This article analyzes the governance risks and opportunities created by Indonesia’s second amendment to the Village Law, Law No. 3 of 2024. Responding to rising corruption cases and uneven village capacity since Law No. 6 of 2014, the study addresses a key research gap: the absence of an integrated, evidence-informed assessment that links the new tenure, financing, and accountability provisions with global experiences in village governance. Methodologically, it combines bibliometric mapping of 2015-2025 scholarship, normative legal analysis of the revised framework, and comparative policy review of China, India, the Philippines, and Japan. The findings identify four critical challenge areas: heightened corruption risk under extended leadership tenure, persistent rural poverty and regional disparities, fragile accountability mechanisms, and weak enabling conditions for village-owned enterprises. The article concludes with policy recommendations on electoral design, performance-based incentives, digital transparency, and capacity building to ensure that strengthened village autonomy is matched by robust accountability frameworks.