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People wait outside after evacuating a government building following an earthquake in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. The strong undersea earthquake struck off Indonesia's Flores Island on Tuesday, and the country's meteorological agency warned that tsunami waves are possible. (AP Photo/Daeng Mansur)

Indonesia lifts tsunami alert after powerful undersea quake

By Edna Tarigan - Associated Press

A rescuer holds a woman who fell down in a faint, after seeing her house destroyed by 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/Trisnadi)

Indonesian rescuers dig through volcanic ash after 14 die

By Niniek Karmini and Agoes Basoeki - Associated Press

An man receives a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination campaign at a community health center in Tangerang on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. Biotechnology company Novavax said Monday that Indonesia has given the world's first emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine, which uses a different technology than currently used shots. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Indonesia grants 1st emergency approval for COVID vaccine by Md. firm

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

Staff and police officers guard the main entrance gate of Tangerang prison in Tangerang on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. A massive fire raged through the overcrowded prison early Wednesday, killing a number of inmates. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Fire kills 41 inmates, 80 hurt at crowded Indonesian prison

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

Mount Sinabung releases volcanic materials during an eruption in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Friday, May 7, 2021. Sinabung is among more than 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia, which is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific &quot;Ring of Fire,&quot; an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin. (AP Photo/Sastrawan Ginting)

Indonesia’s Sinabung spews column of volcanic ash into sky

By BINSAR BAKKARA - Associated Press

A worker wearing mask as a precaution against coronavirus outbreak, raises his fist as he shouts slogans during a May Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, May 1, 2021. Workers in Indonesia marked international labor day on Saturday curtailed by strict limits on public gatherings to express anger at a new law they say could harm labor rights and welfare. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Workers protest Indonesia’s labor law in May Day rallies

By NINIEK KARMINI and ANDI JATMIKO - Associated Press

National Search and Rescue Agency personnel help relatives of Capt. Gede Kartika, one of the junior officers of Indonesian Navy submarine KRI Nanggala that sank on April 21, to carry offerings to the sea during a prayer in Celukan Bawang, Bali, Indonesia, Monday, April 26, 2021. Indonesia's military on Sunday officially said all 53 crew members from the submarine that sank and broke apart last week are dead, and that search teams had located the vessel's wreckage on the ocean floor. (AP Photo/Al Rizki)

Indonesian military pays last respects to submarine crew

By EDNA TARIGAN and DICKY BISINGLASI - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 14, 2020, file photo, an Indonesian police officer wearing a Balinese traditional mask called 'celuluk', performs during a campaign calling for people to wear masks to curb the spread of coronavirus outbreak, at a market in Bali, Indonesia. A U.S.-based YouTuber and a Russian influencer were ordered off Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Friday after recording themselves defying mandatory mask-wearing with some imaginative makeup. Although first-time violators of Bali's mask-wearing rule face fines of 1 million rupiah ($70) for foreigners and deportation after a second offense, the police wanted them removed off the island immediately for deliberately provoking in public to defy health guidelines. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati, File)

Two influencers ordered off Bali after fake mask video prank

By FIRDIA LISNAWATI - Associated Press

In this photo released by Indonesian Presidential Palace, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, delivers his televised remarks at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, April 26, 2021. Widodo expressed his condolences after an Indonesian brigadier general was killed in an ongoing clash between security forces and a rebel group in restive Papua province. (Indonesian Presidential Palace via AP)

Indonesian police: Clash in Papua killed 5 rebels, 1 police

By ALFIAN KARTONO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday Dec. 12, 2020 file photo, general secretary of the now-defunct Islam Defenders Front Munarman, left, who is also the lawyer of firebrand cleric Rizieq Shihab, right, gestures at reporters after Rizieq's questioning at the Regional Police Headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia. Members of Indonesia's counterterrorism police squad on Tuesday April 27, 2021, arrested Munarman who was accused of inciting people to terrorism acts and pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, police said. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)

Indonesia arrests firebrand cleric’s lawyer over attacks

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Indonesian brigadier general killed in 2-week Papua clash

By ALFIAN KARTONO - Associated Press

An Indonesian navy patrol ship sails to join the search for submarine KRI Nanggala that went missing while participating in a training exercise on Wednesday, off Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia Sunday, April 25, 2021. Indonesia’s navy on Saturday declared its missing submarine had sunk and cracked open after finding items from the vessel over the past two days, apparently ending hope of finding any of the 53 crew members alive. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Indonesia says 53 crew of lost sub are dead, wreckage found

By EDNA TARIGAN and FADLAN SYAM - Associated Press

An Indonesian navy patrol ship sails to join the search for submarine KRI Nanggala that went missing while participating in a training exercise on Wednesday, off Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia, Saturday, April 24, 2021. The KRI Nanggala 402 went missing after its last reported dive Wednesday off the resort island, and concern is mounting it may have sunk too deep to reach or recover in time. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Indonesia navy declares lost sub with 53 aboard sunk

By Edna Tarigan and Fadlan Syam - Associated Press

Police officers stand guard outside the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat ahead of a leaders' meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, April 23, 2021. The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations is scheduled to hold a special summit to discuss Myanmar on Saturday. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

ASEAN leaders tell Myanmar coup general to end killings

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2017, file photo, Indonesia's then Air Force Chief of Staff Air Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto talks to journalists after his swearing-in ceremony at the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia's military says a navy submarine is missing near the resort island of Bali with 53 people on board. Military chief Hadi Tjahjanto says the KRI Nanggala 402 was participating in a training exercise on Wednesday when it missed a scheduled reporting call. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)

Indonesia searching for missing submarine with 53 on board

Associated Press

Indonesian Navy submarine KRI Nanggala sails in the waters off Tuban, East Java, Indonesia, as seen in this aerial photo taken from an Indonesian Navy helicopter of the 400 Air Squadron, in this Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, photo. Indonesia's navy is searching for the submarine that went missing north of the resort island of Bali with a number of people on board, the military said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eric Ireng)

Indonesia looking for submarine that may be too deep to help

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

Indonesian Muslims pray spaced apart as they practice social distancing to curb the spread of the new coronavirus during an evening prayer called &quot;tarawih&quot; marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. Monday, April 12, 2021. During Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/ Achmad Ibrahim)

Muslims mark Ramadan amid virus surge and new restrictions

By AMR NABIL and NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

A local journalist films the damage to a class room at a school following an earthquake in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, Saturday, April 10, 2021. A strong earthquake damaged buildings on Indonesia's main island of Java and shook the tourist hotspot of Bali, officials said Saturday. No tsunami warnings were posted. (AP Photo/Hendra Permana)

8 dead, dozens hurt as Indonesia quake shakes East Java

By AGUS BASUKI - Associated Press

Indonesian women walk past a house damaged by flood in Waiwerang, on Adonara Island, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Rescuers in remote eastern Indonesia were digging through the debris of a landslide Tuesday in search of people believed to be buried in one of several disasters brought on by severe weather in the Southeast Asian nation and neighboring East Timor. (AP Photo/Rofinus Monteiro)

Indonesia landslides death toll rises to 126, dozens missing

By Ricko Wawo and Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

People who are displaced by floods rest at a temporary shelter in East Lewoleba, on Lembata Island, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Multiple disasters caused by torrential rains in eastern Indonesia and neighboring East Timor have left a number of people dead or missing as rescuers were hampered by damaged bridges and roads and a lack of heavy equipment. (AP Photo/Ricko Wawo)

Indonesia landslides death toll rises to 119, dozens missing

By RICKO WAWO and NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press