"None of my customers from regions in Indonesia shop anymore, even though I often send photos of new models of clothes," he told BBC News Indonesia. Government figures show there are more than 64 ...

In a larger context, the state "supports all positive activities", he says in a phone call with BBC News Indonesia. "People want to pray, why should they be refused?" But the reality is that ...

A woman in Aceh, Indonesia, before being caned in November for having sex outside of marriage. Aceh province already has strict laws against sex outside marriage Indonesia's parliament is expected ...

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 ...

Rescuers in Indonesia have continued their ... Sergeant Payakun told the BBC. Cucu, a 48-year-old resident, told the Reuters news agency that she survived after being crushed beneath a child.

Several Miss Universe Indonesia candidates have registered police complaints accusing organisers of sexual abuse. The contestants were asked to take off their tops for "body checks" and ...

When Sariah went to fetch water in a pit near her home in Bangka Island, Indonesia, last September ... contributing to the rise in attacks. BBC / Anindita Pradana Abandoned mining pits are ...

A New Zealand pilot has been taken hostage by separatist fighters in Indonesia's Papua region ... National Liberation Army (TPNPB), have told BBC Indonesian he is "safe". But they say they ...

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 ...

It is the latest in a series of cases involving controversial blasphemy laws in Muslim-majority Indonesia. Lina Lutfiawati, who adopted the Indian name Lina Mukherjee due to her love of Bollywood ...

told the BBC that "60% of islands in Indonesia don't have a name or officially have legal status, so they can easily be taken or claimed by another country". But it's not just territorial disputes ...

Clara Rondonuwu of the BBC's Indonesian service went to meet ... Under majority Muslim Indonesia's anti-pornography laws, it is illegal to be naked in public. Yet he meets regularly with four ...