Indonesia

As it examines the deaths of more than 150 children due to acute renal injury, Indonesia’s food and drug regulator announced on Monday that it has revoked the syrup medicine production licenses of two local enterprises for breaking manufacturing guidelines (AKI). The decision was made by the BPOM agency after Indonesia temporarily banned the sale of certain syrup-based medications and …

According to local sources, a woman was killed and consumed whole by a python in the Indonesian province of Jambi. Sunday morning, Jahrah, a rubber tapper reportedly in her fifties, made her way to a rubber plantation. She was reported missing when she failed to return that evening, and search parties were dispatched to locate her. The following day, residents …

No. 3 seeds Francis Casey Alcantara of the Philippines and Coleman Wong of Hong Kong won their first-round men’s doubles match at the Medco Energi International Tennis Championships Week 1 on Thursday at the Sultan Hotel’s outdoor hard court in Jakarta, Indonesia. Alcantara and Wong won 6-2, 6-1 over Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong of Malaysia and Linh Giang Trinh of …

Foreigners who wish to make Bali their second home are now permitted to do so under a new Indonesian visa policy that allows them to remain on the island for up to ten years. Under a new “second home” visa program, visitors who match the qualifications may stay for five or ten years and engage in a variety of activities. …

Indonesia has requested that the Netherlands, the country’s former colonial master, return eight collections of historical artifacts from its museums, including the remains of “Java Man,” the first known fossils of the Homo erectus species, from whom humans are believed to have originated. The “looted” artifacts include statues from Java’s ancient Hindu kingdom of Singhasari, personal belongings belonging to an …

Following the deaths of almost 100 children and an inexplicable rise in cases of acute renal injury, Indonesia has suspended the sale of all syrups and liquid medications. The ban, which was issued by the nation’s Health Ministry on Wednesday, will stay in place until officials conclude their investigation into unlicensed medicinal syrups suspected of carrying harmful substances. Mohammad Syahril, …

President Joko Widodo announced on Tuesday, October 18 that Indonesia will destroy and rebuild a football stadium where a stampede killed more than 130 people earlier this month. He also pledged to “completely change” the sport in the soccer-crazed nation. The president, commonly known as Jokowi, addressed media at the state house following a meeting with Gianni Infantino, the head …

ABC was told by Yulida Pangastuti, a professor of childhood, gender, and sexuality at Gadjah Mada University, that the stigma surrounding mixed marriage is heavily impacted by colonial beliefs. “According to many literary works, local women are frequently viewed through the prism of hyper sensuality; [they] use their sexuality to lure European men and become mistresses and sex workers for …

A fact-finding team investigating a tragic soccer stampede in Indonesia has decided that tear gas was the primary cause of death in one of the world’s deadliest stadium catastrophes, according to Indonesia’s security minister on Friday, October 14. The committee, comprised of government officials, soccer and security specialists, has been studying the October 1 crush that killed more than 130 …

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo of Indonesia has introduced the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine manufactured domestically, marking a significant milestone on the path to vaccine independence. Yesterday in Bandung, the capital of West Java, President Jokowi declared that the IndoVac vaccine will help reduce Indonesia’s reliance on foreign vaccines. “From now on, we can create our own COVID-19 vaccine,” Jokowi remarked …