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View all search resultsThe Jakarta Post's recent trip to Raja Ampat late last month revealed the complex currents rippling and colliding beneath the mining versus tourism issue, conflated by environmental and indigenous concerns surrounding the global marine haven in the country's far-flung, easternmost region.
2 days agoThe Jakarta Post visited Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua, to take a closer look at the recent nickel mining controversy taking place in the archipelago regency. Tensions have erupted between pro-mining inhabitants and those who have benefited from fishery and ecotourism activities. ...
2 days agoThe Jakarta Post visits Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua, to take a closer look at the recent nickel mining controversy that threatens to unravels the archipelago regency. In addition to causing irreversible damage to forest and marine ecosystems, the extractive activities have also created tensions among islanders. ...
2 days agoCulture Minister Fadli Zon has reiterated his dedication to repatriating Indonesia's cultural artifacts from abroad.
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8 months agoOctober 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.
8 months agoTwo 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.
8 months agoThe 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.
8 months agoJusuf 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.
8 months agoThe 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.
8 months agoA 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.
8 months agoActivists 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.
8 months ago"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."
8 months agoOfficials’ “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.
8 months agoIndonesia has been seeing an increase in the import of paper and plastic scrap to be processed domestically into raw materials for industrial production.
8 months agoMuhammadiyah chairman Haedar Nashir has urged President Prabowo Subianto to address problems of plagiarism and the sale of academic degrees at the nation’s universities.
8 months agoThe University of Indonesia’s board of professors has formed a team to investigate the controversial awarding of a doctorate by the university’s School of Global and Strategic Studies to Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadia, given the inordinately short length of time he took to graduate.
8 months agoJokowi’s youngest son Kaesang announced the birth of his daughter on Tuesday in Jakarta.
8 months agoThe Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) is scaling up efforts to clamp down on the illicit trade of prescription skincare products amid growing concerns from the public about the impact on health.
8 months agoProducing the wood pellets and chips used for "co-fire" coal plants risks driving deforestation, with natural forests cut down and replaced by quick-growing monocultures.
8 months agoJessica has persistently maintained her innocence since she was accused of lacing Wayan Mirna Salihin's coffee with cyanide in 2016.
9 months agoThe Constitutional Court has urged the police not to hesitate to charge parents who abduct their child from the child's legal guardian.
9 months agoThe recent case of the sexual assault of a 17-year-old female student by her 57-year-old teacher in Gorontalo, Sulawesi, has shed light on how easily victims can fall into a double trap in today’s digital era, making it more difficult for them to recover from trauma and pain.
9 months agoHealth organizations say the government’s decision not to increase the cigarette excise tax for next year represents a major step backward in reducing tobacco consumption in the country.
9 months agoMore than 1,700 judges in the country are set to stage an unofficial strike starting on Monday to demand higher salaries and benefits, which have been unchanged since 2012.
9 months agoOne of 1,000 people bitten by rabid animals in the country died from rabies in 2023, according to the Health Ministry's record, with most fatalities recorded in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).
9 months agoA global report on household waste management has singled out Indonesia, where nearly half of all households nationwide burn their garbage, with lack of public waste services compounding the sanitation, health and environmental issue.
9 months agoThe Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has vowed that early warning information for tsunamis and other related disasters will be disseminated within three minutes of an earthquake’s detection.
9 months agoFollowing the deaths of several students allegedly resulting from assaults by teachers, experts have called on the government to pay closer attention to educators’ mental health, noting that many are enduring heavy workloads and low wages.
9 months agoThe House of Representatives’ special committee to inquire into the government’s management and organization of this year’s haj has concluded its month-long investigation and come up with several recommendations, including that the next government find a better religious affairs minister.
9 months agoOne of PTDI's newest aircraft is undergoing development into an amphibious version, with the plane maker aiming for certification by 2026.
9 months agoThe Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in West Java has come under fire over a recent policy that requires students receiving tuition fee reductions to work part time on campus, with education experts criticizing the requirement as inconsistent with prevailing regulations and showcasing power relations between the university and its students.
9 months agoThe export of sea sand may threaten islands across the archipelago, as well as the livelihoods of people living on them, as sand dredging has caused dozens of islands to disappear in the past, environmentalists have warned.
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