Indonesia province resumes search for 7 missing after landslide and floods kill 15
JAKARTA - Indonesian rescuers are searching for 7 people still missing four days after torrential rain hit North Sumatra province,...
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Nov 4
Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano erupts, killing 10 people
JAKARTA - At least 10 people died after Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in eastern Indonesia erupted near midnight on Sunday, spewing explosive...
Nov 2
Indonesian authorities say eight dead in cooking oil factory near Jakarta
JAKARTA - Eight people died in a large fire at a cooking oil factory near the Indonesian capital Jakarta, local fire authorities said on...
Sep 5
Pope Francis arrives in Indonesia to begin ambitious Asia-Pacific tour
JAKARTA - Dozens of excited Indonesians waved on Tuesday as a motorcade carried Pope Francis through the capital as he began the first...
Aug 25
Indonesia election body gets approval to issue new rules in line with protesters' demands
JAKARTA - Indonesia's election body secured parliament's nod on Sunday to issue new rules in line with demands from protesters, who have...
Aug 23
Indonesia shelves plan to revise election law as protests rage
JAKARTA - Indonesia's parliament shelved planned changes to electoral laws on Thursday after protesters in the capital set fires and...
Aug 23
A tumultuous week in Indonesian politics as transition nears
JAKARTA - Thousands protested in cities across Indonesia on Thursday, capping a dramatic week in politics in the world's third-largest...
Aug 23
Indonesia court finds drugmakers at fault over toxic cough syrup, awards parents
JAKARTA - An Indonesian court ordered two local companies to pay up to 60 million rupiah ($3,850) to each family whose children died of...
Aug 22
Power struggle between Indonesia's court and parliament sparks protests
JAKARTA - Protests are planned in Indonesia on Thursday as parliament looks to annul changes to election laws made by the constitutional...
Aug 21
Indonesia's Golkar party poised to elect Jokowi ally as chief
JAKARTA - Golkar, Indonesia's second-largest political party, is expected to inaugurate a key ally of President Joko Widodo as its new...
Aug 19
Parties backing Indonesia's Prabowo close ranks to thwart rival's Jakarta governor bid
JAKARTA - Parties backing President-elect Prabowo Subianto on Monday rallied behind a single candidate for governor of the capital...
Aug 16
Indonesia's president-elect Prabowo secures parliamentary majority
JAKARTA - Indonesia's president-elect Prabowo Subianto has secured a parliamentary majority after the party that backed his rival in the...
Aug 14
Analysis-Prabowo's free meals plan poised to expand Indonesia dairy consumption, imports
JAKARTA - Indonesia's president-elect campaigned on a pledge to provide free meals to over 80 million school children, a costly and...
Aug 12
Indonesia holds first cabinet meeting in planned new capital, Nusantara
JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo held his first cabinet meeting in his planned new capital, Nusantara, on Monday, as the...
Jul 25
Indonesia presses Myanmar on peace commitments as ASEAN ministers meet
Indonesia's foreign minister at a regional meeting on Thursday called out warring camps in Myanmar over their refusal to agree to...
Jul 8
Coral bleachings devastate Bali reefs as sea temperatures rise
BONDALEM, Indonesia - Indonesian conservationist Nyoman Sugiarto has been working for 16 years to preserve coral on the reefs of Bali,...
Jun 20
Explainer-How Indonesia's deforestation persists despite moratorium
JAKARTA - Indonesia's Awyu tribe of the Papua region has filed a case to the Supreme Court seeking to cancel permits for palm oil...
May 16
Indonesia's toll rises to 62 from deadly Sumatra floods, 25 still missing
TANAH DATAR, Indonesia -The death toll from weekend flash floods and mud slides in Indonesia's West Sumatra province rose to 62 on...
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