Indonesian archaeologist Basran Burhan and his colleagues had finished scouring untouched sites in their search for ancient relics, but undiscovered prehistoric paintings on rocks, which…
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At least 96 killed, nearly 70,000 displaced as quake, floods hit Indonesia
JAKARTA (XINHUA) – The death toll from a strong earthquake and floods in the central parts of Indonesia has risen to 96, with nearly 70,000…
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JAKARTA (REUTERS) – Indonesian investigators have successfully downloaded information from the flight data recorder (FDR) of the Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea…
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JAKARTA – China has pledged to work with Indonesia to make South-east Asia’s most populous country a regional vaccine production hub and said continued trade…
View More China pledges to make Indonesia a regional Covid-19 vaccine production hub, says closer ties will speed up economic recoveryIndonesia confident on finding second 'black box' of crashed plane
JAKARTA (REUTERS) – Indonesian divers believe they are close to finding the cockpit voice recorder of a Sriwijaya Air jet that plunged into the sea…
View More Indonesia confident on finding second 'black box' of crashed planeIndonesian navy divers retrieve flight data recorder from doomed aircraft
JAKARTA – Indonesian navy divers on Tuesday (Jan 12) found the flight data recorder of the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 which plunged into the Java…
View More Indonesian navy divers retrieve flight data recorder from doomed aircraftIndonesia Crash Thwarts Push to Rehabilitate Country’s Airlines
BANGKOK — As the coronavirus pandemic cleared Indonesia’s skies of airline traffic, Capt. Afwan, an experienced Boeing 737 pilot for Sriwijaya Air, waited. A former…
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BANGKOK — A passenger jet carrying more than 60 people crashed into the Java Sea on Saturday, minutes after taking off from the Indonesian capital,…
View More Indonesian Jetliner Crashes Into the Sea After Takeoff, Carrying 62Indonesia Loses Contact With Plane Over Java Sea
BANGKOK — Indonesia’s Transportation Ministry said on Saturday that it had lost contact with a passenger jet after it took off from the capital, Jakarta,…
View More Indonesia Loses Contact With Plane Over Java SeaIndonesia's top terrorist convict Abu Bakar Bashir released from prison
JAKARTA – Indonesia’s top terrorist convict Abu Bakar Bashir, the spiritual leader of South-east Asia’s Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terror group, was released from prison early…
View More Indonesia's top terrorist convict Abu Bakar Bashir released from prisonOfficial says Malaysia's Covid-19 cases may hit 8,000 daily in March if infection rate rises
KUALA LUMPUR – A top official at Malaysia’s Health Ministry warned on Thursday (Jan 7) that Covid-19 cases could hit 8,000 a day by the…
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JAKARTA (REUTERS) – As Indonesia prepares to begin mass inoculations against Covid-19, its plan to prioritise working-age adults over the elderly, aiming to reach herd…
View More Why Indonesia is vaccinating its working population first, not the elderlyIndonesia starts nationwide Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine distribution
JAKARTA (BLOOMBERG) – Indonesia will start distributing the vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech to all its 34 provinces on Sunday (Jan 3), Kompas reported.…
View More Indonesia starts nationwide Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine distributionIndonesia's new religious affairs minister leads with a moderate voice
SINGAPORE – Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s quest for a charismatic and moderate religious affairs minister may have finally come to a successful end with the…
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