A fire at an Indonesian retirement home has killed 16 residents. Police say the fire on Sunday ripped through the single-story house in Manado in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi Province.

Indonesian rescuers say they have recovered the body of a female victim believed to be part of the family of a Spanish soccer coach and his three children, missing after a tour boat sank Friday.

Indonesia’s long-awaited new Criminal Code, which has come under fire for its bans on pre-marital sex and insults to the ...

Indonesians swear by jamu. Families have their own recipes carried on from one generation to the next. Spices, roots, and herbs such as turmeric, ginger, and tamarind are traditionally ground into a ...

The Indonesian seas represent the only pathway that connects different ocean basins in the tropics, and therefore play a pivotal role in the coupled ocean and climate system. Here, water flows from ...

Indonesian stocks are poised for their best performance in 11 years, as the growing presence of local retail investors more ...

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JAKARTA – A plan by the Indonesian government to offer dual citizenship to former citizens, to entice those with skills to return, has been given a big thumbs-up by the diaspora. But far more details ...

A pastor came under pressure from local Muslims in Indonesia on Christmas Eve to announce that Christmas services were ...

Setyana Mapasa, an Olympic badminton player, had to give up her Indonesian citizenship to play the sport for Australia. After moving to Sydney in 2013, she was still able to visit her family in ...

We’re lucky to have not just one great Indonesian restaurant, but because of a relatively large Indonesian community, we have a whole host of them. See, Indonesia is the world’s largest island nation, ...