Sources: CBC Jakarta Globe
Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto posthumously grants the title of National Hero to former president Suharto, despite criticism by activists and civil society due to his New Order military dictatorship. 2025-11-10
Indonesia reports a record 555 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, 137 of them from Central Java, thereby bringing the national death toll to 60,582. 2021-07-4
It is announced that the Indonesian capital Jakarta will restart its "transitional" eased large-scale social restrictions effective tomorrow, after a pace of infections has slowed within two weeks, according to a statement from the governor Anies Baswedan. 2020-10-11
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 6.5 magnitude earthquake 155 km (95 miles) from the West Sumatra port city of Padang in Indonesia at a depth of about 50 km (30 miles). There are no immediate reports of damage or injury. 2016-06-1
Thirty-nine people are injured after an earthquake in the waters off the coast of the Indonesian province of West Papua. 2015-09-25
A stampede on a docked ferry in Indonesia's East Java province results in eight deaths and dozens more injured. 2011-09-28
Around 10,000 Papuan people demonstrate in support of independence from Indonesia in the Papuan capital of Jayapura. 2011-08-2
The death toll from the tsunami climbs to 413 and 218 people missing with the government of Indonesia considering evacuations. 2010-10-30
The death toll from the Indonesian tsunami climbs to 394 with 312 still missing. 2010-10-29
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes near the Mentawai Islands, but tsunami warnings for western Sumatra proved unwarranted. 2010-10-25