Publication: indonesia
Logically→ A video from the 2023 Indonesia earthquake shows hikers falling.
A September 2022 video from Taiwan has been misattributed to be of the 2023 Indonesia earthquake.
Logically→ A tsunami-like wave triggered by an earthquake struck a ship near Cianjur, Indonesia.
An old video of a ship being struck be a wave in Antarctica has been falsely linked to the recent earthquake in Indonesia.
Logically→ Worshippers continued to pray in a Mosque in Indonesia when an earthquake struck on November 21, 2022.
The video of a man praying during an earthquake dates back to the 2018 earthquake in Indonesia, not the November 2022 earthquake.
Snopes→ Indonesia Frees Croc from Tire Stuck on Its Neck for 6 Years
A wild crocodile with a used motorcycle tire stuck around its neck for six years has finally been freed by an Indonesian bird catcher.
Snopes→ Indonesia Returning 57 Containers of Developed World’s Waste
Containers will be returned to Australia, the U.S., France, Germany, and Hong Kong.
Snopes→ Are Indonesian Teens Drinking Boiled, Bloody Menstrual Pads to Get “High” in a “New Trend”?
Media outlets have taken a voyeuristic look at child poverty in the poorest parts of Indonesia and repackaged it as a viral “teens do dumb things to get high” story for clicks.
Truth or Fiction?→ Are Young People Boiling Menstrual Pads to Get High?
A strange story about Indonesian youths finding a interesting “new” way to get high made the rounds in November 2018: taking sanitary pads, boiling them into a soup, and then drinking the ensuring slurry after it cooled. The pads, the stor
Snopes→ Indonesia Says Survivors Unlikely from Lion Air Plane Crash
President Joko Widodo urged Indonesians to "keep on praying" as rescuers search for victims.
Snopes→ Earthquake Hits Indonesia’s Java Island, Deaths Reported
National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said there were deaths reported but could not immediately provide details.
Snopes→ More Than 130,000 Flee Menacing Bali Volcano
A "dramatic escalation in tremors" is leading seismologists to believe that an eruption is imminent at Indonesia's Mount Agung.
Snopes→ Shariah Court in Indonesia Sentences Gay Couple to Caning
A Shariah court in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province has sentenced two gay men to public caning for the first time, further tarnishing the country's moderate image after a top Christian politician was imprisoned for blasphemy.
Snopes→ Was a Giant Squid Carcass Found in Indonesia?
Photographs that purportedly show a giant squid carcass that washed up on an Indonesia beach actually show a dead whale.
Snopes→ Was an Irish Tourist ‘Savagely Raped’ by a Huge Orangutan?
Reports that a man was assaulted by a 400-pound primate originated on a hoax news web site.