The raging war in the Middle East since October 2023, first in Gaza and now spreading to Lebanon, may be about fighting over land and securing borders, but the impact is spilling over to other parts of the world, often in the form of even more hatred against religious communities.

Discussion surrounding the controversial subject of childlessness has resurfaced recently as a Statistics Indonesia (BPS) report shows 8.2 percent of Indonesian women of childbearing age choose not to have children.

Environmentalists and experts urge Indonesia to show a strong commitment to forest protection and restoration, through a policy framework and achievements on the ground, during the United Nations climate conference (COP29) in Baku.

The University of Indonesia will hold an ethics hearing on the circumstances surrounding the doctoral work of Energy and Mineral Resources Minister and Golkar Party chairman Bahlil Lahadalia, whose graduation will depend on the outcome of the process. 

Twenty-six years have passed since New Order security forces fired on democracy protesters in Central Jakarta’s Semanggi interchange, killing 17 people, but still no one has been held responsible for the tragedy.

His body was taken to the university’s Balairung Hall in Yogyakarta on Thursday afternoon for mourners to pay their last respects before he was laid to rest at the Sawitsari cemetery in the city on the same day.

Among the measures that Indonesia will implement as part of its effort to halt global warming to less than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels is to push for energy transition to renewables and reforest more than 12 million hectares of degraded land.

A massive collision involving an overloaded truck and at least 17 other vehicles on the Cipularang toll road in Purwakarta, West Java, has sparked fresh calls for stronger government oversight over the country’s logistics and land transportation sectors.

The nationwide free screening program is part of the government's broader aim to lower the mortality rate of certain NCDs and by doing so, reduce the country's overall burden by up to $1.6 trillion.

The newly established Elementary and Secondary Education Ministry is mulling over a plan to revive the national examination in a bid to boost students’ motivation to learn after various reports indicating a decline in the country’s academic performance following the abolition of the exam in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Indonesia ranked at 77th on the Global Hunger Index, with an index value of 16.9 percent, which means moderate hunger, while 7.2 percent of the population is still not food secure . 

Communications and Digital Minister Meutya Hafid relayed President Prabowo’s order not to assist any individual involved in online gambling.

The Jakarta Post won two prizes for feature articles at the Asian Media Awards, organized by the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) on Wednesday night in Singapore.

Police detained three suspects at Soekarno-Hatta Airport for attempting to send 28 Indonesian citizens abroad in an alleged human trafficking ring.

At least a dozen of the communications ministry’s employees were arrested for allegedly enabling online gambling operations. These employees allegedly pocketed a piece of the profit, earning up to Rp 8.5 million ($US539.43) from each site.

Last year's dry season was the most severe since 2019 due to an El Nino weather phenomenon, bringing a prolonged drought that hurt crops and exacerbated forest fires.

Indonesia has much work to do at home to demonstrate its commitment to the recently concluded COP16, which agreed to form a global indigenous body to protect and recognize indigenous communities' wisdom and efforts in biodiversity conversation, including by passing the long-stagnant 2012 bill on indigenous people.

Culture Minister Fadli Zon has reiterated his dedication to repatriating Indonesia's cultural artifacts from abroad.

In a two-to-one decision, the bench ruled that the appeal exceeded legal time constraints, with the dissenting justice argued that IAL's permit violated Indonesia's environmental rules.

October is one of the two hottest months of the year for southern equatorial regions when the Sun is directly above the equator, with the other month being April. 

Two serious accidents involving heavy goods vehicles in the city of Tangerang, Banten, and on the Pemalang-Batang Toll Road in Central Java on Thursday, have raised concerns over the lack of competent drivers in the country and the poor working conditions of truckers.

The National Police’s Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) arrested an employee of the Communications and Digital Ministry on Thursday for his alleged involvement in online gambling.

Jusuf Wanandi, cofounder and president director of the Post, said he hoped that the strategic investment and partnership would not only bolster the newspaper’s position as a leader in the country’s media landscape, but also enhance its ability to engage with more diverse communities and contribute to positive social impacts. 

The national weather agency has advised people to prepare for extreme heat in certain regions and extreme rain in others, at least until the weekend, as unusually high temperatures continue to prevail as the country transitions into the rainy season.

A recently published study suggests that more efforts are needed to protect and conserve Sumatran tigers in the Ulu Masen Ecosystem, including up to 700 rangers to secure the unprotected forest area against poachers.

Activists have called on the Indonesian government to commit to UN biodiversity agreements that acknowledge indigenous communities' contributions to conserving nature while protecting their rights to customary land.

"We just don't know when the next big one will be, but what we know is that we can be as ready as we can."

Officials’ “unnecessary demand” for academic titles might be related to the country’s Dutch colonial past, during which degrees were seen as a way to heighten one’s social status, said Arief Anshory Yusuf, head of Padjadjaran University’s council of professors.

Indonesia has been seeing an increase in the import of paper and plastic scrap to be processed domestically into raw materials for industrial production.

Muhammadiyah chairman Haedar Nashir has urged President Prabowo Subianto to address problems of plagiarism and the sale of academic degrees at the nation’s universities.