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Viewfinder: Catastrophic Flooding in Indonesia

Indonesians watch as rescue workers dig through rubble looking for victims of the recent flash floods on March 19th, 2019, in Sentani, West Papua province, Indonesia.

Pacific Standard Staff

A general view of hazy Singapore skyline is seen from the southern straits of Singapore on September 14th, 2017.

Letter From the Singapore Strait: Crossing Into Indonesia

Sindo Ferry passengers have their passports checked and their luggage x-rayed before they board, but they are divided about how meaningful national boundaries are.

Francie Diep

Viewfinder: Bodies Are Pulled From an Indonesian Plane Crash

Search and rescue personnel carry a body bag containing remains of a passenger from Lion Air Flight 610 at the Tanjung Priok port on October 30th, 2018, in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Pacific Standard Staff

A man stands on a destroyed car as he views the rubble and debris of destroyed buildings following an earthquake, on October 2nd, 2018, in Palu, Indonesia.

Environment

Disaster in Indonesia Illustrates Faults in Tsunami Warning Systems

Details of Friday's incident are limited, but already there are questions being asked about the effectiveness of Indonesia's tsunami warning system.

Jane Cunneen

Cleared trees in a forest located in the concession of Karya Makmur Abadi, which is being developed for a palm oil plantation in Indonesia.

Environment

Despite Promises, Major Brands Continue to Obtain Palm Oil From Rainforest Destroyers

A new report from Greenpeace shows that brands and their suppliers are not abiding by their own pledges to only buy from sustainable producers of palm oil.

Hans Nicholas Jong

Residents walk among debris in the village of Sugian on Indonesia's Lombok Island on August 21st, 2018, after a series of recent earthquakes. Indonesian aid agencies and government officials rushed to help survivors after another series of powerful quakes rattled the island, killing at least 14 people and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Multiple Earthquakes Hit an Indonesian Island

Residents walk among debris in the village of Sugian on Indonesia's Lombok Island on August 21st, 2018, after a series of recent earthquakes.

Pacific Standard Staff

An Indonesian search-and-rescue team looks for victims under a collapsed mosque following an earthquake on August 7th, 2018, in Lombok Island, Indonesia. Nearly 100 people have been confirmed dead and at least 20,000 people have been left homeless after the 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit Lombok and neighboring Bali.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: An Earthquake in Indonesia

An Indonesian search-and-rescue team looks for victims under a collapsed mosque following an earthquake on August 7th, 2018, in Lombok Island, Indonesia.

Pacific Standard Staff

A view of dead trees affected by gold mine waste, known as tailings, in Timika, Papua Province, Indonesia.

Environment

A Proposed Gold Mine in Indonesia Could Have a Catastrophic Environmental Impact

The proposed mine would sit within Cenderawasih Bay National Park, while parts of it also overlap onto or border the Wondiwoi Mountains Nature Reserve—both protected areas.

Basten Gokkon

Indonesian people take part in a candlelight vigil in support of the victims and their relatives following a series of bomb attacks in Surabaya, in Jakarta, on May 14th, 2018. A family of five, including a child, carried out the suicide bombing of a police headquarters in Indonesia, police said, a day after a deadly wave of attacks on churches staged by another family.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: A Candlelight Vigil in Indonesia

Indonesian people take part in a candlelight vigil in support of the victims and their relatives following a series of bomb attacks in Surabaya, in Jakarta, on May 14th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff