Mar 18, 2026 | Law, Politics
Two heads of the Nutrition Fulfillment Service Units (SPPG) in Ponorogo, East Java, claimed the foundation managing their SPPGs intimidated them into limiting spending to Rp 6,500 per serving. The incident has drawn widespread attention, particularly amid reports that...
Mar 18, 2026 | Market, Politics
Government’s plan to recruit 30,000 university graduates to manage village cooperatives under the Koperasi Merah Putih program may appear to be a bold attempt to address rural economic stagnation and graduate unemployment. However, the decision to place the Ministry...
Mar 18, 2026 | Market, Politics
In political system, defiance rarely comes from within. Yet in Bogor, a regent from the ruling party has done just that—openly challenging the Environment Minister over flood management and environmental enforcement in the Puncak highlands. The trigger was a sweeping...
Mar 17, 2026 | Market, Politics
Some rich families have reportedly agreed to pay ‘tax fines’ to the State, which can be installed several years to come, related to ‘underpayment’, ‘transfer pricing’, ‘tax avoidance’ schemes in the past. One conglomerate told us that his family agreed to pay Rp20...
Mar 17, 2026 | Law, Market
The powerful Satgas PKH (forest area enforcement task force) has on Friday (Mar 13) seized 1,601 hectares of land to be developed by PT Mutiara Intan Permai, subsidiary of Agung Sedayu Group, into a tropical coastland township. As shown by Banten provincial...
