The scheme, which aims to provide free meals to 83 million children and pregnant women across the country, has faced scrutiny due to its high cost.

JAKARTA, June 19 — Indonesia will suspend its free meal scheme during holiday periods, after mass protests in the capital condemned wasteful spending and demanded that the...

Indonesia will halt the government's flagship free meals program for children during school holidays and will also scale back the reach of the scheme amid a drive to reduce…

The scheme, which aims to provide free meals to 83 million children and pregnant women across the country, has faced scrutiny due to its high cost.