May 29, 2026 | Law, Market
The recent controversy surrounding the online sale advertisement of Pulau Katang in the Riau Islands illustrates how rapidly that shift is happening. A Threads account openly offered the 73-hectare island for Rp65 billion, promoting it as suitable for a “private...
May 28, 2026 | Law, Market
The government, through the Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DJKI), is studying the creation of a collective management organization to collect royalties from AI companies that use copyrighted materials to train their models. The proposal would function...
May 28, 2026 | Law, Politics
The adoption of the “right to be forgotten” in the revision of the Human Rights Law has reopened a difficult question: in a democracy, who gets to decide what society deserves to remember? The Ministry of Human Rights argues that the policy is necessary to protect...
May 28, 2026 | Law, Politics
Indonesia’s proposed revision to the Human Rights Law is officially described as an effort to modernize and strengthen the country’s human rights framework. Yet the growing backlash from activists, academics, and National Commission on Human Rights itself suggests a...
May 26, 2026 | Law, Market
President Prabowo’s Forest Area Enforcement Task Force (Satgas PKH) has recently seized nearly one thousand of hectares from two plantation companies, one controlled by SGX-listed Wilmar International Ltd and the other was previously owned by Malaysia’s Sime Darby...
May 25, 2026 | Law, Market
The public battle surrounding former venture capital executive Nicko Widjaja is no longer centered inside a courtroom. It has evolved into something far larger: a coordinated narrative war across Indonesia’s startup ecosystem. What stands out is not merely the volume...
May 22, 2026 | Law, Politics
The Ministry of Communication and Digital (Komdigi) plans to require users to provide mobile phone numbers when creating social media accounts. The objective is clear: to strengthen identity verification and enhance accountability for the content users share online....
May 22, 2026 | Commodities, Law
The arrest of businessman Sudianto alias Aseng, the beneficial owner of PT Quality Sukses Sejahtera (QSS), is not merely another mining corruption case. It exposes a deeper problem that Indonesia has never fully solved: the political economy of regional mining...
May 22, 2026 | Law, Market
Government says it wants social media users to become more “accountable.” The latest proposal from the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs would require social media accounts to be linked to phone numbers and eventually verified digital identities. Officials...
May 22, 2026 | Law, Market
Business Competition Supervisory Comission (KPPU) has recently fined NTT Docomo Rp2 billion for delaying notification of its acquisition of Intage Holdings. The verdict was read out during the hearing of case No. 16/KPPU-M/2025 last week. Deswin Nur, Head of the KPPU...
