Indonesia

Indonesia plans forest fire management cooperation with Japan

Jakarta  - The Indonesian government has set aside the equivalent of more than 40,000 dollars this year for cooperation with Japan in forest fire management, a senior Forestry Ministry official sai

Indonesian Muslim rally against a deviant sect

Jakarta - Thousands of Indonesian Muslims rallied outside the presidential palace Wednesday, demanding for an immediate ban of a minority sect that the country's top cleric has branded "deviant."

Indonesian Muslim rally against a deviant sect

Indonesian Muslim rally against a deviant sectJakarta  - Th

Indonesia awaits delivery of six Russian-made helicopters

Jakarta - Indonesia will soon receive six Russian-made Mi-35 fighting helicopters to improve the country's existing armaments, the country's state-run media report said Wednesday.

Indonesian parliament passes Islamic banking bill into law

Jakarta - The Indonesian parliament on Tuesday passed a Sharia or Islamic banking bill into law, paving the way for the government to ensure legal certainty in running the sharia banking industry i

Malnutrition claims more children's lives in eastern Indonesia

Jakarta - The death toll from malnutrition in the eastern Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara rose to 23 this week while thousands of other lives were in danger, local officials and media rep

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