The Latest Breaking News from Indonesia

An Indonesian court handed down a death sentence on Monday to a teacher for raping 13 girls at an Islamic school, upholding an appeal by prosecutors for the death penalty after he had initially received a sentence of life in prison.

Almost half of all cryptocurrency owners in the United States, Latin America and Asia Pacific purchased the digital assets for the first time in 2021, according to a new survey from US cryptocurrency exchange Gemini. The survey of nearly 30,000 people across 20 countries, which was conducted between November 2021…

Indonesia, one of the world’s biggest coal producers and greenhouse emitters, plans to launch its pilot emissions trading scheme in July, which can possibly lead to the implementation of the first national carbon market in Southeast Asia.

Top marine scientists say Western Australia's World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef is at further risk of coral bleaching, with signs of heat stress on the northern fringes, as unusually hot water moves from Indonesia down the WA coast.

The world's largest Muslim-majority nation of Indonesia welcomed the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan with a mass prayer at Jakarta's grand mosque on Saturday, with plateauing coronavirus cases allowing for eased restrictions this year.

When two social media influencers appeared on a television segment, Crazy Rich Indonesia, to show off their wealth, the studio audience laughed and applauded hearing about their "flexing". But one of their alleged victims was watching, and later filed a complaint to police.

As she fled her captor of two decades, Juliana was chased though the jungle by soldiers. When she reached the croc-infested river that separated her from the safety of Timor Leste, she had no choice but to get in.

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is set to begin in Indonesia and most of the Middle East, though many in the Southeast Asian nation and elsewhere are not planning to start observing the month of dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayer and religious devotion until Sunday

The ritual conducted by Mbak Rara at the MotoGP in Lombok has drawn international attention to an age-old practice.

Concerns are rising over the ability of Southeast Asia to retain its title as a major rice supplier to the world as countries such as Indonesia and the Philippines struggle to even produce enough for their own needs.

Indonesia and Malaysia signed an agreement on the placement and protection of Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia