One 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).

A 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.

The 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.

Following 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.

The 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.

One of PTDI's newest aircraft is undergoing development into an amphibious version, with the plane maker aiming for certification by 2026.

The 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.

The 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.

In a world that often races by, slow travel allows us to pause, savor, and form genuine connections with the places we visit.

A noncontract teacher of an elementary school in Banyuwangi has been detained for allegedly hacking the civil service database and selling the stolen data for US$8,000.

A number of police watchdogs have urged the law enforcement authorities to be transparent in probing the discovery of the bodies of seven male teenagers in the Bekasi River, West Java, who are thought to have been chased by the police for initiating a brawl via social media. 

The government must carry out agrarian reform by redistributing plots of land to farmers to improve their welfare, farmers said during a rally commemorating National Farmers'  Day on Tuesday.

The plan to import 1.5 million dairy cows to support president-elect Prabowo Subianto's trademark free meal program may exacerbate the climate crisis through greenhouse gas emissions created by the cattle as well as deforestation from land clearing for the dairy farms, observers have warned.

Education observers say poor character education at schools is responsible for rampant bullying in the country and have urged institutions to implement intensive anti-bullying training and interfaith dialogue to foster a sense of respect among people of different backgrounds.

The Netherlands has signed a new deal with Indonesia to return nearly 300 cultural objects this month, including several statues, with the newly repatriated artifacts slated for an exhibition to mark the National Museum's reopening in October, according to a museum official.

For years, a July complaint alleges, the company's employees were obliged to work extended hours while enduring abusive treatment, such as being slapped and choked. They were also reportedly denied rightful overtime pay.

BINUS private school has been embroiled in controversy once again after another alleged bullying incident at one of its high schools drew widespread attention, including from lawmakers at the House of Representatives.

The Health Ministry has collected and made publicly available genomic data from 9,000 Indonesians, a development expected to help doctors make more accurate diagnoses and provide better treatment.

Nutritional experts have raised concerns over a proposal to use "fish milk" for the free nutritious free meals program of incoming President Prabowo Subianto amid insufficient domestic production of cow milk.

Under the new regulation, the Environment and Forestry Ministry can provide legal aid and protection for environmental defenders who are under threat of any retaliatory actions for their activism.

The state-owned Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) is planning to use a facial recognition technology to identify millions of its policyholders and to prevent fraud in the National Health Insurance (JKN) system.

Following Pope Francis's messages urging interfaith dialogue, upholding tolerance and protecting diversity during his Indonesia visit, rights advocates have called on the government to take up the mantle by revoking discriminatory policies, such as the controversial 2006 decree deemed to restrict the constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of minority religions in the country.

The suspects were arrested in cities around the capital Jakarta, and the provinces of West Sumatra and Bangka Belitung Islands.

The Finance Minister has proposed a new state budget mechanism for meeting the mandatory 20 percent allocation for education, which has raised fears among experts that schools, teachers and students will all be left shortchanged.

Having vast areas of mangrove and peatland, Indonesia is being recognized a hotspot for global biodiversity and has significant potential to lead climate change action.

Pope Francis wraps up the first leg of his 12-day Asia-Pacific in Jakarta on Friday, departing for the next phase of his tour in Papua New Guinea, before proceeding to Timor-Leste and Singapore.

In a four-point joint statement named the Istiqlal Declaration, Pope Francis and leaders of Indonesian religious groups called for interfaith cooperation to solve the world's humanitarian and environmental crises.

The event was the high point of the 87-year-old pope's four days in Jakarta on the first stop of a 12-day tour of Southeast Asia and Oceania, with visits to Timor Leste, Singapore and Papua New Guinea.

Pope Francis praised Indonesia on Thursday for fostering a sense of friendship among different religious groups as he visited Jakarta's Istiqlal Mosque, located just across the street from the Jakarta Cathedral, in one of the final set pieces of the pontiff’s three-day visit to the country.

Medical students of the Diponegoro University in Semarang, Central Java, have urged authorities to resolve bullying allegations against Aulia Risma Lestari, a medical resident at the university who committed suicide last month.