The program has come under scrutiny for its implementation and high cost, which is set to total nearly $15 billion in 2026.

There have been 449 reported cases of mass food poisoning associated with the program, affecting 38,023 people across 36 ...

Teachers hand out meal trays as part of the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program in Bandung, West Java Province, Indonesia, June 12, 2026. Indonesia said on Thursday it will restructure its MBG program ...

Prabowo warned thousands of free meals program partners against corruption as top nutrition agency officials were detained.

JAKARTA: Indonesia should suspend President Prabowo Subianto's signature free meals programme and significantly widen a graft ...

President Prabowo Subianto has pledged to address various problems surrounding his administration’s flagship free nutritious ...

Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Zulkifli Hasan stated his commitment to overhauling the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) ...

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday stressed the importance of upholding integrity and accountability in implementing the Free Nutritious Meal ...

Former National Nutrition Agency chief Dadan Hindayana and his two deputies are named corruption suspects in the free ...

The design of the free nutritious meal program was flawed from the outset. It is a feeding frenzy for elites and cronies.

Student demonstrations also occurred in Solo and Semarang. They demanded the government to evaluate the MBG program and ...

Hundreds of Indonesian students have protested in Jakarta, the capital, and other cities, demanding lower fuel and food ...