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A worker feeds shrimp in Pandeglang, Banten province, Indonesia, on July 29.
ENVIRONMENT
Oct 9, 2025
Indonesia says no to scrap metal after shrimp radiation scare
Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq said the pause aims to ensure that the local steel-recycling industry meets radiation safety standards.
Indonesia's Yance Sayuri (left) and Japan's Shunsuke Mito vie for the ball during a World Cup qualifier in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on June 10.
SOCCER
Oct 6, 2025
Soccer-mad Indonesia ready to make push to reach World Cup
The soccer-mad nation of nearly 300 million people is on the verge of its first World Cup since gaining independence from the Dutch in 1945.
Relatives of the victims watch the search operation on a TV screen on Friday after the collapse of an Islamic boarding school building in Sidoarjo, Indonesia.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 5, 2025
Indonesian school collapse toll rises to 36 as search for bodies continues
Efforts continued for a seventh day to search for the bodies of 27 students still declared missing — mostly teenage boys from the ages of 13 to 19 — trapped under the rubble.
Students suffering from food poisoning after eating a meal from the government's free meal program receive treatment at the Kadungora Public Health Center in Garut, West Java on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 3, 2025
Indonesia free meals program under fire after thousands sickened
More than 1,300 children were rushed to health clinics last week after suffering from breathing difficulties, nausea and diarrhea.
Relatives of missing students mourn on Thursday as they wait for rescuers to search for survivors at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java province, Indonesia, which collapsed on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 3, 2025
Hopes dim for parents after Indonesia school collapse
About 60 people, mostly students, remain trapped under the remains of the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in East Java that collapsed on Monday.
Bangladeshis celebrate in Dhaka on Aug. 5, the first anniversary of student-led protests that ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 3, 2025
What Western media call insurrection at home, they call revolution abroad
Western media have perfected a seductive but dangerous narrative: the romanticized tale of youth-led “revolutions” toppling supposedly repressive, graft-ridden governments abroad.
Ari Bayuaji's artwork of the benevolent Bali god Barong is on display in a glass case on the ground floor of Hollywood Beauty Plaza.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 2, 2025
Artist Ari Bayuaji materializes monsters from ocean plastic
From his series “Weaving the Ocean,” the demon Rangda is on display at Go for Kogei 2025, while the more benevolent Barong sits in a glass case in Roppongi.
Search and rescue operations continue for victims trapped under the rubble of a collapsed school, in Sidoarjo, East Java province, Indonesia, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 2, 2025
Five survivors pulled from collapsed school in Indonesia as rescuers race against time
Part of the multistory boarding school, in the town of Sidoarjo on the island of Java, gave way suddenly as students gathered for afternoon prayers.
A university student delivers a speech during protests in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sept. 4. Gig workers joined students and laborers in protests that forced lawmakers to scale back official perks and oust some politicians from parliament.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 16, 2025
More protests planned as anger sweeps Indonesia’s gig drivers
Poorly paid and largely uninsured, gig workers are increasingly angry at the government over its failure to create enough jobs for the country’s workforce.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto raises his fist as he speaks during the commemoration of Pancasila Day at the Pancasila Building, a historic hall within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs compound in Jakarta, in June.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 14, 2025
Indonesia leader, in damage control, installs loyalists after protests
Prabowo surged to victory in last year's election and maintained a high approval ratings until recent protests turned increasingly angry against the country's political elite.
A stay at Mandapa, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, is one of Bali's priciest choices — but also one of its most uncompromisingly luxurious.
LIFE / Travel
Sep 13, 2025
In Bali, the Ritz-Carlton’s ultraluxury Mandapa hotel marks 10 years
One of just nine “Reserve” properties around the world, Mandapa offers a delightfully unsanitized take on a rainforest retreat.
Children walk past Nepal's Parliament house in Kathmandu Thursday, just days after it was set on fire by protesters angered by a social media ban and government corruption.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2025
Gen-Z protesters across Asia are challenging the old guard
On Tuesday, Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli resigned after two days of demonstrations over a sweeping social-media ban.
A worker sprays Holstein-Friesian cows from Australia with water at a dairy farm managed by Laras Ati milk cooperative in Kuningan, West Java province, Indonesia, on June 25.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 9, 2025
Indonesia presses businesses, their licenses at stake, to import a million cows
Program aims to provide free meals to 83 million children and expectant mothers, calling for the dairy cows to be imported over five years at a cost of nearly $3 billion.
Women holding up brooms and placards shout slogans during a protest against lawmakers' perks and police brutality, outside the Indonesian parliament building in Jakarta on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 4, 2025
Brandishing brooms, Indonesian women join Jakarta protests
Protest organizer The Alliance of Indonesian Women said the brooms symbolized a need to "sweep (away) the state's dirt ... and the repressiveness of security forces."
Students hold candles at the Bandung Institute of Technology in Bandung, West Java on Tuesday, as they pay tribute to victims killed during a clash between police and demonstrators demanding police reform and the dissolution of parliament.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 3, 2025
Rights group says 10 killed in Indonesia protests
The disturbances that rocked the country last week were sparked by discontent over economic inequality and lavish perks for lawmakers.
A TV screen shows Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto arriving in China for a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 3, 2025
Prabowo jets to meet Xi in China after deadly Indonesia protests
The pivot to global diplomacy shows the Indonesian leader is confidant the situation in his country has been defused.
Protesters carry items to be burned outside the regional parliament building during a protest against the government's spending priorities, in Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia, on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 2, 2025
Government gestures leave roots of Indonesia protests intact
Experts say little has been done to address the economic inequality fueling the unrest, leaving deep resentment to linger and flare up again.
Protesters wave a pirate flag from the Japanese anime "One Piece," an internet trend used to criticize government policies, during a demonstration in front of the Bali police station in Denpasar, Indonesia, on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 2, 2025
Indonesia’s protests may fade. The fury won’t.
Politicians and business tycoons from the previous era still have clout, through dynastic parties, family owned businesses and patronage networks.
A demonstrator shouts slogans during a protest demanding police reform and the dissolution of the Indonesian parliament, in Bandung, West Java, on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 2, 2025
At least 20 people missing after deadly Indonesia protests
Since Aug. 25, police have arrested 1,240 people in Jakarta in the worst protests since President Prabowo Subianto took power last year.
Armed Indonesian military troops at the National Monument complex prepare for deployment amid widespread anti-government protests and rioting in Jakarta on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 1, 2025
Indonesia protests put spotlight on paramilitary police force
The heavily armed force, which is typically used to combat insurgencies, has increasingly been deployed against protesters.

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