Indonesia

Nine people drowned and another was missing after a bridge collapsed on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, the disaster agency said Monday. Some 30 people, mostly students, were on the bridge Sunday afternoon in the town of Kaur...

The death toll from floods that hit Indonesia’s capital region jumped to 18, authorities said Thursday, as torrential rains on New Year’s Eve caused landslides and left vast swathes of the megalopolis submerged. Tens of thousands...

At 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 careered into a 150-metre (500-foot) ravine in South...

Indonesia has become the latest Asian country to face an outbreak of African swine fever, a deadly pig virus devastating farmers across the region. On Wednesday, the country’s agriculture ministry said nearly 30,000 pigs have died...

Amid student demonstrations taking place across Indonesia, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) calls on all parties to protect children against violence and uphold their rights to express themselves in a safe environment, free from violence...

The death toll from a powerful earthquake that rocked Indonesia’s remote Maluku islands has risen to 23, the disaster agency said on Friday, as more than 15,000 people were evacuated to shelters. Terrified residents ran into...

Wild forest and peatland fires across Kalimantan and Sumatra in Indonesia are putting nearly 10 million children at risk from air pollution, UNICEF said. Small children are especially vulnerable to air pollution because they breathe more...

Dozens of people clutching bags full of plastic bottles and disposable cups line at a busy bus terminal in the Indonesian city of Surabaya — where passengers can swap trash for travel tickets. The nation is...

Residents of Indonesia’s capital on Thursday registered a suit against the government over the deadly levels of air pollution that regularly blanket the city. Jakarta has been shrouded in hazardous smog for much of the past...

Toyota Motor Corp plans to invest $2 billion to develop electric vehicles (EV) in Indonesia over the next four years, starting with hybrid vehicles, Indonesia’s coordinating ministry for maritime affairs said. “From 2019 to 2023, we...