Indonesia is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. Perched on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” it is home to 76 active volcanoes. In recent years, tsunamis have pounded the shores of North Sumatra, Sulawesi and West Java.
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Three out of five provinces in Kalimantan have been hit by floods, triggered by deforestation and changing climate, over the past month, adding into the latest list of natural disasters that have struck the region this year.
The ReelOzInd! short film festival is delighted to announce that it has received funding to bring its rich archive to teachers and students of the Indonesian language.
The holiday island of Lombok welcomed thousands of fans for Indonesia’s first superbike race on a new circuit that is part of a mega tourism infrastructure project denounced by the UN over the eviction of local families.
The Education, Culture, Research and Technology Ministry encourages further research or better understanding of spices for the benefit of health.
Indonesia will not allow cross-border carbon trade until it meets its greenhouse gas reduction targets, its finance minister said on Friday, underlining that its domestic carbon price would be among the cheapest in the world.
The experience of COVID-19 is markedly different for creative economy artists, depending upon resources and ability to operate in a digital environment.
Increased health service digitalisation is likely to be one of the positive legacies of COVID-19 for Indonesia. A recent report prepared by researchers from the Partnership for Australia-Indonesia Research examined the first six to eight months of the pandemic in terms of health data connectivity, focusing on the city of Yogyakarta.
Indonesia’s foreign minister on Thursday defended her country’s objection to a global deforestation pledge made last week, promising during a visit by her British counterpart to “walk the talk” on climate commitments.
Salah satu langkah utama untuk mengurangi penyebaran covid-19 adalah meningkatkan kewaspadaan dalam praktik kebersihan.
The pandemic has set back Heathmont College’s program at VCE level, with just one student due to sit the year 12 Indonesian language exam on Wednesday, but interest remains strong at younger year levels, teacher Prema Devathas said.
The State Department is mulling the sale of armed drones to Indonesia, but concerns over human rights abuses and the country’s past purchases of Russian equipment have set off a debate inside the Biden administration…
A total of 84,161,759 Indonesians have received a full dose of COVID-19 vaccination as of Sunday, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
The use of crypto assets as a currency is forbidden for Muslims, according to Indonesia’s council of religious leaders.
Indonesian miner Bukit Asam is caught between a rock and a hard place. The 102-year-old state-owned company faces mounting calls to shed the very core of its business: coal.
Indonesian developer MNC Land has begun work on what is claimed to be the largest tourist resort in Southeast Asia.
