Indonesia

Jakarta:The death toll due to landslides in Indonesia's Riau Islands has increased to 25, with 33 others missing, a disaster agency official said on Thursday. Monday's search and rescue mission for the victims of the natural disaster…
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Jakarta: As many as 17 people were killed and several others wounded after a fire broke out in Indonesia's fuel storage station in North Jakarta, police and rescuers said. Head of Police Office for North Jakarta Senior Commissioner…
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Jakarta: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked off Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku on Friday, but did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami, the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The weather agency had first…
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Jakarta: A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit off Indonesia's North Sulawesi province on Saturday, but did not cause any damage or casualties, disaster agency officials and weather agency said. The country's meteorology, climatology, and…
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Indonesia: An earthquake measuring 6.2-magnitude struck near the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island on the early hours of Monday, the US Geological Survey reported. Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has not…
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Jakarta:  A massive earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia's Maluku province on Tuesday, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami alert. The quake occurred at 12.47 a.m. with its epicentre located 148 km northwest…
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Jakarta: A coal mine explosion in Indonesia's West Sumatra province on Friday, leaving nine workers dead, two others injured and one missing, an official said. The explosion in the mine located in Sawahlunto town occurred at about…
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Jakarta:  A suicide bombing occurred at a police station in Bandung, the capital city of Indonesia's West Java province, on Wednesday, killing the bomber and injuring three policemen. The explosion took place at 8.20 a.m. at the Astana…
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Jakarta:  Semeru volcano on Indonesia's Java island erupted on Sunday, spewing a 1.5-km high ash column, authorities said. As of Sunday afternoon, the country's Volcano Disaster Mitigation of the Center for Volcanology and Geological…
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New Delhi:  Continued carbon emissions would significantly reduce rice and coffee production in Indonesia -- one of the world's top producers of both crops -- according to a groundbreaking study that will be published by a team of…
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