Tag: Politic & Social

The Development Study Forum (FKP) in Papua, in cooperation with the Australian National University (ANU) Indonesia Project and supported by KONEKSI (Australia-Indonesia collaborative initiative in knowledge and innovation sector), recently organized a discussion on the prospects for national energy transition. […]

Indonesia Business Post held a journalism workshop themed “Understanding Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)” on Saturday, January 18, 2025 and Sunday, January 19, 2025. This event aims to improve journalists’ understanding of CCS, which is an important part of Indonesia’s strategy to achieve the NZE 2060. […]

The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) has sealed a 30.16-kilometer sea fence located in the waters off Tangerang Regency, Banten that had been erected without securing the permit, known as the Suitability of Marine Space Utilization Activities (KKPRL). […]

Special Advisor to the President for Economic Affairs, Bambang Brodjonegoro, admitted that Indonesia is still lagging behind in the competition to attract investment compared to other Southeast Asian countries. […]

Pramono Anung, the elected Governor of Jakarta, has set up a transition team that will prepare power transfer to the new governorship before his inauguration in early February 2025. […]

Economists have criticized President Prabowo Subianto for using personal funds to finance the free nutritious meal program, which has the potential to be non-transparent and create a conflict of interest. […]

The government welcomes the announcement by Brazil, which holds BRICS’s presidency of 2025, regarding Indonesia’s membership in the intergovernmental organization of global emerging economies. […]

Experts and activists criticized President Prabowo’s recent remarks, which defended Indonesia’s palm oil industry. Citing oversimplification of the issue could fuel greater environmental degradation and land conflicts, further undermining Indonesia’s global climate commitments. […]

The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has clarified the inclusion of Indonesia’s 7th President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in the nomination list of the most corrupt figures in 2024. […]

WALHI has criticized the government’s plan to open 20 million ha of land as reserve forest land for food, energy and water security sources, which could result in various negative impacts in the form of hydrological damage, flooding and landslides from upstream to downstream. […]

The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and big data is considered an innovative geospatial system that can optimize natural resource management, while strengthening Indonesia’s position in the global supply chain, a research by a team of Bina Nusantara University researchers reveals. […]

Indonesia’s seventh President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has responded to his nomination by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) as one of the most corrupt public figure in 2024, demanding proof of all the allegations. […]

President Prabowo Subianto asks his Cabinet ministers to stick to the budget allocated by the government and should not ask for additional budgets to Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati. […]

Controversy over the planned increase in the Value Added Tax (VAT) rate from 11 percent to 12 percent which will take effect starting January 1, 2025 heightens, with political parties blaming each other for differences in position towards the government’s policy. […]

President Prabowo Subianto has been criticized over his idea of granting clemency to corrupters who are willing to return back the corrupted state assets. […]

Indonesia embraces the return of plundered treasures and artefacts from the Dutch government, with about 828 cultural items having been returned to Indonesia from the Netherlands as of mid-December 2024, a recent report by The Straits Times reveals. […]

Indonesia, the largest country in Southeast Asia, faces signs of a shrinking middle class as a result of the lingering effects on the economy since the Covid-19 Pandemic and a general shift in its economy, a recent report by ABC News reveals. […]

Greenpeace Indonesia has raised concerns over the President Prabowo Subianto administration’s commitment to addressing climate and environmental issues, citing its lack of concrete action despite public statements at international forums. […]

The solo paintings exhibition entitled “Kebangkitan: Tanah Untuk Kedaulatan Pangan” (Resurrection: Land for Food Sovereignty) which was planned to be held at the National Gallery from December 20 to January 19, 2025, has finally been canceled. […]

The Ministry of National Development Planning and GIZ Indonesia collaborate to address the system’s complex challenges of demographic shifts and sustainability of program funding. […]

The government has officially announced an increase in the Value Added Tax (VAT) rate from 11 percent to 12 percent which will take effect starting January 1, 2025. Ministry of Finance, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, assessed that Indonesia’s VAT rate is still relatively low when compared to other countries in the region and among G20 members. […]

The Indian Navy will participate in a naval multilateral exercise organized by Indonesian Navy that will be held in Bali in February next year, the Indonesian MIlitary (TNI) Headquarters has revealed. […]

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has issued decrees that formalize dismissal of popular figures Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, and Bobby Nasution, along with 24 other cadres from the party’s membership after months of verbal noise in public. […]

The Ministry of Religious Affairs is reviewing a proposal from the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) regarding the certification of religious preachers following a recent controversy involving a popular Muslim preacher’s inappropriate behavior. […]

Frequently held discussions and massive media reports on stunting have led to increased public awareness on problems of impaired growth and development among children. […]

Cybersecurity and financial problems are the two main issues that are most worried about by the Indonesian people amidst the increasingly rapid digitalization, a survey reveals. […]

Government and the House of Representatives (DPR) have agreed to selectively impose a Value Added Tax (VAT) of 12 percent − with focus on luxury goods − starting January 1, 2025. […]

In the latest updates from the Jakarta 2024 gubernatorial election,Pramono Anung have emerged victorious in the city-level vote recapitulation across Jakarta. The Jakarta Election Commission (KPUD) has completed the tiered vote tallying process, marking a significant milestone towards final results. […]

The government has maintained that there is no change in Indonesia’s territorial sovereignty in the North Natuna Sea region. […]

Minister of Foreign Affairs Sugiono has maintained that Indonesia does not recognize China’s claim of Indonesia’s part of South China Sea or North Natuna Sea, clarifiying the joint statement made between Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Chinese Prime Minister Xi Jinping on November 9, 2024. […]