60 dead in landslides, flash floods in Indonesia’s capital
Landslides and floods triggered by torrential downpours have left at least 60 people dead in and around Indonesia’s capital, as rescuers struggled to search for people apparently buried under tons of mud, officials said Saturday.
Indonesia to move capital from Jakarta to Borneo
The country's capital will move from overcrowded, sinking and polluted Jakarta to a site in sparsely populated East Kalimantan province on Borneo island, known for rainforests and orangutans.
6 dead in Indonesia riots after presidential election
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo said authorities have the volatile situation in the capital Jakarta under control.
Thousands homeless as Indonesia tsunami death toll tops 400
Unsettled survivors of the Indonesia tsunami this weekend remained traumatized by a tragedy that killed more than 420 people and left thousands homeless.
A series of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions struck the Pacific Rim late Monday and early Tuesday.
Multiple gunmen and suicide bombers struck the center of Jakarta, targeting a police booth as well as a nearby Starbucks. Two civilians were killed and five attackers died. The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret…
Several attackers set off a series of explosions that targeted downtown Jakarta on Thursday and exchanged gunfire with Indonesian authorities, leaving at least seven people, including five assailants, dead.
More than 1,000 die each year in auto accidents in Jakarta, where population growth and lack of public transportation have created a traffic crisis.
PBS NewsHour producer Dan Sagalyn traveled to Indonesia in May 2011 to learn more about the Southeast Asian country -- the world's fourth most populous nation -- and the issues it faces today.
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