Following a deadly landslide in West Java, the government is tightening land conversion rules, citing weak watershed oversight, unchecked development and extreme rainfall as compounding risks.

President Prabowo Subianto has urged the Bali Provincial Government and local authorities to address the island’s waste problem, suggesting the ...

Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to forecast major eruptions? So far, the opportunity has been lacking. VEI-7 eruptions are rare: we have not seen one since Tambora in April 1815. To make a right ...

Imagine gently-swaying palm trees, postcard-perfect beaches, emerald green rice paddies, rich local culture, undiscovered ...

For decades, many Australian travellers have treated Indonesia as though it begins and ends with Bali. It’s time to move on.

BMKG identified the Asian monsoon and the Cross-Equatorial Northerly Surge (CENS) as the main drivers of increased heavy rain ...

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency previously forecast rainfall to increase until the end of January in many parts of Sumatra, Java, Bali, and Nusa Tenggara islands.

Rescuers were searching for the 82 residents feared buried under heaps of mud and debris, while 24 people managed to escape ...

Researchers discovered 68,000-year-old cave art in Indonesia, the oldest-known evidence of Homo sapiens in the area. The ...

BANDUNG, Indonesia -- Nineteen members of Indonesia's elite marine force are among 80 people missing in deep mud after they were swept away or buried by a weekend landslide that tore through a ...