As diplomatic showdowns go, this summit had few parallels. In a grand pavilion in the magnificent grounds of the royal palace of Singasari in eastern Java, an envoy from Kublai Khan, the most powerful man in the world, sat down to pass on a blunt message to King Kertanegera, probably the most powerful ruler in Southeast Asia. The year was 1290.
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The largest case of deforestation for industrial palm oil in Indonesia is happening within a concession on a tiny island off the coast of southern Borneo, according to satellite analysis by technology consultancy TheTreeMap.
This October, 45-year-old Kevin Wu will serve in the Jakarta House of Regional Representatives for the first time, becoming part of a minority of ethnic Chinese elected officials in the Indonesian legislative body.
Indonesia’s most prolific film director is juggling multiple projects as his latest film proves box office gold.
Indonesia should be more daring on taking on additional debt, its President-elect Prabowo Subianto said, while claiming that his target of boosting growth in Southeast Asia’s largest economy to 8% annually would be easy.
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said that to tackle obesity in Indonesia, there needs to be a change in public perception and culture — and the media can play a vital role in achieving this.
Journalist organizations and members of the public have come out against a broadcasting bill they say would stifle the freedom of the press through vague and problematic provisions, including one they fear could curb investigative journalism on screen.
In this episode Dr Marina Welker talks about her new book and deep dive on how multinational tobacco corporations impact the lives of ordinary Indonesians.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published the results from a ground-breaking study on the dietary sources of trans-fatty acids in Indonesia’s food supply.
Indonesia’s economy grew by 5.11 percent year on year in the first quarter of this year, Statistics Indonesia BPS announced recently.
Indonesia has one of the highest smoking rates in the world – approximately two thirds of adults are classified as smokers.
The Indonesian government is resuming a controversial policy of exporting lobster larvae — the latest chapter in an eight-year saga that began over concerns for wild lobster stocks and led to a fisheries minister being jailed for corruption.
Heavy metal music is controversial in some conservative societies but quite popular in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country.
The ambitious plan to progressively develop a million hectares of rice fields in Central Kalimantan province with Beijing providing its rice technology in support emerged from high-level bilateral talks last month.
Indonesia has proposed reducing its promised contribution to the KF-21 fighter jet development project by approximately two-thirds, Korean government sources said.
