https://www.scmp.com/rss/524260/feed The latest news and top stories on Pramono Anung, the Governor of Jakarta. He assumed office in February 2025, having won the 2024 gubernatorial election. He recently reported on infrastructure damages, totalling Rp55 billion, resulting from unrest in the capital, overseeing repair efforts and ensuring food supply stability. Previously, he served as Cabinet Secretary from 2015 to 2024 and held positions as Deputy Speaker and Member of the House of Representatives. His background includes a... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Aisyah Llewellyn Aisyah Llewellyn Promotional posters for the horror film Aku Harus Mati (“I Must Die”) have been taken down in parts of Indonesia after sparking backlash from child protection experts, who say the campaign’s stark language and imagery are especially alarming amid what officials have called a “child suicide emergency”. The row has struck a nerve in a country where concerns over child mental health and suicidal ideation have been mounting, turning what might otherwise have been dismissed as provocative horror... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3349702/indonesia-horror-film-posters-trigger-child-suicide-fears?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3349702/indonesia-horror-film-posters-trigger-child-suicide-fears?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:00:25 +0000 Resty Woro Yuniar Resty Woro Yuniar Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has called for a nationwide drive to replace corrugated zinc roofs with clay tiles, saying he wants to shed what he describes as a “rusty” image while cooling homes, reviving a struggling industry and boosting the country’s appeal to tourists. But analysts warn that the plan – dubbed gentengisasi, or “mass roofing” – could burden the environment, require costly structural upgrades and face resistance outside Java island. “I see in all our cities,... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3344043/why-prabowos-push-clay-roofs-rusty-indonesia-may-face-brick-wall?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3344043/why-prabowos-push-clay-roofs-rusty-indonesia-may-face-brick-wall?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:00:13 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Auckland was the first major city to ring in 2026 with a fireworks display launched from New Zealand’s tallest structure, Sky Tower, followed by a defiant celebration in Australia in the aftermath of a horrific mass shooting. South Pacific countries were the first to bid farewell to 2025. Clocks struck midnight in Auckland 18 hours before the famous ball drop in New York’s Times Square. The five-minute display involved 3,500 fireworks. Australia’s east coast welcomed 2026 two hours after New... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3338342/australia-sees-defiant-start-2026-after-mass-shooting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3338342/australia-sees-defiant-start-2026-after-mass-shooting?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 31 Dec 2025 15:03:31 +0000 Resty Woro Yuniar Resty Woro Yuniar A week after a deadly fire tore through a Jakarta office building and killed 22 people, labour groups and urban planners say the tragedy is a stark example of how weak enforcement, “back-room dealings” and risky conversions of office space continue to endanger workers in Indonesia’s capital. The blaze broke out on December 9 at a seven-storey building in central Jakarta rented by drone operator Terra Drone Indonesia, where employees became trapped inside as smoke spread through the... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3336766/deadly-indonesia-fire-fuels-claims-back-room-dealings-safety?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3336766/deadly-indonesia-fire-fuels-claims-back-room-dealings-safety?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:00:37 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A fire ripped through an office building in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, on Tuesday, killing at least 22 people, including a pregnant woman, police said. Flames engulfed the seven-storey building, sending thick black smoke billowing into the sky and causing panic among nearby residents and workers in a neighbourhood in Central Jakarta. The fire, which broke out around midday, is believed to have started on the first floor of the building in the Kemayoran neighbourhood before spreading to other... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3335754/office-building-fire-indonesias-jakarta-kills-13-people-still-trapped?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3335754/office-building-fire-indonesias-jakarta-kills-13-people-still-trapped?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:08:55 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Indonesia’s capital Jakarta has banned the selling and consumption of dog, cat and bat meat to prevent rabies transmission, the city’s governor announced on Tuesday, in a win for animal rights advocates. “I have signed the regulation … which prohibits the sale of rabies-transmitting animals for food purposes,” Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung said in a statement on social media, a month after promising to do so. The regulation, which Pramono said he signed on Monday, provides a six-month grace... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3334143/jakarta-bans-sale-and-consumption-dog-cat-and-bat-meat-after-25-rabies-deaths?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3334143/jakarta-bans-sale-and-consumption-dog-cat-and-bat-meat-after-25-rabies-deaths?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:00:17 +0000 Resty Woro Yuniar Resty Woro Yuniar A new study has found that rainwater in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta contains microplastics and potentially other toxic chemicals harmful to public health, raising alarm over the pervasiveness of such particles in the country’s biome – down to food consumed. Raindrops were picking up microplastics floating in Jakarta’s air, Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) revealed in its newest study on October 17. Samples of rainwater collected in coastal areas of Jakarta were found to... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3330988/plastic-rain-indonesia-sounds-alarm-microplastics-found-jakartas-rainwater?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3330988/plastic-rain-indonesia-sounds-alarm-microplastics-found-jakartas-rainwater?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Oct 2025 03:00:19 +0000 Associated Press,Agence France-Presse Associated Press,Agence France-Presse Indonesia will block Israeli athletes from competing at the coming gymnastics world championships in Jakarta, a government official said on Thursday. The decision to deny visas to the Israeli athletes comes after their planned participation had sparked intense opposition in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, which has long been a staunch supporter of Palestinians. Israel is among 86 countries registered to compete at the worlds that start in Jakarta on October 19, with a team... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3328511/indonesia-block-israeli-competing-gymnastics-world-championships?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3328511/indonesia-block-israeli-competing-gymnastics-world-championships?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Oct 2025 07:33:19 +0000