Five dead in flooding, landslides amid year-end holidays in Indonesia
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has warned of heavy rain, possibly with lightning and strong winds, in parts of Indonesia until the beginning of next…
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Indonesia President Prabowo, law minister walk back plan to pardon graft convicts
In his Christmas remarks on Saturday, the President denied that he wanted to pardon graft convicts, saying he simply wanted them to “repent” and return the money they stole as…
Ghost of past administration: The Jakarta Post
As a new president who is still working to consolidate his power, Mr. Prabowo certainly did not want to alienate the PDI-P, currently the biggest political party in the House of…
Indonesian authorities struggle against tsunami complacency
Despite improvements in disaster warning, mitigation programs are not yet enough to prevent mass casualties from a potential tsunami that experts believe might return sometime in…
Israeli army forces patients out of Indonesian Hospital in Gaza
The Indonesian Hospital is one of the Gaza Strip's few still partially functioning hospitals, on its northern edge, an area that has been under intense Israeli military pressure…
In Indonesia, PDI-P-Jokowi rift enters new level
The feud has spilled over into the legal sphere, after the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named the party's secretary-general a suspect in a bribery case and banned…
Indonesia’s Aceh marches on with lingering grief 20 years after tsunami
Mourners flocked to several mass grave sites in Banda Aceh and neighboring Aceh Besar regency starting on Thursday morning, Dec. 26.
Sweeping Vietnam internet law comes into force
Under "Decree 147", all tech giants operating in Vietnam must verify users' accounts via their phone numbers or Vietnamese identification numbers and store that information…
18 cops to face ethics probe for allegedly extorting Malaysians at Jakarta dance music festival
The announcement comes after viral complaints over the alleged extortion, with some users posting on X that certain police officers had extorted money from festivalgoers by…
The world needs ocean-based climate solutions
So far, the ocean, including the ecosystems it supports, has largely been treated as an afterthought in global climate strategies, sidelined in favor of more visible priorities…