While Caritas Australia, the overseas aid and development agency for the Catholic Church, continues to respond to the victims of the Yogyakarta earthquake in Central Java, Indonesia, the agency prepares for another emergency, as the Mt Merapi volcano moves closer to full eruption.
Latest reports indicate that Mt Merapi has increased its activity, with […]
After running the administration from Gedung Agung presidential palace in Yogyakarta since May 27, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono returned to Jakarta on Wednesday.
The Indonesian head of state began attending to his state duties from Gedung Agung presidential palace in Yogyakarta a few hours after a deadly quake hit Yogyakarta and Central Java killing over 5,400 […]
At least 50 per cent of hotels in Indonesia’s Yogyakarta were badly damaged by Saturday’s earthquake, which left over 5,000 people dead in Central Java.
Yogyakarta, known for its unique culture and historical objects, is the second most visited area after Bali by foreign tourists in the country.
The Indonesian hotel and restaurant association (PHRI) said Yogyakarta […]
International aid workers joined the rush Wednesday to provide medical care, water and shelter to 200,000 people left homeless by a devastating earthquake in Yogyakarta province, aided by the reopening of the airport closest to the disaster zone.
“We are now reaching more and more victims,” said Jan Egeland, the U.N.’s top humanitarian official, as more […]
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked all parties not to turn the handling of the Yogyakarta earthquake disaster into a political issue merely because the government has not declared the event a national disaster.
“Do not disturb the central and provincial governments’ efforts to help the victims of last Saturday’s deadly earthquake because it is a […]
Thousands of desperate Indonesian quake survivors were still waiting for aid as they prepared for a fourth night under makeshift tents, despite pledges help would come quickly.
The death toll from Saturday’s powerful earthquake rose to nearly 5,700, but the most urgent task was to get help to the remainder of the 200,000 displaced persons who […]
Muddin gently tries to lift his injured two-year-old daughter from the hospital trolley she shares with her injured mother and five-year-old brother.
The half-naked little girl is hot and crying. Iksanu Khoirun Nisa wants her father, but the drip in her arm — held in place by a piece of cardboard and bandage — and her […]
Hopes of finding more survivors in the rubble of Indonesia’s devastating earthquake waned Tuesday, as an emergency relief operation involving 22 countries picked up pace to help 200,000 people left homeless.
The airport in the historic city of Yogjakarta, the one closest to the area worst hit by Saturday’s quake that killed nearly 5,700 people, reopened […]
Thousands of victims in the Yogyakarta earthquake now face water-borne diseases following five days of not receiving fresh water.
The situation is made worse by the late delivery of aid to the interior regions including Bantul and Klaten.
The earthquake claimed nearly 5,000 lives while 230,000 more lost their homes.
Siti Saadiah, 42, said her house was completely […]
Aid has begun trickling into the earthquake disaster area, but it was rain which poured on thousands of refugee tents across Yogyakarta on Sunday night.
These makeshift canvas and plastic shelters have became temporary homes for over 100,000 displaced people in the province.
Some huddled beneath the tents because they had nothing left, many braved the rain […]
A bundle of used clothes from his neighbors was the last thing he could fit into his Feroza jeep. There was just barely room inside.
Private employee Sonny got ready for Yogyakarta on Sunday morning with his older brother, who had just arrived in Jakarta from a missionary post in Pontianak, East Kalimantan.
“I had to wait […]
Yogyakarta Palace, which serves as a bridge between modernity and tradition in the ancient city, was not spared when the earth unleashed its fury Saturday morning.
The earthquake caused the palace’s Bangsal Trajumas pavilion to collapse on a sacred set of gamelan instruments. The pavilion is a popular tourist attraction that pays tribute to the royal […]