An 11-year-old boy's viral dance moves have revitalized Indonesia's Pacu Jalur boat race, drawing record crowds and international attention. Rayyan Arkan Dikha's energetic performance at the bow of a ...

Banda Aceh, Indonesia — Two men in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province were among a group of people publicly caned on Tuesday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them of violating Islamic law ...

A wave of protests throughout Indonesia has become one of the most visible tests of President Prabowo Subianto’s administration, with residents railing against steep property tax increases that ...

Indonesia’s central bank continued its rate-cutting cycle as steady inflation provides room to loosen policy further to support growth. Bank Indonesia cut its benchmark seven-day reverse repo rate by ...

Indonesia will move to “rectify” illegal mines estimated to have caused $19 billion in state losses, President Prabowo Subianto said in his first State of the Nation address. The government has ...

Prabowo's flagship free meals programme has become the target of food safety concerns and heated anti-government protests Some 365 people have fallen ill in an Indonesian town after eating school ...

An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning 80 times each after Islamic religious police caught them engaged in what the court ...

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the U.S. had reached a trade agreement with the Republic of Indonesia, which eliminates about 99% of the tariff barriers between the two countries when it ...

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Indonesia’s attorney general's office has widened the corruption investigation into oil procurement involving state oil and gas firm Pertamina, which is alleged to have cost $17.6 billion (285 ...

Visa policy is now a front line in the global travel race and Indonesia is finally showing up to compete. But if it truly wants to compete with Thailand or Vietnam, it will need to drop visa barriers ...

Indonesia’s rumbling Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted Monday, sending a column of volcanic materials as high as 11 miles into the sky and depositing ash on villages. The volcano has been at the ...