Thailand and Indonesia have signed an intel agreement that the Thai army chief says will help limit the movements of insurgents operating in the Muslim-majority southern...
A 17 year-old Indonesian gymnast training for a sport event was sent home on grounds she was no longer a virgin. A claim rejected by officials...
Child marriage in Indonesia has been blamed for causing maternal and infant deaths, as well as encouraging child labour, Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Yohana...
JAKARTA – A Canadian teacher wrongfully convicted of allegedly sexually abusing students, in a case that critics say was riddled with irregularities has granted clemency. Canadian...
BANGKOK – Greenpeace Southeast Asia and other environmentalists have called on Asean member states to go beyond a narrow focus in solving the problem of marine...
BALI – Police in Denpasar, Bali have arrested an American, two Spaniards and two Russians for selling cocaine and marijuana on Bali on Friday. The three...
JAKARTA – A 35 year-old Frenchman has been sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug trafficking in a shock verdict after prosecutors had asked for a...
JAKARTA – Indonesian President Joko Widodo said Thursday he has won re-election after receiving an estimated 54% of the vote, backtracking on an earlier vow to...
BALI – Authorities from the Natural Resources Conservation Agency say they have arrested a Russian tourist who was attempting to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of...
SUMATRA – Desperately needed aid flowed into a stretch of Indonesia’s tsunami-struck coastline Tuesday, but humanitarian workers warned that clean water and medicine supplies were...
SUMATRA – A tsunami has left at least 222 people dead and hundreds more injured after slamming without warning into beaches around Indonesia’s Sunda Strait,...
SINGAPORE – After a decade, the symbolic gavel of the Asean chairmanship has been turned over again to Thailand from Singapore. After the handover on...
JAKARTA – A Lion Air flight with 188 people on board crashed into the sea just minutes after taking off from Indonesia’s capital on Monday. Indonesia’s...
JAKARTA – Many bodies were found on Saturday along the shoreline of the Indonesian city of Palu on Sulawesi island which was hit by a major...
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Thousands of spectators cheered wildly as athletes from the rival Koreas paraded side-by-side behind a “unification” flag in a spectacular opening ceremony...
TANJUNG, Indonesia – The Indonesian island of Lombok was shaken by a third big earthquake in little more than a week Thursday as the official death...
LOMBOK, Indonesia – Rescuers were racing on Monday to aid victims of a new earthquake that has killed at least 98 people on the Island...
BEIJING – Foreign investors withdrew money from Asian bond markets for the third consecutive month in June amid concerns the increasing trade friction between the...
BANGKOK – About eight million tonnes of plastic waste are dumped into the world’s oceans every year, the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic...
CHIANG RAI – In December 2017, the Transnational Institute (TNI) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economic...
