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Indonesia studies cassava-based technology to fight land fires

Jakarta, Aug. 28 -- Indonesia is studying cassava-based technology as a potential tool to combat forest and land fires, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Head Arif Satria said on Friday. ... Read More


Ministry provides Rp4.18b to restore 71 disaster-hit training centers

Jakarta, Aug. 28 -- Indonesia's Primary and Secondary Education Ministry disbursed Rp4.18 billion in relief funding to support the recovery of 71 courses and training centers (LKPs) affected by floods... Read More


Indonesian Air Force says Jakarta fighter flights were training

Jakarta, Aug. 28 -- The Indonesian Air Force said fighter jets flying over Jakarta were conducting training for Merdeka Run, part of celebrations marking Indonesia's 81st Independence Day. Speaking t... Read More


Jakarta situation returns to normal after Thursday protest, police say

Jakarta, Aug. 28 -- Indonesian police said public safety and order in Jakarta had returned to normal on Friday after mass demonstrations at the Parliament Complex the previous day. National Police Pu... Read More


Health Ministry launches first brain aneurysm surgery in Batam

Batam, Riau Islands, Aug. 28 -- Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin launched cerebral aneurysm clipping surgery, a procedure to clip blood vessels in the brain, for the first time at the Embung Fatima... Read More


Indonesia's Baznas focuses extreme poverty programs on 88 regions

Jakarta, Aug. 28 -- Indonesia's National Alms Agency (Baznas) emphasized its commitment to expanding community empowerment and alms utilization initiatives to help alleviate extreme poverty in 88 regi... Read More


Indonesia bourse launches green equity designation

Jakarta, Aug. 28 -- The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) has launched the IDX Green Equity Designation to strengthen Indonesia's sustainable finance ecosystem by identifying issuers engaged in green eco... Read More


Chinese national detained over alleged credit card theft

Indonesia, Aug. 28 -- Indonesian authorities detained a 56-year-old Chinese national for allegedly stealing a fellow passenger's credit card aboard a Citilink flight at Yogyakarta International Airpor... Read More


Prabowo to host Timor-Leste president in Jakarta

Jakarta, Aug. 28 -- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto will host Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta in Jakarta on Friday, with senior officials expected to join the bilateral meeting. National... Read More


Police battle wildfire on Mount Semeru in East Java

Lumajang, E Java, Aug. 28 -- Lumajang district police have deployed personnel to help fight a forest and land fire on Mount Semeru in East Java's Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park. "Using manual equ... Read More