Distraught relatives slammed Indonesia's government for not enforcing basic safety measures on passenger boats and pleaded Wednesday for a bigger search effort for more than 190 people presumed ...

When we heard that there was a massive lake inside of a volcano caldera, we were more than a little intrigued. When we found out that there was an island on that lake, inside of the caldera, and that ...

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The Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) office of the Capuchins in Medan, North Sumatra, issued a strong appeal for the protection of the Lake Toba region. Speaking out against rising ...

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has established a special authority to revive tourism in Lake Toba, North Sumatra. Environmentalists worry the plan could lead to forest clearance and exacerbate a ...

AI Quick Read Today's Google Doodle celebrates Lake Toba, known as Danau Toba, located on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Lake Toba was designated as UNESCO Global Geopark on August 31, 2020. Lake ...

The normally quiet Lake Toba in North Sumatra, burst into song and dance, and exciting sports events on the water and in the sky, as the collossal Lake Toba Festival was launched on 8 September, to co ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Samosir Island: A large volcanic island in Lake Toba, Samosir offers many interesting excursion objects. Samosir Island: A large ...

PIKIRAN RAKYAT – Lake Toba, located in North Sumatra Province, is the largest volcanic lake in Indonesia, and even in the world. This lake was formed by a massive eruption of Mount Toba around 74,000 ...

Lake Toba is so huge that it actually looks like an ocean. Travelling is probably the best way to do some soul searching. At least that’s what I did late last year when I was sent to Lake Toba in ...