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Chief bombmaker in Bali bombings released from Indonesian prison after 'good behaviour'

The chief Bali bomber is released from his Indonesian prison after serving little more than half his sentence in a move the Australian Home Affairs Minister has described as a "horrible day for Bali bombing victims".

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Bombing at Indonesian Police Station Kills Officer, Hurts Several

A man blew himself up Wednesday at a police station on Indonesia’s main island of Java, killing an officer and wounding seven people, officials said, in what appeared to be the latest in a string of suicide attacks blamed on militants. The attacker entered the Astana Anyar police station with…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Thousands on alert in Indonesia's Java after Mt Semeru eruption

JAKARTA: Thousands of residents in Indonesia's East Java were on high alert on Monday after a violent eruption at the island's tallest volcano prompted authorities to impose an 8-kilometre no-go zone and forced evacuations of entire villages.

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‘Very proud’: Indonesia makes mark in Qatar with official ball

Al Rihla, the official match ball for Qatar 2022, is being manufactured in Indonesia’s East Java province.

Al Jazeera

Indonesia Quake Toll Reaches 310 as More Bodies Found

The death toll from an earthquake that struck Indonesia's Java island early this week rose to 310 after rescuers found more bodies under landslides, an official said. At least 24 people remain missing. In devastated towns in western Java, residents gathered near badly damaged mosques for Friday prayers.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Indonesians pray outdoors after deadly quake destroys town

Hundreds of Indonesians prayed out in the open next to rice paddies and in the streets on Friday, as the death toll from an earthquake that flattened their town in western Java rose to 310.

Reuters

Charles tells Indonesian President he is ‘saddened’ by earthquake disaster

The earthquake struck the main Indonesian island of Java killing scores of people and injuring hundreds.

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Indonesia struggles to get aid to quake survivors, rescue continues

Indonesian authorities struggled on Thursday to get aid to thousands of people displaced by a deadly earthquake in western Java, as rain-triggered landslides and difficult mountainous terrain hampered the efforts of rescue teams.

Reuters

Why are shallow earthquakes more destructive? The disaster in Java is a devastating example

On November 21 2022 an earthquake near the Indonesian city of Cianjur in West Java caused at least 268 deaths and damaged 22,000 buildings.

The Conversation

A shallow tremor in a densely populated town made this Indonesia’s deadliest earthquake this year

Solomon Islands was struck by two earthquakes within half an hour yesterday, just a day after a deadly quake struck West Java. So why was the comparatively smaller quake in Indonesia more deadly?

ABC News

At least 268 killed in earthquake on Indonesia's Java island

At least 151 people are still missing after the quake.

Axios

Indonesia quake toll tops 250 as rescuers comb rubble for survivors

The death toll from the earthquake that shook the Indonesian island of Java leapt to at least 268 on Tuesday as more bodies were found beneath collapsed buildings.

France 24

Death toll from Indonesia's earthquake rises to 252 - local government

The death toll from an earthquake that hit Indonesia's Cianjur town in western Java has risen to 252, the local government said in an Instagram post on Tuesday.

Reuters

'Nothing was left': After Indonesia quake, families desperately search

For hours Aris stared at an excavator working its way through mounds of earth on the Indonesian island of Java in the hope it might uncover some trace of his loved ones, missing after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake destroyed their home.

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Indonesia quake kills at least 46 as landslides stall rescue

At least 46 people were killed and about 700 others were injured in Indonesia after a 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook the western Java region on Monday afternoon.

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Indonesia: At Least 46 Killed, 700 Injured In Earthquake

At least 46 people died in an earthquake that hit Indonesia's main island Java on Monday, Channel News Asia reported citing an Indonesian government official. Read on for details:

France 24

Shallow, 5.6 magnitude quake kills dozens in Java, Indonesia

A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake killed at least 162 people, with hundreds injured and others missing, when it toppled buildings and triggered landslides on Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday, officials said.

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Fishing for the demographic dividend

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Bangkok Post

34-metre tsunami may hit Indonesia's islands in mega quake: research

JAKARTA: A tsunami as high as 34 metres could be triggered by an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9 in and around Indonesia's Java and Sumatra islands, according to a report recently released by Indonesian researchers, although no timeline was given.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Indonesia Sets up Team to Probe Soccer Stampede; Police Use of Tear Gas in Focus

Indonesia has set up an independent team to investigate a crowd crush at a football stadium that killed 125 people, including 32 children, authorities said on Monday, as the country's human rights commission questioned the police use of tear gas. Panic-stricken spectators stampeded as they tried to escape the overpacked…

Bangkok Post

See the beauty of the batik

Those with a passion for rare batik have until April 30 next year to witness the beauty of the intricate patterns being displayed during "A Royal Treasure: The Javanese Batik Collection Of King Chulalongkorn Of Siam" at the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles in the Grand Palace.

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Indonesia School Helps Students Recite Koran in Sign Language

Concerned about how Indonesian students with hearing impairments often miss out on religious education, cleric Abdul Kahfi founded an Islamic boarding school to help them study and recite scripture from the Koran using sign language. Opened in 2019 in the city of Yogyakarta in central Java, the Darul A'shom school…

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Indonesian Designer's Wheels behind Leaders' Bamboo Bike Bromance

As Indonesian President Joko Widodo led Anthony Albanese around the lush gardens of a presidential palace south of Jakarta earlier this month, he presented the new Australian prime minister with an unusual gift: a bamboo bike. The night before, designer Singgih Susilo Kartono learned it would be the Spedagi model…

360info

Building resilience in Indonesia’s drought-ridden island of Java

Community engagement can ease the pressures of urban drought, but government interventions are the key to sustained change.

The Independent UK

Indonesia bus flips over after hitting billboard, killing 14

A tourist bus with a reportedly drowsy driver has slammed into a billboard on Indonesia’s main island of Java, killing at least 14 people and injuring 19 others

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