TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Popular Reads
No popular reads data found
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search results
Popular Reads
No popular reads data found
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search resultslandslide
Archipelago 3 months ago
PREMIUM
Northern Sumatra leaders raise white flag amid deadly floods
With at least 712 dead and hundreds more missing from floods and landslides across northern Sumatra, regional leaders have admitted that they cannot handle the crisis alone, underscoring deep budgetary and logistical gaps in disaster response.
Academia 3 months ago
PREMIUM
The disastrous trap of Indonesia’s extraction strategy
The recent series of disasters that hit Sumatra illustrate the worsening collective outcomes Indonesia risks if it continues to choose the wrong option as posited in the classic game theory problem of the prisoner's dilemma.
Archipelago 3 months ago
PREMIUM
Flood-hit Sumatra faces hunger as Prabowo visits
President Prabowo Subianto visited flood- and landslide- hit areas in northern Sumatra on the sixth day after the disaster, promising to address urgent food and fuel shortages as thousands face dwindling supplies and the growing threat of hunger, while damaged roads continue to hamper relief efforts.
Society 3 months ago
PREMIUM
No disaster status escalation for Northern Sumatra flood, BNPB says
National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) head Lt. Gen. Suharyanto acknowledged that there had been discussions on raising the disaster status from the provincial level to the national level for flood and landslide mitigation in northern and western Sumatra, but noted that such a decision has historically been rare.
Archipelago 3 months ago
PREMIUM
At least 61 killed as landslides, flooding devastate 3 provinces in Sumatra
Authorities continue to face significant challenges reaching affected communities in Sibolga and North and South Tapanuli, as landslides have blocked key access roads at multiple locations, severely delaying relief and evacuation efforts.
