To celebrate Vesak day on May 31, 50 monks from Thailand, Malaysia and Laos will gather to do a spiritual “Walk for Peace” event which will be held on May 9 in Bali, Indonesia.
Category: Indonesia
Why Indonesia’s Free-Meal Program Should Learn from Islamic Community Finance
Since President Prabowo’s administration took office, the mega-project free meal programme (Makan Bergizi Gratis or MBG) has been launched with politically irresistible promise: feeding more than 80 millions of schoolchildren and vulnerable groups.
Indonesia’s School Free Meal Programme Lacks One Key Ingredient: Data
In epidemiology, effective population-level nutritional interventions begin with a step that cannot be skipped: measuring baseline nutritional status. Without this initial data, policymakers are left uncertain of who is deficient in what, how severe the condition is, and whether the intervention is reaching the right groups.
Indonesia to maintain coal reliance amid energy security push
“I have decided, let’s go with coal. This is survival mode,” declared Indonesia’s Energy and Mineral Resources Minister, Bahlil Lahadalia, during his keynote speech at the Bogor Agricultural University Alumni Forum in Jakarta on 2 May.
President Prabowo holds a closed cabinet meeting on education, labour and geopolitics
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto summoned ministers and security officials to his private neighbourhood in Hambanlang, Bogor, for a restricted meeting on May 2.
Indonesian president attends May Day event
Thousand of workers attended May day at the Lapangan Silang area of Monumen Nasional on May 1, 2026. (Sekretariat Negara RI) On May 1, Indonesian […]
Why Indonesia Needs a Developmental State to Reach Vision 2045
Indonesia’s Golden Vision 2045 is one of the most consequential national projects in Indonesia. It promises stronger human capital, world-class infrastructure, wider prosperity and greater welfare for more than 280 million citizens.
The Persistence of Indonesia’s “Zombie” Mining Sector
The persistence of “zombie” mining refers to entities that are legally revoked but remain operational. Every year, an estimated 3.5 trillion Indonesian rupiah (201.7 million USD) in state revenue is lost within Indonesia’s mining sector.
May Day 2026: University Workers and Indonesia’s Academic Freedom Crisis
Freedom of thought was central to Europe’s social and political transformation. Intellectuals such as Voltaire and Spinoza established the principle that societal progress depends not on enforced conformity, but on the protection of reason, criticism and open disagreement.
53 children allegedly abused in Indonesian daycare case
On April 26, allegations of child abuse have emerged at the Little Aresha daycare centre in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.