JAKARTA: The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is seeking clarification from the Sabah State Immigration Department following a report issued by the Sovereign Migrant Workers Coalition (KBMB) on the treatment of its citizens at detention depots in Malaysia.

JAKARTA: A row that erupted ahead of the passage of Indonesia’s controversial new criminal code has continued to deepen after talks between an alliance of legal and civil liberties groups and the government to discuss the legislation broke down.

CHONBURI: Boys scurry, duck and weave through crowds sheltering from the suffocating heat before upending buckets of cooling water on beefy bovines waiting to compete at the annual traditional Thai buffalo races in Chonburi.

Kuala Lumpur: Crazy Rich Asians comedian and actor Jimmy O. Yang will be taking the stage in Kuala Lumpur as part of his global tour.

JAKARTA: President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has issued instructions for the handling of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in livestock, which include implementing lockdowns in FMD red zones, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has informed (pic).

MANILA: It is unfair to compare President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to his father and namesake, late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, incoming National Security Adviser Clarita Carlos has said.

TEMANGGUNG: As Indonesian President Joko Widodo led Anthony Albanese around the lush gardens of a presidential palace south of Jakarta earlier this month, he presented the new Australian prime minister with an unusual gift: a bamboo bike.

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Palm Oil Producers Association (GAPKI) this week said Indonesia’s palm oil product exports in April this year were lower than the same month in 2021 with 2,018 tons from 2,636 tons. He explained that this is mainly because the government introduced a policy intended to increase the domestic supply of cooking oil.

MANILA: The incoming administration of President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is eyeing the enactment of a law that will raise the term of barangay captains from three to five years, subject to three terms, one of his officials has said.

JAKARTA: President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) (pic), has called for people to start cultivating various types of crops across unattended fields which would prove useful to mitigate the negative effects of the global food supply chain disruptions.