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The students, many wearing surgical masks, gathered under an eerily orange sky with severely reduced visibility and waved banners urging authorities to declare a national emergency to free up more aid ...
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » Politics: 'How is it possible?': Students protest Indonesian haze
Hundreds of students protested late Friday in Indonesia's Palangkaraya, demanding the government do more to tackle a wildfire crisis that has shrouded their city and the wider region in toxic haze for ...
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » Politics: Indonesia wildfire lawsuit names Prabowo as peat fires sicken 283,000 residents
Indonesia wildfire lawsuit against President Prabowo Subianto held its second hearing October 21, as Indonesia recorded 283,270 respiratory illness cases across seven provinces. Scientists say ...
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » Politics: Prabowo steps up Indonesia's firefighting efforts; foreign offers of help not discussed
Over 60,000 personnel are supporting ground operations, with water bombing also being carried out, said Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya.
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » Politics: Indonesia deploys nearly 17,000 personnel to fight fires in Central Kalimantan, South Sumatra
Ground operations are being prioritised over aerial operations because poor visibility has restricted water-bombing helicopter operations ...
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » Politics: 'It smells like charred earth': BBC at Indonesia fire epicentre causing Singapore and Malaysia haze crisis
As wildfires continue to smother the region in toxic smog, the BBC travels to ground zero in Indonesian Borneo.
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » Politics: 'If we burn, you burn too': Indonesia's worst wildfires in 11 years drive Generation Z into the streets
Protests led by Generation Z (born 1997–2012) are spreading across Indonesia as the country grapples with its worst wildfire crisis in 11 years. Demonstrators ...
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » Politics: Indonesia Capable of Handling Forest Fires, Minister Says
Forest fires destroyed 202,000 hectares of land from January to July 2026. The government maintains that the state is still capable of handling it.
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » Politics: Monitor says Indonesia fires have burned nearly two million hectares
Indonesian wildfires that have caused a regional haze crisis burned more than 1.9 million hectares in the first nine months of 2026, a monitor analysing satellite data said on Monday. Singapore's ...
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » Politics: Indonesian Govt Yet to Respond to Malaysia's Forest Fire Aid Offer
Malaysian Deputy PM Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says Kuala Lumpur is awaiting Indonesia's response to its offer to help fight forest fires.
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » Politics: Blame game erupts between Jakarta and provinces as Indonesia fires rage
JAKARTA: A blame game has erupted between some of Indonesia's provincial authorities and the central government as forest fires scorch Kalimantan and Sumatra.
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » Politics: Desperate to clear toxic haze, Indonesia to douse its skies with dry ice
Authorities in South East Asia have turned to weather modification as fires blanket the region in smog.