Palangkaraya, Indonesia News

The Indonesian government set up a taskforce Tuesday to deal with possible sanctions from FIFA following its failure to merge two rival football associations.

AFTER years of delays and near derailment, the Indonesian government has this week signed a contract to begin the world's largest scheme to preserve virgin tropical forest in return for carbon credits.

In Balikpapan of East Kalimantan , housing complexes for the well-heeled are growing in tandem with the development of new shopping centres.

With Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Katy Perry on heavy rotation, there seems at first little to distinguish Indonesia's Radio Kalaweit from any other pop station.

From his grief-gouged eyes to the way he presses his hands together to stop them from shaking, it's clear that if Syamsudin Noor makes it through the next few weeks, he is still a dead man inside.