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Eleven people are killed and one person is missing when a boat capsizes in the waters off Indonesia's western province of Riau.
2023-04-27

The death toll from the eruption of the Semeru volcano in East Java, Indonesia, increases to 34.
2021-12-7

At least 1,347 people are now known to have died in the aftermath of the Indonesian earthquake and tsunami.
2018-10-2

The port city of Balikpapan, Borneo, Indonesia declares a state of emergency in response to an ongoing oil spill fire off the coast. The spill and fire killed four fishermen and is releasing toxic fumes. The slick currently extends to around seven square miles and marine fauna including protected species are being affected.
2018-04-4

As workers attempt to clean up an oil spill, a fire breaks out off the coast of Borneo near Balikpapan, Indonesia, killing at least two fishermen. Search and rescue personnel evacuate all 20 crew from a nearby ship.
2018-03-31

Two women, Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Đoàn Thị Hương, are charged with murder in relation to the death of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The women, who reportedly thought they were involved in a prank TV show, did not enter pleas.
2017-03-1

Scientists report fires raging in Indonesia have hit Borneo's orangutans particularly hard. Borneo is home to about 30 percent of the world's wild orangutans, an endangered species. Smoke has already displaced many orangutans and caused health problems related to smoke inhalation, according to the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF).
2015-11-3

Indonesian forest fires have advanced into dense forest on Borneo and now threaten one third of the world’s remaining wild orangutans, say conservationists.
2015-10-27

Indonesian officials confirm that at least three bodies have been recovered from the Java Sea off Borneo.
2014-12-30

Defense chiefs from ASEAN countries agree on information sharing at a conference in Indonesia.
2011-03-31