Mount Ibu, located on remote Halmahera island, erupted on Thursday morning, belching a tower of volcanic ash 5,000 metres (16,400 feet) above its peak.
2 days agoProvincial authorities have declared a 14-day state of emergency in West Java to allow time for the allocation of resources to expedite disaster mitigation processes, including evacuating residents and disbursing aid. ...
2 days agoThe Indonesian flag carrier said the Garuda-1105 flight to Madinah -- operated by a Boeing 747-400 -- returned to its original airport in Makassar at 17:15 local time (0915 GMT) with all passengers unhurt. ...
2 days agoPolice have arrested two suspects involved in manufacturing drugs in Semarang, while a separate raid has nabbed five suspects in a drug smuggling operation spanning from Medan to Tangerang.
1 month agoA portion of the Bogor-Ciawi-Sukabumi (Bocimi) toll road near the Parungkuda toll gate in Sukabumi regency collapsed on Wednesday evening in a rainfall-induced landslide, prompting a partial closure of the road.
1 month agoTransportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi has encouraged people to use public transportation during the mudik season to prevent traffic accidents, expressing his commitment to providing optimum service to the public during this year’s Idul Fitri.
1 month agoAround 350 workers of PT Indo Tirta Suaka, which operates a pig farm in Bulan Island, Batam, Riau Islands, have rejected their termination after Singapore stopped the import of live pigs from farm the in April last year following reports of African swine fever.
1 month agoThe spokesman of the TNI's regional command in Papua has denied claims made by the TPNPB, the group that abducted New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens, that the military had deployed an aerial attack in Nduga regency.
1 month agoPolitical parties are gearing up for November's gubernatorial race as they look for possible contenders that can taken on Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's son-in-law.
1 month agoA series of hydrometeorological disasters has hit Java Island in recent days, killing dozens of people and displacing thousands more as extreme weather continues to sweep across the country.
1 month agoAuthorities last Thursday rescued 69 Rohingya refugees found after clinging to the hull of their overturned vessel for more than a day. Six others were rescued by fishermen a day earlier.
1 month agoAuthorities in Badung, Bali, are investigating a fire that broke out in part of the province’s largest penitentiary Kerobokan on Tuesday afternoon, no casualties were reported in the incident.
1 month agoCibenda village in West Java became inundated just before midnight on March 24 after hours of torrential rain when many villagers were asleep.
1 month agoThis year, Mount Ibu has been recorded erupting 47 times.
1 month agoThe graphic footage that circulated on social media in recent days, showed several people assaulting a man in the eastern region, with his hands tied in a water-filled steel drum.
1 month agoThe footage, which showed a Papuan man in a barrel of bloodied water being cut with a blade, has sparked outcry on Indonesian social media. Papua Military Commander officer Maj. Gen. Izak Pangemanan confirmed it was authentic and the incident had taken place in February.
1 month agoThe mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar, and thousands risk their lives each year on long and expensive sea journeys, often in flimsy boats, to try to reach Malaysia or Indonesia.
1 month agoThe bodies of three Rohingya refugees whose boat capsized off the coast of West Aceh have been found over the weekend, while dozens of others remain missing.
1 month agoActivists and the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) have condemned the alleged torture of a Papuan man in the country’s restive easternmost region by plainclothes men suspected of being members of the Indonesian Military (TNI).
1 month agoFrom mid-November to late January, 1,752 Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, landed in the Indonesian provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra, according to the UNHCR.
1 month agoFriday's announcement comes a day after authorities staged a dramatic rescue of 69 Rohingya who had been adrift at sea for weeks before the boat capsized, with many found clinging to the hull of the overturned vessel.
1 month agoThe epicentre was located 132 km north of Tuban in East Java province, BMKG said.
1 month agoThe United Nations' refugee agency (UNHCR) estimates about 2,000 Rohingya have reached Indonesia since last October, among droves of the persecuted religious minority in Myanmar who fled to Indonesia over the past year, mostly to Aceh.
1 month agoIndonesia has a mammoth marine waste problem, ranking as one of the world's biggest contributors of plastic pollution and marine debris.
1 month agoTeluk, located in Banten on the western edge of Java island, has one of the country's dirtiest beaches as villagers said that heavy rain has led to stronger tides, bringing more trash to shore.
1 month agoThe Iskandar Muda Military Command (Kodam) overseeing Aceh province is investigating allegations that an Indonesian Military (TNI) soldier and one civilian accomplice assaulted two local civilians, leaving them in critical condition.
2 months agoAuthorities in Demak and Kudus are rerouting traffic and assisting thousands of residents who have been affected by massive flooding over the weekend, while the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has reported that the disaster has affected more than a quarter of a million people in at least 10 regencies in the province.
2 months agoAs human-tiger conflict in Sumatra escalates into clashes between villagers and authorities, environmentalists are urging the government to take human-wildlife conflict prevention and resolution more seriously.
2 months agoThe city of Semarang in Central Java has been inundated following torrential rain on Wednesday and Thursday.
2 months agoBMKG chair Dwikorita Karnawati said in a press briefing on Thursday that cities worst affected by flooding in the northern part of Central Java like Pekalongan, Semarang and Demak, also experienced severe cases of land subsidence.
2 months agoLast year's dry season was the most severe since 2019 due to an El Nino weather phenomenon that lasted longer than usual, bringing a drought that hurt crops and exacerbated forest fires.
2 months agoThree crew members are missing after fishing vessel KM Sweet sank en route to Ambon city from Banda Neira Island. Five others were rescued on Wednesday.
2 months agoFour people were attacked while farming inside the protected reserves of a national park in Lampung Province in recent weeks and officials vowed to capture the big cats responsible.
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