From the heart of South Sumatra comes one of Indonesia’s most flavorful food cultures—Palembang. We dive into its iconic ...

Mount Marapi erupted on Wednesday, July 16, at 10:42 a.m. local time, according to the Marapi Volcano Observatory(PGA). The eruption lasted 47 seconds and sent a volcanic ash plume soaring 1,200 ...

Most of the 11 people reported missing after a boat capsized off Indonesia’s western island of Sumatra were rescued on ...

JAKARTA: At least 11 people are missing after a boat capsized off Indonesia's western island of Sumatra, a local search and ...

Seven of the 18 people on board were rescued near the Mentawai islands.

At least seven hectares of land were scorched by forest and land fires across Indonesia's Sumatra Island over the weekend, ...

Indonesian rescuers are searching for 11 people, including three children, still missing after a speedboat capsized during a ...

Rescuers are racing against time to find the 10 people who went missing after a boat capsized off Indonesia 's Mentawai ...

Mentawai Islands Regent Rinto Wardana stated that the boat was operating over its maximum capacity when the accident occurred.

Sumatra, part of the Sunda Islands, is an island located in western Indonesia. Measuring just over 473,000 km 2 , Sumatra is the sixth largest island in the world. Where was the earthquake?

JAKARTA, Indonesia-- A remote population of frizzy-haired orangutans on the Indonesian island of Sumatra seems to be a new species of primate, scientists say.. But the purportedly newest member of ...

Although most tsunamis have a seismic origin (for example, the Sumatra, Indonesia, tsunami, in 2004 and at Tohoku, Japan, in 2011), they may also be triggered by phenomena related to large ...