Eruption brings major disruption
An eruption of the country's Mount Anak Krakatau caused six airports to suspend flight operations, affecting hundreds of flights at Jakarta's main airport, after some school activities and fishing were halted.
Anak Krakatau eruption grounds six Penang-Jakarta flights
GEORGE TOWN: Six flights from Penang International Airport to Jakarta, Indonesia were cancelled on Sunday (Sept 6) following the temporary closure of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport due to volcanic dust from the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau.
Saved from the flames
An orang utan mother and her baby, threatened by encroaching wildfires to their habitat in Indonesia, were rescued earlier this week, authorities said in a statement.
Rights body calls for probe into 2,000 free meal poisonings
The nation's top human rights body urged police to investigate several new outbreaks of food poisoning linked to President Prabowo Subianto's flagship programme to provide free meals to students, which made 2,000 people sick this week.
Wildfires ring Nusantara
Wildfires have begun spreading near the country's under-construction new capital, prompting project authorities to urge the disaster mitigation agency to carry out cloud-seeding and water-bombing operations, officials said.
Hoaxes threaten to derail anti-govt protests
Disinformation about recent anti-government protests in Indonesia has inundated social media in what researchers say is a coordinated attempt to spread propaganda about the one-year-old movement.
Free meal programme linked to mass food poisoning
Nearly 800 Indonesians have fallen ill in separate incidents of food poisoning linked to the government's free meals programme, a member of a parliamentary commission overseeing health said, including more than 500 students in East Java province this week
Reducing wildfires will be challenging as El Nino peaks
Efforts to reduce wildfires ablaze across Indonesia will be challenging as the El Nino weather phenomenon will peak this month, the forestry minister said, describing the devastation as largely man-made.
Free school meals under scrutiny after 500 students fall ill
More than 500 students in East Java were hospitalised with food poisoning suspected to have been caused by state-supplied meals, regional officials said, as the government works to reform the agency overseeing its ambitious free-meals scheme.
Sinabung’s eruption prompts higher alert
Mount Sinabung has erupted, spewing a column of black ash and smoke 3,500m from the top of the mountain into the sky over Sumatra island.
