Sources: Wired
A recent wildfire at the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in East Java, Indonesia, is extinguished after 550 ha were burnt. However, new hotspots are also reported near the caldera. 2026-08-10
According to a report by the International Maritime Bureau, piracy has risen by almost 35% in 2025 with 45 cases in the first quarter compared to the same period in 2024, particularly in the Singapore Strait between Singapore and Indonesia. 2025-04-15
Amid an ongoing Internet blackout across Papua, Indonesia says police have banned "fake news", "violent demonstrations" and "carrying out or spreading separatism in expressing opinions in public". The Chief of the Indonesian National Police announces that the security detail in the region has been reinforced with 6,000 troops. 2019-09-2
The death toll from yesterday's oil well explosion and fire in Pasir Putih, Aceh, Indonesia, reaches 22. 2018-04-26
The Indonesian province of Riau declares a state of emergency due to high levels of smoke haze from forest fires in Riau, Jambi and South Sumatra that have led thousands of people to flee the capital Pekanbaru. 2015-09-15
Indonesia's Sinabung volcano erupts, displacing more than 19,000 people. 2014-01-1
Mounts Merapi and Sinabung erupt in Indonesia forcing residents of Central Java and North Sumatra to flee. 2013-11-18
Indonesia's Mount Sinabung continues to erupt with 21,000 people now evacuated from nearby areas of north Sumatra and two people dead. 2010-08-30
1 person dies as the Sumatran volcano Sinabung prompts a red alert by erupting for the first time in over 400 years, leading to Indonesia evacuating thousands of people. 2010-08-29
Mount Sinabung in Sumatra, Indonesia, erupts. Thousands of people evacuated.[http:--www.thejakartapost.com-news-2010-08-29-mount-sinabung-sumatra-erupts.html (The Jakarta Post)] (Wikinews)2010-08-28