People tend to skip over Sumatra when they travel to Indonesia. Bali is always their top pick. In North Sumatra lies Lake Toba, a hidden gem that intertwines historical and cultural allure.

As the largest volcanic lake in the world, Lake Toba in North Sumatra has the potential to become a world ... Batak Toba’s rumah adat or traditional houses are among the most distinctive in Indonesia, ...

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Mardianis recalls reading the Quran with his parents and two children here on the western shore of Lake Singkarak before the desperate cries of galodoh. A dark wall of rock barreled down the hillside ...

he North Sumatra Police have opened an internal investigation into four officers accused of extorting a vocational school headmaster in Nias Island, continuing a troubling trend of similar ...

Natural gas has long been one of Indonesia’s primary energy sources. Gas is used to generate electricity and power industrial processes, while liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is used by ordinary ...

There were protests in other cities, including the capital Jakarta, and Medan on Sumatra island. 'Dark Indonesia' has gained traction on social media to represent concerns about the cuts.

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Why it's incredible: The lake is one of the largest on Earth, but it lies beneath several miles of ice. Lake Vostok is a giant lake in Antarctica that is similar in size to North America's Lake ...

You still can’t buy an iPhone 16 in Indonesia—at least, not officially. Apple’s latest smartphone has been banned in Southeast Asia’s largest economy since September, when Jakarta claimed ...