Dozens Dead as Tsunami Hits Sunda Strait
A tsunami apparently caused by the eruption of an island volcano killed at least 43 people after the waves hit...
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Police Detain 20 Terror Suspects Ahead of Holidays
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 Surfaced
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 Structure
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 Minister
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 Surabaya
A giant sinkhole has swallowed up a busy road in Surabaya, East Java, on Tuesday night. It was a part...
Mosque Mob Kills Young Student
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 Jayapura
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 Boeing
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 Fighting
At least 300 villagers have hidden in a forest in the Papua province on Friday. They fled due to the...
Sulawesi’s Mount Soputan Erupts
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 Remains
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 Indonesia
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 Home
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 Jakarta
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 Sweep
Five foreigners have been arrested for drug trafficking after being caught in Bali, authorities said Thursday, December 13. Two of...
Young Girl Dies from Electrocution After a Lightning Strike
Lightning struck Sanja village in Bogor on Wednesday, December 12, killing a young girl while playing with a mobile phone...
Angry Mob Destroys East Jakarta Police Station
A crowd of angry people, allegedly military personnel, ravaged and set fire to the Ciracas Police Station in East Jakarta,...
Papuan Rebels Ignore Indonesia’s Call to Surrender
Separatist Papuan rebels who killed at least 16 construction workers at a remote jungle camp refused Indonesia’s demand to surrender...
Jokowi Launches Geoportal One Map Policy for Infrastructure Development
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo launched the Geoportal One Map Policy (KSP Geoportal) on Tuesday as a national information portal to...
Ahok to be Released from Prison in January 2019
Former Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, also known by Ahok who is serving a two-year jail term for blasphemy, will...