Indonesian physician targets horrific death toll from snakebites

Life Antivenom shortages and first-aid errors complicate treatment Left: Indonesia is home to a wide variety of venomous snakes, including the king cobra, pictured here. Right: Dr. Tri Maharani conducts a snakebite awareness workshop for mining...

Indonesian Lawmaker Claims He Never Meets People Opposing Free Nutritious Meal Program

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Gerindra Party politician Habiburokhman claimed he has never encountered anyone who rejected the free nutritious meal or MBG program. He claimed that the individuals he met in his electoral district supported the Prabowo-led...

Indonesia finds traces of radioactive element at clove farm

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia detected traces of radioactive cesium 137 at a clove plantation as it searches for the source of radioactive contamination that forced recalls of shrimp and spices exported to the U.S., a task force...

Top News Headlines In Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: Oct 19, 2025

CAMBODIA 1.PHNOM PENH, MANILA MAINTAIN HEALTHY TIES -- AGENCE KAMPUCHEA PRESSE Cambodia and the Philippines will maintain strong diplomatic and regional cooperation that dates from 1957. They aim to broaden cooperation in agriculture, trade,...

Satire – No Laughing Matter in Putin’s Russia

Russia’s state-sanctioned satirical magazine Krokodil (Crocodile), published between 1922 and 2008, produced state-approved cartoons, photographs, and commentary. Almost wholly political in nature, it pushed the party line on national and...

Indonesia oil tanker catches fire, killing 10, local police say

JAKARTA (Reuters) -At least 10 people were killed and 18 injured after an oil tanker caught fire early on Wednesday as it was being repaired in Indonesia’s Riau Islands province, according to local police. Fire broke out on the vessel, the MT...

World : Top News Headlines In Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: Oct 19, 2025

CAMBODIA 1.PHNOM PENH, MANILA MAINTAIN HEALTHY TIES -- AGENCE KAMPUCHEA PRESSE Cambodia and the Philippines will maintain strong diplomatic and regional cooperation that dates from 1957. They aim to broaden cooperation in agriculture, trade,...

Indonesia’s Central Java sets up free meals hotlines after widespread poisoning

SEMARANG, Central Java - The Central Java administration has launched dedicated hotlines to monitor and respond to cases linked to the government’s free nutritious meal programme, following a series of food poisoning outbreaks that have affected...

Global leaders unite to invest in health for economic growth

The World Bank Group, the Government of Japan, and the World Health Organization officially launched the Health Works Leaders Coalition. This global alliance brings together health and finance ministers, philanthropic organizations, business...

Indonesian military’s growing grip poses democratic risk

Under President Prabowo Subianto, a former general, Indonesia’s military has steadily expanded its influence beyond its core duties. What was once a painful lesson of the country’s past—the entanglement of the armed forces in politics, business...

Can Courts Combat Plastic Pollution? Lessons From Indonesia (Commentary)

By Syahriza Alkohir Anggoro There have been many successful legal actions in the Global North and Global South in recent years on plastics, from citizen lawsuits to class actions, usually targeting governments or producers. More such lawsuits are...

A marine marvel – the Indonesian coelacanth

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Threads WhatsApp Telegram A mounted Indonesian coelacanth is displayed in the Indonesian Pavilion during Expo 2015 in Milan, Italy. — Photo by Claudio Martino/Wikimedia Commons FURTHER to my two recent articles on the...

Indonesian government promotes phony police reform following protests

In the aftermath of the two-week long protests in Indonesia that began at the end of August, the government of President Prabowo Subianto is pursuing so-called “police reform” and other measures meant to give the impression that it is responding...

Lord Taverne, early SDP advocate who quit as Labour MP

Dick Taverne was, for a brief and intense period, one of the most newsworthy politicians in the land. The occasion was his victory in one of the most dramatic by-elections in the postwar age. When his Lincoln constituency party deselected him as...

Biodiversification, mutation-based research key to future food, health security: PAEC expert

RTC concludes at NIAB under IAEA’s RAS5101 project, with 30 participants from 14 member countries PAEC official stresses proactive research strategies to tackle climate change, malnutrition and emerging pathogens IAEA experts from China and...

Vietnamese, Indonesian businesses strengthen investment, trade ties

JAKARTA — A Vietnam–West Java Business Networking Forum took place on Friday in Bandung, Indonesia, bringing together dozens of Vietnamese enterprises and potential partners from West Java, one of Indonesia’s most dynamic provinces in export,...

Indonesia detects radiation at clove farm in expanding contamination probe

JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities have discovered traces of radioactivity at a clove farm on Sumatra island. A government spokesperson confirmed the finding on Tuesday as Jakarta expanded its investigation into contamination incidents. The United...

Prabowo says Indonesia's free meal program inspires 112 countries

Jakarta (ANTARA) - President Prabowo Subianto said that Indonesia's Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program has inspired more than 100 countries, with most of the 112 nations adopting Indonesia's model for their school meal initiatives. Speaking at the...

Indonesia detects traces of radiation at farm as probe expands

JAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesian authorities found traces of radioactivity at a clove farm on Sumatra island, a government spokesperson said Tuesday, as Jakarta expanded an investigation launched after the US health authority detected Caesium-137...

The free school lunch programme in Indonesia that has made thousands of children sick

SAGULING, Indonesia – Ms Cucu Mulyati got the fright of her life in September: a call saying that her 17-year-old son was seriously ill. He started feeling sick while eating the free lunch served on his school campus, which included fried chicken,...