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Late afternoon at Echo beach in Bali, Indonesia, March 23, 2023. After multiple accounts of tourists behaving badly, the governor of the tropical paradise with a welcoming reputation wants Russia and Ukraine to lose access to Indonesia’s visa-on-arrival program. (Nyimas Laula/The New York Times) XNYT78

March 24, 2023 at 11:29 am

A Refuge for Russians and Ukrainians, Bali Rethinks Its Open-Door Policy

The Indonesian island has welcomed Ukrainians fleeing the shelling and Russians dodging the draft, but bad behavior and rule violations are testing that welcome.

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March 17, 2023 at 9:07 am

Search intensifies for radioactive canister missing in Thailand

Globally, radioactive objects are lost fairly often, sometimes posing a lethal health hazard. Their potential value to terrorists is another worry.

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Relatives and friends of the victims of the mass shooting that left at least 36 dead, including 24 young children, at a child care center in Thailand’s Nong Bua Lamphu province, on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Authorities said the perpetrator, a recently-fired police officer who also killed his wife and daughter before killing himself, was set to go on trial this week for possession of methamphetamine. (Andre Malerba/The New York Times) XNYT5 XNYT5

October 7, 2022 at 4:32 pm

After day care massacre, Thailand is roiled with grief VIEW

Thursday's rampage drove the nation into mourning and left families facing an incalculable loss.

October 1, 2022 at 5:20 pm

Fans Blame Police After More Than 100 Die at Indonesian Soccer Match

Several people were killed Saturday night after a professional soccer match in Malang, Indonesia, led to riots at the stadium.

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Food is distributed in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 6, 2022. The economy is drowning in debt and the country’s people are suffering from an unsustainable cost of living. (Saiyna Bashir/The New York Times)

May 22, 2022 at 6:00 am

Poor countries face a mounting catastrophe fueled by inflation and debt VIEW

A broader crisis is confronting billions of people in the world’s less-affluent economies as the consequences of Russia’s assault on Ukraine are compounded.

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July 18, 2021 at 3:19 pm

The Pandemic Has a New Epicenter: Indonesia VIEW

BEKASI, Indonesia — By the thousands, they sleep in hallways, tents and cars, gasping for air as they wait for beds in overcrowded hospitals that...

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July 17, 2021 at 5:32 pm

The pandemic has a new epicenter: Indonesia

The surge is part of a wave across Southeast Asia, where vaccination rates are low but countries had, until recently, contained the virus relatively well.

March 28, 2021 at 9:20 am

Explosion Rocks Indonesian Church Compound on Palm Sunday

An explosion shook a Roman Catholic cathedral compound in the eastern Indonesian city of Makassar Sunday morning, shattering the calm of Palm Sunday, a holy...

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January 10, 2021 at 12:02 pm

Indonesia Crash Thwarts Push to Rehabilitate Country’s Airlines

BANGKOK — As the coronavirus pandemic cleared Indonesia’s skies of airline traffic, Capt. Afwan, an experienced Boeing 737 pilot for Sriwijaya Air, waited. A former...

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January 9, 2021 at 2:05 pm

Indonesian Boeing 737 carrying 62 crashes into the sea minutes after takeoff

BANGKOK — A passenger jet carrying more than 60 people crashed into the Java Sea on Saturday, minutes after taking off from the Indonesian capital,...

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