COVID-19 vaccination in most parts of Papua, especially in the mountains, is going very slowly.
David Sexton
Monkeys at the Ubud Monkey Forest began to invade residents’ houses as they started to run out of food supply.
Bandung School of Peace is leading the fight against intolerance in West Java, a province consistently ranked as the least religiously tolerant province in Indonesia.
Jakarta is Asia’s greatest geopolitical prize. But its foreign-policy reflexes are long outdated.
The 2nd Lontara Script Festival hosted in Makassar, South Sulawesi sought to promote the script native to the region and advocate for a special status for the script, organisers said.
For millions of villagers in Indonesia’s remote areas, a 12-hour-per-day erratic electricity supply is the norm. With students studying by candlelight at night and health centres not running at full capacity, these communities face an uphill struggle to improve their well-being.
Awareness about the importance of tackling child labour issues in the palm oil industry has been growing, with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) increasing its role in the movement.
The Indonesian Palm Oil Producers Association (GAPKI) has urged the government to help increase the competitiveness of palm oil products, as palm oil remains the country’s most important export commodity, the GAPKI chairman stated at an industry conference.
After almost 18 months, children in Jakarta will begin to re-enter classrooms on Monday, as Indonesia, which faces on of the worst COVID outbreaks globally, eases restrictions in some areas.
There are calls for the renewal of a ban on new licences for palm oil plantations.
The recovery of human DNA from the 7200-year-old remains of a woman in the islands between Asia and Australia has given researchers incredible insight into how and when ancient peoples first reached the region.
