カテゴリー: Indonesia
Concerns have been raised over response to outbreak in world’s fourth most populous countryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIndonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, has acknowledged the need to immediately ramp up testing for the …
A growing number of nations are shutting airports as global Covid-19 infection cases near 200,000 Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTravellers across the world are scrambling to find flights home as governments urged their cit…
South-east Asian countries impose restrictions as doubt cast on warm weather theory Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMillions of people in the Philippines were left confined after the introduction of surprise quarantine measu…
Netherlands, Germany and Belgium still tend to an upbeat view of their overseas legaciesUK more nostalgic for empire than all other ex-colonial powersVisiting Indonesia this week, King Willem-Alexander apologised for his country’s “excessive violence” …
Discovery of secret memos led to two-year search for 19th-century cultural treasureForty-five years after the Netherlands promised its return, a gold-inlaid dagger surrendered by a “rebel prince” after his failed 1830 uprising against Dutch rule in Ind…
Eruption of Mount Merapi coated nearby communities with grey dust and forced an airport closureIndonesia’s most active volcano Mount Merapi erupted on Tuesday, shooting a massive ash cloud some 6,000m (20,000ft) in the air which coated nearby communiti…
South Korea reports 599 new cases and Indonesia confirms its first infections Latest coronavirus updatesThe global death toll from the coronavirus outbreak exceeded 3,000 on Monday as South Korea reported almost 500 new cases of the disease and a secon…
Harvard professor Marc Lipsitch says world’s fourth most populous country may have missed casesCoronavirus – latest updatesA Harvard academic has defended research suggesting a possible underreporting of coronavirus cases in Indonesia, following fierce…
Lawrence spoke in English and Bahasa in a rare media appearance timed for Indonesian president Joko Widodo’s Australian visit Australian Bali Nine member, Renae Lawrence, who served 13 years in an Indonesian prison for drug smuggling, has used Joko Wid…
Rights groups voice concern as mayor in Sinaga’s home city instructs police to carry out raids to uncover ‘LGBT behaviour’The mayor in the home city of an Indonesian man described as Britain’s “most prolific rapist” has ordered raids to uncover members…
Indonesian soldiers spray disinfectant to battle disease as death toll passes 60, with thousands more living in emergency shelters Mudslides and power blackouts have hampered the search for people missing in massive floods in Indonesia’s capital, where…
Floods in the Indonesian capital have left more than 40 people dead and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes. The worst monsoon rains in more than a decade deluged Jakarta, and rising rivers submerged at least 182 neighbourhoods. Jakarta is the…
Torrential rain triggers emergency in Indonesian capital with thousands moved into temporary shelter and more downpours forecastTorrential rain has caused flash floods to inundate large parts of Indonesia’s capital and nearby towns, killing at least 21…
Thirteen other passengers injured after vehicle plunged into a ravine on winding road in South SumatraThe number of people killed when a bus plunged into a ravine on Indonesia’s Sumatra island has risen to 28, police and rescuers have said, with 13 oth…
Fifty people believed to have been on bus when it crashed near South Sumatra town of Pagar AlamAt least two dozen people died and 13 others were injured after a bus plunged into a ravine in Indonesia, police said.The bus carrying dozens of passengers c…