A woman from the Philippines who spent almost 15 years on death row in Indonesia and was nearly executed by firing squad is ...

Dancers performed the dance of releasing the sun 2024, welcoming the sun 2025, a New Year's Eve celebration in Bali, ...

Out of 46 countries where elections were held, nearly two-thirds saw numbers of women elected fall - BBC finds.

On 26 December 2004, a magnitude 9.1 undersea earthquake struck 240km west of Sumatra, Indonesia, rupturing the greatest ...

After two failed attempts, Prabowo Subianto has finally clawed his way into Indonesia's ultimate seat ... Some on voting day even told the BBC they wanted a strongman in office - someone to ...

Indonesia, the third-largest democracy in the world, is voting on 14 February in just its sixth election since it emerged from a military dictatorship in the 1990s. It's a three-way race for the ...

As unlikely as that alliance may seem, it helps tell the story of Indonesia's young, rowdy democracy. As BBC correspondent in Jakarta in the late 1990s I reported on Budiman's courageous ...

The apparent victory of Prabowo Subianto in Indonesia's presidential election is a dramatic moment in the country's history. Even though polls put him as the front-runner for many weeks before ...

The Sumatran rainforests of Indonesia are home to the Orang Rimba - the people of the jungle. Their faith and nomadic way of life are not recognised by the state and, as their forests are ...

Some on voting day even told the BBC they wanted a strongman in office ... But he returned to Indonesia a few years later, building up his wealth in palm oil and mining before making the jump ...