Indonesia

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As India has so far highlighted through its G-20 presidency, every challenge presents an opportunity. (Photo: Twitter/@ANI)

Pradeep S. Mehta | Global summits to mass movements: Creating G-20 that reaches all

The biggest opportunity in front of India and Global South today is to make its G-20 presidency inclusive by creating mass awareness

24 Mar 2023 12:05 AM

Trade among South Asian countries now totals just $23 billion — below an estimated current value of at least $67 billion. (Representational Image)

Aakar Patel | If our trade with China can see a rise, why not with our neighbours?

The World Bank says that trade between South Asian nations accounts for only five per cent of the region’s total trade

09 Jan 2023 12:05 AM

In a file photo, a Shariah Law official uses a rattan cane to whip one of two men convicted of gay sex in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. Two men in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province were caned 77 times each after neighbors reported them to the Shariah Police for having sex. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | Indonesia takes a step backwards

A nation that used to pride itself in support of democratic traditions in the last 24 years might be slipping as it takes a theocratic turn

08 Dec 2022 12:15 AM

Rescue workers carry the body of a victim in Cianjur on November 22, 2022, following a 5.6-magnitude earthquake that killed at least 162 people, with hundreds injured and others missing. (Photo: AFP)

Indonesia quake death toll rises to 268; 151 still missing

In addition to those killed, authorities reported more than 300 people were seriously hurt and at least 600 more suffered minor injuries

22 Nov 2022 5:58 PM

Workers inspect a store damaged during an earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. An earthquake shook Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday damaging dozens of buildings and sending residents into the capital's streets for safety. (Photo: AP)

At least 44 dead in Indonesia quake: local official

At least 44 people have been killed in the earthquake

21 Nov 2022 4:05 PM

The peak point of growth and prosperity is quite far off, so the short and medium-term prospects of growth and prosperity are nothing but bright. (Representational Image)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Towards a more affluent India: Future not all rosy

Economic growth is not an automated elevator. There will be periodic glitches and we need policy repairmen to keep it moving

04 Nov 2022 12:00 AM

Workers transferring aluminium foil for export to India at a factory in Huaibei in China's eastern Anhui province. India initiates probe into alleged dumping of aluminium foil from 4 nations. (AFP Photo)

India initiates probe into alleged dumping of aluminium foil from China, 3 others

The applicants alleged that dumping has impacted the industry and has requested for imposition of the anti-dumping duty on the import

23 Jun 2020 12:52 PM

Facebook is hoping to grab a large slice of Indonesia’s digital sector which was estimated at $40 billion in 2019 and could triple by 2025.

Pushing for WhatsApp digital payments, Facebook picks up stake in Indonesia’s Gojek after Jio

We can help bring millions of small businesses and their customers into the largest digital economy in Southeast Asia, WhatsApp's COO said.

03 Jun 2020 9:21 PM

Indonesian Muslims pray spaced apart as they practice social distancing to curb the spread of the new coronavirus during an Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, May 24, 2020.

Muslims around the world celebrates Eid amid curfews and virus fears

The three-day holiday of Eid is usually a time of travel, family get-togethers and lavish daytime feasts after weeks of dawn-to-dusk fasting

24 May 2020 4:07 PM

An empty Indonesian airport during the coronavirus lockdown. (AFP)

Indonesia: 'Rice ATMs' come to the rescue amid coronavirus lockdown

Coronavirus outbreak has caused millions to lose their jobs in Southeast Asia’s largest economy.

12 May 2020 10:48 AM

Cave art in Sulawesi was first discovered in the 1950s, with at least 242 caves and shelters containing such imagery documented since. (Photo: Instagram)

Research suggests Indonesian cave art was first form of story telling

Indonesian cave art is earliest known record of 'story telling', researchers say.

14 Dec 2019 8:00 PM

In October, Aceh officials announced that poachers who threaten endangered orangutans, tigers and other wildlife could receive up to 100 lashes under new rules. (Representational Image)

Indonesian man faints during flogging for pre-marital sex, revived to finish punishment

Aceh is the only region in Indonesia, the world’s biggest Muslim-majority country that imposes religious law.

06 Dec 2019 10:36 AM

Jujun Junaedi spends his free time in a backyard tinkering with his project, guided by instructional videos, as he dreams of flying above the snarled roads of his hometown Sukabumi. (Photo: AFP)

Indonesia man's solution to beat traffic - a homemade helicopter

His quest may seem a flight of fancy, but Junaedi is not the first person to try and build an artisanal aircraft.

28 Nov 2019 4:08 PM

The death toll from a powerful earthquake that rocked Indonesia's remote Maluku islands has risen to 23, the disaster agency said Friday, as more than 15,000 people were evacuated to shelters. (Representational Image)

Indonesia quake death toll rises to 23: official

Among the confirmed dead was an infant, with many killed by falling debris in and around quake-struck Ambon city.

27 Sep 2019 1:04 PM

A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit off the remote Maluku islands in eastern Indonesia Thursday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. (Representational Image)

Strong 6.5 magnitude quake strikes eastern Indonesia: USGS

Last year, a 7.5-magnitude quake and a subsequent tsunami in Palu on Sulawesi island left more than 4,300 people dead or missing.

26 Sep 2019 10:24 AM

Eka Wulandari, from the Mekar Sari village in Jambi province, captured the blood-red skies in a series of photos taken at around midday on Saturday. (Photo: Social Media)

Sky in Indonesia turns blood red as massive wildfires haze crisis worsens

This year's haze levels have been some of the worst in years.

24 Sep 2019 3:12 PM

Singapore has detained three Indonesian maids without trial under tough security laws over allegations they donated funds to support the Islamic State (ISIS) group, authorities said. (Photo: AFP)

Singapore detains 3 Indonesian maids for 'funding ISIS'

There has been a steady stream of such cases reported in Singapore, which is majority ethnic Chinese but has a sizeable Muslim minority.

24 Sep 2019 1:13 PM

Residents of a village in Bali got a shock when they spotted a two-headed snake in their midst -- a rare find in the wild. (Photo: YouTube/ video screengrab)

Rare of its kind, two-headed snake spotted in Indonesia

The reptile was seen slithering in the central part of the Indonesian holiday island last week.

06 Sep 2019 2:53 PM

Jakarta is one of the world's most densely populated cities, home to more than 10 million people and three times that number when counting those who live in surrounding towns. (Photo: AFP)

Indonesian President plans to move its capital to Borneo island

President Widodo said it was urgent that relocation plans commence, although capital would not physically begin to be relocated until 2024.

26 Aug 2019 3:14 PM

Decades of uncontrolled and excessive depletion of groundwater reserves, rising sea-levels, and increasingly volatile weather patterns mean swathes of it have already started to disappear. (Photo: AP)

Find out where Indonesia is moving its capital from Jakarta

Environmental experts warned that one third of it could be submerged by 2050 if current rates continue.

17 Aug 2019 10:43 AM

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