Bad maps have undermined Indonesia’s development for a long time. For one, they have made it tough to fight the annual forest and peatland fires. Now, the government wants to establish a national ...

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JAKARTA (Bloomberg): Indonesia wants to return its state builders to solid footing after a decade-long spending spree saddled them with debt they’re now struggling to repay. President Joko Widodo’s ...

The Indonesian government has decided to not include maps of indigenous territory in its unified land-use map database when it is launched this month, despite the fact that some of the maps have been ...

Indonesia is setting out its plans and concept for the digital rupiah, a blockchain-based currency, starting with transactions between local banks. The so-called “Project Garuda” -- named after the ...

Mass graves are being dug in Indonesia after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake and a tsunami hit on Friday. The death toll from the disaster has surpassed 840 with the number expected to rise. The Indonesian ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia's Minister of Environment Hanif Faisol Nurofiq urged producers in the country to immediately make a waste reduction road map. "We have sent an official letter to 613 ...

10:22, Sun, Jul 29, 2018 Updated: 12:21, Sun, Jul 29, 2018 The massive quake struck at 6.47am on Sunday (11.47pm BST) at a depth of 7km, about 31 miles north-west of Mataram in the north of Lombok.

A shocking map shows the last moments of a Boeing 737-500 before it vanished after reportedly falling 10,000ft in just sixty seconds. The Sriwijaya Air passenger jet is believed to have plunged into ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - As the chair of ASEAN, Indonesia has pushed for the acceleration of the code of conduct negotiation in the South China Sea with China. Beijing is currently in hot waters after ...