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In this Oct. 17, 2014, photo, a worker walks at power plant area in Cirebon, Indonesia. 

Indonesia poised to ease export ban on thermal coal

In an effort to protect Indonesia’s thermal coal supply, the country imposed an export ban in early January. But after several countries in Asia that depend on the crucial commodity lamented the move, the country has indicated an imminent ease of the ban.

Indonesia poised to ease export ban on thermal coal
A woman is show with her face in her hands and crouched down with a man next to her with his hand on her shoulder.

Brazil struggles with new COVID-19 strain; Entire Dutch government resigns over child welfare scandal; Deadly earthquake hits Indonesia

Brazil struggles with new COVID-19 strain; Entire Dutch government resigns over child welfare scandal; Deadly earthquake hits Indonesia
Supporters of Rizieq Shihab, leader of the Islam Defenders Front, confront police officers during a rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Dec. 18, 2020. Hundreds of protesters marched in Indonesia's capital on Friday to demand the release of the firebrand cleric w

Indonesia outlaws one of the world’s largest vigilante groups

Indonesia outlaws one of the world’s largest vigilante groups
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Indonesia’s bold plan: Moving its capital to an island paradise

Indonesia’s bold plan: Moving its capital to an island paradise
Young boys wearing white robes and caps stand behind green flag with Arabic script.

The world’s largest Islamic group wants Muslims to stop saying 'infidel'

The world’s largest Islamic group wants Muslims to stop saying 'infidel'
A rescue team aboard a boat is shown heading out to the Lion Air flight JT610 sea crash location.

Doomed Indonesian plane with 189 on board had asked to return to base

An Indonesian aircraft with 189 people on board crashed into the sea on Monday as it tried to circle back to the capital, Jakarta, from where it had taken off minutes earlier.

Doomed Indonesian plane with 189 on board had asked to return to base
A boy collects plastic from a garbage-covered river in Manila, 2010.

Plastic trash is a big problem. How much do you throw away? (QUIZ)

The consequences of plastic waste for humanity could be more severe than climate change.

Plastic trash is a big problem. How much do you throw away? (QUIZ)
Scavengers search for items to recycle at a waste dump in Bogor, a city in Indonesia's West Java province, on June 3, 2013.

The world is ignoring one of cheap oil’s biggest victims

Why cheap oil is a nightmare for the millions who scavenge trash.

The world is ignoring one of cheap oil’s biggest victims
Go glam makeup hair hijab

Forget pizza. In Jakarta, this delivery app will send a stranger to style your hijab.

This is particularly exciting for customers who want to skip Jakarta's infamous gridlock and luxuriate in the comfort of their own homes.

Forget pizza. In Jakarta, this delivery app will send a stranger to style your hijab.
Feri Yadi, a resident of Muara Baru in North Jakarta, stands atop the seawall recently built to protect his neighborhood. He has little confidence that the wall will work as expected. "Like in the past, this will be broken somehow" he says.

Need the latest news on flooding? In Jakarta, there's an app for that.

In a “living laboratory for disaster,” a social media app is helping Jakartans improve upon the government's response to frequent flooding.

Need the latest news on flooding? In Jakarta, there's an app for that.
An abandoned mosque outside the seawall in Muara Baru, Jakarta. The city is sinking as a result of massive groundwater extraction, and the problem is especially bad in Muara Barus, which is already below sea level.

Trying to confront a massive flood risk, Jakarta faces 'problem on top of problem'

High water in the seas offshore and rivers on land increasingly threatens Indonesia's capital city. The government has big plans to deal with it, but some of the city's poorest residents say the projects will leave them high and dry.

Trying to confront a massive flood risk, Jakarta faces 'problem on top of problem'
A woman places carnations at the scene of a suicide bombing at Istiklal Street, a major shopping and tourist district, in central Istanbul, Turkey.

By the numbers: The terror attacks we paid attention to

Terrorist attacks that resulted in the death of more people do not necessarily mean that they'll get more search attention on the Internet.

By the numbers: The terror attacks we paid attention to
An Indonesian policeman near a broken window from a Starbucks outlet in Jakarta, Jan. 14.

Here’s what we know about ISIS's influence in Indonesia

Is ISIS linked to the terrorist strike in Indonesia’s capital that left an estimated seven dead in a wave of bullets and explosives?

Here’s what we know about ISIS's influence in Indonesia
Puteri Hasannah Karunia is a popular fashion blogger, one of Indonesia's generation of young Muslim fashionistas known as "hijabers."

Hijab fashion is so popular in Indonesia non-Muslim designers are getting in on it

There's a thriving hijab fashion scene in Indonesia. But as more and more women there are wearing the hijab, some women who don't say they're feeling the pressure.

Hijab fashion is so popular in Indonesia non-Muslim designers are getting in on it
A-bomb survivors: My mom and her mother Jettie on board the ship Oranje, which had been a hospital vessel during the war. They were on the boat’s first post-war civilian transport, making the crossing here from Java to Melbourne, Australia in November 194

The Bomb saved my mom

When the first of the two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, Marco Werman's mother was in a WWII prison camp in Indonesia. And, were it not for the bombs, his mom might not have survived the camp.

The Bomb saved my mom