The Supreme Court has ordered a palm oil company to pay Rp 920 billion (US$60.9 million) for failing to prevent or extinguish forest fires within its concession area in West Kalimantan, adding to a growing list of firms held responsible for environmental disasters in the country.

The Health Ministry recorded a rise in the obesity rate as a proportion of the population from 2013 to 2018, Deputy Health Minister Dante Saksono Harbuwono said on Monday.

About 30 percent of wildfires between 2015 and 2020 were found in peatland that overlapped with the concession areas, according to a report from environmental coalition Pantau Gambut. 

Activists warn that companies will misuse the carbon market to avoid reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. 

The Supreme Court issued a circular on Monday prohibiting lower courts from granting any request to legalize interfaith marriage.

A recent remark by the mayor of Medan, North Sumatra, Bobby Nasution, on police shooting criminals dead has been criticized for potentially leading to human rights violations.

An elderly Indonesian man who had been missing in Saudi Arabia for almost two weeks has been found dead at a hospital in Mecca, Indonesian haj officials have said, as they continue their search for two other missing pilgrims.

As Twitter imposes more limits on its users' activity, experts say the social media platform will become a less reliable source of information and more susceptible to polarization ahead of Indonesia’s general election next year.

The breach of 34.9 million passport holders' data, while unconfirmed, points to the urgent need for an independent and strong oversight agency to protect Indonesians' personal data, especially data held at public institutions, a cybersecurity expert says.

Exactly one month before the 2023 ANOC World Beach Games Bali was due to start, the organizing committee announced the tournament's cancellation due to Indonesia withdrawing as host.

Many Indonesians are keen to vote in candidates who place climate action and sustainability at the heart of their platforms, though some voters say they have seen little sign that politicians share these priorities.

Indonesia had managed to reduced its tropical primary forest loss by 64 percent as of 2022, according to data from the latest report by the Global Forest Watch (GFW) think tank.

The government has joined a chorus Muslim-majority nations in condemning the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden on Wednesday, the second instance this year, during the Muslim observance of Idul Adha (Day of Sacrifice).

Responding to the opposition of palm oil-producing countries to its deforestation stance on trade, the European Union has agreed to set up a joint task force to achieve a “win-win solution” for the European Commission, Indonesia and Malaysia.

As more companies and government institutions leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to their benefit, experts and officials are aiming for Indonesia to come out on top in the “global AI race”.

Islam’s Day of Sacrifice is celebrated by slaughtering livestock, especially cattle, but the lack of attention to animal carcass disposal might leave a bad aftertaste.

What’s in front of her shook all her senses. Right off the bat, Yurike Lanser was greeted with an unsightly scene.

This year’s pilgrimage saw some 67,000 Indonesians aged 65 and above participating, or about 30 percent of the total 229,000 Indonesians pilgrims.

The government has announced plans to launch a National Health Survey (SKI) in August, an opportunity to measure the state of the nation’s health and nutrition, as well as the risk factors plaguing millions of Indonesians.

According to its latest available data, Indonesia recorded 104,000 hectares (256,990 acres) of deforested area from July 2021 to June 2022, down from 113,500 hectares in the year prior to that, according to government figures, which did not include numbers for the current year. 

The President has brushed off suggestions that the government is somehow connected to the Islamic school in West Java, currently at the center of a scandal alleging heretical teachings.

The police scrutiny of BPOM is the latest escalation by states seeking accountability for contaminated syrups that were linked to the deaths of dozens more children in Gambia and Uzbekistan last year. The World Health Organization is working with countries to investigate the global pharmaceutical supply chain for such syrups. 

The PSSI is looking for alternatives to the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, as it is booked for Coldplay's first gig in Indonesia on dates that overlap the first couple of weeks of U-17 World Cup in November, though Jakarta hasn’t been confirmed as the youth tournament’s host city.

An Islamic school in West Java faces potential closure over allegations of heresy and links to religious separatists, raising concerns about a crackdown on religious freedom that could further muddy a highly political year.

A significant proportion of the Australian public places more trust in countries with which Canberra shares China-focused defense pacts than in Indonesia, a Lowy Institute survey has found ahead of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s trip to Canberra.

At her campus in East Java, Balilah Rizki Putriga is among the few who continues to wear a mask following recent restriction-easing and the lifting of the pandemic emergency status.

The government urges the public to remain cautious against the coronavirus and to get booster shots amid the recent lifting of the COVID-19 emergency status in Indonesia, saying that the virus is still around and can still infect people.

The government has decided to extend this year’s Idul Adha (Day of Sacrifice) holiday by giving extra two days of mandatory leave before and after the Muslim festival, which falls on June 29.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has declared an end to the national emergency status of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the country now looks forward to further economic recovery after more than three years of disruption and tragedy.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo declared an end to the national emergency status of the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, as the country now looks forward to further economic recovery following three-plus years of the global health crisis.