15+ hour, 46+ min ago   (755+ words) Children accounted for around 20 percent of all wildfire-related respiratory illnesses as 12.5 million people in seven provinces were affected by the widespread forest and land fire, according to the Health Ministry. View all posts by Yvette Tanamal → JAKARTA – Spreading forest and…...

14+ hour, 34+ min ago   (432+ words) During the BRICS Leaders' Summit’s gala dinner in New Delhi, Anwar also said he had renewed his invitation for Prabowo to visit Malay­sia to discuss and resolve several outstanding bilateral matters. View all posts by The Star → NEW DELHI…...

15+ hour, 55+ min ago   (570+ words) View all posts by Yerica Lai → JAKARTA – Civil society groups have condemned the government’s decision to send students detained after last month’s Jakarta protest to a so-called state defense program at a military facility in Bogor, West Java, calling the…...

16+ hour ago   (478+ words) View all posts by Theresia Sufa → BOGOR – The government is taking serious steps to return five orangutan babies found in a forest area in India after they received treatment. Forestry Ministry public relations and foreign cooperation bureau head Ristiano Pribadi…...

16+ hour, 20+ min ago   (619+ words) The Indonesian Immigration Directorate General also decided to ban the Australian, identified as BA, from entering Indonesia for 10 years. View all posts by Ni Komang Erviani → JAKARTA – An Australian arrested for a public act of indecency, identified only as BA,…...

16+ hour, 45+ min ago   (632+ words) The early maneuvering comes as President Prabowo faces growing public dissatisfaction, with his approval ratings falling from 81.2 percent in November last year to 51.1 percent in July amid worsening perceptions of the economy, politics and law enforcement. View all posts by…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (279+ words) Green SM officially launches all-electric taxi service in Palembang, expanding its presence across Sumatra, Indonesia. PALEMBANG, INDONESIA – Green SM has officially launched its electric taxi service in Palembang, making it the second city in Sumatra, after Bandar Lampung, to welcome…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (224+ words) Malaysia's health minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said that side discussions will be held on the ongoing transboundary haze issue, although it is not part of the official ASEAN health ministers' meeting agenda. View all posts by Ragananthini Vethasalan → KUALA LUMPUR…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (802+ words) Studies have found fires burning inside company concessions since 2006, highlighting persistent negligence and raising concerns over potential wrongdoing by local and foreign investors in Indonesian plantations. View all posts by Gembong Hanung → JAKARTA – Local conglomerates and multinational corporations from Singapore…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (840+ words) View all posts by Rizal Harahap, Nina A. Loasana → PEKANBARU – Police have arrested more than 100 people nationwide on arson charges as massive wildfires continue to ravage the country, but questions are mounting over whether the crackdown will deter those truly responsible....