Indonesian authorities on Wednesday burned a marijuana plantation in the northern province of Aceh after it was discovered by drones. A joint team of the National Narcotic Agency, known as BNN, and the National Research and Innovation Agency using drones detected 11
An Indonesian search and rescue team on Monday was searching for seven people, including four Australian tourists, reported missing in the waters of Aceh following bad weather. The group was in a wooden speedboat in the waters around Sarang Alu and Banyak
Indonesian domestic workers and activists began a hunger strike on Monday to protest against the parliament’s delay in passing a bill to protect domestic workers. Sunrise-to-sunset fasting protests were happening simultaneously in the capital, Jakarta, and other major cities and will be
Indonesian President Joko Widodo arrived Thursday in China and planned to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The two will discuss investments and “various strategic projects for Indonesia and China,” including in trade and health, as well as regional and global issues,
A 33-year-old Indonesian fitness influencer died while attempting to lift a 450-pound barbell July 15, breaking his neck. Justyn Vicky, who had amassed over 30,000 followers on Instagram, suffered a fatal accident when he was trying to stretch his legs while holding
Indonesia’s top diplomat warned Tuesday of the threat posed by nuclear weapons, saying that Southeast Asia is “one miscalculation away from apocalypse” and pressing for world powers to sign a treaty to keep the region free from such arms. Indonesian Foreign Minister
Indonesian police investigating the deaths of a Chinese couple whose bodies were found bloodied and naked at a hotel in the resort island of Bali said Wednesday that the boyfriend killed the woman before killing himself. Police also said that the crime
Eight Indonesian fishermen are feared drowned and another 11 have been rescued after spending almost a week without food or water on a barren island off the northwest Australian coast in the wake of a powerful tropical cyclone, authorities said Wednesday. Two
British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford has been held for almost ten years in a notorious Indonesian prison as she awaits execution by firing squad. Sandiford has been incarcerated at Kerobokan Prison in Bali since 2013 after being caught with £1.6 million worth of cocaine
An Indonesian court on Thursday acquitted two police officials charged with negligence leading to the deaths of 135 people in October when police fired tear gas inside a stadium, setting off a panicked run for the exits. A third official was sentenced