Aid has been arriving in Central Papua’s mountainous Puncak regency to help residents endure the effects of months of drought, but bad weather and limited infrastructure have held back distribution efforts.

The Vice President has held an emergency meeting to generate recommendations to tackle the dual crisis of drought and famine unfolding in Papua, as per the President's instructions.

Cold weather and a lack of rain have killed the taro and yam plants grown in two districts in Puncak regency, Central Papua, forcing residents to eat the spoiled crops and causing their health to deteriorate further.

A search and rescue operation has been called off after seven days of trying to help eight miners who became trapped last Tuesday when an illegal gold mine flooded in Banyumas, Central Java.

Sibolga District Court in North Sumatra has acquitted Siska Telaumbanua of stabbing her then boyfriend in February.

Six have died since June in the mountainous Puncak district in Central Papua due to a snowy season that was immediately followed by a prolonged dry season that hit crops. Access to the region is hampered by difficult terrain and threats posed by armed separatists, authorities said.

Six have died since June in the mountainous Puncak district in Central Papua due to a snowy season that was immediately followed by a prolonged dry season that hit crops.

North Sumatra Police have arrested 119 people who were allegedly involved in a series of violent thefts.

A 36-year-old Irish national has been arrested by the Denpasar Police in Bali for allegedly driving while under the influence of alcohol and causing the death of a woman in a hit-and-run crash on Thursday morning.

Unlicensed mines -- many with complete disregard for even the most basic of safety measures -- are common across Indonesia and accidents are frequent.

Bogor city administration has expanded the campaign against open defecation to a total of 21 subdistricts.

The Agrarian and Spatial Planning Ministry will turn the Air Force’s Soewondo base in Medan, North Sumatra, into a trade center.

The agency said the epicentre of the quake was out at sea at a depth of 75 kilometres (46.6 miles) in the eastern region, close to Timor Leste. 

The number of 'hotspots' recorded between July 17 and July 23 surged to 12,701 from 6,082 a week earlier, according to data from the National Disaster mitigation agency (BNPB).

The boat sank with 48 people onboard just after midnight (1700 GMT on Sunday), the local office of the National Search and Rescue Agency said in a statement.

Of 40 passengers on board, 19 were still missing, while six survived, the agency said in a statement. The cause of the sinking, which occurred at about midnight, was still unclear.

The police are probing an illegal organ trade involving a cop and an immigration officer, who are accused of helping traffickers send 122 Indonesians to Cambodia to sell their kidneys.

The ban in the Tomohon market in North Sulawesi province is among the first in a country where 1 million dogs and cats are slaughtered every year, although most Indonesians, who are Muslim, don’t eat dog meat. 

Indonesia has made a great leap in electrification, with almost all of its over 13,000 islands now wired up.

A business group representing several manufacturing, pharmaceutical, data center and education companies, as well as the Inland Port Association and the World Trade Center from the state of Utah, in the United States, visited Batam, Riau Islands, on Tuesday, to explore investment opportunities.

A train driver safely escaped from a burning passenger train operated by the state-owned train operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) on Tuesday night, minutes after the train he was driving crashed into a truck in Semarang, Central Java.

Activists say an Indonesian Military (TNI) command in North Sumatra has violated the law by launching patrols in Medan to help the police hunt down criminals.

The Bali Tourism Board is calling for transparency on funds collected from the planned  Rp 150,000 rupiah (US$10) tax on tourists entering the resort island starting next year.

Tourist-dependent Bali attracts millions of foreign visitors annually and the beach-dotted island is trying to capitalise on its popularity to boost its coffers and protect its tropical allure.

The Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) announced on Tuesday that it had seized an Iranian-flagged supertanker suspected of being involved in the illicit transshipment of crude oil in Indonesian waters.

The MT Arman 114 was carrying 272,569 metric tons of light crude oil, valued at 4.6 trillion rupiah ($304 million), when it was seized last week, the Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) said.

Heavy rainfall in Lumajang regency, East Java, has triggered landslides and mudflows of volcanic material, known as lahar, from the nearby Mount Semeru, cutting off several bridges, killing three people and displacing nearly 600 residents.

The frozen bank accounts were allegedly involved in "massive" numbers of transactions, according to PPATK head Ivan Yustiavandana. 

The Medan Prosecutor’s Office in North Sumatra has put businessman Mujianto on its wanted list for fleeing after the Supreme Court overturned his corruption acquittal.

Speaking during a press conference in Jayapura, Papua, President Jokowi, who is on a tour of the province following his sojourn to neighboring Papua New Guinea, said that he could not openly talk about what measures were being taken to deal with the hostage crisis.