Sources: BBC
Thirty students and several staff members are kidnapped from a school in Kaduna State, Nigeria, by a group of gunmen. 2021-03-12
Malaysian Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Nancy Shukri announces that the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage has listed pantun and wangkang on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists. This marks the first time that Malaysia has gained UNESCO recognition along with other countries, as the pantun was jointly nominated with Indonesia and the wangkang ceremony was jointly nominated with China. 2020-12-17
Indonesia receives its first shipment of 1.2 million doses of the CoronaVac vaccine. 2020-12-6
Indonesia reports a record 5,828 new cases and 169 new deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 522,581 and the nationwide death toll to 16,521. 2020-11-27
At least 1,347 people are now known to have died in the aftermath of the Indonesian earthquake and tsunami. 2018-10-2
At a United Nations-Oceans summit, delegates from China, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, four of the top polluters of plastic into the oceans, pledge to reduce their levels of oceanic plastic pollution. 2017-06-8
An Australia-bound boat carrying Iranian asylum seekers sinks off the coast of Indonesia, leaving at least three people dead, 157 rescued and an uncertain number missing. 2013-07-24
Sections of the British media report that Prince Harry has been cleared to return to service in the Afghan War. 2011-06-16
Indonesia bans a conference of Asian gay activists, saying it could prompt violent protests by conservative Muslim groups. 2010-03-24
Indonesia's former anti-corruption chief Antasari Azhar is sentenced to 18 years for the murder of a businessman. 2010-02-12