Tag: Indonesia
Indonesian fishing boat seized off WA coast
An Indonesian fishing boat has been apprehended off the Western Australian coast.[MORE]
Concerns for 7yo asylum seeker forced back to Indonesia
There are concerns for the health of a seven-year-old girl who was forced to return to Indonesia in November last year after being granted political asylum in Australia.[MORE]
200 men found stranded on Indonesian island
A wooden boat carrying around 200 foreign nationals was found stranded on an island off the northern tip of Indonesia's Sumatra island, officials said.[MORE]
Strong quake rattles Indonesia
A strong earthquake has rattled Indonesia's West Papua province, the US Geological Survey said.[MORE]
Papuan quake victims afraid to return home
Thousands of people are refusing to return to their homes in the remote Indonesian region of West Papua following a series of earthquakes. [MORE]
Yudhoyono sends ministers to earthquake-hit Papua
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says he is sending several government ministers to the remote province of West Papua, which has been hit by a series of violent earthquakes.[MORE]
Four dead after powerful quakes hit Indonesia
A series of quakes off the northern coast of the Indonesian island of Papua have killed four people, including a 10-year-old girl, and injured several others, officials and local television said.[MORE]
Territory feels effects of West Papua quake
A powerful 7.6-magnitude quake has struck at sea off Indonesia's West Papua province, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, prompting the Bureau of Meteorology to issue an earth tremor bulletin for the Northern Territory.[MORE]
Quake hits Indonesia's Maluku: geophysics agency
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake has struck off the eastern province of Maluku, Indonesia's geophysics agency said, but there are no immediate reports of damage or casualties.[MORE]
Former spy found not guilty of Indonesian activist's murder
An Indonesian court has found the former deputy head of the country's spy agency not guilty of masterminding the 2004 killing of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, a judge said.[MORE]
Indonesia police bust major drug smuggling ring
Indonesian police have cracked a smuggling ring that was importing drugs worth over $1 million to Indonesia and China, an official said.[MORE]
Indonesian reefs recovering from tsunami, experts say
Scientists have reported a rapid recovery in some of the coral reefs damaged by the Indian Ocean tsunami four years ago.[MORE]
Prayers and tears as Asia marks tsunami anniversary
Bereaved families across Asia wept and prayed on Friday as they marked four years since a huge tsunami devastated the shores of the Indian Ocean in one of the worst ever natural disasters.[MORE]
Indonesia marks four years since Indian Ocean tsunami
Indonesia has marked four years since the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami with prayers and remembrance.[MORE]
Alleged illegal fishing boats brought to Darwin
Two Indonesian fishing boats allegedly caught in Australian waters with hundreds of kilograms of Trepang have been brought to Darwin.[MORE]
Tsunami anniversary highlights need for evacuation plans
A team of international marine scientists is warning that planting trees will not protect vulnerable coastlines from a future tsunami.[MORE]
Corby misses Christmas sentence reduction
Convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby has missed being handed a Christmas Day sentence reduction.[MORE]
Amnesty urges Indonesia to probe fatal land dispute shooting
Rights group Amnesty International has urged Indonesia to investigate a crackdown on protesting villagers in which two children were killed and hundreds of houses were destroyed on Sumatra island.[MORE]
'Tree man' faces new operations
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An Indonesian man who had surgery to remove gnarled warts from his body says they are growing again.[MORE]
5.2 quake strikes off Indonesia
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern Indonesian province of Maluku overnight, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were immediate reports of no damage or casualties.[MORE]
Indonesia passes new aviation safety bill
Indonesia's parliament passed a new aviation law to improve air safety, meeting some of the demands of the European Commission which banned Indonesian carriers from its airspace following a string of accidents.[MORE]
Aid worker charged in relation to Indonesia helicopter crash
A Melbourne aid worker faces up to seven years' jail after being charged with placing butane gas cylinders on board the Royal Australian Navy Sea King helicopter which crashed in Indonesia in 2005.[MORE]
Tensions rise as traditions die in highlands of Indonesian Papua
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In few places do modernity and tradition collide as dramatically as in the Baliem Valley, in Indonesia's Papua region.[MORE]
Somali pirates hijack two ships
Pirates have hijacked an Indonesian tugboat used by French oil company Total off Yemen and a Turkish cargo ship, the latest in a string of attacks blamed on Somali gunmen.[MORE]
Papua seeks jail for Australians over visa breach
Prosecutors in Papua are seeking a three-year jail sentence for each of the four Australians on trial there for immigration violations.[MORE]
