Recent archaeological discoveries have earned Sumedang its new status as a Sunda Archeological and Pleistocene ...

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A wall of water that smashed into houses along Indonesia's Sunda Strait on Saturday night took many residents by surprise, coming without the type of earthquake that has accompanied other deadly ...

Authorities in Indonesia have warned people to avoid the coast in areas where a tsunami killed at least 430 people over the weekend. The big waves followed an eruption on a volcanic island called Anak ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Indonesia: At least 168 people are dead and more than 745 have been injured after a tsunami hit beaches around the Sunda Strait in ...

The Baduy, an Indigenous group in Indonesia, believe that vaccinations are impure, and unnecessary, and that their beliefs protect them. To skeptics, they note their Covid death toll: zero.

Wayang Golek is the rodpuppet theater of Sunda West Java Indonesia which incorporates a vibrant mixture of storytelling songs and instrumental music This program introduces the Wayang Golek tradition ...

Last September, I drove for four hours from Jakarta to a small town in western Java, staying one night in a Javanese-styled hotel at the foot of Mt. Ciremai, a 3,000-meter volcano on Java. When I got ...