The Latest Breaking News from Indonesia

Thousands of cases of food poisoning have been linked to programme launched with fanfare by the president, Prabowo Subianto

Indonesian police have seized explosive powder and writings from a 17-year-old suspect's home after an attack on a mosque at a high school injured many students

Construction of 182-metre tall lift has been halted after outrage from locals on the Indonesian tourist island

Over the past twenty years, coral reef restoration has seen unprecedented growth worldwide. From Indonesia to the Caribbean, thousands of projects have been launched with the goal of “saving” coral reefs - often by planting coral fragments or building artificial reef structures.

Papua accounted for 93% of Indonesia’s 527,000 malaria cases in 2024, as elimination efforts continue to face multiple challenges — including local perceptions that normalise malaria as an ordinary illness, emphasising the need for more effective communication.

With oil and gas revenues starting to run dry, Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, needs to explore new options.

At Bawah Reserve in Indonesia's Anambas Islands, Annabel Grossman finds a hotel where guests live within nature rather than displacing it

Demand for dog meat, also locally known as ‘Scooby Doo’, has declined due to younger generation's penchant for keeping dogs as pets

The new city remains under construction, one year on from its scheduled 2024 inauguration, and has been downgraded from its planned status as a replacement for Jakarta