Best known as the home of the world’s rarest great ape, the mountainous Batang Toru forest landscape on the island of Sumatra ...

Experts say potential new floods in the region are likely smaller than last November's, as much of the logging debris has ...

Indonesian officials visited Sumatra after devastating floods killed over 1,000 people on the island in December 2025 -- the ...

The Asian monsoon is currently intensifying the flow of moist air into Indonesia, increasing the likelihood of heavy rainfall ...

For much of prehistory, Southeast Asia was not a scattering of islands separated by shallow seas. It was a single, immense landmass—low, fertile, and threaded with rivers—stretching from the Asian ...

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The Indonesian government has announced what it describes as a sweeping, science-based effort to reassess environmental ...

At ‍least ‍14 people were killed after being swept away by flash floods in Indonesia's North Sulawesi, an ‌official said on ...

Protests have erupted in Aceh Province on the northern tip of Sumatra island, where anger and frustration are mounting over ...

JAKARTA, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto said on Monday that activities in areas on Sumatra that were hit by deadly floods may return to normal in the next two to three ...

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