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Friday, 21 February, 2025

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Indonesia's religious ministry announces 'Love Curriculum' for Islamic schools

Indonesias Ministry of Religious Affairs is set to launch a new educational initiative called the Love Curriculum to be implemented in Islamic schools (madrasas) across the country. The curriculum aims to promote solidarity and prevent discrimination, ensuring students of different backgrounds and...

Erdogan embarks on three-nation Asia tour to strengthen ties

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to begin a pivotal three-nation tour of Asia on Monday, with stops in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Pakistan, aiming to further enhance Turkiyes established relationships with these key regional partners, reads a Daily Sabah report. After a busy domestic...

Indonesia's Baznas sets target of Rp750 billion for Gaza reconstruction

Indonesias National Alms Agency (Baznas) is aiming to raise Rp750 billion (US$46 million) in charitable funds to help rebuild essential public infrastructure in Gaza, including hospitals, schools, and mosques. Baznas Head for National Digital Transformation, Nadratuzzaman Hosen, stated that an...

Indonesia, ExxonMobil sign $10B deal for CCS development

Indonesia and ExxonMobil have signed a $10 billion agreement to advance the petrochemical sector and develop Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology, according to the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) outlines a significant investment aimed at...

Death toll in deadly flooding and landslides in Indonesia rises to 21

Indonesian rescuers retrieved four more bodies after they resumed their search Wednesday for people missing after floods and landslides on Indonesias main island of Java, bringing the death toll to 21, reports AP. Waters from flooded rivers tore through nine villages in Pekalongan regency of...

Search resumes after deadly flooding and landslides in Indonesia

Indonesian rescuers retrieved two more bodies after they resumed their search Wednesday for people missing after floods and landslides on Indonesias main island of Java, bringing the death toll to 19, reports AP. Waters from flooded rivers tore through nine villages in Pekalongan regency of...

Indonesia moves closer to lifting iPhone 16 sales ban, says investment minister

Indonesia is on the verge of finalizing a deal with Apple Inc. that could lead to the lifting of the ban on iPhone 16 sales in the country, according to Investment Minister Rosan Roeslani. Speaking with Bloomberg News on Tuesday, Roeslani expressed confidence that the issue could be resolved within...

Indonesia fines Google $12.4 million for unfair business practices

Indonesias antitrust agency has fined Google approximately 202 billion rupiah ($12.4 million) for unfair business practices related to its payment system on the Google Play Store. The fine comes after an investigation that found the company had abused its dominant market position by requiring...

Indonesia to set social media age limit, following Australia’s example

Indonesia plans to introduce a regulation establishing a minimum age for social media users, a step intended to safeguard children, according to the countrys communications minister, reports Reuters. This plan comes after Australia decided to ban children under 16 from using social media,...

Indonesia welcomes its entry into BRICS bloc

Indonesia welcomed Brazils announcement on Tuesday that it had become a full member of BRICS, a bloc of developing economies increasingly seen as a counterweight to the West. The Brazilian foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday that Southeast Asias most populous country shares with the...

Indonesia’s Apple and Google bans frustrate country’s tech fans

The Indonesian government banned sales of the iPhone 16 and the Google Pixel in late October, citing the tech giants failure to comply with the countrys Tingkat Komponen Dalam Negeri or TKDN policy, which requires phones to source at least 40 percent of their parts locally. Winston is a...

Prayers, tears mark 20 years of deadliest tsunami that killed 230,000 people

People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesias Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one of modern historys worst natural disasters, reports UNB. Many wept as they placed flowers at a mass grave in Ulee Lheue village,...

5.8-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia’s central Sulawesi

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesias Central Sulawesi province early Saturday, causing tremors felt in nearby regions but posing no tsunami risk, according to the countrys Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG). The quake occurred at 12:14 a.m. Jakarta time (1714 GMT...

5 dead, 7 missing in Indonesia floods, landslides

Flash floods and landslides struck Indonesias main Java island earlier this week, killing at least five people, the national disaster agency said Friday, as rescuers race to find seven others still missing. Intense rains triggered flash floods and landslides in the Sukabumi district in West Java...

Indonesia rejects Apple’s $100m investment proposal

Indonesia has rejected Apples $100 million investment proposal aimed at lifting a ban on iPhone 16 sale, reports BSS. Indonesia said: iPhone 16 lacks the fairness required by the government. Indonesia last month prohibited the marketing and sale of the iPhone 16 model over Apples failure to...

Landslide and flash floods hit Indonesia’s Sumatra island, leaving 16 dead and 6 missing

Rescuers in Indonesia recovered 16 bodies under tons of mud and rocks or that were swept away in flash floods that hit mountainside villages on Sumatra Island, officials said Monday. Six people are still missing, officials said. Mud, rocks and trees tumbled down a mountain after torrential...