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Indonesia tightens security after deadly protests

Indonesian authorities ramped up security after six people were killed in unrest over perks for politicians that escalated into violent anger against the nation's police force.

World • 01 Sep

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Five dead, 29 missing after Indonesian ferry sinks

At least five people have died and dozens are unaccounted for after a ferry sank in rough seas on its way to Indonesian resort island Bali, according to rescue authorities, who said 31 people were rescued from the water.

World • 03 Jul

Qurrata Ayuni opened Morning Mama last year to create a space that caters to women in Banda Aceh

Women-run cafe in Indonesia shakes stigma over working

In what claims to be the only woman-run café in the capital of Indonesia's most conservative province, owner Qurrata Ayuni provides an alternative to rowdy, smoke-filled male haunts.

World • 18 Nov 24

People flee as Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki spews ash into the air

Indonesia to relocate thousands around volcano

Indonesia will permanently relocate thousands of residents from around a volcano that erupted in recent days, killing nine people after spewing fireballs and ash on homes, officials said.

World • 06 Nov 24

Smoke billows from Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki as seen from Klatanlo village

At least 10 people killed as volcano erupts in Indonesia

A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted overnight killing at least ten people as it spewed fireballs and ash on surrounding villages, officials said, as they raised its alert status to the highest level.

World • 04 Nov 24

Indonesia volcano eruption kills 6, sets villages aflame

A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted overnight killing at least six people as it spewed fireballs and ash on surrounding villages, officials said, as they raised its alert status to the highest level.

World • 04 Nov 24

Indonesia has banned sales of smartphones made by Alphabet's Google as well as Apple's iPhone 16 due to rules requiring the use of locally manufactured components

Indonesia bans sales of Google phones, Apple's iPhone 16

Indonesia said it has banned sales of smartphones made by Alphabet's Google due to rules requiring the use of locally manufactured components, days after blocking sales of tech giant Apple's iPhone 16 for the same reason.

Business • 01 Nov 24

Pope Francis arrived at Jakarta's Soekarno–Hatta airport after an overnight flight from Rome

Pope Francis in Indonesia at start of Asia-Pacific tour

Pope Francis has arrived in Indonesia for the first leg of an ambitious Asia-Pacific tour where he is expected to urge global action on climate change during what will be his longest trip yet.

World • 03 Sep 24

Officials said death toll could rise further and called for heavy equipment to be deployed to help the search effort

Death toll from floods in Indonesia rises to 50

Rescuers recovered more bodies after flash floods and cold lava flow on Indonesia's Sumatra island over the weekend killed at least 50 people and left another 27 missing, the country's disaster agency said.

World • 14 May 24

Agam district and Tanah Datar are the worst-hit areas of the flood and home to hundreds of thousands of people

Cold lava flow, floods leave 41 dead in Indonesia

The number of people killed by flash floods and cold lava flow from a volcano in western Indonesia over the weekend has risen to 41 with 17 more missing, a local disaster agency official has said.

World • 13 May 24

The bus was carrying more than 60 students and teachers from the Java Island town of Depok to Lembang (file image)

Indonesia school bus crash kills 11, dozens injured

At least eleven people were killed and dozens more were injured when a bus carrying high school students on a graduation trip crashed on Indonesia's biggest island, police said.

World • 12 May 24

Authorities had warned the threat from the volcano was not over after it erupted more than half a dozen times this month

Indonesia volcano erupts again, alert status at highest

Indonesia's remote Mount Ruang volcano erupted several times again today, the country's volcanology agency said, forcing evacuations, the closure of a nearby international airport and the raising of the alert level to its highest.

World • 30 Apr 24

Tourists and residents were warned to remain outside a 6km exclusion zone

Indonesia eruption sparks evacuations, tsunami threat

Indonesian rescuers are racing to evacuate thousands of people after a volcano erupted five times, forcing authorities to close a nearby airport and issue a warning about falling debris that could cause a tsunami.

World • 18 Apr 24

Volcanic ash spews from Mount Marapi in West Sumatra

Indonesia's volcano eruption leaves 22 dead

The death toll from Indonesia's Marapi volcano eruption has risen to 22 as rescuers found more climbers who had died near the crater, the head of the West Sumatra rescue agency said, up from 13 earlier in the day.

Asia • 05 Dec 23

The Marapi volcano spewed ash as high as 3km

Indonesia's Marapi volcano erupts killing 11 climbers

Eleven climbers have been found dead in Indonesia and 12 are missing after the Marapi volcano erupted in West Sumatra, a rescue official said, as search operations - which were halted temporarily over safety concerns - resumed.

Asia • 04 Dec 23

The echidna photographed for the first time on the last day of a four-week expedition (Pic: Expedition Cyclops)

'Long lost' echidna mammal rediscovered in Indonesia

An elusive echidna feared extinct after disappearing for six decades has been rediscovered in a remote part of Indonesia, on an expedition that also found a new kind of tree-dwelling shrimp.

World • 10 Nov 23

Participants for Miss Universe Indonesia say they were asked to strip for body checks (stock image)

Miss Universe cuts Indonesia ties over abuse claims

The Miss Universe Organisation has cut ties with its Indonesia franchise, it announced days after allegations of sexual harassment, and will cancel an upcoming Malaysia edition.

World • 13 Aug 23

Activists freed 21 dogs and three cats from slaughterhouses in Tomohon yesterday

'Extreme' Indonesian market ends dog, cat meat trade

A notorious Indonesian animal market has ended the sale of dog and cat meat after years of activist pressure to stop the trade and its brutal methods of slaughter, according to campaigners.

World • 22 Jul 23

The men spent six days on the atoll without food or water (Courtesy: Australia Maritime Safety Authority)

Indonesian fishermen rescued from desert island

A group of Indonesian fishermen are recovering after being shipwrecked on a coral atoll off Australia's west coast for six days without food or supplies, authorities said.

World • 19 Apr 23

Authorities established a restricted zone of 7km from the crater after the eruption

Indonesian volcano erupts, covers villages in ash

Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, erupted today, spewing out smoke and ash that blanketed villages near the crater.

World • 11 Mar 23

Kartika Puspitasari endured the abuse for two years

Indonesian domestic worker wins compensation for abuse

An Indonesian woman who was beaten and burned by her former Hong Kong employers was awarded more than €103,400 in damages.

World • 10 Feb 23

Activists hold a protest against the new criminal code outside the parliament building in Jakarta

Indonesia parliament approves ban on extra-marital sex

Indonesia's parliament has approved legislation that would outlaw sex outside marriage, in a move critics said was a huge setback to rights in the world's most populous Muslim country.

World • 06 Dec 22

The volcano erupted early yesterday morning and authorities have given people face masks to protect against ash

Over 2,400 evacuated after Indonesian volcano erupts

Rescuers have evacuated more people from nearby villages after the eruption of Indonesia's Mount Semeru yesterday, with officials warning of danger from cooling lava despite less activity from the volcano.

World • 05 Dec 22

The plume from the volcano reached a height of 15km

Thousands flee as Indonesian volcano erupts

Indonesia's Mount Semeru has erupted spewing hot ash clouds a mile high and rivers of lava down its side while sparking the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people exactly one year after its last major eruption killed dozens.

World • 04 Dec 22

The two soldiers have been removed from the army

Two male Indonesian soldiers jailed for having sex

Two male Indonesian soldiers have been given a seven-month jail term for having sex with each other, which is banned by the nation's military as "inappropriate behaviour".

World • 30 Nov 22