Indonesia

On Monday, Indonesia’s former minister of social affairs was sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of accepting $1.2 million in bribes related to food help for poor families affected by the coronavirus...

The US said today that it will offer Indonesia an additional $30 million in life-saving COVID-19 assistance to buy more oxygen, improve vaccination rollout, and provide medical supplies to treat COVID-19 patients and save lives. These...

According to a new World Bank report titled “Beyond Unicorns: Harnessing Digital Technologies for Inclusion in Indonesia,” while Indonesia has one of the fastest-growing digital economies in Southeast Asia, more action is needed to ensure that...

Indonesia’s government has ordered producers to prioritise medical oxygen as it battles a Covid surge and a shortage of oxygen in a number cities. Hospitals say they have almost exhausted supplies, with one reporting that 63...

Indonesia announced a lockdown on its main island Java, as well as the tourism destination of Bali on Wednesday. The announcement by President Joko Widodo comes as the country battles multiple outbreaks and an alarming spike...

The decision to dismiss prominent anti-corruption investigators and commissioners will cast a shadow over the independence of Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi), also known as KPK, Transparency International said today. The recent weakening of...

Search teams are looking for one missing person after rescuing all other passengers from a large ferry that caught fire in Indonesia, an official said Sunday. The KM Karya Indah was heading to Sanana, a remote...

At least seven people were killed and one reported missing after a landslide at an Indonesian gold mine, authorities said on Tuesday. Torrential rains triggered a landslide on Monday, inundating the mine with mud mixed with...

All 53 crew aboard an Indonesian submarine that disappeared last week were killed, the military said Sunday as it confirmed the vessel had been found in pieces on the seafloor. Authorities said that they picked up...

The chances of rescuing missing Indonesian submarines are dwindling. The sinking Indonesian submarine with 53 crew members had to be rescued within 72 hours. Because the ship had enough oxygen to last three days. The submarine...