JAKARTA: Rescue teams have been forced to end search and rescue operations for the remaining four victims of the fatal rockslide at a limestone quarry on Mount Kuda Hill in Cirebon, West Java, due to growing safety concerns.
JAKARTA: The West Java administration has unveiled a controversial plan to send "unruly adults" to military barracks for character education training, expanding a programme that was originally aimed at addressing student delinquency.
Thirteen people died in a blast during a disposal of expired military ammunition in Indonesia's West Java on Monday, army officials told local media
JAKARTA: Worsening air quality in Greater Jakarta has brought to light the government's unfulfilled responsibility to ensure citizens' right to clean air and to curb emissions from coal-fired power plants and motor vehicles.
JAKARTA: Livestock farmers and traders across various regions have complained about a sharp drop in demand for sacrificial livestock during the Idul Adha (Day of Sacrifice) holiday, amid the country's ongoing economic slowdown.
JAKARTA: West Java, one of the country's top destinations for mudik, the traditional exodus for Idul Fitri, saw a significant drop in tourist visits this week during the holiday as fewer people hit the roads amid a decline in consumer purchasing power.
JAKARTA: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is planning to summons former popular West Java governor Ridwan Kamil of Golkar Party as a witness in their investigation into a botched procurement at publicly listed lender Bank BJB
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Saturday (June 7, 2025)
The death toll from a rockfall at a limestone quarry on Indonesia's Java island has risen to 18, with another seven people still missing and feared dead, a military official said.
CIREBON: At least thirteen people were killed and a dozen injured Friday (May 30) in a rockfall at a limestone quarry on Indonesia's Java island, disaster official said.
The death toll from the collapse of a stone quarry in Indonesia's West Java province has risen to at least 17, with eight people still missing, officials said Saturday.
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesian authorities will continue searching on Sunday for eight people trapped in a rock collapse at a quarry in West Java, where the death toll has reached 17 with six injured, the search and rescue agency Basarnas said.
JAKARTA: At least eight people were killed and 11 others injured in a multi-vehicle collision at the Ciawi Toll Plaza in West Java late Tuesday (Feb 4), local police said.
JAKARTA (Reuters) -At least five people in West Java in Indonesia were killed and dozens of others were trapped or buried by rubble following a rock collapse at a quarry, Kompas TV reported on Friday.
JAKARTA: At least five people in West Java in Indonesia were killed and dozens of others were trapped or buried by rubble following a rock collapse at a quarry, Kompas TV reported on Friday (May 30). The collapse took place in Cirebon in West Java, the report said. Reuters has contacted local authorities for confirmation of the incident. - Reuters
The Indonesian police detained four suspects on Friday during an operation in West Java, as part of an investigation into alleged terrorist activities, local media reported on Saturday.
Rescue teams have recovered another body from a landslide at the Gunung Kuda stone quarry in West Java, bringing the death toll to 20, Indonesia's disaster agency said Monday.
JAKARTA: Five bodies have been recovered, and seven others are missing after flash floods and landslides destroyed hundreds of houses and infrastructure in Indonesia's West Java province, an official said on Friday (Dec 6).
Floods and landslides on the country's main island of Java killed one and left seven more missing after heavy rains inundated more than a dozen towns, an official said.