The Indonesia submarine search is feared to have failed due to a lack of oxygen.
The oxygen stocks on a lost Indonesian naval submarine are believed to have run out, prompting Indonesian rescue teams to expect the worst. There are...
Death toll mounts after flash floods and landslides hit Indonesia
At least 50 people have died after flash flooding and landslides hit Indonesia and Timor Leste on Sunday. Debris left behind in the town of...
Indonesia’s coast guard seizes Iranian and Panamanian tankers
Indonesia said on Sunday its coast guard had seized the Iranian-flagged MT Horse and the Panamanian-flagged MT Freya vessels over suspected illegal fuel transfers off...
Distraught families of Sriwijaya Air victims visit Java Sea crash site
Relatives of those killed in the Sriwijaya Air plane crash on Jan. 9 wept and threw red and white petals into the ocean on Friday...
Sulawesi quake death toll at 81 as Indonesia battles series of disasters
A powerful earthquake that struck Indonesia's Sulawesi island last week has killed at least 81 people and displaced more than 19,000, the country's disaster mitigation...
Quake death toll at 56 as Indonesia struggles with string of disasters
At least 56 people have been killed after an earthquake struck Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province on Friday, the disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said on Sunday,...
Erupting volcano spews ash above Indonesia’s Java island
Indonesia's Mount Semeru has erupted, pouring ash and smoke an estimated 5.6km into the sky above Java, the country's most densely populated island. The volcano...
Indonesia earthquake: Sulawesi hospital among collapsed buildings
Rescuers are searching through the rubble of a partially-collapsed Indonesian hospital after an earthquake struck the island of Sulawesi, killing at least 34 people. Eight...
Indonesia to resume search for victims, black box of crashed Sriwijaya jet
Indonesian divers prepared to resume a search on Thursday for the remains of 62 victims and the cockpit voice recorder from a Sriwijaya Air plane...
Indonesia locates black boxes of crashed jet as body parts recovered
Indonesian authorities on Sunday local time located the black boxes of the Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea soon after taking off from...
Indonesia Boeing 737 passenger plane crash site found, Navy says
Indonesian authorities say they have found the location where they believe a Boeing 737 passenger plane crashed into the sea shortly after take-off from the...
Indonesia could receive 1 b. in financing if it makes peace with Israel
Israel's Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen has speculated that Indonesia is among those nations that could sign such a deal with Israel. An aerial picture of...
Indonesia receives over a million Chinese Covid-19 vaccine doses
The Indonesian Presidential Palace released pictures of the 1.2 million CoronaVac doses arriving in Jakarta HANDOUT INDONESIAN PRESIDENTIAL PALACE/AFP Indonesia has received 1.2 million doses...
Indonesia receives first COVID vaccine from China’s Sinovac
Indonesia received its first shipment of coronavirus vaccine from China on Sunday, President Joko Widodo said, as the government prepares a mass inoculation programme. Jokowi,...
Mum abandons her 8 year old son at petrol station with note saying ‘take care of yourself’ because he was ‘too naughty’
A mum abandoned her eight-year-old son at a petrol station after claiming he was 'too naughty' to look after. According to reports in Indonesia,...
COVID-19 protocol violators made to sit in caskets
A hearse for carrying COVID-19 dead: Violators made to experience it A task force set up to ensure compliance with COVID-19 safety protocols has punished...
Mutated coronavirus strain found in Indonesia as cases jump
FILE PHOTO: Government workers wearing protective suits carry a mock-up of a coffin of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victim as others carry signs displaying information...
Digging up graves: an Indonesian community honours its dead
Torajan families unearth deceased relatives and clean their graves in a ritual known as "Manene" Hariandi HAFIZ AFP Families in a mountainous community on Indonesia's...
Huge Indonesia mine resumes operations after lockdown protest
More than 1,000 employees had staged a demonstration at the main entrance to the mine HUSYEN ABDILLAH AFP Operations have resumed at the world's biggest...
Indonesia reports 1,877 new coronavirus infections, 79 deaths
Indonesia reported 1,877 new coronavirus infections on Monday, taking the total number of cases in the Southeast Asian country to 155,412, data from its COVID-19...
Endless first wave: how Indonesia failed to control coronavirus
Only last week Luhut Pandjaitan, Indonesia’s maritime minister and close confidant of the country’s president, touted herbal mangosteen juice as a coronavirus remedy. A coffin...
Indonesia reports 1,821 new coronavirus cases, 57 deaths
Indonesia reported 1,821 new coronavirus cases on Monday, bringing its infection total to 141,370, data from government’s COVID-19 task force showed. The Southeast Asian country...
Indonesia’s Mt. Sinabung blasts tower of smoke and ash into sky
AFP Indonesia's Mount Sinabung erupted Monday, belching a massive column of ash and smoke 5,000 metres (16,400 feet) into the air and coating local communities...
Indonesia reports 2,277 new coronavirus infections
Indonesia reported 2,277 new coronavirus infections on Saturday and 65 more deaths, data from its health ministry website showed. This brings the country’s total to...
Bali sea turtles set free after poacher arrests
Rescuers released two dozen green sea turtles on Kuta beach near Denpasar in Bali after police arrested seven alleged poachers SONNY TUMBELAKA AFP Around two...
Indonesia reports 1,815 new coronavirus cases, 64 new deaths
Indonesia recorded 1,815 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases in the Southeast Asian country to 116,871, data by the country’s...
Indonesia reports 1,519 new coronavirus infections, 43 deaths
Indonesia reported 1,519 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, bringing the total to 111,455, data from the country’s COVID-19 task force showed. The data also showed...
Indonesia kindergarten explores new ways to teach over pandemic
As schools struggle to keep pupils engaged during the pandemic, a kindergarten on Indonesia’s Java island is getting pupils back in the classroom using makeshift...