Indonesia

Body of Singaporean man found cast in cement in Indonesian river; 2 men arrested

Officers at the Cilacap police station displaying the plastic, cement and sheets the Singaporean victim's body was found in.

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Prabowo and Anwar dial into the Gulf to protect energy and political standing

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim meeting Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on March 27.

UN peacekeepers in Lebanon were killed by roadside bomb

The mother of Indonesian soldier Farizal Rhomadhon, a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) personnel who was killed in Lebanon, is comforted a day after his death at her home in Yogyakarta on March 31, 2026.

Indonesia calls for investigation into peacekeeper deaths

FILE PHOTO: UNIFIL vehicles drive on a main road in Qlayaa, amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran continues, in Qlayaa, southern Lebanon, March 27, 2026. REUTERS/Karamallah Daher/File Photo

Indonesia rations fuel as prices soar over Middle East war

Unlike some of its neighbours, Indonesia has not seen long fuel queues as global oil prices soar.

Indonesia says won’t raise fuel price despite Mideast war pressures

The fuel subsidy calculation for 2026 is based on US$70 per barrel, but global oil price has since topped US$100.

Fire hot spots and scant rain raise haze alarm in South-east Asia

Firefighters work to extinguish a wildfire burning on peatland in Rimba Panjang, Riau province in Indonesia.

Indonesia to deport Interpol-wanted UK fugitive nabbed in Bali

Scottish national Steven Lyons is escorted by police officers at the Bali Police headquarters in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, on March 31.

Japan to coordinate on energy with Indonesia as Iran war disrupts supplies

Indonesia is a major liquefied natural gas exporter, with roughly a quarter of its shipments bound for Japan.

Indonesian forest loss surges by 66% in 2025, driven by Prabowo’s self-sufficiency drive: Report

Indonesia's government allocated 20.6 million hectares of forest areas for food-, energy- and water-related programmes in 2025, 43 per cent of which was natural forest.

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