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At approximately 2340 EST on April 16th, 2024, 838 residents had to be evacuated from the Sitaro Islands Regency, North Sulawesi, Indonesia after Mount Raung began the early stages of a full-scale eruption. https://twitter.com/upuknews1/status/1780539338138251284 By 0940 EST on April 17th, 2024, a plume of volcanic ash had shot upwards more than 3,000 meters. A level III Alert has been issued as...

Fighters from the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB-OPM) executed a village chief over allegations that he was a member of a political committee and an informant for the Indonesian military and national police. The incident occurred on April 9th in the West Papua region, located in eastern Indonesia. Images of the fighters posing with the village head and a letter...

Israeli media have claimed that Indonesia is about to normalize diplomatic relations with Israel in exchange for the latter's support in its accession bid to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). THE STORY The Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, first broke the news of the potential rapprochement, citing confirmation from an anonymous Israeli official. Indonesia's Deputy Speaker of the People's Consultative...

Indonesia's Information and Communications Ministry claimed SpaceX's Elon Musk has obtained the required licensing to operate Starlink satellite internet within Indonesia. Starlink's first test within Indonesia will be in Nusantara, Indonesia's capital city. Wayan Toni Supriyanto, the Ministry's post and information director general, said, "We are expecting the trial to use one ground station" on Wednesday, April 3rd. Starlink obtained the needed...

Japanese Prime Minister (PM) met with Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto today, April 3rd, where they agreed to bolster cooperation on many issues, such as national security. Prabowo won the presidential election in February, and he currently serves as Defense Minister. This is his first visit to Japan since his victory in the election, meeting Kishida in Tokyo. Kishida described Indonesia as...