Indonesia

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174 dead after fans stampede to exit Indonesian soccer match

Television reports showed police and rescuers evacuating the injured and carrying the dead to ambulances

02 Oct 2022 11:51 AM

Indonesia leader says Putin and Xi to attend G20 summit: Report

Jakarta has come under Western pressure to exclude Putin from the G20 gathering after announcing in April he had been invited

19 Aug 2022 12:09 PM

A woman receives a booster shot of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a third dose vaccination campaign at a South Tangerang Regional General Hospital in Tangerang, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Indonesia starts COVID boosters for elderly, others at risk

The government hopes to provide 21 million booster shots in January to people who received their second jabs at least six months ago

12 Jan 2022 10:54 AM

The USGS said the chance of casualties was low. (Photo: ANI/Representational)

7.3-magnitude quake strikes Indonesia, tsunami 'possible'

The USGS said the quake struck around 100 kilometres north of the town of Maumere

14 Dec 2021 9:48 AM

Mount Semeru releases volcanic materials during an eruption as seen from Lumajang district, East Java province, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021.

Indonesia volcano erupts again, hampering rescue operations

Ash from Semeru travelled up to four kilometres away after the Saturday eruption, Indonesia's geological agency reported

06 Dec 2021 12:31 PM

PV Sindhu settles for silver in BWF World Tour Finals

The reigning world champion Indian ace had no answer to the in-form world number six Korean, who dictated terms from the word go

05 Dec 2021 2:12 PM

Mount Semeru releases volcanic materials during an eruption as seen from Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia. (Photo: AP)

Death toll rises to 13 in Indonesia volcano eruption

Mount Semeru in Lumajang district in East Java province spewed thick columns of ash more than 12,000 meters (40,000 feet) into the sky

05 Dec 2021 11:31 AM

India’s Pusarla V Sindhu hitting a return against South Korea’s Sim Yu-jin during their women's singles quarter-final badminton match at the Indonesia Open in Nusa Dua on the resort island of Bali. (Photo: Badminton Association of Indonesia)

Indonesia Open: PV Sindhu fights her way into Indonesia Open semifinal

Sindhu will now face either Japan's Asuka Takahashi or Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon in semifinal

26 Nov 2021 1:23 PM

A beach vendor sets chairs as he waits for customers in Kuta beach in Bali, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. (AP/Firdia Lisnawati)

Bali reopens to foreign travellers as COVID-19 surge subsides

Bali’s airport will welcome new foreign arrivals from 19 countries that meet WHO’s criteria such as having their COVID cases under control

14 Oct 2021 1:41 PM

Waters had receded in many areas and power, which had been shut off across many districts, was being restored. (AFP)

Indonesia flood rescuers hunt for missing after 43 killed

Some 400,000 residents have been evacuated to temporary shelters with many unable to return to their waterlogged homes.

03 Jan 2020 10:59 AM

In October, Aceh officials announced that poachers who threaten endangered orangutans, tigers and other wildlife could receive up to 100 lashes under new rules. (Representational Image)

Indonesian man faints during flogging for pre-marital sex, revived to finish punishment

Aceh is the only region in Indonesia, the world’s biggest Muslim-majority country that imposes religious law.

06 Dec 2019 10:36 AM

Jujun Junaedi spends his free time in a backyard tinkering with his project, guided by instructional videos, as he dreams of flying above the snarled roads of his hometown Sukabumi. (Photo: AFP)

Indonesia man's solution to beat traffic - a homemade helicopter

His quest may seem a flight of fancy, but Junaedi is not the first person to try and build an artisanal aircraft.

28 Nov 2019 4:08 PM

Foreign heads of state, lawmakers and political rivals looked on as Widodo, 58, and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin, 76, read an oath to start a five-year tenure leading the world's biggest Muslim-majority nation. (Photo: File)

Joko Widodo sworn in as Indonesia's President for second term

Jokowi's inauguration comes a little over a week after the country's chief security minister was stabbed in an attack.

21 Oct 2019 9:22 AM

The death toll from a powerful earthquake that rocked Indonesia's remote Maluku islands has risen to 23, the disaster agency said Friday, as more than 15,000 people were evacuated to shelters. (Representational Image)

Indonesia quake death toll rises to 23: official

Among the confirmed dead was an infant, with many killed by falling debris in and around quake-struck Ambon city.

27 Sep 2019 1:04 PM

A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit off the remote Maluku islands in eastern Indonesia Thursday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. (Representational Image)

Strong 6.5 magnitude quake strikes eastern Indonesia: USGS

Last year, a 7.5-magnitude quake and a subsequent tsunami in Palu on Sulawesi island left more than 4,300 people dead or missing.

26 Sep 2019 10:24 AM

Eka Wulandari, from the Mekar Sari village in Jambi province, captured the blood-red skies in a series of photos taken at around midday on Saturday. (Photo: Social Media)

Sky in Indonesia turns blood red as massive wildfires haze crisis worsens

This year's haze levels have been some of the worst in years.

24 Sep 2019 3:12 PM

Cole won the 1990 World Press Photo award for his picture of a man in a white shirt, carrying a shopping bag in each hand, striding out into the road the day after troops killed hundreds of pro-democracy protesters in the heart of Beijing. (Photo: Social Media)

Photographer who shot iconic Tiananmen Square 'tank man' dies at 64

American authorities confirmed the death of 64-year-old Charlie Cole in Bali, where the Texan had been a long-time resident.

14 Sep 2019 1:55 PM

A deal would see Singapore-based Grab buy a majority interest in Ant-backed DANA from Indonesian media conglomerate Emtek.

Grab in talks to merge Indonesian payment firms to overtake Gojek: sources

Grab and Gojek are the top-two startup brands in Southeast Asia, valued at USD 14 billion and USD10 billion.

11 Sep 2019 11:57 AM

Massive jungle areas in Sumatra and Borneo island are ablaze as thousands of personnel battle to quell the fires, frequently started to clear land for crop plantations. (AFP)

Hundreds of schools shut as forest-fire haze blankets SE Asia

Air quality has dropped to 'unhealthy' levels in and around Kuala Lumpur.

10 Sep 2019 2:59 PM

Residents of a village in Bali got a shock when they spotted a two-headed snake in their midst -- a rare find in the wild. (Photo: YouTube/ video screengrab)

Rare of its kind, two-headed snake spotted in Indonesia

The reptile was seen slithering in the central part of the Indonesian holiday island last week.

06 Sep 2019 2:53 PM

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