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Indonesia’s flood victims pick up pieces as homes, livelihoods swept away

At least 631 people have died in floods in the Southeast Asian country, with the death toll expected to rise.

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Parents see tragedy, not fault, in Indonesia school collapse

Rescue teams search for survivors in Indonesia as the boarding school collapse death toll rises to at least 40.

Muhammad Royhan Firdaus and his mother hope he can return to the school to continue his studies

How 13-year-old Haikal survived Indonesia’s deadly boarding school collapse

Haikal survived for three days and two dark nights trapped beneath the rubble of his collapsed school in East Java.

Dewi Ajeng shows a screenshot image of son, Haikal, taken during a video chat a few hours before his school collapsed and he was trapped beneath its rubble, in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia [Aisyah Llewellyn/Al Jazeera]

‘No signs of life’: Hopes turn to anguish in Indonesia school collapse

Some families say they’re still holding out hope their loved ones are alive as authorities shift to recovery operation.

Rescuers walk to the site where a building under construction collapsed at a boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia

Indonesia’s thrifty window shoppers cast doubt on economic success story

‘Rohana’ and ‘Rojali’ are the latest internet buzzwords to describe Indonesians visiting malls to do anything but spend.

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Indonesia has 44 million youths. It’s struggling to get them jobs

Young Indonesians are more pessimistic about their economic futures than their regional peers, according to surveys.

Job seekers attend a job fair.

Manoj Punjabi produced Indonesia’s top film. Now he wants to shake up TV

CEO of MD Entertainment wants to elevate the quality of free-to-air services after purchase of loss-making NET.TV.

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After Australia’s ban, Indonesia mulls minimum age for social media

Jakarta says it is preparing legislation to protect minors from ‘physical, mental, or moral perils’.

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

Jakarta has banned sales of the iPhone16 and Google Pixel under regulations that require phones to use local components.

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‘We lost everything’: the Indonesians falling out of the middle class

Nearly 10 million people have slipped out of Indonesia’s middle class since 2019, according to government statistics.

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