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Indonesia escalates battle against fires, putrid haze

Indonesia has intensified efforts to fight wildfires with cloud seeding and water bombing as thousands of people nationwide battle to breathe through smoke and haze, officials said Friday.

Vidio Teams With ReelShort for First Indonesian Short-Drama Partnership

Indonesian streaming platform Vidio has partnered with ReelShort, the microdrama platform owned by Crazy Maple Studio, marking ReelShort’s first entry into the Indonesian market. Hundreds of ReelShort titles will become available on Vidio starting Sept. 1. The content will stream

'Too much too quickly': Indonesia's growth ambitions questioned by economists

Indonesia has set an ambitious growth target, but economists aren't sure it can get there while keeping the deficit in check.

Indonesia opt to bowl in maiden Asia Cup appearance

These two teams will be facing each other for the first time in international cricket.

Nahida, Marufa help Bangladesh brush aside Indonesia

The pair shared five wickets to bowl Indonesia out for 58

Sloping green roofs "keep the family connected" at Indonesian home

Grassy rooftops and PE rattan facades characterise Split Mass Residence in Indonesia, which local firm K-Thengono Design Studio designed with multi-level social spaces for the family to gather.

SBI buys 20% stake in Indonesia's Ajaib for $270 million to expand yen stablecoin in Southeast Asia

The Japanese financial giant is acquiring a 20% stake in the Indonesian online brokerage to build a cross-border, blockchain-based settlement network.

Japan to send SDF helicopters to wildfire-hit Indonesia

The helicopters will be used for firefighting activities — the first time the SDF will conduct such operations overseas.

Indonesia sets up shelters for babies, children affected by wildfire smoke

Indonesia sets up shelters for babies, children affected by wildfire smoke

Indonesians march on parliament to demand crackdown on corruption

Thousands of Indonesians demand harsher penalties for corruption during protests outside parliament in Jakarta.

Al Jazeera reporter witnesses wildfire smoke toll on kids inside Indonesia

Al Jazeera’s Jessica Washington reports from an Indonesian clinic treating children struggling to breathe amid wildfires

‘Everything is covered in ash’: Indonesia wildfires leave people in crisis

Fires severely impacting people's health in West Kalimantan, with pregnant women and children particularly vulnerable.

Wildfires on Indonesia’s Borneo island turn the air toxic

Locals on Indonesia’s Borneo Island are struggling to breathe as the smoke from wildfires is turning the air toxic.

Fire haze threatens health of millions in Indonesia, ministry warns

Millions of Indonesians risk health complications from exposure to thick haze covering several cities and towns, officials said Wednesday, as El Niño-fueled wildfires wreak havoc on Borneo and Sumatra.

Korea’s DRX Signs Strategic Partnership With Indonesia’s Nuon to Expand Gaming and Entertainment Ties (EXCLUSIVE)

Korea’s DRX Corp. and PT Nuon Digital Indonesia signed a strategic partnership in Jakarta to expand gaming and entertainment ties between Indonesia and Korea, starting with an entertainment festival called DRX Homefront Indonesia and a joint game publishing initiative between the

ReelShort Strikes Microdrama Deal With Indonesian Streamer Vidio For 200 Catalogue Titles & Co-Production Of New Shows

ReelShort has struck a deal with Indonesian streaming platform Vidio to bring hundreds of microdramas to local audiences, as well as co-produce new short dramas with Indonesian production houses. ReelShort catalogue titles will be available on Vidio starting on September 1 throug

'Things are not OK': Indonesians express anger with government

Japan, Indonesia and Australia defense chiefs hold first-ever trilateral talks

The three agreed to promote defense cooperation, just weeks after Jakarta reached a deal with Beijing to boost military ties.

‘Like smoking a cigarette’: Indonesia chokes on haze as blazes intensify amid super ‘El Niño’

In Indonesia’s Kalimantan, fires have ravaged tens of thousands of acres, with suffocating smoke reaching Malaysia and putting Singapore on alert Suwadi can barely see five metres in front of him when he steps outside his home in Indonesian Borneo. Each breath, he says, feels “li

Prabowo surveys Indonesian fires causing world’s worst air

The Indonesian president said authorities will revoke the permits of companies found to be responsible for forest fires that have left a Malaysian city with the world's worst air.

Indonesian police arrest 72 people suspected of starting forest fires

Indonesia has been battling fires driven by an intensifying El Niño pattern and a prolonged dry season, generating dense smoke that crossed into Malaysia, according to Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency.

Super El Niño could lead to mega CO2 emissions from fires in Indonesia

Intense fires are already burning in Indonesia, and there could be much worse to come as the Super El Niño ramps up

‘Keep up the spirit’: Indonesian teenage Superman joins wildfire fight

While the teen said dressing as the Man of Steel was "just for fun," video of him using a hose to wet foliage has gone viral, garnering millions of views.

Aid shortages and fears of starvation as Indonesia reels from deadly earthquake

Some 53 people were killed and thousands displaced by the earthquake, which struck early on Saturday.

Indonesian police arrest 72 people as fires blanket region in smoke

Barunson E&A Boards ‘Satan’s Slaves: Origin’; Franchise Prequel Billed As Joko Anwar’s Most Ambitious Production

Barunson E&A, the Korean studio behind Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar-winning Parasite, has boarded worldwide sales on Satan’s Slaves: Origin, the latest addition to the blockbuster horror franchise directed by Indonesian filmmaker Joko Anwar.

Oscars: Thailand Selects Sompot Chidgasornpongse’s ‘9 Temples To Heaven’ For International Feature Film Race

Sompot Chidgasornpongse’s latest feature, 9 Temples To Heaven, has been selected as Thailand’s entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards. The co-production between Thailand, Singapore, France, Norway, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Qatar

Volcanoes that made history

The first telegram arrived in Singapore on a Monday, sent from the city of Batavia in the Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia). “Terrific detonations from Krakatau (volcanic island),” it reported. Soon afterward: “Stones falling. Village near Anjer washed away.” The wires c

Inside the race to prepare cities for extreme heat

A sea of corrugated metal roofs stretches into the distance across an informal settlement in Makassar, Indonesia.

Why is this teenager fighting fires dressed as Superman?

A 17-year-old boy has gone viral for wearing a superhero costume while volunteer firefighting in Indonesia, as the country faces a super El Niño.

Taiwan indicts Nvidia manager following chip-smuggling probe

The manager is alleged along with eight others to have organized the shipment of 74 servers containing high-end B300 chips into China via Japan and Indonesia.

Borneo forest fires spike again: Why El Niño isn't the sole culprit

Forest and land fires across Indonesia have spiked once again. News and social media in the country are flooded with images of thick plumes of smoke from Kalimantan (or Borneo)—the world's third-largest island—that are choking residential areas and even drifting into neighboring