Volcanic ash snarls air travel
Seven airports, including two serving Jakarta, remained closed because of volcanic ash from eruptions at Mount Anak Krakatau as more than 270,000 travellers were affected by flight cancellations and delays, the transport minister said.
Kitchens on stilts – and soaring debt
Loan sharks are circling a kitchen that stands on stilts above the waters of Tomini Bay, off the coast of Sulawesi island in the remote fishing village of Torosiaje.
Fire in Papua kills 11, including six children
A fire in the country's easternmost Papua region razed a market and killed 11 people, including six children, police said.
Living under a haze
Wildfires are sweeping across Indonesian provinces, filling skies with smoke, disrupting daily life and sending firefighters into action on the ground and in the air.
Anak Krakatau eruption grounds 41 flights to Jakarta on Sept 7
PUTRAJAYA: A total of 41 flights to Jakarta (CGK) were cancelled at airports nationwide on Monday (Sept 7) following the temporary closure of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport due to volcanic ash from the Anak Krakatau eruption.
Eruption brings major disruption
An eruption of the country's Mount Anak Krakatau caused six airports to suspend flight operations, affecting hundreds of flights at Jakarta's main airport, after some school activities and fishing were halted.
Anak Krakatau eruption grounds six Penang-Jakarta flights
GEORGE TOWN: Six flights from Penang International Airport to Jakarta, Indonesia were cancelled on Sunday (Sept 6) following the temporary closure of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport due to volcanic dust from the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau.
Saved from the flames
An orang utan mother and her baby, threatened by encroaching wildfires to their habitat in Indonesia, were rescued earlier this week, authorities said in a statement.
Rights body calls for probe into 2,000 free meal poisonings
The nation's top human rights body urged police to investigate several new outbreaks of food poisoning linked to President Prabowo Subianto's flagship programme to provide free meals to students, which made 2,000 people sick this week.
Wildfires ring Nusantara
Wildfires have begun spreading near the country's under-construction new capital, prompting project authorities to urge the disaster mitigation agency to carry out cloud-seeding and water-bombing operations, officials said.
