Indonesia

Calls for prison reform are rising after a fire in Tangerang Penintentiarity killed 44 inmates this week; pressure groups ask for the government to take responsibility and address persisting overcrowding problems

Aspiring female army cadets will be no longer subject to virginity tests, as declared by the chief of staff after years of activist battles

With the onset of the dry season, efforts to protect the peat ecosystem in Sumatra have been reinforced, canals are blocked as part of the peat wetting infrastructure to maintain water levels

Faced with the catastrophic environmental, social and economic impact of using fire to clear land in the country, a new study has analyzed other options, seeking effective results also improving farmers' livelihoods

After the success in Pekambaru, the government is pushing to conduct mobile vaccinations in different areas of Jakarta to speed up the process in the capital and to reach more participants in areas with low coverage

Bali runs out of oxygen; the resort island along with Java and 15 other regions are under tight coronavirus restrictions and government is debating whether to extend or lift them

Telkomsel, a leading digital telecom company, has launched the Kuncie learning platform to strengthen the ecosystem of those resources that can invigorate creative talents in the country and maximize their potential

Numerous soup kitchens continue to spring up in the country to provide meals for overwhelmed health workers, Covid-19 patients and others in distress

The international non-profit group Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has devised that the country's policy on the development of palm-based biofuel, B30 biodiesel, could actually further threaten forests

Authorities in Pekanbaru, Sumatra, have doubled the number of 'vaccination buses': the program, launched on 1 June, has encountered a favorable response from the public who appreciates the convenience

Search teams are looking for one missing person after rescuing all other 274 passengers from a large ferry that caught fire in North Maluku; both ferry transport and accidents are fairly frequent in the Indonesian 17.000 islands archipelago

The country will showcase its tourism and creative economy potential at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) Dubai 2021 starting today

Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, asked to the public to add more fish to Eid al-Fitr festivity menu and distributed packages of fish to residents and workers living near the ministry's main office