The iconic Homo erectus fossil was welcomed home with a repatriation ceremony and a new museum exhibit in Jakarta.

The parts of the skeleton – a skull cap, molar and thigh bone – were the first known specimens of Homo erectus ...

A passenger bus traveling from Jakarta to Yogyakarta overturned in Semarang, Java, on December 22, 2025, killing 16 people ...

Java Man, the first fossil evidence of Homo erectus, has returned to Indonesia after over a century in the Netherlands. This ...

The Tropical Cyclone Iggy, observed by the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency , is swirling in the waters south of West Java, approximately 600 ki ...

The Dutch Ministry of Culture also announced on Wednesday about returning approximately 28,000 other fossils to Indonesia.

The vehicle was travelling between Jakarta, the nation's capital, and Yogyakarta. Emergency teams rushed to the scene to ...

The Forestry Ministry’s Directorate General of Law Enforcement, in coordination with the Situbondo Police, has successfully ...

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