Indonesia

An Indonesian navy ship on Thursday was towing a boat carrying 120 Rohingya Muslims into port after it had drifted for days off the country’s northernmost province of Aceh, a navy official said. The refugees’ wooden boat was reportedly…
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Ten people trapped after Indonesia’s Semeru volcano erupted have been evacuated to safety, the country’s disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said on Sunday, as the death toll from the disaster climbed to at least 13 and with dozens injured.…
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Indonesia’s State Wealth Fund has signed a new agreement to allow funds from the United Arab Emirates to invest in a variety of high-yielding financial products, according to Bloomberg. The investment framework agreement was signed with…
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Flash floods from torrential rains on Indonesia’s main island of Java killed at least five people and four others were missing, officials said Friday. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency said rivers on the slopes of Mount Arjuno…
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Indonesia’s president was on Wednesday hoping talks in the UAE would help provide a crucial investment shot-in-the-arm toward driving forward plans to relocate his country’s capital from Jakarta to the island of Borneo. Joko Widodo wants…
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The bodies of Indonesia’s most wanted militant with ties to the Daesh group and a follower, who were killed in a jungle shootout with security forces, were evacuated early Sunday to a police hospital for further investigation, police said.…
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A Jakarta court on Thursday found Indonesian President Joko Widodo and government officials guilty of neglecting their obligation to fulfill citizens' rights to clean air, in a landmark lawsuit residents hope will force authorities to act…
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Indonesia’s president pledged to improve COVID-19 testing and treatment in a speech Monday marking the country’s independence and said the pandemic has changed Indonesian culture in ways that would be a foundation for advancement.…
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Bahrain has banned entry from 16 new countries including Tunisia, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Philippines, South Africa and Indonesia over coronavirus concerns, state news agency BNA reported. The list also includes Mozambique, Myanmar,…
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More than a dozen Indonesian McDonald’s outlets were temporarily shuttered Wednesday over virus fears as the chain’s new BTS meal deal sparked frenzied buying from fans in the K-pop mad country. Jakarta and several other cities slapped…
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