An ambitious Indonesian project to create a single database of the country's land area and stop conflicts is destined to flounder unless it includes maps created by indigenous communities, advocates ...

Bad maps have undermined Indonesia’s development for a long time. For one, they have made it tough to fight the annual forest and peatland fires. Now, the government wants to establish a national ...

Indonesia successfully held its third direct elections in 2014. Although there was only a slight difference in the number of votes and the presidency had to be decided by the Constitutional Court, ...

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The Indonesian coast was struck by four earthquakes over the past 24 hours, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The Indonesian government has decided to not include maps of indigenous territory in its unified land-use map database when it is launched this month, despite the fact that some of the maps have been ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia's Minister of Environment Hanif Faisol Nurofiq urged producers in the country to immediately make a waste reduction road map. "We have sent an official letter to 613 ...

A shocking map shows the last moments of a Boeing 737-500 before it vanished after reportedly falling 10,000ft in just sixty seconds. The Sriwijaya Air passenger jet is believed to have plunged into ...