Indonesia intensifies diplomacy as more citizens detained in Gaza flotilla
Indonesia has no formal ties with Israel, but the country joined earlier this year the US-led Board of Peace grouping, which includes Israel as one of its members.
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Jakarta expands free schooling scheme as out-of-school rate remains high
The programme was first introduced in July last year with 40 participating schools, following a Constitutional Court ruling in May that ordered the government to provide free…
State-led projects drive soaring forest loss in Indonesia, watchdog finds
Auriga Nusantara has found that over 430,000 hectares of forest areas were cut down last year, primarily for realising President Prabowo Subianto’s food and energy…
Jakarta shantytown residents in limbo over promised homes
People who were living along the railway tracks in Senen were forcibly uprooted on Friday, March 27, when heavy equipment allegedly rolled in to tear down their makeshift…
Outrage after three Indonesian peacekeepers killed
Two other Indonesian UNIFIL were killed in southern Lebanon on Monday, one day after another peacekeeper died in an explosion amid the intensifying Israeli ground invasion.
Indonesia strongly condemns Israeli killing of peacekeepers in Lebanon
The soldier, identified as Chief Pvt. Farizal Rhomadhon, 28, was killed by “indirect artillery fire in the vicinity” of the Indonesian base of the United Nations Interim…
Indonesian activists defiant following acid attack on rights defender
Human rights group the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has denounced the acid attack on its campaigner Andrie Yunus as a cowardly act aimed at…
Deadly landfill collapse exposes Jakarta’s decades-long waste mismanagement
Authorities confirmed five fatalities and four survivors, while at least four others remained unaccounted for.
Jakarta padel boom rattles residential areas
Jakarta is home to an estimated 397 padel courts, the highest number of any city in Indonesia. City data show that 185 of them have yet to secure a valid building approval permit.
Indonesian government’s plan to recruit 70,000 forest rangers criticised
Two officials have raised a plan to recruit 70,000 new forest rangers across the country to prevent illegal logging, forest encroachment and other forest crimes.