Get to Know the West Sumatrans in Indonesia. West Sumatrans are highly social, enjoy music, and love to sing and share meals together. Like all Indonesians, they are earnest people of prayer.

President Prabowo Subianto has urged government institutions, especially the Hajj Organizing Agency (BP Haji), to promptly ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Minangkabau International Airport in Padang Pariaman, West Sumatra has officially reopened the international route of Padang-Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, October 1. The route had been ...

A fire struck the West Sumatra's State Police School dormitory in Padang on Sunday evening, destroying 10 units and causing significant damage. No casualties were reported.

A man tries to prevent police officers from securing a 7.8-hectare plot in Kapalo Koto, Padang, West Sumatra, on Wednesday (18/01).

Heavy rain-triggered flooding that hit Indonesia's West Sumatra over the weekend has killed at least 37 people, according to officials early Monday who said another 17 were still missing.

PADANG, Indonesia — One of an estimated 400 of the world’s remaining Sumatran tigers was found dead on July 25 after becoming trapped in a wire snare set in Agam district, West Sumatra province.