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Second boat with 185 Rohingya arrives in Indonesia’s Aceh
At least 185 Rohingya refugees have landed in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh after drifting at sea for weeks, police and rights activists said.
The boat came ashore in Ujong Pie village on Monday, a day after a wooden vessel…
Indonesia’s Parliament approves longstanding extradition, defence agreements with S’pore
Indonesia’s Parliament on Thursday ratified an agreement for the extradition of fugitives with Singapore, the last of three agreements on outstanding bilateral issues between the two countries.
Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly…
Indonesia police station blast kills two in suspected suicide attack
Indonesian authorities said on Wednesday (Dec 7) that two people were killed and several others wounded when a suspected militant carrying a knife blew himself up shortly after entering a police station in the city of Bandung.
The attack…
House Speaker commends strengthening ties between Indonesia and Qatar
Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Puan Maharani voiced her support for the efforts to strengthen bilateral relations between Indonesia and Qatar that have existed for 46 years, or since 1976.
During a bilateral…
Indonesia raises volcano warning to highest after Semeru erupts, evacuates 90 people
Indonesian authorities raised the warning on Semeru volcano on the island of Java to the highest level on Sunday (Dec 4) after an eruption spewed a column of ash high into the air.
The evacuation of people, which includes children and…
Indonesia’s Jokowi points to Taiwan, South Korea as economic models in rebuke of west
Indonesian President Joko Widodo said his nation will not follow a purely open economic model that he blamed for undercutting Latin America’s growth prospects for decades, saying Taiwan and South Korea show the advantage of making the world…
Indonesia families sue government and companies over cough syrup deaths, injuries
A dozen Indonesian families whose relatives died or were injured after consuming tainted cough syrups have sued the government and companies accused of supplying the products, according to a lawsuit.
The Southeast Asian country has seen…
Indonesia to build homes for quake survivors
The Indonesian government plans to build hundreds of houses on the safer ground for the survivors of the earthquake that struck West Java province, the chief of the Southeast Asian archipelago's disaster agency said on Sunday.…
Death toll from Indonesia quake rises to 321, official says
The death toll from an earthquake that hit Indonesia's island of Java has risen to 321 as rescuers found more bodies on Sunday, the national disaster mitigation agency said.
The shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit the West Java town of…
Jokowi tells fans to pick ‘white-haired’ leader to secure legacy
Indonesian President Joko Widodo urged his supporters to vote for a “fully white-haired” leader, his most upfront show of support yet for a presidential hopeful.
“Look at the leader’s hair too, if it’s fully white, that means they are…