By Hans Nicholas Jong JAKARTA — Indonesia has launched a sweeping and militarized crackdown on illegal forest use, reclaiming ...

Haze from forest and peatland fires in Indonesia's Sumatra island has reached Malaysia, officials said Sunday.

Sumatra reported 1,292 hotspots on Monday (Jul 21), a jump from 94 on Jul 12, causing haze to hit several western states on ...

West Sumatra launches corn farming program to back Prabowo's plan to end corn imports by 2026 and boost Indonesia's food ...

Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) is closely monitoring forest and land fires across several provinces ...

KARO – Rescuers in Indonesia recovered 16 bodies under tons of mud and rocks or that were swept away in flash floods that hit mountainside villages on Sumatra Island, officials said Monday. Six ...

JAKARTA] Indonesia’s palm oil industry is on high alert as forest and peatland fires intensify across Sumatra, posing a risk ...

Indonesia, a sprawling archipelago in Southeast Asia, is one of the most diverse and fascinating countries in the world. With ...

They include South Sumatra province, where a big peatland fire burned for several days in August. Indonesia’s dry season fires were particularly disastrous in 2015, burning 10,000 square miles ...

Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in Indonesia's Sumatra island have led to at least 26 deaths, with 11 people still missing, officials say.

In 2004, a massive 9.1 magnitude quake and a tsunami off Aceh Province on the northern tip of Sumatra killed 226,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and nine other countries.