Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesian fans of Korean pop bands are making headlines for all the right reasons, wielding their influence to promote social and green causes in the archipel

Jakarta – A volcano in North Maluku erupted on Sunday, spewing an ash cloud seven kilometres into the sky as authorities warned residents to shelter indoors.

Jakarta – Avolcano in western Sumatra erupted on Thursday, spewing an ash cloud two kilometres into the sky as authorities warned residents over potential dangers from cold lava flows.

JAKARTA – Authorities have announced plans to develop an early warning system for flash floods and lahars in the vicinity of West Sumatra's Mount Marapi, after disasters this month clai

Irsyan Hasyim (Contributor), Jakarta – Flooding occurred in Taliabu Island Regency, North Maluku Province, following heavy rains on May 16 at 02:00 local time.

Jakarta – A volcano in North Maluku spewed a six-kilometre cloud of ash into the sky on Monday in the latest of nearly 100 eruptions since early this year.

Adinda Jasmine Prasetyo, Jakarta – North Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi Province, was hit by flooding on Thursday, May 23, 2024, due to heavy downpours which caused the Baliase River to o

Jakarta – Environmental group Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) has criticized Space-X founder Elon Musk's proposal for solving the world's water crisis through desalination powered by so

Jakarta – We are saddened by the flash floods and lahars (a mixture of water and volcanic rock fragments) that hit a number of regions surrounding Mount Marapi in West Sumatra on May 11

Jakarta – The recent disaster in West Sumatra shows how the greed of the regional government has sacrificed the environment and cost people's lives.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Briantama Asmara first visited the village of Kais in Indonesian Papua, on the island of New Guinea, in 2017 as an university researcher.

Jakarta – Hundreds of people living near an erupting volcano in eastern Indonesia have been evacuated after authorities raised its alert status to the highest level, an official said on

Jakarta – West Sumatra authorities have declared a state of emergency in the province following flash floods and lahars over the weekend that killed dozens of people and destroyed hundr

Jakarta (Agencies) – Authorities on Thursday raised the alert status of a volcano in eastern part of the country to the highest level after it spewed ash and smoke five kilometres into

Jakarta – The Jakarta Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has criticised acting Jakarta Governor Heru Budi Hartono's proposal to create a special island for waste disposal.

Kasparman Piliang and Niniek Karmini, Tanah Datar, Indonesia – Indonesian authorities have seeded clouds, trying to prevent further rain and flash floods after deluges that hit Sumatra

Jakarta – The death toll from weekend flash floods and mud slides in West Sumatra province rose to 62 on Wednesday, authorities said, while rescuers were searching areas near rivers for

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – Flooding due to the Krueng Kulu and Krueng Tadu Rivers overflow in Nagan Raya Regency, Aceh, has gradually receded.

Jakarta – Indonesia's plastic waste management policy needs an honest and comprehensive evaluation.

Jakarta – The number of people killed by flash floods and mud slides in West Sumatra province has risen to 52 and more than 3,000 people were evacuated, authorities said on Tuesday.

Jakarta – A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted on Monday, spewing a huge ash tower more than five kilometers into the sky after authorities raised its alert level to the second-highes

Jakarta (Agencies) – At least 34 people have died and 16 more were missing after flash floods and cold lava flow from a volcano hit West Sumatra, a local disaster official said Sunday.

Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – April was the hottest month year-on-year (yoy) as the country's weather agency recorded an increase of nearly 1 degree Celsius last month, the highest temperat

Hendro D Situmorang, Jakarta – The recent high temperatures in Indonesia, according to the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), are not due to a heatwave like those e

Jakarta – The South Sulawesi (Sulsel) Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) says that the suspected reason for the flash flood and landslide disaster in Luwu regency is because t

Ronny Adolof Buol – An Indonesian volunteer returns from a dangerous rescue mission to a remote island where a volcano recently unleashed huge eruptions, cradling an abandoned, emaciate

Jakarta – The government will permanently relocate almost 10,000 residents after a series of explosive eruptions of the Ruang volcano has raised concerns about the dangers of residing o

Tagulandang, North Sulawesi (Agencies) – Antelmus Paulus, 67, is in despair after the eruption on Tuesday of Ruang volcano rendered his home on Tagulandang island uninhabitable and prom

Jakarta – If you were in Jakarta or elsewhere in the country in the past few weeks, it might have felt something like how Islam describes Judgement Day: as if the scorching sun were a m

A flood and a landslide have hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 14 people, according to officials.

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – The Health Ministry, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Health Organization (WHO), announced on Monday a new fund

Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said on Thursday that the rise in temperature affecting some cities in Indonesia was not part of a heat wave currentl

Jakarta – The future of one of the world's largest carbon offsets projects is in doubt after the Indonesian government revoked its licence for violating local regulations.

Jakarta – Ruang volcano off the island of Sulawesi erupted on Tuesday, spewing ash and lava, after an eruption earlier this month led to hundreds of evacuations and an airport closure.

Rachel Farahdiba Regar, Jakarta – On April 21, 2024, at 11:00 a.m., Aeshnina Azzahra Aqilani, the co Captain of Riverin (River Warrior Indonesia), joined the march to end the "plastic e

Jakarta – A volcano in North Maluku erupted on Sunday morning, spewing an ash tower more than two miles into the sky and prompting officials to warn people to keep away.

Jakarta – A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia's Java island on April 27, the country's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) reported.

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Abu Dhabi – Clean Rivers has committed up to $20 million (Rp 323.5 billion) to initiatives in Indonesia aimed at preventing 30,000 tons of plastic waste from ente

Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated the reconstruction of infrastructure buildings following the 6.2-magnitude earthquake in West Sulawesi on January 15, 20

Jakarta – Authorities in North Sulawesi on Monday lowered the alert level of a remote volcano that erupted more than half a dozen times in the last week, while the nearest international

More than 2,100 people living near an erupting volcano on Indonesia's Sulawesi island were evacuated on Friday due to the dangers of ash, falling rocks, hot volcanic clouds and the poss

Intan Setiawanty, Jakarta – A number of residents in Lumajang Regency, East Java, self-evacuated to a safer place as cold lava floods hit Mount Semeru areas on Thursday, April 18, 2024.

Antara, Denpasar – The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) discovered that the glacier's thickness atop Puncak Jaya, Papua, decreased by about four meters, or 66 perc

Jakarta (Agencies) – Authorities in North Sulawesi shut an international airport and evacuated hundreds of people from the vicinity of the Ruang volcano after it belched explosive plume

Authorities in Indonesia have issued a tsunami alert after a volcano erupted five times in the province of North Sulawesi, spewing a column of smoke more than a mile into the sky and fo

Jaka Hendra Baittri, Vinolia Ahmad, South Pesisir, Indonesia – Bendri lived with his wife and child just 80 meters, or 260 feet, back from the Surantih Mudiak Dalam River, which flows f

Jakarta – A volcano erupted several times in North Sulawesi overnight Wednesday, forcing hundreds of people to be evacuated after it spewed lava and a column of smoke more than a mile i

Jakarta – The faithful gathered in an imposing modernist building, thousands of men in skullcaps and women in veils sitting shoulder to shoulder.

Antara, Jakarta – At least 18 neighborhood units (RT) in East Jakarta were submerged by floods on Monday morning at 08:00 WIB (Western Indonesia Time).

Jakarta (Agencies) – Landslides in South Sulawesi on the weekend killed at least 18 people with rescue efforts, including police sniffer dogs, still ongoing for two missing people, loca