Niniek Karmini, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Women weep after receiving confirmation that one of their family members was among those killed in soccer riots, at a hospital in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday.

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Tear gas triggers fan crush, killing 125, at soccer match in Indonesia

by Agoes Basoeki Associated Press, and Niniek Karmini Associated PressOctober 2, 2022

MALANG, Indonesia — Police firing tear gas after an Indonesian soccer match in an attempt to stop violence triggered a disastrous crush of fans making a panicked, chaotic run for the exits, leaving at least 125 people dead, most of them trampled upon…

Villagers look at the broken bridge destroyed by the lava flow following the eruption of Mount Semeru in Lumajang district, East Java province, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. The death toll from the eruption of the highest volcano on Indonesia's most populous island of Java has risen by a score of still missing, officials said Sunday as rain continued to lash the area and hamper the search. (AP Photo/Hendra Permana)

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Rescuers dig for survivors of deadly volcanic eruption in Indonesia

by Niniek Karmini Associated Press, and Agoes Basoeki Associated PressDecember 5, 2021

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, left, and his running mate Ma'ruf Amin wave to journalists after a press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Widodo is on track to win a second term, preliminary election results showed Wednesday, in apparent victory for moderation over the ultra-nationalistic rhetoric of his rival Prabowo Subianto. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

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Widodo set for 2nd term as Indonesia’s president

by Niniek Karmini Associated Press, and Stephen Wright Associated PressApril 18, 2019

FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2015, file photo, workers clean a jetliner at GMF AeroAsia facility at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia's flag carrier is seeking the cancellation of a multibillion-dollar order for 49 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets, citing a loss of confidence in the model following two crashes in the space of a few months. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

Indonesian airline wants to cancel Boeing order

by Niniek Karmini Associated PressMarch 25, 2019

Indonesia soldier walks near debris at a tsunami-ravaged area in Carita, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018. Indonesian authorities asked people to avoid the coast in areas where a tsunami killed hundreds of people last weekend in a fresh warning issued on the anniversary of the catastrophic 2004 Asian earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

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Coastal area near Indonesian volcano still at risk

by Niniek Karmini Associated PressDecember 27, 2018

Debris littered a property badly damaged by a tsunami in Carita, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018. The tsunami occurred after the eruption of a volcano around Indonesia's Sunda Strait during a busy holiday weekend, sending water crashing ashore and sweeping away hotels, hundreds of houses and people attending a beach concert. (AP Photo/Fauzy Chaniago)

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Tsunami claims at least 220 lives

by Niniek Karmini Associated PressDecember 23, 2018

A boy sits with items salvaged from the ruins of a family member's house in the Balaroa neighborhood in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. Desperation was visible everywhere Tuesday among victims receiving little aid in areas heavily damaged by a massive earthquake and tsunami, four days after the disaster devastated parts of Indonesia's central Sulawesi island. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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Despair grows as death toll soars

by Niniek Karmini Associated Press, and Stephen Wright Associated PressOctober 2, 2018

A man carry items he saved from the rubble following a major earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. A mass burial of earthquake and tsunami victims was being prepared in a hard-hit city Monday as the need for heavy equipment to dig for survivors of the disaster that struck a central Indonesian island three days ago grows desperate.(AP Photo/Rifki)

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Aid slow to reach Indonesia quake victims

by Niniek Karmini Associated PressOctober 1, 2018

Rescuers evacuate an earthquake survivor by a damaged house following earthquakes and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Sunday.

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Hundreds dead in Indonesian quake, tsunami

by Niniek Karmini Associated PressSeptember 30, 2018

In this Monday, Jan. 4, 2016 photo, burnt tree stump from 2015 forest fire is seen on the side of a road in Sungai Mangkutub, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. In a remote corner of Borneo, an Indonesian company and its Chinese partner are pushing ahead with an industrial wood plantation in a tropical forest and orangutan habitat, apparently flouting government regulations intended to prevent a repeat of disastrous fires in 2015.(AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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Indonesia forest threatened by development despite new rules

by Stephen Wright Associated Press, and Niniek Karmini Associated PressAugust 23, 2017