ndonesia's Deputy Minister for Maritime Affairs Arif Havas Oegroseno points to the location of North Natuna Sea on the new map of Indonesia during talks to reporters in Jakarta, July 14, 2017. REUTERS ...

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 ...

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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, ...

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 ...

One of the major challenges in stopping illegal deforestation in Indonesia is the existence of numerous, conflicting concession maps, based on which level of government, or ministry, you talk to. This ...

Mass graves are being dug in Indonesia after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake and a tsunami hit on Friday. The death toll from the disaster has surpassed 840 with the number expected to rise. The Indonesian ...

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 ...