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News Articles: Indonesia

Arema FC Organizing Committee chair Abdul Haris, left, the club's security chief Suko Sutrisno, center, walk to the courtroom to attend their sentencing hearing at a district court in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Thursday, March 9, 2023.

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  • Sports

2 Indonesian soccer officials found guilty in one of the deadliest stadium stampedes

The match organizer and the security chief were handed down prison sentences Thursday in connection with a 2022 stampede that killed more than 130 people following a match in East Java.

March 10, 2023
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By:
  • Ashley Westerman
Convicted militant Umar Patek pauses during the police reenactment of the scenes leading to the 2002 Bali bombing, in Denpasar, Bali Indonesia, on Oct. 20, 2011.

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  • Asia

Indonesia paroles the bombmaker in Bali's deadly 2002 attacks

An Islamic militant convicted of making the explosives used in the bombings that killed over 200 people was paroled after serving about half of his original 20-year prison sentence.

December 07, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The central business district skyline is seen during the dusk in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, April 29, 2019. Indonesia's Parliament has passed a long-awaited and controversial revision of its penal code, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, that criminalizes extramarital sex and applies to citizens and visiting foreigners alike.

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  • Asia

Indonesia criminalizes adultery, but the law may take up to 3 years to take effect

Indonesia's penal code had languished for decades while legislators in the world's biggest Muslim-majority nation struggled with how to adapt its native culture and norms to the criminal code.

December 06, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A man looks on as Mount Semeru releases volcanic materials during an eruption on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022 in Lumajang, East java, Indonesia. Indonesia's highest volcano on the country's most densely populated island of Java erupted Sunday.

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  • Asia

Residents are evacuating as Mount Semeru, Indonesia's highest volcano, has erupted

Monsoon rains eroded and finally collapsed the lava dome atop 3,676-meter (12,060-foot) Mount Semeru, causing the eruption, according to National Disaster Management Agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari.

December 04, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Enjot, 45, who lost his house and some of his relatives, walks on Tuesday past the rubble of a building collapsed in Monday's earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia.

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  • Science

Indonesia's earthquake had just a 5.6 magnitude. Why are hundreds of people dead?

Bodies continued to be pulled from debris Tuesday in the hardest-hit city of Cianjur. Experts say proximity to fault lines, the shallowness of the quake and poor infrastructure all worsened the toll.

November 22, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Workers inspect a store damaged during an earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022.

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  • Asia

Dozens are dead after an earthquake shakes Indonesia's Java island

An earthquake shook Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday, killing more than 40 people, damaging dozens of buildings and sending residents into the capital's streets for safety.

November 21, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Protest signs cover a gate at the Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, Indonesia on Tuesday. Police said the gates at the soccer stadium could only accommodate two people at a time when hundreds were trying to escape.

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  • Asia

Indonesia police say gates in the soccer stadium stampede were too small for escape

Police said the gates were unlocked but each only able to accommodate two people at a time as hundreds tried to flee. On Saturday, 125 people died and hundreds were hurt after police fired tear gas.

October 04, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
People lay flowers during a candle light vigil for the victims of Saturday's soccer riots outside Kanjuruhan Stadium where it broke out, in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022.

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  • Asia

The weekend stadium tragedy underscores the danger of watching soccer in Indonesia

The death of at least 125 people at a soccer match on Saturday is a tragic reminder that Indonesia is one of the most dangerous countries in which to attend a game.

October 02, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Sam Nugraha, who himself was once addicted to heroin, started a rehab center in Indonesia with a different philosophy from those government  dried up — but then a new opportunity opened up.

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  • Global Health

Whatever happened to the Indonesian rehab that didn't insist on abstinence?

The center was founded by Sam Nugraha, who himself had once been addicted to heroin. NPR's coverage a couple of years ago led to a life-changing turn of events for Nugraha.

September 07, 2022
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  • Julia Simon
Umar Patek, center, is shown in in Jakarta, Indonesia, Nov. 29, 2011.

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  • Asia

Australia's leader says reducing Bali bomber's sentence will upset victims' families

The sentence reduction means Umar Patek could be released on parole ahead of the 20th anniversary of the bombings in October.

August 19, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Indonesian villagers stand with Mount Semeru in the background on Saturday. Indonesian authorities raised the alert level for the highest volcano on Java island, saying it could blow up again after a sudden eruption earlier this month that killed dozens of people and left thousands homeless in villages that were buried in layers of mud.

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  • Asia

Indonesia raises volcano warning to second-highest level

Indonesia's geological agency said it sees increasing activity that could trigger an avalanche of lava and searing gas, similar to the Dec. 4 eruption,

December 18, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
An airport worker marks queue line for the reopening of International Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali, Indonesia, Thursday.

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  • Asia

Bali reopens to foreign travelers as COVID-19 surge subsides

International travelers must be vaccinated, test negative, be coming from certain countries, quarantine and heed restrictions in public.

October 14, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
An image taken by NASA's Aqua satellite as it passes over Indonesia, captures evidence of an internal wave in the same general area where the KRI Nanggala submarine disappeared earlier this month.

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  • Science

What Is An 'Internal Wave'? It Might Explain The Loss Of An Indonesian Submarine

No cause has been established for the sinking earlier this month of the KRI Nanggala with 53 people aboard, but officials have suggested that it may have been due to an undersea wave.

May 03, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
An underwater photo released Sunday by the Indonesian Navy shows parts of submarine KRI Nanggala that sank in Bali Sea, Indonesia. Indonesia's military on Sunday officially admitted there was no hope of finding survivors.

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  • Asia

Indonesian Military Locates Wreckage Of Missing Submarine

The country's navy had said earlier that it considered the crew of 53 dead, an assessment that has now been confirmed with photos of the ship's wreckage.

April 25, 2021
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  • Eric McDaniel
Indonesian military officials changed the status of a missing submarine from "sub miss" to "sub sank" on Saturday. The ship had been missing since Wednesday when it began its dive for a training exercise off the coast of Bali.

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  • Asia

Indonesian Navy Says Missing Submarine Sunk, Crew Of 53 Dead

The sub went missing early Wednesday morning off the coast of Bali during a training exercise, and Indonesian military officials estimated the sailors would run out of oxygen early Saturday.

April 24, 2021
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  • Wynne Davis
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