The first Sumatran rhino born in captivity in more than 100 years is on his way “home” to Indonesia to help save the species from extinction.
Andalas is expected to arrive Tuesday from the Los Angeles Zoo and will then be transported by road to a rhino sanctuary in the Way Kambas National Park on […]
Indonesia’s government extended a hand yesterday to a former rebel leader set to become governor of Aceh after landmark elections in a province still fragile after decades of violence and a tsunami.
Unofficial results show Irwandi Yusuf, the former spokesman of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), and his running mate, Mohamed Nazar, likely to secure a […]
Representatives of 17 Asian countries will gather at a “First Governmental Meeting on Urban Air Quality Management in Asia” to be held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, from Dec. 13 to 15.
“Air quality has now become an important issue in Asia and according to monitoring results air pollution in cities has already passed the tolerable limit,” deputy […]
Indonesia’s president appealed to foreign investors Wednesday to pump US$22 billion (euro17.3 billion) per year into the country’s dilapidated roads, power plants and ports, saying the vast capital injection is needed to tackle widespread poverty and unemployment.
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made the remarks at the opening of the three-day Indonesian Infrastructure Conference 2006, attended by 1,060 […]
Days following the Yogyakarta earthquake, the media becomes one of the most powerful tool in rallying public support and distributing aid to those in need.
“We were at the site only hours after the earthquake, with three ambulances and 11 paramedics sent to the Sarjito Hospital in Yogyakarta,” MetroTV PR and publicity manager Henny Puspitasari told […]
Every day since the devastating earthquake last Saturday, local media in Yogyakarta have been vying to make their layouts or programs as attractive as possible to entice consumers.
Local newspapers put the most spectacular pictures of displaced people or quake damage on their front pages. Radio stations air non-stop hotlines to allow their listeners to express […]
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 […]
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 […]
Desperate relatives searched rubble for survivors Saturday after a powerful earthquake flattened nearly all the buildings in this rice-farming town while residents slept, killing more than 3,700 people on Indonesia’s densely populated Java island.
The magnitude-6.3 quake wounded thousands more and was the nation’s worst disaster since the 2004 tsunami. It also triggered fears that a […]
Many villagers living near a tremoring Indonesian volcano have ignored calls to evacuate and
officials said on Tuesday local governments must be vigilant in prepare for the worst.
Authorities have placed Mount Merapi, which overlooks the ancient city of Yogyakarta, on Orange Code, or the second highest alert level, following fears of an eruption due to an […]