Scores feared dead in Indonesia sinking
Sea travel is an essential part of life on the unusually shaped island of Sulawesi. Source: Flickr A ship carrying 118 passengers and 12 crew...
Indonesia to beef up security for Christmas holidays
The Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta. More than 80 per cent of Indonesians are Muslims, but the government official recognises five other religions. Photo: Michael J. Lowe/Wikimedia...
Fires twice as expensive as 2004 tsunami: World Bank
Indonesia is still paying the price for this year's fires. Source: Flickr by mararie Indonesia's forest fires and the so-called haze it caused this year have...
Unesco names Singapore and Bandung as Creative Cities of Design
Unesco director-general Irina Bokova. Photo: UNESCO/Michel Ravassard/Wikimedia Commons. Singapore has been named a Creative City of Design by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation...
Indonesia quiet ahead of elections
Politics in Depok is being dominated by coalition deals. Source: Wikimedia Indonesians will vote in the country's first simultaneous local elections on Wednesday (December 9)....
AirAsia crash blamed on technical fault
An Indonesia AirAsia Airbus A320-200 at Singapore Changi International Airport. Source: Flickr The Indonesia AirAsia crash off the Indonesian coast last year was a result...
Report due on AirAsia crash
The Airbus A320: Source: Wikimedia Indonesia is set to release the findings of its probe into last year's Indonesia AirAsia plane crash, the first official...
Indonesia leaves Malaysia behind in biodiesel production
Indonesia's vehicles will soon by running on a little more palm oil Jakarta is committed to push for higher production and consumption of biodiesel, to...
Jakarta suspends death sentence
Kerobokan Prison in Bali, where drug smugglers have been held. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Indonesia has suspended the execution of death-row prisoners, the archipelago’s top security...
Indonesia and Australia hope to forge trade deal
Trade Minister Andrew Robb. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Australia says it will prioritise signing a trade agreement with Indonesia in the hope that the deal will be...
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Thailand welcomes long-term tourists
Thailand on Tuesday has approved the entry of foreign tourists who will agree to undergo a 14-day quarantine. According to a report by the Bangkok...
ADB vows two-fold funding support for Indonesia
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