"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.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers recovered the bodies of at least 17 people who were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the ...

The iconic Homo erectus fossil was welcomed home with a repatriation ceremony and a new museum exhibit in Jakarta.

An official in Indonesia says a passenger bus crash has killed at least 15 people on Indonesia’s main island of Java. The official says a bus carrying 34 ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers retrieved four more bodies after they resumed their search Wednesday for people missing after floods and landslides on Indonesia’s main island of Java, ...

A bus accident on Indonesia's Java island killed 16 people. The bus, traveling from Jakarta to Yogyakarta, lost control and struck a barrier, overturning. Emergency teams arrived after the crash, but ...

Cianjur, Indonesia — The death toll from the earthquake that shook the Indonesian island of Java on Monday leapt to 268 on Tuesday as more bodies were found beneath collapsed buildings, and 151 people ...

BANDUNG, Indonesia (AP) — Two trains collided on Indonesia’s main island of Java on Friday, causing carriages to buckle and overturn and killing at least four people, officials said. The accident ...

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

JAKARTA, Dec 4 (Reuters) - A volcano erupted in Indonesia on Sunday spewing a cloud of ash 15 km into the sky and forcing the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people, authorities said, as they issued their ...