JAKARTA – The Department of Transport follows the Department of Public Health in preventing swine flu from entering Indonesia. A number of airports and seaports have prepared themselves already according to Bambang S. Ervan, a …

RIAU – A boat carrying a group of marriage party-goers sank in Duami waters, Riau province, western Indonesia on Saturday, with 30 passengers still missing, the national Antara news agency reported. The wooden fishing boat …

PEMALANG – Mount Slamet in West Java province has started to exhaust hot molten rock with flames. The volcano started to show this activity just after sunset yesterday evening. The rocks reached an height of …

PEMALANG – The alert-status of the Mount Slamet volcano has been raised from ‘normal’ to ‘aware’ because of a drastic increase of the water temperature inside the crater. The change came into effect yesterday afternoon. …

JAKARTA – Officials say Indonesia’s government has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to shut its office in the restricted Papua province. ICRC Indonesia delegation head Vincent Nicod said Thursday four staff members …

PADANG – The activity of the Mount Kerinci volcano is increasing as well. This news follows after Mount Anak Krakatau is also more active than usual yesterday. Since yesterday, the volcano is rumbling without interruption. …

JAKARTA – Indonesia’s Supreme Court has reversed a million libel ruling against Time magazine over a story about the late president Suharto. The court overturned its earlier decision that Time had defamed Suharto in …

JAKARTA – The Anak Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Strait is once again exhausting hot rocks. The current condition of the volcano forced the Volcanologic and Geological Mitigation Center to raise the alert status of …

MIMIKA – A reported 11 people were feared dead in the crash of a small chartered plane Friday in remote eastern Indonesia, police said. Rescue teams said they would be unable to search for the …

DENPASAR – Garuda Indonesia will commence daily service between Bali and Kupang, effective May 1, 2009, the latest addition in the national carriers “look eastward” following the launch of its flights between Bali and Lombok …