My wife is Indonesian, though born in Amsterdam because her parents, like many others, are exiles from the genocidal massacre of up to three million people in that country in the mid-1960s. As the Australian novelist Christopher Koch put it, Indonesia in 1965 was A Year of Living Dangerously, a …
Read More »Indonesian minister wants Fortnite banned over alleged in-game desecration of Islamic holy site
“In this game, I was told that there are icons that are considered to be similar to the Kaaba that must be destroyed to get new weapons and advance to the next level,” Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno said in a statement to CNN Indonesia on Monday. …
Read More »Passengers, crew jump overboard as ferry with 200 aboard gets consumed by INFERNO off Indonesian island (VIDEO)
The ferry, named KM Karya Indah, was heading early on Saturday for Sanana, a port on the remote island of Limafatola in northeastern Indonesia when a fire broke out on board. The blaze started just 15 minutes after the vessel left the port in Ternate, the provincial capital of North …
Read More »Indonesian police hunting for 22-year-old Russian model & viral TikTok star who filmed porno on Bali’s sacred Mount Batur volcano
Named by various media outlets as Veronika Troshina, the actress, who goes by the name Mihanika69 online, happened to choose one of the country’s most holy places for her video, filmed with a male partner. It has caused outrage on the island of Bali, a popular location for Russian tourists. …
Read More »Search underway for Indonesian submarine missing north of Bali, 53 on board – military
National Armed Forces Commander Hadi Tjahjanto told reporters that the KRI Nanggala disappeared 95 km (60 miles) north of Bali. The vessel went missing northwest of the port town Singaraja and was in the area to conduct a torpedo drill, according to Janes, the defence intelligence information publisher. The vessel …
Read More »Strong 6-magnitude quake strikes near Indonesian coast – USGS
The quake hit some 80 miles (129km) off the west coast of Nias island on Tuesday morning, the USGS reported. While Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) noted there is currently no tsunami risk, they warned residents to brace for possible aftershocks and estimated the initial quake to have been 6.4 in …
Read More »Massive blaze engulfs Indonesian oil refinery amid reports of explosion (VIDEOS)
The fire at the Balongan oil refinery, operated by Pertamina, Indonesia state-owned oil and natural gas company, erupted on Monday morning local time. Videos purportedly filmed not far from the scene of the incident show columns of fire turning the predawn skies yellow. Huge pillars of smoke can be seen …
Read More »Indonesian divers find plane parts belonging to Boeing jet that plunged into Java Sea (VIDEO)
Indonesian divers on Sunday took advantage of favorable weather and visibility conditions, allowing them to locate parts of the wreckage. Indonesian officials said that they recovered broken pieces of the fuselage with aircraft registration parts 23 meters (75 feet) below the Java Sea. Rescue workers earlier found small pieces of …
Read More »Search operation launched after Indonesian jet carrying more than 50 people loses contact
The plane was travelling from Indonesian capital Jakarta to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province and lost contact shortly after taking off on Saturday. Sriwijaya Air said in a statement it is still gathering more detailed information regarding the flight before it can make any statement. FlightRadar24 data indicates the plane …
Read More »Panic as Indonesian volcano erupts, sending ash & smoke into the air (VIDEO)
A video by RT’s Ruptly video agency has captured a massive four-kilometer-tall (13,123 feet) plume of ash and smoke coming out of the Lewotolo volcano on the Indonesian island of Lembata. The island is located some 2,600km east of the country’s capital, Jakarta. The sight also scared the locals, as …
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