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As the search continues, lawmakers and transportation experts call for a thorough investigation into the incident, highlighting longstanding concerns over the adequacy of Indonesia’s sea vessel inspections.
Greenhouse gas emitted from forest and peatland fires across Indonesia has reached the same amount of 74 coal-fired power plants, potentially hurting the country’s “net sink” aim in the forestry sector by 2030.
The latest blaze is the second wildfire to hit the Mount Bromo area in about a month, underscoring heightened fire risk during the dry season.
Suahasil Nazara, former deputy finance minister, pledged after his inauguration to maintain a “healthy and credible” state budget.
During the BRICS Leaders' Summit’s gala dinner in New Delhi, PM Anwar also said he had renewed his invitation for President Prabowo to visit Malaysia to discuss and resolve several outstanding bilateral matters.
Children accounted for around 20 percent of all wildfire-related respiratory illnesses as 12.5 million people in seven provinces were affected by the widespread forest and land fire, according to the Health Ministry.
The decision to place students in a military environment has raised concerns among civil society groups, who described it as part of the growing trend toward the “remilitarisation” of civilian space.
The Indonesian Immigration Directorate General also decided to ban the Australian, identified as BA, from entering Indonesia for 10 years.
Indonesia is emerging as a new operational hub for transnational online gambling and cyber scam syndicates, according to the National Police, as a crackdown on scam centers in mainland Southeast Asia pushes some criminal networks to seek new locations.
Initial information revealed that the orangutan babies are aged between one and five years old and were found in healthy conditions.
The early maneuvering comes as President Prabowo faces growing public dissatisfaction, with his approval ratings falling from 81.2 percent in November last year to 51.1 percent in July amid worsening perceptions of the economy, politics and law enforcement.
The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) administration will step up monitoring and protection efforts at centralised, communal, and independent evacuation shelters. It will also enhance psychological support for evacuees.
A coalition of NGOs, including the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) and Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW), urged the government to halt the program’s expansion and immediately undertake comprehensive reforms.
Studies have found fires burning inside company concessions since 2006, highlighting persistent negligence and raising concerns over potential wrongdoing by local and foreign investors in Indonesian plantations.
According to Indoneisa's Government Communications Agency (Bakom), flying to Vladivostok at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin was reportedly part of President Prabowo Subianto’s effort to address domestic issues.
