Torrential rains have forced Indonesian rescuers to suspend their efforts to find 14 missing gold miners after a landslide in the remote east of the country killed six of their colleagues. Officials ...

At least 10 people have been killed in a flash flood and landslide in Indonesia's West Papua province, with another 10 missing as rescue efforts in the affected areas were halted on Wednesday due ...

JAKARTA, May 19 (Bernama) -- One person was killed while 19 others were reported missing after severe flooding swept through a remote gold mining area in Indonesia’s West Papua province, officials ...

Illegal mining operations are commonplace across Indonesia, providing a tenuous livelihood to low-wage workers while coming with a high risk of injury or death due to landslides, flooding and ...

The rains had triggered Friday’s landslide, which hit a small mine run by residents of the Arfak mountains of West Papua province, said Abdul Muhari, the spokesperson of Indonesia’s disaster ...

At least 42 people have been killed by flash floods in Indonesia's eastern Papua ... hundreds in West Java province were forced to evacuate when torrential rains triggered severe flooding.

Spokesman Sebby Sambon of the rebel West Papua Liberation Army claimed the victims were members of Indonesia's army disguised as gold miners. He said his group had warned all workers to leave ...

Papua was incorporated into Indonesia in 1969, after a U.N.-sponsored ballot that was widely seen as a sham. Sebby Sambom, a spokesman for the rebel West Papua Liberation Army, the armed wing of ...

According to Indonesia’s health ministry, Papua has the third-highest number of stunting cases in the country, behind the provinces of East Nusa Tenggara and West ... due to flooding in the ...

JAKARTA (Bernama): One person was killed while 19 others were reported missing after severe flooding swept through a remote gold mining area in Indonesia’s West Papua province, officials said ...