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ndonesia faces rising inflation during the Ramadan season every year, but inflationary pressures this year have been compounded by the government’s free nutritious meal program, pushing annual ...

Sat, March 14, 2026 Published on Mar. 13, 2026 Published on 2026-03-13T15:21:31+07:00 he families of three Indonesian sailors missing after the tugboat Musaffah II exploded in the Strait of Hormuz are ...

part from last year's devastating floods and landslides in northern Sumatra, the nearly unstoppable killing of native wildlife, especially critically endangered elephants and tigers, should be taken ...

Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin announced a plan for Indonesia and Australia to develop trilateral security cooperation ...

As Jakarta’s 16-story "trash mountains" begin to collapse with fatal consequences, the city's long-ignored waste crisis has ...

Rene Redzepi—who trained at the Spanish restaurant El Bulli, also once considered the world's best, and at French Laundry in ...

The election has been dominated by Balendra Shah, the former mayor of ​Kathmandu, the capital, whose rap music critical of the establishment gained him near-rockstar-like fame on social media.

To prevent power outages, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said that closures would be carried out gradually.

fter several unsuccessful attempts to raise Commuter Line fares in Greater Jakarta, PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI) has renewed its plan to increase ticket prices.

KPK Deputy for Enforcement and Execution Asep Guntur Rahayu said the alleged scheme began in February, when Fikri and several regional officials conspired to appoint certain companies as winners of ...

A restructuring within the Indonesian Military (TNI) that involves the revival of a decades-long-dormant post and an upgrade ...