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April 24, 2026 2:31 PM

Indonesia reaffirms it has no plan to impose tolls in Malacca Strait

Indonesia has no plan to impose tolls on ships passing through the Malacca Strait, its finance minister said on Friday, after his comments about monetising the strategic sea route made waves earlier this week. Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa reiterated a clarification made by the country's foreign minister on Thursday that Southeast Asia's largest economy would not impose tariffs in the Malacca Strait. Purbaya told a press conference Indonesia would abide by the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Seas,...

April 2, 2026 9:54 AM

Indonesia earthquake damages buildings, but tsunami alerts have been lifted

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck in Indonesia's Northern Molucca Sea on Thursday, killing one person, damaging buildings and triggering tsunami waves, authorities and witnesses said, though monitoring agencies said the likelihood of further casualties was low. Indonesia's meteorology agency BMKG said there were tsunami waves reported in five locations, the highest at 0.75 m (2.46 ft) in North Minahasa in North Sulawesi and about 50 aftershocks were monitored, the largest at a magnitude of 5.8....

March 10, 2026 3:06 PM

India strengthens tourism ties with Germany and Indonesia at ITB Berlin 2026

India showcased its diverse tourism offerings and held key bilateral meetings with Germany and Indonesia during the global travel exhibition ITB Berlin 2026 held at Messe Berlin in Germany from March 3 to 5. Union Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat inaugurated the India Pavilion at the event and held discussions with international counterparts to strengthen tourism cooperation and promote sustainable travel. During the visit, Shekhawat held bilateral meetings with Widiyanti Putri Wardha...

March 9, 2026 7:39 PM

YouTube, TikTok engaging with Indonesia government on child social media block

TikTok and video platform YouTube are in discussions with Indonesia's government about its plan to block social media access for children under 16 starting later this month, company officials said on Monday. Indonesia will require platforms to deactivate "high risk" social media accounts for under 16s, according to a new ministerial regulation distributed on Monday. Roblox, Instagram, Google's YouTube and TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, were among platforms identified by the Communications...

February 19, 2026 10:30 PM

India AI Impact Summit 2026: Togo, Indonesia & Egypt Push Life-Impact Metrics Over Compute Power

Ministers from Togo, Indonesia and Egypt on Thursday told a high-level panel at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 that artificial intelligence must move beyond infrastructure to deliver measurable societal impact, with success defined by the number of lives improved rather than the scale of models or computing power. The discussion focused on closing adoption gaps in the Global South, prioritising public-interest applications, striking regulatory balance and establishing clear metrics for AI prog...

January 22, 2026 10:39 PM

Hand stencil in Indonesian cave seen as the oldest-known rock art

The painted outline of a human hand inside a cave on the Indonesian island of Muna represents what researchers are calling the oldest example of rock art in the world, created at least 67,800 years ago. The reddish-colored stenciled image has become faded over time and is barely visible on a cave wall, but nonetheless embodies an early achievement of human creativity as our species spread worldwide after arising in Africa. The people responsible for this rock art, the researchers said, were par...

January 18, 2026 5:48 PM

Indonesia finds wreckage of missing surveillance plane carrying 10, one body

Indonesian authorities said on Sunday they had located the wreckage of a fisheries surveillance plane that went missing in South Sulawesi province on the slope of a fog-covered mountain and had recovered the body of one of the 10 people on board. The ATR 42-500 turboprop owned by aviation group Indonesia Air Transport lost contact with air traffic control on Saturday at about 1:30 p.m. local time (0530 GMT) around the Maros region in South Sulawesi. There were seven crew members and three pass...

December 10, 2025 10:03 AM

US trade deal with Indonesia at risk of collapse, US official says

A U.S. trade agreement reached with Indonesia in July is at risk of collapsing because Jakarta has backtracked on several commitments it made as part of the deal, a U.S. official said on Tuesday. "They're reneging on what we agreed to in July," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, giving no details about which specific commitments Indonesia was now questioning. Asked about the comments, an Indonesian government official said on Wednesday that tariff negotiations with the Uni...

December 8, 2025 10:31 AM

Indonesia says more than $3 billion in recovery funds required after Sumatra floods

Indonesia's Sumatra island will require 51.82 trillion rupiah ($3.11 billion) in reconstruction and recovery funds following a series of deadly floods, senior government officials said. The death toll from the cyclone-induced floods and landslides reached 950 as of Monday, with 274 people still missing, according to official data. The storms also killed about 200 people in southern Thailand and Malaysia. Suharyanto, head of Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency, said that the recovery funds n...

December 7, 2025 3:35 PM

Indonesians climb over logs in walk to aid centre as flood deaths exceed 900

Residents in the Indonesian region of Aceh Tamiang climbed over slippery logs and walked for about an hour on Saturday to get aid, as the death toll from floods and landslides that hit Sumatra island this month reached more than 900. The number known to have died as a result of the cyclone-induced floods and landslides across three Indonesian provinces on Sumatra, including Aceh, was 916 on Saturday, with 274 listed as missing, government data showed. The storm systems also killed about 200 peo...