Nestled amid mountains in remote central Indonesia, Bone-Bone looks like any other rural hamlet in the archipelago, with a modest collection of houses, shops and mosques and people quietly going about ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia raised the minimum age limit for purchasing cigarettes to 21 from 18 as part of a series of changes to health regulations intended to curb the deadly habit in a country ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian zookeepers have moved an orangutan out of visitors' sight so she'll no longer smoke lit cigarettes people regularly throw into her cage. Taru Jurug Zoo spokesman ...

Indonesia has one of the highest smoking rates globally. In 2021, the Ministry of Health estimated there are 69.1 million smokers, the third largest number in the world behind only China and India.

Zookeepers in Indonesia are trying to force one of their orangutans to kick a cigarette smoking habit, according to the Guardian. The orangutan has been smoking for a decade, and now officials think ...

Tobacco consumption in Southeast Asia has dropped dramatically over the past two decades, at least in per capita terms, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). Between 2000 ...

I write about Asia's business scene from Jakarta. This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Indonesia’s Richest 2022. See the full list here. The fortune of Susilo Wonowidjojo slid further this year ...

(Recasts throughout with end of meeting) By Olivia Rondonuwu PADANG PANJANG, Indonesia, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Indonesia's top Islamic body decided on Sunday not to ban smoking for Muslims in a country ...