Pope Francis arrives in Indonesia to begin ambitious Asia-Pacific tour
JAKARTA - Dozens of excited Indonesians waved on Tuesday as a motorcade carried Pope Francis through the capital as he began the first...
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- Aug 25
Indonesia election body gets approval to issue new rules in line with protesters' demands
JAKARTA - Indonesia's election body secured parliament's nod on Sunday to issue new rules in line with demands from protesters, who have...
- Aug 23
Indonesia shelves plan to revise election law as protests rage
JAKARTA - Indonesia's parliament shelved planned changes to electoral laws on Thursday after protesters in the capital set fires and...
- Aug 23
A tumultuous week in Indonesian politics as transition nears
JAKARTA - Thousands protested in cities across Indonesia on Thursday, capping a dramatic week in politics in the world's third-largest...
- Aug 23
Indonesia court finds drugmakers at fault over toxic cough syrup, awards parents
JAKARTA - An Indonesian court ordered two local companies to pay up to 60 million rupiah ($3,850) to each family whose children died of...
- Aug 22
Power struggle between Indonesia's court and parliament sparks protests
JAKARTA - Protests are planned in Indonesia on Thursday as parliament looks to annul changes to election laws made by the constitutional...
- Aug 21
Indonesia's Golkar party poised to elect Jokowi ally as chief
JAKARTA - Golkar, Indonesia's second-largest political party, is expected to inaugurate a key ally of President Joko Widodo as its new...
- Aug 19
Parties backing Indonesia's Prabowo close ranks to thwart rival's Jakarta governor bid
JAKARTA - Parties backing President-elect Prabowo Subianto on Monday rallied behind a single candidate for governor of the capital...
- Aug 16
Indonesia's president-elect Prabowo secures parliamentary majority
JAKARTA - Indonesia's president-elect Prabowo Subianto has secured a parliamentary majority after the party that backed his rival in the...
- Aug 14
Analysis-Prabowo's free meals plan poised to expand Indonesia dairy consumption, imports
JAKARTA - Indonesia's president-elect campaigned on a pledge to provide free meals to over 80 million school children, a costly and...
- Aug 12
Indonesia holds first cabinet meeting in planned new capital, Nusantara
JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo held his first cabinet meeting in his planned new capital, Nusantara, on Monday, as the...
- Jul 25
Indonesia presses Myanmar on peace commitments as ASEAN ministers meet
Indonesia's foreign minister at a regional meeting on Thursday called out warring camps in Myanmar over their refusal to agree to...
- Jul 8
Coral bleachings devastate Bali reefs as sea temperatures rise
BONDALEM, Indonesia - Indonesian conservationist Nyoman Sugiarto has been working for 16 years to preserve coral on the reefs of Bali,...
- Jun 20
Explainer-How Indonesia's deforestation persists despite moratorium
JAKARTA - Indonesia's Awyu tribe of the Papua region has filed a case to the Supreme Court seeking to cancel permits for palm oil...
- May 16
Indonesia's toll rises to 62 from deadly Sumatra floods, 25 still missing
TANAH DATAR, Indonesia -The death toll from weekend flash floods and mud slides in Indonesia's West Sumatra province rose to 62 on...
- May 10
Explainer-South China Sea: Why are China and Philippines tensions heating up?
MANILA -An escalating diplomatic row and recent maritime run-ins between China and the Philippines have made the highly strategic South...
- May 3
Residents fear for safety as Indonesia's Mount Ruang volcano erupts
TAGULANDANG, Indonesia - Antelmus Paulus, 67, is in despair after the eruption on Tuesday of Indonesia's Ruang volcano rendered his home...
- Apr 30
Indonesia's Ruang volcano erupts again, alert status at highest
JAKARTA -Indonesia's Ruang volcano spewed "explosive" flows of incandescent lava into the night sky on Tuesday as lightning flashes...
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