The Latest Breaking News from Indonesia

Two former coordinators of one of Indonesia’s most prominent human rights organisations have escaped conviction in a defamation case brought by a powerful government minister. While their astonishing acquittal is welcome, the case marked a bleak new low for freedom of expression in one of the world’s largest democracies.

Two trains have collided on Indonesia’s main island of Java, causing several carriages to buckle and overturn and killing at least three people

Local tour guide says hikers should never have been allowed on famous peak in West Sumatra.

Move comes as resentment grows among some people in region about sudden influx of boat arrivals.

India, Indonesia, South Korea, and Taiwan all have important elections in the first half of 2024.

In an effort to stem the influx of Rohingya refugees, the Indonesian navy forcibly pushed a boat carrying refugees back to international waters near Aceh p...

Indonesia’s navy says it forcibly pushed a boat packed with refugees back to international waters after the vessel approached the shores of Aceh province

Tanishka Sodhi brings you the news from Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Delhi, Indonesia, and Myanmar. 

Hundreds of university students in Indonesia's westernmost province stormed a temporary shelter for more than a hundred Rohingya refugees on Wednesday, forcing them to leave in the latest rejection of the persecuted Myanmar minority.