The Latest Breaking News from Indonesia

In Indonesia, very few domestic workers are registered in the social services system, which denies them access to unemployment benefits, life insurance, and a pension.

Former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan is close to becoming declared a presidential nominee after three major political parties backed him for Indonesia’s top office.

JAKARTA: Security forces in the restive Papua region of Indonesia have surrounded separatists holding captive a New Zealand pilot, but will exercise restraint while negotiations for his release continue, a top security official said on Tuesday.

The controversial theory of solar geoengineering is at the centre of a growing body of climate research in Asia.

After premiering at Venice and picking up a swag of awards on the festival circuit, Indonesian political thriller Autobiography began its theatrical run in its home country this month.

The value of Indonesia’s nickel exports surged tenfold in five years after it forced buyers to set up refineries in the country. Now Southeast Asia’s biggest economy plans to use that blueprint to vault nto the ranks of higher-income economies by processing everything from copper to fish.

The Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia are competing to host another Southeast Asian electric-vehicle assembly plant for BYD Co, the world’s second-largest maker of EVs, according to a Philippine trade and investment official.

More than 200 security personnel sent to Wamena town after kidnap rumour sparks deadly riot and clashes with police.

Indonesian children under 18 were 70 times more likely to be living with diabetes in January 2023 than they were in 2010, the Indonesian Pediatric Society revealed this month.