Papua Governor Mathius D. Fakhiri emphasized that he would not issue new permits for oil palm plantations, especially those that could potentially damage the soil structure and the environment.

Beef retailers have gone on strike in protest over the rising price of live cattle set by feedlot operators. While the increase is partly attributed to supply losses caused by flooding in Australia, Indonesia’s largest source of imported cattle, the Agriculture Ministry suspects foul play among feedlot operators, alleging that they are maintaining elevated prices to secure higher margins. This comes as the government earlier this month slashed the private sector’s beef import quota from 180,000 tonnes last year to just 30,000 tonnes.

The Jayawijaya Regency Government has reaffirmed its commitment to continuously encouraging creative micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as well as supporting the development of tourist villages in the region, such as the Aitok Tourism Village in Wolo District, Jayawijaya Regency, Highland Papua Province.

President Prabowo Subianto sprang another foreign policy surprise, or a blunder depending on how one looks at it, by joining the Board of Peace which United States President Donald Trump launched last week as part of his Gaza peace plan.

The government has set a 6 percent growth target for 2026, banking on accelerated public spending and tighter fiscal-monetary coordination to generate momentum, in line with President Prabowo Subianto ’s ambition to lift economic expansion to 8 percent by the end of his term in 2029. The challenge, however, lies less in ambition than in execution: whether these policy tools can deliver real growth in an economy where household demand remains fragile and investment responses uneven.

The government is currently revising the subsidy scheme for the sea toll program amid concerns that it has fallen short of its objectives. Introduced by the administration of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, the program aims to improve national logistics connectivity and narrow price disparities between Western and Eastern Indonesia, where goods have been traditionally more expensive than on Java. After nearly a decade of implementation, however, price gaps have barely shifted, raising questions about the effectiveness of the subsidy.

The government is currently drafting the Bill on Prevention of Disinformation and Foreign Propaganda as part of President Prabowo Subianto ’s efforts to contain potential threats to national political stability. However, the initiative risks undermining citizens’ right to access information, as such regulations are prone to elastic interpretations and potential abuse by law enforcement agencies.