The flooding that peaked last month across the region illustrates a fundamental truth: disaster risk reduction is inextricably tied to governance, including economic policies, and ASEAN must tackle climate issues as a collective agenda.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said tropical cyclone seeds could emerge across several regions in southern Indonesia between the second week of December and early January, which may dissipate or intensify into a full-fledged cyclone.

These disasters underscore that Indonesia’s ecological, political and institutional systems are no longer adequate for the climate realities of today. 

Following public outcry, President Prabowo Subianto granted rehabilitation to three former executives of state-owned enterprise (SOE) PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry convicted in the corruption case surrounding the company's acquisition of ferry operator PT Jembatan Nusantara (JN). For many observers, the prosecution of former president director Ira Puspadewi and two other executives epitomize the criminalization of business judgment.

The six illegal workers worked as a team and each had a specific role, such as team leader, cutter or transporter.

Small businesses in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra have watched as the recent flooding swept away their incomes along with roads, utilities and other essentials, including access to food.

A national emergency declaration enables the deployment of all necessary state equipment and resources to the affected areas. 

The KPK has welcomed a district court's decision to throw out the corruption fugitive's legal challenge related to his arrest in Singapore on jurisdictional grounds, saying it hopes the ruling will pave the way for Paulus' extradition under a bilateral treaty.

The envisioned Kilat Pajajaran railway project threatens to cut into the market for the existing high-speed Whoosh service connecting the same two cities.  

The OECD assessment sees Indonesia’s inflation declining to 1.9 percent this year, and then picking up to 3.1 percent and 3.2 percent in successive years.

Quantum Luminous Indonesia president director Walter Grieves said the plan was to commence the semiconductor project at the start of 2026.

Twenty-two Indonesian nationals remain unaccounted for following the massive fire that tore through the Wang Fuk Court housing complex in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district, the Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday, as authorities race to identify victims amid widespread devastation.

Huawei Cloud Indonesia CEO Leon Fang said that the utilization rate of the current three Availability Zones in Jakarta has reached 90.99 percent.

President Prabowo Subianto’s brother and business tycoon Hashim Djojohadikusumo, who is also the President’s special envoy for energy and climate, says the government “is sticking to a different approach” amid mounting international pressure to curb fossil fuel use.

In affected regions, there is growing frustration among survivors of catastrophic flooding and landslides over the pace of the rescue effort and aid delivery.

The Boeing 777 carrying 239 people vanished from radar screens on March 8, 2014, while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in one of aviation's greatest enduring mysteries.

Democracies move slowly; but when paired with civic education, vigilance and public participation, their institutions stand a better chance of surviving and renewing themselves.

If left unaddressed, these criminal networks will not only destabilize individual member states but also threaten the credibility, security and economic future of the ASEAN as a whole.

In a memo to staff on Monday, Altman told employees that the company was "at a critical time for ChatGPT," and that resources must be devoted to fending off the new competition to its chatbot, the reports said.

However, with global funding pledges falling short of the target required to sustain health programming, how can countries, including Indonesia, win their goal to end AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as global health threats?

Environmentalists, experts and even the government have pointed to the role forest loss played in flash flooding and landslides that washed torrents of mud into villages and stranded residents on roofs.

The three provinces have suffered severe devastation after a rare tropical storm formed in the Malacca Strait and unleashed a week of torrential rain and powerful winds, triggering widespread floods and landslides.

The agency in a press conference late on Tuesday said 708 people had been killed since last week, a figure lower than the 753 reported on its website earlier in the day. It did not give a reason for the discrepancy. 

Advancing regenerative ocean solutions provides a hedge against systemic instability by protecting one of Earth’s most powerful stabilizing forces.

The discovery was the latest in a string of elephant deaths in recent months that has heightened concern over the endangered species’ survival.

In the event of disasters, what protects people is not a perfect environment, but a reliable flow of information and a clear structure of action.

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has logged at least 60 alleged human rights violations in Papua this year, from deadly lapses in basic health care to land grabs and attacks on civilians, a pattern the agency says highlights Jakarta’s failing approach to the restive region.