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Latest news, in-depth features and opinion from Indonesia.
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President Prabowo Subianto
Prabowo Subianto
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President Prabowo Subianto
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The Kuala Lumpur skyline is shrouded in haze, as seen from Ampang, Malaysia, on August 26. Photo: Reuters
Malaysia

Letters | Could Indonesia be sued for the haze in Malaysia? Yes and no

Readers discuss a recourse for victims of transboundary air pollution, tourist spending, tourism videos past and present, and Hongkong Post’s options.

Ukraine

Video | Indonesians reportedly fought for Russia in Ukraine war

Malaysia

Malaysia declares emergency in Sarawak town as haze pollution level hits 521

Video | Over 1,700 made ill by food from Indonesia’s free meal scheme

The cases are linked to the government’s flagship programme introduced last year to improve child nutrition.

Students rest while receiving treatment for food poisoning at the regional general hospital after eating government-sponsored free school meals in Sidoarjo, East Java province, Indonesia, September 2, 2026. REUTERS/Suryanto
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Malaysia

Malaysia arrests 6 over drugs supplied to pilot caught with Ecstasy in Jakarta

Police said the suspects were taken into custody during a special operation conducted last month.

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Prabowo Subianto

Over 1,700 Indonesians get food poisoning after eating state-issued free meals

As of Tuesday, 50,000 individuals ‌contracted food poisoning, according to a lawmaker who criticises the ‘failure of the system’.

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Environment

Orangutan in Indonesia dies after exposure to haze fires, abnormalities in lungs

The 20-year-old male orangutan was unable to stand and was struggling to breathe when a joint team of rescuers found him.

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An orangutan named Sampurna being treated during a rescue operation at a palm-oil plantation near an area affected by wildfires, in Kuala Satong village, Ketapang regency, West Kalimantan, on Sunday. Photo: Reuters
Global monetary policy

Macroscope | Asia is not on the edge of a new 1997-style financial crisis

While risks to Asia’s financial stability exist, they have nothing to do with the policy and structural weaknesses behind the 1997 crisis.

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Ministry of Education

Indonesian wildfire haze forces 1.4 million students to move to online learning

Toxic air pollution levels have forced 12,800 schools across six provinces in Sumatra and Borneo to close.

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China-Japan relations

How Japan aims to convert ageing warships into leverage to counter China

Tokyo plans to send retired destroyers to Manila and Jakarta, but it may not demand alignment against China as part of deal.

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Japan and Indonesia are discussing the transfer of Asagiri-class destroyers, which experts say is part of Tokyo’s broader effort to cultivate a “desirable security environment”. Photo: Kyodo
Ukraine war

Indonesia investigates reports of 8 citizens fighting in Ukraine war

Jakarta says it has to determine if the eight people were recruited through job offers but then duped into joining Russia’s military.

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A Ukrainian rescuer works to extinguish a fire at the site of an air attack at an undisclosed location in the Dnipro region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Wednesday. Photo: Ukrainian Emergency Service / AFP
The Philippines

Manila’s ‘acutely unhealthy’ air due to Indonesian haze spurs health warnings

The haze has led Quezon City to suspend classes in schools and health experts to urge residents to wear N95 masks outdoors.

Video | Orangutan rescued from Borneo wildfires

Indonesia has intensified efforts to contain forest and land fires across 6 provinces in Borneo and Sumatra.

Malaysia

Malaysia’s air quality turns hazardous as Indonesian wildfires burn

Pollution index hits 476 near the border, forcing school closures and triggering emergency cloud-seeding plans in Sarawak.

The skyline of Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur is seen shrouded in haze from regional wildfires on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters
United States

Indonesia-US joint military drills with allies kick off with 4,700 soldiers

The exercises, which have been held for nearly two decades, will include special forces infiltration training and cyberdefence drills.

A US Army AH-64 Apache helicopter flies past during the Garuda Shield joint multinational exercise in Lampung, Indonesia, on September 3, 2025. Photo: AFP
Environment

Orangutan rescued from Borneo fire battles respiratory illness

Indonesia has intensified efforts to contain forest and land fires across six provinces in Borneo and Sumatra.

K-pop idols

Can Southeast Asian artists replicate K-pop’s global success with SEA-pop?

Even as more regional artists are performing overseas, they should not blindly copy the K-pop playbook, industry observers say.

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Diplomacy

Opinion | US-China AI rivalry needn’t preclude cooperation

Forcing countries to choose between the US’ and China’s initiatives would be counterproductive to global AI governance.

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The first session of the Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, Switzerland, on July 6. Photo: Xinhua
US-China relations

Uzbekistan tests US-China AI rift with bid to join rival tech bloc

Tashkent eyes Pax Silica entry as Central Asian nations resist growing pressure to choose between Washington and Beijing in the AI race.

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The Philippines

Philippine Roblox ban call sparks wider debate over children’s online safety

The online gaming platform has been blamed for the rise in school shootings and child sexual exploitation cases in Southeast Asia.

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Video | Anti-graft protesters clash with police in Indonesia

Demonstrators are calling for the immediate passage of an asset seizure bill and the enforcement of death penalties on corrupt officials.

Protesters walk past a burning police motorcycle as a man waves a flag of Indonesia during a demonstration urging lawmakers to immediately pass an asset forfeiture law for corrupt officials outside the Parliament building in Jakarta on August 27, 2026. (Photo by AZWAR IPANK / AFP)
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Malaysia

Malaysia moves Anwar’s National Day speech indoors as haze spikes

Choking cross-border air pollution from Indonesian wildfires forces the Malaysian prime minister to relocate his National Day address.

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Tourists look at the city-centre skyline, shrouded in haze from wildfires in Indonesia, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in August. Photo: Reuters
Japan

Japan to expand security aid to 12 Indo-Pacific nations

Tokyo has more than doubled its security assistance programme to US$114 million in a strategic push.

Asean

Opinion | Why Southeast Asia isn’t buying the US’ offer of ‘flexible realism’

Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby talked up US partnerships with Asean nations during his trip to the region, but Washington’s actions contradict its ‘Asia first’ rhetoric.

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Malaysia

Smog without borders: Indonesia opens its skies to Malaysian rainmakers

Joint cloud seeding efforts offer immediate relief from the haze, but experts warn fire prevention at source is the real battle.

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Firefighters extinguish a peatland fire at Tambang in Indonesia’s Riau province on Tuesday. Photo: Wahyudi/AFP
SCMP Highlights

Viral Malaysian professor sacked; Marcos’ US$3b estate tax: 7 Asia highlights

From child-free Singaporeans to a Malaysian politician’s rant against the US, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.

Controversial Malaysian academic Solehah Yaacob seen in a still from a live-streamed lecture. Photo: Facebook/profsolehah
Malaysia

As toxic haze spreads, can Indonesia make land burners pay?

With thousands of fire hotspots traced to corporate land, the president has vowed action – but past efforts to collect fines have failed.

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Video | Indonesia arrests 72 suspected of starting fires

Police said the fires were likely started to clear plantation land for farming.

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