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Indonesia president suggests scrapping regional elections to cut costs
JAKARTA - Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto has suggested scrapping one of the country's two nationwide elections to cut costs,...
Dec 13, 2024


Indonesia province resumes search for 7 missing after landslide and floods kill 15
JAKARTA - Indonesian rescuers are searching for 7 people still missing four days after torrential rain hit North Sumatra province,...
Nov 27, 2024


Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano erupts, killing 10 people
JAKARTA - At least 10 people died after Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in eastern Indonesia erupted near midnight on Sunday, spewing explosive...
Nov 4, 2024


Indonesian authorities say eight dead in cooking oil factory near Jakarta
JAKARTA - Eight people died in a large fire at a cooking oil factory near the Indonesian capital Jakarta, local fire authorities said on...
Nov 2, 2024


Pope Francis arrives in Indonesia to begin ambitious Asia-Pacific tour
JAKARTA - Dozens of excited Indonesians waved on Tuesday as a motorcade carried Pope Francis through the capital as he began the first...
Sep 5, 2024


Indonesia election body gets approval to issue new rules in line with protesters' demands
JAKARTA - Indonesia's election body secured parliament's nod on Sunday to issue new rules in line with demands from protesters, who have...
Aug 25, 2024


Indonesia shelves plan to revise election law as protests rage
JAKARTA - Indonesia's parliament shelved planned changes to electoral laws on Thursday after protesters in the capital set fires and...
Aug 23, 2024


A tumultuous week in Indonesian politics as transition nears
JAKARTA - Thousands protested in cities across Indonesia on Thursday, capping a dramatic week in politics in the world's third-largest...
Aug 23, 2024


Indonesia court finds drugmakers at fault over toxic cough syrup, awards parents
JAKARTA - An Indonesian court ordered two local companies to pay up to 60 million rupiah ($3,850) to each family whose children died of...
Aug 23, 2024


Power struggle between Indonesia's court and parliament sparks protests
JAKARTA - Protests are planned in Indonesia on Thursday as parliament looks to annul changes to election laws made by the constitutional...
Aug 22, 2024


Indonesia's Golkar party poised to elect Jokowi ally as chief
JAKARTA - Golkar, Indonesia's second-largest political party, is expected to inaugurate a key ally of President Joko Widodo as its new...
Aug 21, 2024


Parties backing Indonesia's Prabowo close ranks to thwart rival's Jakarta governor bid
JAKARTA - Parties backing President-elect Prabowo Subianto on Monday rallied behind a single candidate for governor of the capital...
Aug 19, 2024


Indonesia's president-elect Prabowo secures parliamentary majority
JAKARTA - Indonesia's president-elect Prabowo Subianto has secured a parliamentary majority after the party that backed his rival in the...
Aug 16, 2024


Analysis-Prabowo's free meals plan poised to expand Indonesia dairy consumption, imports
JAKARTA - Indonesia's president-elect campaigned on a pledge to provide free meals to over 80 million school children, a costly and...
Aug 14, 2024


Indonesia holds first cabinet meeting in planned new capital, Nusantara
JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo held his first cabinet meeting in his planned new capital, Nusantara, on Monday, as the...
Aug 12, 2024


Indonesia presses Myanmar on peace commitments as ASEAN ministers meet
Indonesia's foreign minister at a regional meeting on Thursday called out warring camps in Myanmar over their refusal to agree to...
Jul 25, 2024


Coral bleachings devastate Bali reefs as sea temperatures rise
BONDALEM, Indonesia - Indonesian conservationist Nyoman Sugiarto has been working for 16 years to preserve coral on the reefs of Bali,...
Jul 8, 2024


Explainer-How Indonesia's deforestation persists despite moratorium
JAKARTA - Indonesia's Awyu tribe of the Papua region has filed a case to the Supreme Court seeking to cancel permits for palm oil...
Jun 20, 2024
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