indonesia

Indonesia (i/ËÉªndÉËniËÊÉ/ IN-dÉ-NEE-zhÉ or /ËÉªndoÊËniËziÉ/ IN-doh-NEE-zee-É), officially the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Republik Indonesia Indonesian pronunciation: [rÉpÊblik Éªndonesia]), is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 17,508 islands.[7] It has 34 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an elected legislature and president. The nation's capital city is Jakarta. The country shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Malaysia. Other neighboring countries include Singapore, Philippines, Australia, Palau, and the Indian territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Indonesia is a founding member of ASEAN and a member of the G-20 major economies. The Indonesian economy is the world's sixteenth largest by nominal GDP and fifteenth largest by purchasing power parity.

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Mining sulphur in an active volcano

Wed, Feb 9, 2011

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Whenever you think you have the worst job ever, you definitely should think about the sulphur miners from Eastern Java, the men who treat poisoned lungs, burns, scars and constant danger as part of their everyday living. Each day, a few hundred men go deep in the heart of the Ijen volcano, with the sole [...]

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