JAKARTA, KOMPAS – The Financial Services Authority, or OJK, has finally established special treatment for communities affected by ecological disasters in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra who are banking customers, financing institutions, and venture capital companies. This provision includes t»»»

The Indonesian government has affirmed that anyone or any organization can raise public funds to aid victims of the devastating floods in Sumatra, but stressed that permission must be obtained before collecting donations. Minister of Social Affairs Syaifullah Yusuf, commonly known as Gus Ipul, made»»»

Editor's note: In this weekly feature China Daily gives voice to Asia and its people. The stories presented come mainly from the Asia News Network (ANN), of which China Daily is among its 20 leading titles. The Jakarta administration has pledged to improve plastic waste management and processing in»»»

Represenatative image (AP) The collapse of a glacier in the Swiss Alps this week has underscored the impacts of a warming world on the ice-packed parts of planet Earth.When the melting Birch Glacier on crumbled on Wednesday, it engulfed the picturesque village of Blatten in the country's southern W»»»

The collapse of a glacier in the Swiss Alps this week has underscored the impacts of a warming world on the ice-packed parts of planet Earth. When the melting Birch Glacier on crumbled on Wednesday, it engulfed the picturesque village of Blatten in the country's southern Wallis region. A mound of d»»»