Prabowo’s national car: Pindad?

Nov 14, 2025 | Industries

President Prabowo Subianto has mandated PT Pindad, a state defense contractor, to develop the national car (Mobil nasional/Mobnas, minister of industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita said this week.  Agus claims that he has been informed by minister of state secretary...

MK’s landmark ruling on Police in civilian posts

Nov 14, 2025 | Politics

The Constitutional Court’s ruling in Decision No. 114/PUU-XXIII/2025 marks one of the most consequential legal corrections in Indonesia’s post-Reformasi governance architecture. By striking down the provision that allowed active police officers to occupy civilian...

Public transport, not private mergers

Nov 14, 2025 | Market

The country again finds itself captivated by the corporate theater surrounding a potential Grab–GoTo merger. Ministers, advisors, and political operatives appear increasingly drawn into the discussions, as if the fate of Indonesia’s mobility ecosystem depends on which...

Indonesia’s indie game studios deserve proper valuation, not just visibility

Nov 14, 2025 | Market

Indonesia’s gaming industry has expanded rapidly in the past decade, yet its most promising developers remain trapped in a paradox: they are celebrated for creativity, but rarely valued properly as businesses. The recent spotlight on Strayflux, a Bandung-based indie...

Outside Java Railway Projects

Nov 14, 2025 | Market

An unknown company PT Solar (or Solra) Energi Terbarukan has reportedly acquired 47.81% shares in PT Celebes Railway Indonesia (CRI), developer and operator of the Makassar-Pare Pare railway project in South Sulawesi, from state EPC firm PT Pembangunan Perumahan Tbk...

BGN & The Delayed Payments

Nov 14, 2025 | Politics

Sanitation is not the only problem with the free nutritious meals (MBG) program. A few days ago, the National Nutrition Agency (BGN)’s social media account was flooded with comments from MBG staff who demanded their delayed salary payments. As it turned out, thousands...

Varsha Water & PP Infra

Nov 14, 2025 | Market

So, state-owned EPC firm PT Pembangunan Perumahan Tbk (PTPP), which is slated to merge with fellow state EPC firm PT Adhi Karya (ADHI) Tbk, is seeking approval from shareholders for divestment of majority shares in subsidiary PT PP Infrastructure (PP Infra) for Rp1.4...

Downfall of Intiland & IKN Nusantara 

Nov 13, 2025 | Market

August 12, 2024, then President Jokowi kicked off development of three property projects initiated by Intiland Development (DILD), controlled by the late Hendro Santoso Gondokusumo’s family, in the capital city Nusantara (IKN Nusantara). More than one year later, the...

What you see is not what you get

Nov 13, 2025 | Market

One state EPC firm listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) reported net profit of Rp5.56 billion in the first nine months of 2025, collapsed 98% from the corresponding period last year. How do you know the financial report is true? The reported pointed to...

Criminalizing memory

Nov 13, 2025 | Politics

When a senior politician is reported to the police for recalling the crimes of a dictator, we should ask: what kind of democracy are we becoming? Ribka Tjiptaning, a long-time lawmaker from PDI-P, was reported to the Bareskrim Polri by a group calling itself the...