When dry roads feel like a gift, what kind of future are we really holding on to?

Authorities have blamed the scale of devastation in northern Sumatra partly on uncontrolled logging. 

The $120-million effort will link northern and southern Papua New Guinea and the Bougainville autonomous region with high-capacity cables, Peter Tsiamalili, PNG's acting minister for information and communications technology, said on Friday.

Romania's last confirmed case of leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, was detected 44 years ago.

The reported bombing by Thai military came after Trump said Friday that Thailand and Cambodia had agreed to halt fighting along their disputed border, which has killed at least 20 people this week.

During a raid on Dec. 4, police seized a dark blue pickup truck labeled "Bang Bus" that reportedly had been untaxed since 2023 and had allegedly been illegally repainted from white to blue without re-registration.

More than 25 countries are expected to send representatives to the conference, which will include sessions on the command structure and other issues related to the Gaza force, according to United States officials.

More than 1,130 tonnes of contaminated scrap metal were stored at the steel melting plant PT Peter Metal Technology (PMT) after the government detected widespread radioactive pollution in the area and carried out decontamination measures.

The lack of privacy poses serious difficulties for women, especially breastfeeding mothers, while access to menstrual supplies remains one of the biggest challenges of the crisis.

Despite being in effect for nearly a decade, chemical castration remains a rare sentence, even for offenders who qualify under the law.

The government has begun rebuilding the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school (pesantren) in Sidoarjo, East Java, even as public criticism mounts over the use of state funds to reconstruct the privately run institution, whose prayer hall collapsed in late September, killing more than 60 students.

The Communications and Digital Ministry is preparing a ministerial regulation that would stipulate detailed provisions on punishments for tech companies found violating a prohibition on social media for children.

Indonesia's draft revision of its renewable energy regulation has raised concern that the government is backtracking on its energy transition commitments. Rather than accelerating the shift to clean energy, critics say the revision to Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 112/2022 on Accelerating the Development of Renewable Energy for Electricity Procurement would open the door to more coal-fired power plants (CFPPs). The move risks derailing Indonesia's net-zero emissions (NZE) target and reinforces perceptions that the Prabowo Subianto administration prioritizes energy security over transition efforts.

Items once promoted to reduce waste are now collected, displayed and replaced at a pace that mirrors the very overconsumption they were meant to counter.

A recently-signed National Police chief internal decree paves the way for active officers to sit in civilian positions in 17 ministries and state institutions without resigning or retiring from the force, despite a recent Constitutional Court ruling banning them from doing so.

Jakartans must take the lead in controlling the city's air quality instead of waiting for an official response, especially after alarming reports showing that pollution is seeping into our homes at higher, more dangerous levels than in the air outside.

So far, the Indonesian Air Force has deployed 23 transport aicraft and helicopters to help aid distribution in areas affected by natural disasters in the northern part of Sumatra.

The dissolution comes as fighting stemming from a decades-long territorial dispute over ancient temples has flared again on the border with Cambodia, where clashes have killed at least 20 people and displaced around 600,000, mostly in Thailand.

Only scientifically classified as a species in 2017, tapanulis are incredibly rare, with fewer than 800 left in the wild, confined to a small range in part of Sumatra.

Tax director general Bimo Wijayanto said the tax office is now in possession of far more complete data than it did in the past, including the data on beneficial owners.

The President said he hoped conditions would stabilize soon so children could return to school, while reminding local people to protect the environment and avoid deforestation.

The country has marked a milestone as the first containers of shrimp, certified free of Cs-137, cleared inspections to enter the US this week, ending months of disruption in supplying the seafood industry's largest export market.

European manufacturers are feeling increasing pressure from a surge of cheap Chinese imports for the second time in two decades.

The warm recent reception given by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Russian President Vladimir Putin shows the double standards of India, which is trying to build stronger relationships with the West while maintaining its historical ties with Russia.

Creativity is required on how best Indonesia and China can move together to elevate the ties, thereby contributing to the strengthening of the regional security architecture.

As technology companies push ahead to map the course of AI, sitting on the sidelines may seem safe for now, but taking this option risks losing out in the future.

“Elephants are a protected species. Involving them in heavy post-disaster work puts their safety at risk. Deploying elephants also contradicts conservation principles, which place animal welfare as a priority,” Daniel Johan, a member of House of Representatives Commission IV overseeing agriculture, forestry and fisheries, said.