The Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS) projected the impact of massive floods in Sumatra Island to cause the national gross domestic product (GDP) to decrease by Rp 68.67 trillion, or around 0.29 percent. CELIOS emphasized that the floods has a national impact due to their negative effect towards the flow of consumer goods and industrial needs, especially in North Sumatra as one of the nation's industrial hubs.

Moving the bill to amend the 2001 Law on the National Police (Polri) into its priority list for legislation in 2025-2026, the House of Representatives is joining the presidential office and the police itself in an unofficial race to "reform" the country's main law enforcement agency.

Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), is facing another severe rift among its leadership after chairman Yahya Cholil Staquf was dismissed by the organization's supreme council, the Syuriah. Although his close associations with pro-Israel figures have been publicly cited as the cause, the underlying motive behind the firing appears to stem from intense political rivalry among NU elites.

Indonesia's nickel smelter boom, long promoted as the centerpiece of its downstream industrialization agenda, is entering a new phase. Through Government Regulation No. 28/2025, the government has moved to restrict new smelter permits, prompting questions over whether this signals a response to overcapacity, a recalibration of its downstream strategy or the start of a more measured and deliberate industrial policy.

Indonesia and Australia are moving toward clinching a new, stronger defense treaty that could potentially affect the Indo-Pacific security landscape, particularly in the South China Sea, where tension has been building in recent years due to overlapping territorial claims between China and several Southeast Asian countries.

Realized investments to Central Kalimantan Province for 2025 reached Rp 19.62 trillion the third quarter (Q3), or 75.67 percent of the annual target of Rp 25.93 trillion. This achievement is also a 35.79 percent improvement from the second quarter (Q2) of 2025. Central Kalimantan Investment and One-Stop Integrated Services Office (DPMPTSP) reported that domestic investments accounted of the total at nearly Rp 5.47 trillion, while foreign investments reached Rp 1.71 trillion.

The contribution of natural resource export receipt (DHE) to Indonesia's foreign reserves remains limited, intensifying calls to revise Government Regulation (PP) No. 8/2025 on DHE. While the policy temporarily keeps export proceeds onshore, much of the forex (forex) ultimately flows back overseas to service external debt. As a result, the regulation has fallen short of its stated goal of strengthening reserves, an issue that has become more urgent as the rupiah faces renewed depreciation pressures.