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DISASTER5h agoIndonesia faces reckoning over maritime safety after deadly ferry disasterIndonesia’s latest ferry disaster has exposed persistent weaknesses in maritime safety oversight, experts have said, with poor enforcement and inadequate supervision continuing to leave passengers vulnerable across the sprawling archipelago. The capsizing of the Virgo Transport 8 in the Java Sea on Sunday has intensified scrutiny of a system that analysts say too often comes under pressure only after deadly accidents, rather than preventing them. Six people have been confirmed dead and 129...South China Morning Post
DISASTER9h agoIndonesia’s Prabowo mulls labelling wildfires as ‘ecological terrorism’South China Morning Post
DISASTER15h agoHealth crisis grips Indonesians enduring haze: ‘my eyes sting, my head hurts’South China Morning Post
DISASTER1d agoIndonesia seals 50 companies over forest, land fire hotspotsJAKARTA: (Bernama) Indonesia has sealed off about 50 companies across eight provinces after forest and land fire hotspots were identified within their operational areas.thestar_my · malaysia
DISASTER2d agoAir quality across Singapore reaches unhealthy levels from Indonesian wildfiresSingapore was shrouded in haze on Tuesday, with smoke from wildfires in neighbouring Indonesia raising island-wide pollution to levels that pose a health risk. All five regions of the city state recorded unhealthy air quality levels, the first time that has happened since September 2019, according to the National Environment Agency. Singapore’s air currently ranks among the 10 most polluted cities in the world, according to IQAir data, with the capitals of Malaysia and Indonesia also among the...South China Morning Post