on course to be the strongest on record, amplifying the effects of human-induced climate change.

Indonesia’s latest PISA performance remains below the targets, but the broader trajectory contains genuine progress.

The artificial intelligence "agent" accessed public and non-public files of the health statistics service, he told reporters in New York on Wednesday.