TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency ( BMKG) recorded 1,242 earthquakes in West Java and surrounding areas throughout 2025, with seismic activity showing a ...

He also ordered the gradual replacement of existing oil palm crops with other commodities better suited to the region's ...

"The majority who died were hit by buildings," said one local official Maria Pasquini is the senior news editor for the human interest vertical at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2017.

BANDUNG, Indonesia — A natural stone quarry in Indonesia’s West Java province collapsed on several people who were working in it on Friday, killing at least 10 people and leaving six workers missing, ...

Girls decorated with flowers on their heads participate in a celebration for the traditional Ngarot Festival in Indramayu, ...

Rescuers were digging through debris on Tuesday to find survivors of a powerful earthquake that toppled homes and buildings in a highly populated area of Indonesia’s West Java province, killing at ...

In this Oct. 17, 2014 photo, Indonesian President-elect Joko Widodo, right, shakes hands with defeated candidate Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta, Indonesia. Credit: AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana As I observed ...

A six-year-old boy was pulled alive from the wreckage of a property Wednesday after surviving for more than two days under debris, bringing hope to those waiting for news of loved ones after a ...

As police looked on, Muslims in Indonesia formed a human wall to block Christians from attending a Christmas service, ...

JAKARTA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's West Java province on Thursday, the country's geophysics agency (BMKG) said, prompting residents in areas near the epicentre to ...

CILETUH HILIR, Indonesia — In the valley between two volcanoes, the soldiers fanned out around the cemetery as men with shovels moved in to dig up the dead. Village leader Djaja Mulyana had catalogued ...