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Tag: disaster

Posted inMyanmar

Disaster buries dreams of Myanmar’s jade miners

by AT Contributor July 5, 2020July 5, 2020

Five Yay Ma Hsay – or the “unwashed” as the jade miners of northern Myanmar are known – arrived early Thursday at the pit to scrape out a living on a scraggy hillside, lured by the prospect of finding a stone that could transform their lives.  But only three would return, the others victims of […]

Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Landslide at illegal West Java mine kills five

by Asia Times staff May 15, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Three killed as house collapses in Jakarta

by Asia Times staff April 29, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Malaysia

Deaf-mute boy saved tourists from earthquake

by Asia Times staff March 25, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Miners may still be trapped in Indonesia

by Asia Times staff March 6, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

At least three dead in illegal gold mine collapse

by Asia Times staff February 28, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Central Sulawesi still in a state of emergency

by Asia Times staff February 22, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

China’s sci-fi blockbuster questions Earth’s future

by Frank Chen February 13, 2019February 18, 2020
Jakarta, capital of Indonesia. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Wedding stage falls, drops newlyweds into a river

by Asia Times staff February 13, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Landslide destroys home, kills two in Bali

by Asia Times staff January 29, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

More than 11,500 earthquakes hit Indonesia in 2018

by Asia Times staff January 17, 2019February 18, 2020
Avenida de Horta e Costa, Macau. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, China, Indonesia, Macau

Indonesian migrants in Macau raise funds for tsunami relief

by Asia Times staff January 2, 2019February 18, 2020
Lion Air flight JT-610. Photo: Wikipedia
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Newlywed husband’s last message to wife before plane crash

by Asia Times staff November 1, 2018February 18, 2020
Deadly Penang landslide image captured on Youtube.
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Asia

Search continues 4 days after Penang landslide disaster

by Asia Times staff October 23, 2018February 18, 2020
Residents on rooftops surrounded by floodwaters in Attapeu province after a dam collapsed on July 23.Photo: AFP/Attapeu Today
Posted inAT Finance, Laos, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Did Korean builder’s corner-cutting lead to Lao dam disaster?

by Andrew Salmon October 20, 2018February 18, 2020
Indonesian rescuers carry a dead body from the debris in Petobo in Sulawesi on Sunday, following the Sept 28 earthquake and tsunami. Nearly 2000 bodies have been recovered from Palu but thousands are still missing. Photo: AFP / Mohd Rasfan
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, France, Indonesia, Oceania, World

Officials say 5,000 may be missing in Palu as quake toll rises

by Asia Times staff October 8, 2018February 18, 2020
Children access usable water at a temporary camp in Palu in Central Sulawesi on October 4, 2018, after an earthquake and tsunami hit the area on September 28. Photo: AFP/Adek Berry
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Children traumatized while rescuers race against clock

by Asia Times staff October 4, 2018February 18, 2020
A mosque is damaged by the earthquake at Bayan on Lombok on August 11. Traditional homes survived the worst of the quake. Photo: AFP/ Anton Raharjo /NurPhoto
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Indigenous homes save lives during Lombok quakes

by Fathul Rakhman September 9, 2018February 18, 2020
An injured quake victim is wheeled past a damaged wall in Mataram on the Indonesian island of Lombok on August 6, 2018, the morning after a 6.9 magnitude stuck the island. Photo: AFP / Adek Berry
Posted inAT Finance, India, Indonesia, Singapore, South Asia, World

More than 150,000 forced from homes on quake-hit Lombok

by Asia Times staff August 6, 2018February 18, 2020
Rescuers conduct a search for missing people in Kumano Town in Hiroshima Prefecture on July 9, 2018. The record rainfall has caused widespread flooding and landslides in the central and western part of Japan. Photo: AFP/The Yomiuri Shimbun
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia, World

More than 100 dead as monsoon downpours devastate Japan

by Andrew Salmon and wires July 9, 2018February 18, 2020

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