Efforts to extinguish forest and land fires engulfing parts of Sumatra and Kalimantan over the past week have yielded scanty results, with the air quality deteriorating to levels unsafe for activities such as schooling and travel and local officials noting an uptick in respiratory ailments.
David Sexton
The Constitutional Court delivered a decisive ruling on Monday, rejecting a motion by labor unions aimed at annulling a government regulation in lieu of the job creation law, which has been criticized for favouring employers over workers.
The Indonesian Navy’s Hydro-Oceanographic Centre (Pushidrosal) and the Australian Navy (RAN) are conducting a two-month joint survey of the seabed in the Timor Sea border area, ANTARA news agency reported.
An endangered Sumatran rhinoceros, the smallest and hairiest of the five extant rhino species, was born in Indonesia last week in a conservation area, the country’s government said.
After a two-year hiatus, the ReelOzInd! Australia-Indonesia short film festival made a successful return to pop-up format last year with a response described as “fabulous” by organisers.
A year on from the Kanjuruhan stadium disaster, in which 135 people died, could such a tragedy happen again?
Indonesia has banned e-commerce transactions on social media platforms, the trade minister said, in a move intended to protect traditional retail and which will mostly impact short video platform TikTok and its shopping platform.
Indonesia has sadly been the site of many crimes and mass atrocities, but uncovering all the details is fraught with challenges.
How many people were killed or injured? Who was at fault? Who was in charge?
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is scheduled to fly to Saudi Arabia next month to attend the ASEAN-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit, according to the Foreign Ministry spokesman Lalu Muhammad Iqbal.
In 2009, the Indonesian government enforced mandatory health spending to establish equitable health systems and enhance social security. The Law on Health (Law No. 36/2009) required governments to allocate at least 5 per cent of the national budget and 10 per cent of the local government budget to the health sector.
Indonesia, a country of 270 million people, only has 2,800 clinical psychologists and 1,200 psychiatrists, with most residing in big cities in its most populous island, Java.
An Indonesian court has sentenced a woman to two years in prison for posting a viral video on TikTok in which she said an Islamic phrase before eating pork.
This report presents a detailed analysis and overview of the livelihoods, skills, education and aspirations of rural young people in the Maros district of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
On 24 August 2023, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo attended the 15th annual BRICS Summit in Johannesburg in Indonesia’s capacity as ASEAN Chair.
Few people outside of the mineral industry know about Harita Nickel, and it does not help that the company’s mining operations and smelter facilities are located on a remote island in the northern part of Maluku, more than 2,300 kilometers from Jakarta.
There is already an existing solution to some of Jakarta’s urban pollution woes, but this requires the present government to more seriously revive and maintain the city’s much-needed green spaces.
