Tornado in Cirebon Kills One, Damages 165 HousesIndonesia ExpatDecember 31, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 31, 201801381 A village in Cirebon, West Java Province has been swept by a tornado on Sunday, December 31, killing one person...
Travellers Now Advised to Stay Away from Certain Beach AreasIndonesia ExpatDecember 28, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 28, 201801218 According to data and information collected by the Tourism Crisis Centre (TCC) of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG),...
Flood Waters Swamp Homes of Tsunami SurvivorsIndonesia ExpatDecember 27, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 27, 201801310 Flood waters have engulfed two villages on Wednesday, December 26, just four days after the tsunami devastated homes in Serang...
Alert Level Raised and Flights Rerouted as Anak Krakatau’s Eruptions IntensifyIndonesia ExpatDecember 27, 2018December 31, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 27, 2018December 31, 20180917 Indonesia’s National Board for Disaster Management raised the warning level for Anak Krakatau to 3, the second-highest rank. They have...
Dozens Dead as Tsunami Hits Sunda StraitIndonesia ExpatDecember 23, 2018January 22, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 23, 2018January 22, 201901276 A tsunami apparently caused by the eruption of an island volcano killed at least 43 people after the waves hit...
Journey In Every SipIndonesia ExpatDecember 22, 2018January 12, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 22, 2018January 12, 202002826 Cape Discovery has been making wine in Bali since 2010. The grapes the company uses are imported from Australia, France...
Police Detain 20 Terror Suspects Ahead of HolidaysIndonesia ExpatDecember 21, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 21, 201801001 Indonesian police have detained about 20 suspected militants all over the country as security is stepped up ahead of the...
Indonesian Man and English Woman go Viral After Images of their Wedding SurfacedIndonesia ExpatDecember 21, 2018November 21, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 21, 2018November 21, 202005412 A wedding between an English woman and an Indonesian man has broken the internet. 26-year-old Karna Radheya from Magelang, Indonesia...
Indonesian Scientists May Have Found the World’s Oldest Pyramid-like StructureIndonesia ExpatDecember 20, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 20, 201803216 During the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) on December 12, 2018, scientists presented evidence of an enormous...
“There Are No More Than 100,000 Foreign Workers in Indonesia”, Says MinisterIndonesia ExpatDecember 19, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 19, 201802004 Manpower Minister Hanif Dhakiri has assured Indonesians that the number of foreign workers employed in Indonesia is not more than...
Giant Sinkhole Swallows Up Busy Road in SurabayaIndonesia ExpatDecember 19, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 19, 201801341 A giant sinkhole has swallowed up a busy road in Surabaya, East Java, on Tuesday night. It was a part...
Mosque Mob Kills Young StudentIndonesia ExpatDecember 18, 2018December 18, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 18, 2018December 18, 201801744 A student has died from an alleged mob beating in Gowa, South Sulawesi. The police have arrested 10 people in...
6.1 Magnitude Earthquake hits JayapuraIndonesia ExpatDecember 17, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 17, 201801485 A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua on the capital city of Jayapura on Sunday after a volcano...
Lion Air to Cancel US$22 Billion of Orders with BoeingIndonesia ExpatDecember 17, 2018December 17, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 17, 2018December 17, 201801119 Lion Air’s most recent crash involving a Boeing plane that killed 189 people is now turning into a US$22 billion...
Papuan Villagers Flee to the Forest to Hide from FightingIndonesia ExpatDecember 16, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 16, 201801501 At least 300 villagers have hidden in a forest in the Papua province on Friday. They fled due to the...
Sulawesi’s Mount Soputan EruptsIndonesia ExpatDecember 16, 2018December 16, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 16, 2018December 16, 201801602 A volcano in Minahasa, North Sulawesi has erupted on Sunday morning at 8.57am, spewing a 7,500-metre-high ash column and thick...
Turtle Found Dead at Beach with Plastic Waste Hanging from its RemainsIndonesia ExpatDecember 15, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 15, 201801193 A turtle was found dead earlier this week at a beach in Yogyakarta with plastic waste hanging from its remains,...
Blackpink’s Shopee Ad Banned by IndonesiaIndonesia ExpatDecember 15, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 15, 201802431 The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission has banned K-pop supergroup Blackpink’s television ad. The members of the group were wearing miniskirts in...
Indonesian Man Held Hostage in the Southern Philippines Arrives HomeIndonesia ExpatDecember 14, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 14, 201801079 An Indonesian man who was kidnapped in Malaysia and later held hostage in the Southern Philippines was successfully released and...
Families of some Lion Air Crash Victims Holds Rally in JakartaIndonesia ExpatDecember 14, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 14, 20180895 On Thursday, December 13, a protest was held by families of some of the 189 people killed in the recent...
Foreigners Arrested in Bali During Drug SweepIndonesia ExpatDecember 13, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 13, 201802351 Five foreigners have been arrested for drug trafficking after being caught in Bali, authorities said Thursday, December 13. Two of...