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Australia has to reverse the decline in the study of Indonesian so that students understand the emerging power in our region and the opportunities a closer relationship offers.

As a country vulnerable to disasters, Indonesia needs to strengthen its mitigation efforts and readiness. Such mitigation can take any form: technological, ...

The government of Indonesia, on National Disaster Preparedness Day on Tuesday, incorporated livestock evacuation as a new and important element of disaster ...

The Indian government saw protests over mining projects, building dams, toll roads and anything else as having been provoked by the Maoists (communists).

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Merapi continued to erupt Friday, forcing authorities to halt tourism and mining activities on the slopes of the country’s most active volcano. The volcano on the densely populated island of Java unleashed clouds of hot ash shortly before midnight Wednesday into early morning Thursday and fast-moving pyroclastic flows — a mixture of rock, lava and gas — traveled up to 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) down its slopes.

The Geological Disaster Technology, Research, and Development Center (BPPTKG) has confirmed that based on the latest observation data on Mount Merapi, there ...

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed avalanches of hot clouds in eruptions overnight Thursday that forced about 250 residents to flee to temporary shelters and left ash blanketing nearby villages and towns.

Lava flows as Indonesias Mount Merapi continues to erupt

MOUNT Merapi continued to erupt, forcing authorities to halt tourism and mining on the slopes of the country’s most active volcano.

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia's Mount Merapi unleashed a torrent of hot clouds, turning the sky a fiery red, as molten lava flowed down its slopes on Thursday with the eruption forcing over 250 people to flee their homes, authorities said. Lava flows down from the crater of Indonesia's most a