ACEH BESAR, Indonesia — Two boats carrying greater than 300 Rohingya Muslims, together with emaciated ladies and kids, arrived at Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh on Sunday morning after being adrift for weeks One boat, which had been at sea for about one and a half months and carrying 135 passengers, arrived at a seaside … Read more
Touch upon this storyRemark Add to your saved tales Save Search and rescue personnel combed Mount Marapi in Indonesia after a volcano erupted with dozens of hikers on its slopes. 5 our bodies have been recovered and a further 18 are lacking and anticipated to be discovered lifeless, authorities said on Tuesday. There have been … Read more
PADANG, Indonesia — Indonesia’s Mount Marapi erupted with white-and-gray ash plumes Sunday, stranding and injuring climbers and spreading volcanic ash over a number of villages. Two climbing routes had been closed after the eruption and residents dwelling on the slopes of Marapi had been suggested to remain 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) from the crater’s mouth … Read more
Rescuers have recovered the physique of a person buried below tons of mud and rocks following flash floods and a landslide that crashed onto a hilly village on Indonesia’s Sumatra island ByThe Related Press December 3, 2023, 8:54 AM Rescue staff use heavy machines to clear a highway from rock and dust following a landslide … Read more
JAKARTA, Indonesia — In opposition to the backdrop of smokestacks from a close-by coal energy plant, the sky above Edy Suryana’s village stays gray for months at a time, whereas ashes and the stench of smoke grasp within the air. Suryana has spent greater than three a long time residing within the shadow of the … Read more
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s three presidential hopefuls vowed a peaceable race on Monday, a day earlier than campaigning for subsequent yr’s election formally started as considerations rose their rivalry could sharpen non secular and ethnic divides in Southeast Asia’s largest democracy. The election, due in February, will decide who will succeed President Joko Widodo, serving … Read more
When Joko Widodo, popularly as Jokowi, was sworn in as Indonesia’s seventh President in 2014, optimism surrounding the state of democracy within the nation appeared at its peak. At a time when dynasties historically dominated Indonesia’s political area, the ascension of Jokowi, who was a carpenter and furnishings businessman earlier than changing into the governor … Read more
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s former agriculture minister was arrested Thursday by the nation’s anti-graft fee on accusations of bribery, abuse of energy and fraud involving contracts with personal distributors. Syahrul Yasin Limpo had resigned his place as agriculture minister final week to give attention to the upcoming authorized proceedings towards him, and he was formally … Read more