Nov 06 What you should know about Indonesia's devastating fires By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins For the past two months, enormous forest fires have been raging across large swaths of Indonesia. So far, 120,000 active fires have been detected in the country. Here is a guide to the basic facts you should know about the… Continue reading
Oct 27 An Indonesian visitor under fire By Michael D. Mosettig When international leaders come to the White House, a military band often plays ruffles and flourishes and their country's national anthem. For Indonesia's President Joko Widodo, a more appropriate tune would have been the Platters' classic, "Smoke Gets in Your… Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch 6:37 Extracting gold with mercury exacts a lethal toll By PBS News Hour In Indonesia, the use of mercury in small-scale gold mining has tragic health consequences for those living near mining operations. Toxic plumes and other forms of exposure cause neurological problems, bone deformities, vision loss, deafness and even death. The NewsHour's… Continue watching
Aug 16 Officials search for Indonesian airliner that crashed into mountain carrying 54 By Cathy Zhao Search and rescue teams were heading into a remote and mountainous region of Indonesia, on Monday, after villagers alerted local authorities that they saw a plane crash into a mountain in Papua, the country's largest province. Continue reading
Jun 20 Photos: Muslims prepare for Ramadan around the world By News Desk The Muslim holy month of Ramadan began around the world on Wednesday evening. Continue reading
May 20 Watch 4:30 News Wrap: Indonesia, Malaysia agree to shelter thousands adrift at sea By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Indonesia and Malaysia agreed to accept thousands of refugees who have been stranded at sea in Southeast Asia. Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department said that the U.S. is willing to take more refugees and help… Continue watching
Feb 12 In world's poorest slums, landfills and polluted rivers become a child's playground By Ariel Min Children living among rubbish and human waste are especially susceptible to diarrheal diseases and pneumonia, the top killers of children under 5 worldwide. In this photo essay from Reuters, photographers capture “playgrounds” built among landfills and junkyards, and children swimming… Continue reading
Jan 15 Watch 4:46 Not Trending stories: Stashing Polish packages, paying Indonesia's poor By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 13 Searchers retrieve second black box from crashed AirAsia flight By Andrew Mach Indonesian search teams believe they've located the black box flight recorders of the AirAsia flight that crashed into the Java Sea two weeks ago, officials announced Sunday. Continue reading
Jan 03 Four large objects spotted on ocean floor in AirAsia jet search By Elisabeth Ponsot Sonar equipment used by search teams looking for the crash site of AirAsia Flight 8501 has detected four large objects on the ocean floor, Indonesian officials said Saturday. Continue reading