Hariz Baharudin

Hariz began his journalism career in 2015 at The New Paper, where he cut his teeth on human-interest stories. In 2018, he joined The Straits Times as a political correspondent and later became assistant news editor. He was first posted to Indonesia in 2023, where he covered the country’s Asean chairmanship and a historic leadership transition. After returning to Singapore to report on the 2025 General Election, he is now back as Indonesia Correspondent, with a continuing interest in the stories unfolding across South-east Asia’s largest archipelago and the wider currents shaping the region.