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 ...

Two vets from Cornwall have delivered medicines and equipment to an orangutan veterinary clinic in Indonesia after it was ...

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 ...

Over 2,000 Rohingya arrived in the country in 2023, more than the total arrivals in the last four years. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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

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

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

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

The high-profile case began in 2005 when Indonesia caught ... Lee when he heard the news. Scott's parents are eagerly awaiting the reunion, Bishop Harris told the BBC. "They are mortified by ...

From the fall of Slobodan Milosevic to the election of a new American president, from unrest in Indonesia and fighting in Sierra ... ‘So many people listen to the BBC and you want to get the news ...