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Giant dead whale washes up on Indonesian coast

Thousands of people gathered on Na Batu Kepala beach in Indonesia after a 100-tonne blue whale was found dead by a fisherman.

29/07/2020

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Protecting critically endangered orangutans from coronavirus

Orangutans share 97 per cent of their DNA with humans so a rehabilitation centre in Indonesia decided to take extra care.

08/04/2020

Indonesia

Dutch king apologises for colonial killings in Indonesia

Indonesia was under Dutch rule for 350 years. The Dutch military had carried out a series of massacres to crush the resistance against colonial rule.

10/03/2020

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Indonesian volcano spews smoke, ash into sky

Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano erupted spewing a plume of ash above Java on Tuesday morning, March 3.

03/03/2020

Indonesia

43 killed and almost 400,000 displaced after deadly Jakarta floods

43 killed and almost 400,000 displaced. The death toll has doubled in Jakarta as rescuers found more bodies after receding floodwaters.

02/01/2020

Indonesia

'I just miss her': Relatives remember tsunami victims 15 years on

More than 230,000 people died across south-east Asia when a tsunami unleashed devastation on December 26, 2004.

26/12/2019

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Eco-friendly palm oil 'is a con', says Greenpeace

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil clapped back, saying Greenpeace had 'misunderstood' its methods.

05/11/2019

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Police fire water canons as Indonesians rally against new penal code

Indonesian police fired tear gas and water cannons in Jakarta to disperse thousands of rock-throwing students protesting a new law that they say has crippled Indonesia's anti-corruption agency

24/09/2019

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Burnt forests and consequences of the smoke

Indonesia and neighbouring countries in Southeast Asia are regularly hit by smoky haze from slash-and-burn clearances of forests for timber and palm oil plantations.

17/09/2019

Indonesia

Watch: Hijab but no helmet for this Indonesian Wall of Death rider

Devi Apriliyani wants to show women in conservative Indonesia that they can do anything men can do.

11/09/2019

Indonesia

Rare two-headed snakes found in Indonesia and U.S.

On two opposite sides of the world, two-headed snakes were recently discovered.

07/09/2019

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Container ship crashes into gantry crane in Indonesia

Panama-flagged container ship Soul of Luck collided into a gantry crane in Semarang, Indonesia on Sunday 14 July, causing the crane to collapse.

15/07/2019

Indonesia

At least seven powerful aftershocks followed

An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck the Moluccas islands in eastern Indonesia on Sunday, causing panic among residents, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage.

14/07/2019

Indonesia

Watch: Indonesia sues government for Jakarta air pollution epidemic

UNICEF Indonesia has reported that "air pollution is one of the leading risk factors for death among children under the age of five" in the country.

05/07/2019

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Heavy rains in Indonesia hit the city of Samarinda

At least 10,300 people were affected by the floods that hit Samarinda, Indonesia, on Sunday.

11/06/2019

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Eruption of Indonesia's Sinabung volcano spews 7km ash column

Mount Sinabung in Indonesia erupted on Sunday and threw a seven-kilometre ash column at 4:28 local time. The volcano observatory for aviation has placed Sinabung on red alert, which usually means that the eruption is imminent.

10/06/2019

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Surfing Bali Stephanie Gilmore and Kanoa Igarashi win in Bali

Australia's Stephanie Gilmore and Kanoa Igarashi from Japan were the winners on the third leg of the World Surf League in Bali on Saturday.

25/05/2019

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Indonesia: Protesters and police clash amid post-election discontent

Indonesian police fired water cannon and rubber bullets at protesters trying to breach barbed wire barricades on Wednesday, May 22 as demonstrations over the outcome of the presidential election hit the capital for a second night.

23/05/2019

Indonesia

Six dead after unrest following Indonesia election result

Six people have died and 200 were injured in civil unrest in the Indonesian capital, its governor, Anies Baswedan, said on Wednesday.

22/05/2019

Indonesia

French national sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug-trafficking

The 35 year old was arrested with more than 2 kilograms of drugs in September of last year.

21/05/2019

Indonesia

Widodo claims victory in Indonesian poll

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo declared victory on Thursday but faced opposition claims of cheating in the election

18/04/2019

Indonesia

Indonesia's elections attract some superhero attention

Comic book heroes Thor and Spiderman have stepped in to help with security at a polling station in Bali as voting in Indonesia's presidential and parliamentary elections gets underway

17/04/2019

Indonesia

Tsunami warning lifted in Indonesia after 6.8 magnitude earthquake

A tsunami warning issued after a 6.8 magnitude quake struck off Sulawesi island in Indonesia has been lifted, the country's geophysics agency said.

12/04/2019

Indonesia

Watch: Star-gazing technology used to track endangered orangutans

Orangutan numbers have dropped two-thirds since the 1970s as agriculture destroys their habitat.

11/04/2019

Indonesia

Watch: Baby orangutan rescued from suitcase of would-be smuggler

Russian national Andrei could face up to five years in prison for violating the law in relation to endangered animals.

25/03/2019

Indonesia

Russian detained after ‘trying to smuggle baby orangutan’ out of Bali

The tourist was trying to smuggle the animals out of the country, said police, adding they found the baby monkey sound asleep after it was allegedly been given anti-allergy tablets.

23/03/2019