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President candidate ex-general Prabowo Subianto's supporters shout slogans and gesture during a presidential election winning celebration in Jakarta, on 24 April, 2019, that Prabowo claimed. Picture: AFP.

Indonesian government

More than 270 died from overwork-related illnesses in Indonesia elections

By Reuters

The 17 April elections were the first time the country of 260 million people combined the presidential vote with national and regional parliamentary ones, with...

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    Indonesia divers, underwater beacons hunt for air crash victims, wreckage

    There were 189 people on board flight JT610 of budget airline Lion Air when ground staff lost contact with the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft early on Monday.

    1387 days ago
  • Residents spend the night outdoors in Lombok's main city of Mataram on 6 August, 2018, after a powerful earthquake struck the island. Picture: AFP.

    Powerful quake kills 82 on Indonesia's Lombok island, thousands flee homes

    The death toll is expected to rise with hundreds injured and thousands of houses damaged, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said in a statement on Monday.

    1472 days ago
  • FILE: Indonesian police take position behind a vehicle as they pursue suspects after a series of blasts hit the Indonesia capital Jakarta on 14 January, 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Police: Indonesian militants planned New Year’s assault with machetes

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    2060 days ago
  • FILE: Some residents of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, frustrated by the mounting trash problem across the sprawling metropolis, have started taking matters into their own hands. Picture: AFP.

    Green entrepreneurs tackle Indonesia's growing trash mountains

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    2343 days ago
  • Indonesian public order agency security officers secure the area as an excavator tears down illegal buildings during a demolition in the Kalijodo red-lights district in Jakarta, Indonesia, 29 February 2016. Picture: EPA/Mast Irham.

    Indonesia demolishes capital's largest red-light district

    Jakarta’s Kalijodo is the latest of nearly 70 red-light districts which have been shut down in Indonesia.

    2361 days ago
  • An Islamic cleric (L) prays with Iwan Setiawan (R), brother of executed Indonesian drug convict Zainal Abidin following his burial at a cemetery in Cilacap on 29 April, 2015. Eight drug convicts including two Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed by firing squad on 29 April on the high-security prison island of Nusakambangan in central Indonesia, but a Filipina was spared at the 11th hour. Picture: AFP.

    Indonesia executes drug convicts, sparks anger from Australia, Brazil

    The leaders of Australia and Brazil had made personal appeals for clemency for their citizens among the group.

    2667 days ago
  • FILE: Protesters hold signs reading “Save Serge Atlaoui” on 25 April, 2015 during a rally near the city hall and cathedral of Metz, eastern France, in support of French national Serge Atlaoui, on death row in Indonesia for drug trafficking. Picture: AFP.

    Nine await mass execution in Indonesia

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    2668 days ago
  • FILE: Security has been heightened on Friday at the prison island of Nusakambangan off the Javanese port of Cilacap. Picture: AFP.

    10 foreign drug convicts face firing squad in Indonesia

    Security has been heightened on Friday at the prison island of Nusakambangan off the Javanese port of Cilacap.

    2672 days ago
  • Members of the Indonesian Navy prepare equipment to be lowered into the water from the vessel KRI Banda Aceh to conduct operations to lift the tail of AirAsia flight QZ8501 in the Java Sea on 9 January, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    Indonesia says pings detected in search for AirAsia

    The Airbus A320-200 carries the black box cockpit voice and flight data recorders near the tail section.

    2777 days ago
  • This handout image released by Indonesia's National Search And Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) on January 7, 2015 shows images believed to be of wreckage of ill-fated AirAsia flight QZ8501, photographed by divers working in the Java Sea. Picture: AFP.

    Divers search wreckage of AirAsia jets tail for black boxes

    The cause of the crash remains a mystery, with hopes centring on the so-called black boxes.

    2778 days ago
  • Members of an Indonesian search and rescue team carry passenger seats from the AirAsia flight 8501 in Pangkalan Bun on 5 January, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    AirAsia: Search team finds plane's tail

    The tail is the section where the crucial black box voice and flight data recorders are located.

    2779 days ago
  • FILE:Members of an Indonesian search and rescue team transport the body of a victim from AirAsia flight QZ8501 recovered from the Java Sea in the rain at Pangkalan Bun in Central Kalimantan on 1 January, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    Weather improves but progress slow in AirAsia search

    Thirty-nine bodies and debris have since been plucked from the surface of the waters off Borneo.

    2779 days ago
  • This handout photo made available on December 31, 2014 by Malaysias Ministry of Defence shows Royal Malaysian Navy search and rescue crews retrieving a victim from AirAsia flight QZ8501 during their search and rescue operations in Indonesias Java Sea. Picture: AFP/Malaysian Royal Navy.

    AirAsia: Divers join wreck search as bad weather relents

    Indonesian officials believe they may have located the tail and parts of the fuselage of the Airbus A320-200.

    2780 days ago
  • Members of an Indonesian search and rescue team transport the body of a victim from AirAsia flight QZ8501 recovered from the Java Sea in the rain at Pangkalan Bun in Central Kalimantan on 1 January, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    AirAsia black box search could 'take a week'

    Hopes had risen for divers to be able to examine what is believed to be the fuselage of the Airbus A320-200.

    2785 days ago
  • Photo taken from an Indonesian aircraft over the Java Sea shows possible plane debris from the missing AirAsia flight. Picture: AFP.

    AirAsia: Indonesian TV shows objects in Java Sea

    Kompass TV showed pictures of what looked like large objects floating in the sea.

    2787 days ago
  • Jakarta's Joko Widodo ‘Jokowi’ (left) accompanied by his deputy Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (right) take part of the world royal heritage festival in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2013. Picture: EPA.

    First non-Muslim to be sworn in as Jakarta governor

    Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama will be sworn in despite protests over his appointment.

    2828 days ago
  • Heather Mack, suspected in the murder of her mother Sheila von Wiese-Mack, in custody at a police station in Denpasar on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on 14 August 2014. Picture: AFP.

    FBI assist Indonesian police after woman's body found in suitcase

    Sheila von Wiese-Mack's daughter and boyfriend were arrested last Wednesday and detained as suspects.

    2921 days ago
  • Indonesian President elect Joko Widodo greets supporters to celebrate his victory in Indonesia's election in Jakarta on 23 July, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Indonesian pres-elect calls for unity

    The Elections Commission says the Jakarta governor won by just over six percentage points.

    2947 days ago
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