Hundreds of residents from villages across West Sulawesi staged a protest in front of the provincial governor’s office on Monday, May 6, 2025, calling for a moratorium on mining permits, the revocation of extractive industry licenses, and the halt of all ongoing mining operations threatening their environment and livelihoods. The demonstration drew villagers from Karossa, … Read more
A group of Indonesian forestry professionals, government officials, and journalists is currently in the United States as part of the U.S. State Department’s prestigious International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), with this year’s focus on “Improving Forest Management.” The program, which runs from April 19 to May 10, 2025, aims to promote good forest governance and … Read more
Despite being officially categorized as an upper-middle-income country, Indonesia still faces a stark poverty challenge, with more than half of its population living below the poverty line for countries in the same income bracket, according to the latest Macro Poverty Outlook published by the World Bank in April 2025. The report sets the poverty threshold … Read more
President Prabowo Subianto has announced that Indonesia will prioritize the evacuation of Palestinian medical personnel and educators affected by the armed conflict in Gaza as part of a broader plan to temporarily bring 1,000 Palestinians to Indonesia for humanitarian assistance and recovery purposes. The announcement was shared by People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Ahmad Muzani … Read more
The UNESCO Executive Board has officially designated Indonesia’s Kebumen and Meratus Geoparks as new UNESCO Global Geoparks (UGGs) during its 221st session held in Paris from April 2 to 17, 2025. The decision was made by consensus among all 58 member states of the Executive Board, including Indonesia. The designation of Kebumen Geopark in Central … Read more
Mineral security partnership and energy geostrategy By: Sampe L. PurbaThe Mineral Security Partnership (MSP) is an initiative launched by the U.S. Department of State in 2022. This initiative currently collaborates with 14 countries, including Australia, Canada, Japan, Germany, Finland, and the European Union (EU). The goal is to accelerate public and private investment in a … Read more
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto continued his serial Middle East visit on Sunday, April 13, 2025 meeting with the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. Deputy for Protocol, Press and Media of the Presidential Secretariat Yusuf Permana said that this visit was the President’s main agenda in order to strengthen bilateral relations between Indonesia … Read more
Professor at the Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Dwi Andreas Santosa, says the government’s policy for the elimination of import quotas will unlikely improve the welfare of domestic farmers, but trigger an extensive flow of cheap imported products that could destroy the selling price of local agricultural products. “If the quota is abolished, farmers will still … Read more
Foreign Minister Sugiono said that President Prabowo Subianto is preparing measures to accommodate Gaza residents in Indonesia, while emphasizing that the coutnry has no intention of relocating Gazans, but only temporarily accommodating them. “According to the President’s direction, their presence in Indonesia is temporary and is not intended at all to “move” the Palestinians from … Read more
The Indonesian Navy has received a land asset grant from the Sumenep Regency Administration, East Java, for the construction of a naval base (Lanal) on Madura Island, considered an important element in strengthening the country’s defense system in eastern Indonesia, particularly within the Second Indonesian Archipelago Sea Lane (ALKI II) area. Indonesian Navy Chief of … Read more