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A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake has struck in the Molucca Sea region northeast of Indonesia, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake, which hit early Thursday local time, had depth of nearly 22 miles and its epicenter was 79 miles west-northwest of Ternate, Indonesia, the USGS said. The U.S. tsunami warning system said tsunami waves were possible in neighboring countries. The U.S.…

Indonesia’s Gede Priandana became the first bowler to take five wickets in an over in a T20I during his side’s match against Cambodia in Bali on Tuesday. The 28-year-old Priandana achieved the feat during the 16th over of the second innings. His five-wicket burst helped Indonesia bowl Cambodia out for 107 and secure a 60-run win. ALSO READ | England cricketers to be investigated for drinking too…

As the waters begin to recede across Sumatra, what lingers is something far colder than the floods that swept through Aceh, darker than the landslides in North Sumatra and more unsettling than the rubble left behind in West Sumatra at the close of 2025. It is the chill of bureaucratic silence and the paralysis of fiscal capacity, what many have come to describe with growing clarity as the state’s…

Across Indonesia’s sprawling archipelago, from the markets of Surabaya to the online storefronts of Jakarta, a quiet transformation is reshaping Southeast Asia’s largest economy. The country’s micro, small and medium-sized enterprises—MSMEs, which employ nearly all Indonesian workers—are increasingly abandoning production and reinventing themselves as sellers of Chinese goods. This is not simply…

America’s 2025 National Security Strategy marks one of the most consequential updates to Washington’s regional playbook in more than a decade, with ripple effects extending far beyond the US–China rivalry or the empowerment of Japan as the US’s most consequential Indo-Pacific ally. For Indonesia, the document is not a distant declaration of great-power intent; it represents a structural shift…

Indonesia has finally passed its long-awaited Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) after more than four decades of debate. In principle, this is a historic step: Indonesia’s criminal justice system urgently needs modernization, especially as criminal investigations increasingly rely on digital evidence, forensic technology and cross-border cooperation. A contemporary KUHAP is necessary, inevitable and…