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

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

A zoo on Java island released photos of Indonesia's first locally-born giant panda cub, and said the male cub was showing ...

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

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

A bus carrying 34 passengers lost control on a curved exit ramp in Semarang, Central Java, killing 16 and leaving 18 injured, ...

A rescue official in Indonesia says a passenger bus crash has killed at least 16 people on Indonesia’s main island of Java.

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

A tragic bus crash on Java, Indonesia's main island, resulted in at least 16 fatalities. The bus lost control on a toll road, ...

According to search and rescue authorities, the bus was moving at a relatively high speed when it approached a turn, lost ...

On December 20, 2025, in Brebes, Central Java, Indonesia, @salmaelva shared a video of severe flooding impacting a ...

"The majority who died were hit by buildings," said one local official Maria Pasquini is the senior news editor for the human interest vertical at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2017.