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Karina Tehusijarana

Indonesia Correspondent

Karina is Indonesia Correspondent for The Straits Times. She previously worked at Amnesty International Indonesia as well as The Jakarta Post and Rappler Indonesia, where she covered politics and human rights issues. Karina, who has an accountancy degree from Nanyang Business School, worked at an accounting firm in Singapore before going into journalism. She also holds a master’s degree from Columbia Journalism School.

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‘We’re breathing in the smoke even as we sleep’: Living with haze in Sumatra

From dance to clean-air shelters: How South-east Asians are turning haze anger into action

A woman in traditional South Sumatran wedding clothes dancing in a burnt out forest near Palembang, Indonesia, as part of a performance art piece by art collective Jaga Api.
A woman in traditional South Sumatran wedding clothes dancing in a burnt out forest near Palembang, Indonesia, as part of a performance art piece by art collective Jaga Api.

Indonesian government responds to viral Greenpeace banners criticising its haze response

The banners on Jakarta’s iconic Bundaran HI criticise, among other things, Indonesia’s response to the forest fire crisis.
The banners on Jakarta’s iconic Bundaran HI criticise, among other things, Indonesia’s response to the forest fire crisis.

Indonesia tests a new weapon against forest fires. Does it work?

Firefighters in Sematang Borang on the outskirts of Palembang, South Sumatra, try out the Brazilian fire suppressant powder Realiza Antichamas on Oct 15.
Firefighters in Sematang Borang on the outskirts of Palembang, South Sumatra, try out the Brazilian fire suppressant powder Realiza Antichamas on Oct 15.

Indonesia ready to accept foreign firefighting assistance on haze, says foreign minister

The offers of help from Singapore and Malaysia come as Indonesia struggles with its worst fire season in more than a decade.
The offers of help from Singapore and Malaysia come as Indonesia struggles with its worst fire season in more than a decade.

Indonesia’s forest fires will be extinguished within a month, Environment Minister says

People travel on a boat as thick haze blankets a village in Pontianak, West Kalimantan.
People travel on a boat as thick haze blankets a village in Pontianak, West Kalimantan.

Prabowo orders tougher action on Indonesia fires; foreign offers to help tackle haze not discussed

Indonesia is experiencing an unusually severe fire season, with prolonged heat and dryness exacerbated by a very strong El Nino.
Indonesia is experiencing an unusually severe fire season, with prolonged heat and dryness exacerbated by a very strong El Nino.

Constitutional Court rejects bid to disqualify Indonesian V-P Gibran over high school credentials

Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka spent most of his secondary and tertiary education abroad, largely in Singapore and Australia.
Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka spent most of his secondary and tertiary education abroad, largely in Singapore and Australia.

Indonesia’s first aircraft carrier arrives in Jakarta

The former Italian Navy aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi arriving in Indonesian waters near the Bangka Belitung islands on Sept 17.
The former Italian Navy aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi arriving in Indonesian waters near the Bangka Belitung islands on Sept 17.

Indonesia’s cinema boom is finding audiences in unexpected places

Inside a 31-seat micro-cinema located on the second floor of a minimarket in Gading Serpong, Banten, on the outskirts of Jakarta.
Inside a 31-seat micro-cinema located on the second floor of a minimarket in Gading Serpong, Banten, on the outskirts of Jakarta.

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