Indonesia is among the countries with transitional capacity, which have internet access for most people, but coverage and quality remain uneven with regulation, funding and skills still catching up. These nations are encouraged to draft national strategies that should outline greater investment in labor skills and strong AI policies.

The government has confirmed 607 deaths, with another 214 people missing and feared dead, in what President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has called the country's most challenging natural disaster.

The expansion aims to make its AI assistant "more responsive, accurate, and balanced" by incorporating diverse viewpoints, acknowledging that "real-time events can be challenging for current AI systems to keep up with."

The police have named Lin Jingzhang, director of PT Peter Metal Technology (PMT), a suspect in the case of radioactive contamination at the Modern Cikande Industrial Estate in Banten, as authorities face pressure to tighten supervision to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future.

Israel said it would open the Rafah crossing from Gaza to Egypt exclusively to allow residents to exit the Palestinian territory "in the coming days", a claim denied by Egypt which insisted that the key crossing be opened in both directions.

Zoo spokesperson Sulhan Syafi'i said the remaining funds for animal feed will only last until Dec. 10, and so far the zoo has received no emergency assistance from either the Bandung administration or the central government.

Four species of the rare parasitic flower Rafflesia are blooming simultaneously in Bengkulu, a highly unusual phenomenon and a positive sign for the conservation of these iconic endemic plants.

Now increasingly visible in Jakarta and other cities, independent libraries and reading communities have become new hubs for readers, taking the lead in promoting reading culture as government initiatives continue to fall short.

Patrick Walujo has stepped down as CEO of GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk (GoTo), a move that appears to open the way for accelerated acquisition talks with Grab. Several major GoTo backers—including SoftBank, Provident, and Peak XV—were reported to have pushed for his removal, believing he had resisted the proposed takeover. The company has since announced its chief operating officer, Hans Patuwo, as the leading candidate to replace Patrick. The leadership transition comes at a sensitive moment for GoTo, amid persistent merger rumors that have reportedly drawn the attention of the Palace.

Why cacao-rich Indonesia is not (yet) a global chocolate producer Building on its decades-old role as a major cacao producer, Indonesia wants to push into the global chocolate market with a comprehensive supply chain from plantations via processing facilities to factories, but some key hurdles lie in the way.

Local and national police are continuing to search for at least 122 people still missing in the aftermath of the flooding and landslides that struck northern Sumatra on Nov. 26.

As fevers, typhoid and skin infections surge among survivors of last week’s deadly floods, authorities are stepping up medical outreach and disease-prevention efforts across Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra to contain outbreaks and protect vulnerable communities.

It is high time we throw out the misleading narrative that Indonesians lack reading interest; rather, the issue is more about whether the country has the systems and facilities in place to nurture reading.

Antony Loewenstein’s award-winning investigation, now in Indonesian, reveals how Israel’s technologies of control, perfected in occupied Palestine, have become profitable, “field-tested” exports shaping global surveillance and warfare.

Experts are now pressing the government to spell out which plants might replace Cirebon-1 in the retirement pipeline and the criteria guiding that selection.

A total of 129 Indonesian citizens have been confirmed as survivors of the fire, according to the ministry’s latest data, with nine dead and one still receiving hospital treatment. 

The military has erected at least 10 portable bridges, called "Bailey bridges", in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra provinces to help with the distribution of food and aid supplies to isolated residents, Major General Freddy Ardianzah told reporters on Friday. 

The national security paper, meant to flesh out Trump's norms-shattering "America First" worldview, signals a sharp reorientation from longstanding US calls to refocus on Asia, although it still identifies China as a top competitor.

Meeting South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Seoul, Son, whose SoftBank is a major backer of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, described a future in which an advanced AI surpasses humans by a magnitude of 10,000.

In two recent operations, the Indonesian Navy has thwarted one smuggling attempt involving sports apparel worth around Rp 6.1 billion and another involving 133 reptiles from Papua.

Nearly 200,000 people died in Aceh alone after a 9.1-magnitude quake off the northern province triggered the catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami on December 26, 2004.

Even when US President Donald Trump made a landmark visit to China early during his first term in 2017, and Xi lavished him with a private dinner within Beijing's Forbidden City, the trip was confined to the Chinese capital. 

As part of ongoing efforts to increase public awareness of environmental responsibility, particularly in household waste management, PT Daya Intiguna Yasa (“MDIY” or “MR.D.I.Y. Indonesia”) is expanding its Recycle Dropbox program to 52 stores across Greater Jakarta, Serang and Bandung.

Bank Mandiri chief economist Andry Asmoro wrote in a market analysis on Thursday that the trend was driven by “improving expectations” for an interest rate cut by the Fed in December.

The Environment Ministry has launched an investigation into several firms suspected of contributing to the devastating disaster across northern Sumatra, while the minister has vowed not to spare any local administrations whose policies led to environmental degradation.

What started as a rainy-night obligation turned into a nostalgic reminder that the songs of our childhood never really leave us.

EU regulators launched an antitrust investigation into Meta Platforms on Thursday and may even temporarily halt its rollout of artificial intelligence features in its WhatsApp messenger that would block rivals, hardening Europe's already tough stance on Big Tech.