Indonesian police and fishermen said Saturday they have begun patrolling parts of the country's westernmost province to prevent Rohingya refugees from landing on its shores, after nearly 1,100 members of the persecuted Myanmar minority arrived this m...

By AFPIndonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday expressed regret over mass human rights violations committed in the country's past, including a violent anti-communist purge in the 1960sand the disappearance of student protesters in the late 1990s...

By AFPA wooden boat carrying nearly 200 Rohingya refugees, a majority of them women and children, landed on Indonesia's western coast on Sunday, police said.The ship is the fifth boat carrying Rohingya refugees to land in Indonesia since November, ac...

Indonesia is relocating its capital city from Jakarta to a site more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) away in the rainforests of Borneo Island.The project is set to launch at the end of President Joko Widodo's term in 2024.Here's why Southeast Asia'...

By AFPA broken-down boat carrying 57 Rohingya refugees landed on Indonesia's western coast on Sunday after a month at sea, police said.Thousands of the mostly Muslim Rohingya, heavily persecuted in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, risk their lives each yea...

By AFPAt least five people were killed and over 70,000 rushed to evacuation centres in Malaysia after monsoon-triggered floods inundated the country's north, authorities said Wednesday.Over 31,000 people have fled their homes in Kelantan state while...

By AFPIndonesian officials on Monday played down concerns about a new law criminalising sex outside of marriage, saying foreign holidaymakers will not be charged as fears grow over the impact on vital tourism.The Southeast Asian country's parliament...

By AFPParts of Indonesia's revised criminal code appear "incompatible" with fundamental freedoms and human rights, the United Nations said Thursday.The sweeping overhaul includes a ban on sex outside marriage and the cohabitation of unmarried couples...

By AFPA suicide bomber killed a police officer and wounded 10 others in an attack on a police station in Indonesia's West Java province on Wednesday, police said.Police have not yet determined a motive for the attack but Indonesia, the world's bigges...

By AFPRescuers evacuated more people Monday from nearby villages after the eruption of Indonesia's Mount Semeru, with officials warning of danger from cooling lava despite less activity from the volcano.More than 2,400 villagers have now fled their h...

By AFPIndonesia's Mount Semeru erupted Sunday spewing hot ash clouds a mile into the sky and sending rivers of lava down its side, prompting authorities to raise the alert status to the highest level.The eruption of thehighest mountain on Indonesia's...

By AFPIwan Gunawan was forced to leave his gravely injured wife buried under rubble to run outside and save his daughter after a strong earthquake rocked Indonesia's largest province.As he rushed to pull the girl from under debris, a wall fell on the...