The Indonesian government announced Tuesday they had suspended four nickel mining operations in Raja Ampat, one of the country’s top tourist destinations for diving and snorkelling.
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Indonesia has seen an increasing outflow of skilled young adults seeking work abroad, including to Australia as WHV holders, in a brain drain phenomenon experts attribute to concern around job opportunities within the country.
In Indonesia, a boom in demand for seaweed from largely China-based industry has transformed seaweed farmers’ relationships with the sea and each other, creating new imperatives to assert “ownership” of sea space and have those claims backed up by grassroots state officials.
Firewall – In just three weeks after its March 31 release, the locally produced “Jumbo” unseated Disney’s “Frozen II” as the most-watched animated movies ever in Indonesian cinemas. Two months later, “Jumbo” became the No. 2 most-viewed film in Indonesian theatres of all time, behind only “Avengers: Endgame”.
Simon Butt, a professor of Indonesian law at the University of Sydney, told news.com.au that the language used in the interview and its largely unsympathetic portrayal of Wongso was likely due to her ongoing legal status as a convicted murderer.
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At Indodefense 2025, held in Jakarta and gathering key defense industry players from Asia and beyond, Indonesia unveils a new stealth missile boat designed to meet operational demands in complex maritime environments.
The government will review nickel mining in a region known as the “world’s last paradise” and could take legal action, the environment minister said, after Greenpeace videos sparked public outcry about potential damage.
Despite significant strides in recent decades, Indonesia continues to face one of Southeast Asia’s higher maternal mortality rates. A recent study published by Syaraji and colleagues (2024) found that for every 100,000 live births, approximately 249 women die from pregnancy-related causes.
Drug use is so widespread in Indonesia’s trucking industry that it is specifically monitored by the National Narcotics Agency (Badan Narkotika Nasional/BNN), which reports that 10% of all employees in the transportation and warehousing sector used drugs in the past year.
Indonesia said on Saturday that free trade negotiations with the European Union, which have been ongoing for nine years, are expected to be concluded by the end of June.
The World Bank has raised the international poverty line from US$2.15 per capita daily to US$3.00. This change caused the number of people living in extreme poverty in Indonesia to increase to 15.42 million in 2024, accounting for about 5.5 percent of the population.
AI translated – The contemporary puppet show “A Bucket of Beetles” by Papermoon Puppet Theater from Yogyakarta, Indonesia, was performed for the first time at the Sydney Opera House Australia last Thursday.
Indonesia and Australia will hold joint military exercises on a strategic eastern island in the archipelago as the two neighbours seek to strengthen defence co-operation.
Firewall – A 2019 study revealed that Bali generates 1.6 million tonnes of trash per year with around 303,000 tonnes of plastic waste. However, only some 48 percent of Bali’s waste is responsibly managed either through recycling or landfill.
This commitment was highlighted during the courtesy visit of Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Roderick Brazier, to the Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology (Mendiktisaintek), Brian Yuliarto, at the Ministry’s Office in Jakarta on Monday, June 2, 2025.
