An underwater archway structure was installed at the opening of the 2025 Pemuteran Bay Festival on Dec. 4, 2025. The installation of the underwater archway became a major attraction for visitors to the event.

After a naval voyage on a wooden boat, the Batui traditional group of Banggai Regency arrived in Banggai District, Marine Banggai Regency, Central Sulawesi Province on Dec. 4, 2025.

In a surprising turn of events to cap off the year, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, has been shaken by turmoil that many observers are calling an internal coup. At the center of the storm is the sudden political ousting of Yahya Cholil Staquf as chairman of NU’s executive body Tanfidziyah.

The national policy on export proceeds (DHE) from natural resources has been revised for a third time after repeated attempts failed to significantly bolster foreign exchange (forex) reserves or deepen onshore foreign currency liquidity. The latest revision relaxes the mandatory rupiah conversion requirement from 100 percent to 50 percent and requires the placement of DHE in Association of State-Owned Banks (Himbara) members. While this is intended to ease pressure on exporters, it raises questions about whether locking DHE onshore can be effective in the long run without undermining export competitiveness.

Rather than safeguarding justice, Indonesia's legal instruments are increasingly being bent to serve institutional interests. The standoff between the Constitutional Court (MK) and the National Police over the assignment of active officers to civilian posts exposes not merely regulatory inconsistency, but a deeper disregard for constitutional authority.

Indonesia's current account balance returned to a surplus in the third quarter (Q3) of 2025, but the improvement was overshadowed by one of the sharpest capital outflows in recent years. Bank Indonesia (BI) reported that the current account swung into a surplus of US$4 billion, or 1.1 percent of GDP, the first surplus in 10 months. However, this gain was more than offset by a steep financial account deficit of US$8.1 billion. As a result, Indonesia posted an overall balance of payments deficit of US$6.4 billion in Q3.

PT VinFast Automobile Indonesia (VinFast Indonesia), a subsidiary of Vietnamese company Vingroup, has officially completed the first phase of construction for its electric vehicle (EV) factory in Subang Regency, West Java Province, within 17 months. VinFast Indonesia CEO Kariyanto Hardjosoemantoro stated that the factory spans a total area of ​​171 hectares (ha) with an investment of US$300 million (about Rp 4.8 trillion, although only a portion of the land has been utilized.