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Once thought extinct, world's biggest bee 'rediscovered' in Indonesia

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 22 10:43 PM

The world's largest bee, which until recently was feared to be extinct, was "rediscovered" last month on Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia, an international conservation organization said this week. Read more »

Indonesia to open fishing zone near disputed S. China Sea

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 21 07:57 AM

JAKARTA - Indonesia plans to open a fishing zone within its exclusive economic zone at the southern edge of the disputed South China Sea, most of which is claimed by China, later this year, to prevent foreign encroachment, a Cabinet minister said Wednesday. Read more »

PNP searching for alleged child of Jolo suicide bombers

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 20 05:51 PM

MANILA - The Philippine National Police is searching for a 10-year-old child believed to be the daughter of the suicide bombers behind the Jolo Cathedral twin blasts last month. Read more »

Repsol announces big gas discovery in Indonesia

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 19 10:52 PM

Spanish energy giant Repsol announced Tuesday it had made a substantial natural gas discovery in Indonesia along with its partners, Malaysia's Petronas and Japan's Mitsui Oil Exploration (Moeco).   Read more »

Lion Air plane skids off runway at Indonesian airport

Reuters
Updated as of Feb 17 01:53 AM

A Lion Air passenger plane skidded off a runway outside a city on the Indonesian island of Borneo on Saturday during heavy rain, the airline said, adding no one was injured.   Read more »

14 students with HIV expelled from school in Indonesia

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 14 10:24 PM

Fourteen students with HIV have been expelled from a public elementary school in Indonesia following demands from parents of other students, the school's headmaster and a local group that assists HIV-infected children said Thursday. Read more »

Indonesia police sorry for using snake in interrogation

Reuters
Posted at Feb 13 12:08 AM

JAKARTA - Indonesian police have apologized and pledged disciplinary action after officers draped a live snake around the neck of a suspect to persuade him to confess during an interrogation session in the easternmost area of Papua. Read more »

Indonesian executioner for Islamic State killed in Syria: police

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 12 11:39 PM

Saifuddin was imprisoned in the Philippines on a nine-year sentence following his arrest for carrying explosives and having no legal documents.  Read more »

Jakarta wants clarification on alleged Indonesian couple's link to Jolo blasts

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 08 01:31 PM

The Indonesian government is seeking clarification from Philippine officials after its citizens were linked to the deadly church bombing in Jolo, Sulu, a local news website said. Read more »

Russia rejects Indonesia election 'propaganda' accusations

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 04 11:52 PM

Moscow on Monday denied any involvement in Indonesia's upcoming elections after President Joko Widodo claimed his opponents have used "Russian propaganda" to distort facts and spread fake news. Read more »

Strong 6.1-magnitude quake rocks western Indonesia

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 02 07:09 PM

A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Mentawai on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was issued.   Read more »

Indonesian suicide bombers behind Jolo blasts: Año

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 02 01:55 AM

He said the bombers were a couple who had ties to the Islamic State. Read more »

'Mga suicide bomber nasa likod ng Jolo blast'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 01 08:38 PM

Ayon kay Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, Indonesian couple ang nasa likod ng mga pambobomba at ang gumabay sa kanila ay mga miyembro ng bandidong grupo na Abu Sayyaf. Read more »

Indonesia's Aceh whips teens for public cuddling

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 31 08:24 PM

Flogging is used as punishment for a range of offences in the region at the tip of Sumatra island, including gambling, drinking alcohol, and having gay sex. Read more »

Indonesia's Pertamina eyes $1-B investment in PH gas industry: DTI

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 30 08:40 PM

Indonesia's PT Pertamina is planning to invest around US$1 billion in the Philippines, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) chief said Wednesday. Read more »

LOOK: Catriona Gray rocks ‘batik’ in Indonesia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 05:40 PM

“My first time to wear and own a hand-painted batik scarf. I love learning about another country’s textiles just as much as I love sharing my own.” Read more »

Indonesia flood, landslide death toll rises to 30

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 24 08:08 PM

The death toll from flash floods and landslides in Indonesia has risen to 30, as rescuers raced to find two dozen still missing, the disaster agency said Thursday. Read more »

Indonesia frees Christian politician jailed for blasphemy

Reuters
Posted at Jan 24 01:04 PM

DEPOK, Indonesia - Indonesia on Tuesday released the popular former governor of Jakarta from jail, after serving a reduced two-year sentence for blasphemy against Islam, a case that exposed deep religious divides in the world's largest Muslim-majority country. Read more »

‘Finally some sun!’ Catriona Gray arrives in Indonesia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 24 11:37 AM

Catriona Gray takes a break from New York’s snow as she goes on her first out-of-the-country trip as Miss Universe.  Read more »

Magnitude 6 quake hits Indonesia, no immediate reports of damage

Reuters
Posted at Jan 22 09:40 AM

An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck south of the city of Raba on Indonesia's central island of Sumbawa on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.   Read more »