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Rescuers in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand struggle to help millions affected by severe storms More than 1,100 people have been confirmed dead after three cyclones and other storms struck Indonesia's Sumatra island, Sri Lanka and southern Thailand... [1]

JAKARTA -- Nearly two weeks after cyclonic floods and landslides hit Indonesia's Sumatra island, killing 961 people, dozens of villages remain cut off, driving local officials to intensify calls for Jakarta to open the region to foreign assistance. [2]

AFP Days of devastating flooding across Southeast Asia have killed more than 300 people in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, authorities said on Friday. [3]

Welcome to Your Week in Asia. Your Week in AsiaThai and Japanese elections, Singapore Airshow, Indonesia GDP Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events A woman casts her ballot at a pollling station during advance voting in Ba... [4]

ACEH TAMIANG, Indonesia - Residents in the Indonesian region of Aceh Tamiang climbed over slippery logs and walked for about an hour on Saturday to get aid, as the death toll from floods and landslides that hit Sumatra island this month rose to more ... [5]

JAKARTA -- A domestic passenger flight from Jakarta to the city of Pangkal Pinang, off the island of Sumatra, has been confirmed to have crashed. [6]

JAKARTA -- A consortium backed by Indonesian sovereign wealth fund INA has agreed with port operator Pelindo to invest in the expansion of Belawan Port's new container terminal (BNCT) on the island of Sumatra. (confirmed by 2 sources) [7]

Nikkei Asia is tracking the spread of the coronavirus that was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Cumulative global cases have reached 186,015,939, according to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. [8]

Sources
[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-12-02 · 75% match

In Focus: Indian Ocean cyclone devastation - Nikkei Asia

Rescuers in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand struggle to help millions affected by severe storms More than 1,100 people have been confirmed dead after three cyclones and other storms struck Indonesia's Sumatra island, Sri Lanka and southern Thailand

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-12-08 · 72% match

Indonesia grapples with Sumatra disaster as governor calls for foreign aid

JAKARTA -- Nearly two weeks after cyclonic floods and landslides hit Indonesia's Sumatra island, killing 961 people, dozens of villages remain cut off, driving local officials to intensify calls for Jakarta to open the region to foreign assistance.

[3] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-11-29 · 72% match

Death toll in Southeast Asia floods tops 300

AFP Days of devastating flooding across Southeast Asia have killed more than 300 people in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, authorities said on Friday.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-02-01 · 44% match

Thai and Japanese elections, Singapore Airshow, Indonesia GDP

Welcome to Your Week in Asia. Your Week in AsiaThai and Japanese elections, Singapore Airshow, Indonesia GDP Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events A woman casts her ballot at a pollling station during advance voting in Ba

[5] TH bangkokpost.com · 2023-07-03 · 75% match

Indonesians climb over logs to get to flood aid centre

ACEH TAMIANG, Indonesia - Residents in the Indonesian region of Aceh Tamiang climbed over slippery logs and walked for about an hour on Saturday to get aid, as the death toll from floods and landslides that hit Sumatra island this month rose to more

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-10-29 · 75% match

Lion Air flight crashes in Indonesia with 189 aboard

JAKARTA -- A domestic passenger flight from Jakarta to the city of Pangkal Pinang, off the island of Sumatra, has been confirmed to have crashed.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-08-26 · 75% match

Group backed by Indonesia wealth fund to invest in Belawan Port

JAKARTA -- A consortium backed by Indonesian sovereign wealth fund INA has agreed with port operator Pelindo to invest in the expansion of Belawan Port's new container terminal (BNCT) on the island of Sumatra.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-07-10 · 75% match

Coronavirus: Week of July 4 to July 10, South Korea reports third consecutive record of new cases

Nikkei Asia is tracking the spread of the coronavirus that was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Cumulative global cases have reached 186,015,939, according to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-05-16 · 75% match

Indonesian terror attacks spread to Sumatra

JAKARTA -- Indonesia has been hit with another terrorist attack, this time in Pekanbaru, the capital of the province of Riau, on Sumatra Island.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-06-05 · 71% match

Endangered Elephant Killings Rising in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Poisoning or shooting killed many of the 129 critically endangered elephants that have died on Indonesia’s Sumatra island in less than a decade, highlighting weak enforcement of laws against poaching, an environmental group says.

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