A landslide in the city of Cilacap last week buried a dozen houses in Cibeunying village, the disaster mitigation agency said. Search and rescue efforts were challenging as people were buried 3 to 8 metres (10 to 25 feet) deep, it said.

Based on the latest projections, the Finance Ministry expects to collect less than half of what the state had hoped to secure from tax evaders by the end of the year.

The dispute erupted after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told Japanese lawmakers earlier this month that a Chinese attack on Taiwan threatening Japan's survival could trigger a military response, a scenario previous administrations have avoided discussing in public to avoid provoking Beijing, which claims the self-ruled island. 

The draft, which has been revised several times as a result of high-stakes negotiations, "endorses" the plan, which allowed for a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas to take hold on October 10 in the war-wracked Palestinian territory.

It was one of the first signs of a possible path toward defusing an increasingly tense situation in the region as the US wages a campaign of deadly strikes against suspected drug trafficking boats off the Venezuelan coast and in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Tropical cyclones can be even more deadly, and for a wider range of reasons, than we ever thought.

International standards for "high-quality" credits risk excluding the projects Indonesia needs most, threatening billions in conservation finance and the ecosystems that define our nation.

Japan's economy shrank almost 2 percent in the three months through September, as a drop in exports in the face of US tariffs resulted in the first contraction in six quarters, government data showed on Monday.

What began as an inclusive experiment in rural energy has hardened into a top-down industrial regime, where benefits flow upward and accountability flows nowhere.

Asian markets struggled Monday on simmering concerns that the Federal Reserve will not cut interest rates as hoped next month, while fears of a bubble continue to weigh on sentiment.

Jordan's King Abdullah II has invited state asset fund Danantara to invest up to US$1.3 billion in infrastructure and energy projects in his country. The offer, extended during a two-day visit to Jakarta, opens the door to a major overseas move for the fund.

Energy systems’ flexibility, their ability to respond in a timely manner to fluctuations in electricity supply and demand, must increase much faster than is currently expected.

The argument at the heart of the mass protests that erupted in late August isn't centralization versus democracy, but the credibility and trustworthiness of state institutions.

One of the main challenges hindering the expansion of the program to spread Wolbachia-infected mosquitos in dozens of other cities in Indonesia is limited funding, with the government aiming to work with international partners to overcome the hindrance.

Held as part of a weeklong series of cultural and economic activities, this year's ASEAN fair highlighted F&B products from member states, essentially hosting a tasting table to promote future collaborations in the rapidly growing sector.

The country is rich in untapped potential for solar and hydro power and is already the world’s second-largest producer of geothermal power.

Malaysia has repatriated a total of 14 fishermen from the Indonesian provinces of Riau and Riau Islands for unintentionally crossing into its waters in the past two months. 

The Rp 200 billion (US$12 million) civil lawsuit against Tempo magazine now being heard at the South Jakarta District Court has all the hallmarks of a concerted government campaign to silence critical media. The suit, filed by Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman, is so weak that the court should have dismissed it with prejudice.

Indonesia is set to receive a number of cultural artifacts repatriated from the United States, including a historical bronze statue that has been kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art since the early 1990s.

A Toyota HiAce van carrying a group of 13 visitors from China plunged into a ravine in Buleleng, a northern coastal regency known for its winding roads, killing five and injuring eight, with the local driver escaping with only scratches, police have confirmed.

With a ceasefire having been brokered in the Palestinian enclave in October, President Prabowo Subianto is seeking to make good on the pledge he delivered at the UN General Assembly in September to send some 20,000 troops on a peacekeeping mission.

When state signals tilt toward influencing the outcome of a private merger, it raises red flags for investors and competitors alike.

The government’s move to effectively restrict new smelter projects has drawn industry concern over the scope of the smelter moratorium, specifically whether it applies to companies that secured their business licenses before the new rules took effect.

The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has approved the reopening of the Deep Mill Level Zone (DMLZ) and Big Gossan mines, both of which had been shut down as part of a broader halt following a deadly accident at the Grasberg mining site in September.

Box office revenues in many countries remain well below the levels recorded before the COVID-19 pandemic, with multiplexes in the United States and Canada just suffering their worst summer since 1981, excluding the COVID-19 shutdown.

A group calling itself "Generation Z Mexico" that called for the protests has said in a "manifesto" circulating on social media that it is non-partisan and represents Mexican youth that are fed up with violence, corruption and abuse of power.

The Shenzhou missions have run like clockwork since 2021 until ten days ago when Shenzhou-20 was damaged while docked at Tiangong, forcing its three-person crew to stay an extra nine days along with another trio of astronauts.