Forests, fuel and food: Is expanding oil palm to Indonesia’s Papua worth the cost?
Forest loss to palm oil plantations directly weakens these dimensions by increasing disaster risk and exposing communities to instability.
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Indonesia eyes to clinch US tariff deal in a fortnight
Indonesia’s technical team, tasked with the legal drafting process, has arrived in the US capital about a week ago to pave the way for Coordinating Economy Minister Airlangga…
Online abuse tops violence against women in Greater Jakarta
The Jakarta chapter of the Legal Aid Foundation of the Indonesian Women’s Association for Justice received 1,212 reports of violence cases throughout 2025, a 60 percent increase…
Outrage as Indonesia blocks foreign disaster aid to Sumatra
In recent days, evacuees in Aceh have raised white flags along the streets in protest at what they describe as limited humanitarian assistance and delays in the government’s…
Prosecutors indict four activists for inciting Indonesia’s August unrest
Prosecutors from the Attorney General's Office (AGO) have charged four activists arrested after the August unrest, accusing them of spreading social media content deemed inciting…
Thailand-Cambodia conflict: The trap of a long war
ASEAN must prepare for a long contest of wills, not a sudden peace.
Indonesian government’s proposed minimum wage hike rattles employers, falls short for unions
Under the new formula, provincial minimum wages would rise by between 5.3 percent and 7.3 percent, an increase employers deem too steep.
Indonesian government rolls out minimum wage rule late, drawing union ire
The regulation introduces a new formula for calculating provincial minimum wages, combining inflation with economic growth multiplied by a factor known as alpha. The figure…
Philippines says no evidence of ‘terrorist training’ after Bondi gunmen’s visit
Australian authorities are investigating whether the two men met with extremists during a trip to Mindanao, a southern island in the Philippines known for Islamist insurgencies.
In Indonesia, regions ask for more state funds for disaster recovery
To fund recovery and reconstruction after the cyclone-induced floods and landslides, the administrations of Aceh and West Sumatra are requesting the central government to not cut…