JAKARTA: Mount Semeru volcano in Lumajang, East Java erupted on Sunday with the hot ash plume rising up to 1,500 metres, Indonesia’s volcanology agency said.

JAKARTA: More than a dozen NGOs have issued a letter accusing Indonesia of stymieing scientific research, after Jakarta banned a group of foreign academics who opposed an official claim that orangutan numbers are increasing.

DAVAO CITY: The development of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is at the centrepiece of government efforts under the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., according to Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr., chief of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU).

JAKARTA: The Government of Indonesia and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) confirmed stronger cooperation for the next four years on supporting food and agriculture development programs in Indonesia.

SINGAPORE: Singapore parliament passed two Bills to repeal Section 377A of the Penal Code, which criminalises sex between men, and to amend the Constitution to protect the definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman.

DILI: East Timor has inaugurated a new deepwater port operated by a French conglomerate, in the largest ever single foreign investment on an infrastructure project in Southeast Asia’s youngest country.

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s parliament is expected to pass a new criminal code this month that will penalise sex outside marriage with a punishment of up to one year in jail, officials have confirmed.

JAKARTA: In opening Tuesday’s national investment coordination meeting, President Joko Widodo (pic), or Jokowi, openly called for state ministries to work harder in facing the forecasted 2023 recession to minimise its effects on the country’s economy.

MANILA: Airport and Bureau of Immigration (BI) personnel allegedly facilitated the outbound trafficking of Filipinos to Myanmar, where they are being used to dupe clients using cryptocurrency, a Senate hearing revealed on Tuesday.

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam will look to harness available potential to improve relations and cooperation for the benefit of both countries.