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6.1-magnitude earthquake rocks Indonesia's Papua
The quake hit about 240 kilometres west of the town of Abepura in Papua province at 10:05 am local time, at a depth of 21 kilometres, according to the US Geological Survey.
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Indonesian YouTube stars get chance for university place
Through a special admission scheme, the National Development University Veteran Jakarta (UPNVJ), is offering places to YouTubers who have a channel with at least 10,000 subscribers and have created original content that has been viewed more than 100,000 times.
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Indonesian cities empty out as millions leave to mark end of Ramadan
The migration takes a toll on Indonesia's roads and travellers who pack their families and luggage into cars or motorbikes to face gruelling trips that can last up to 24 hours.
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Indonesian presidential challenger appeals election loss
Joko Widodo’s rival Prabowo Subianto, a retired general with strong ties to the Suharto dictatorship that collapsed in 1998, has claimed that the 17 April poll was a fraud.
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Jakarta governor says six dead in Indonesia post-election unrest
Protests on Tuesday by supporters of Widodo’s challenger for the presidency, former general Prabowo Subianto, started peacefully but turned violent in the evening, forcing police to fire tear gas to disperse the crowd.
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Indonesian police hunt inmates after mass prison break
The prisoners fled the jail in Siak district on Sumatra island early in the morning after rioting and a fire broke out at the detention centre.
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Floods in Indonesia kill 29, dozen missing
Landslides and floods are common, especially during the monsoon season between October and April, when rains lash the vast Southeast Asian archipelago.
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More than 270 died from overwork-related illnesses in Indonesia elections
The 17 April elections were the first time the country of 260 million people combined the presidential vote with national and regional parliamentary ones, with an aim to cut costs.
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Indonesia's 'everyman' leader on track to beat firebrand ex-general
While official results are not due until next month, a series of so-called "quick counts" by pollsters showed Widodo holding a strong lead with around 55% of the vote to Subianto's 44%.
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Strong 6.1-magnitude quake jolts eastern Indonesia
The quake was 150 kilometres northwest of the coastal town of Ternate at a depth of 37 kilometres, according to the US Geological Survey.
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Boeing makes safety change, Indonesian airline cancels order
National carrier Garuda is the first airline to publicly announce plans to scrap an order since a total of 346 people were killed in 737 MAX crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia.
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Baby reunited with dad as Indonesia flood death toll hits 77
The five-month-old was plucked Sunday from debris inside a house where his mother and siblings were found dead in the hard-hit northeastern town of Sentani.
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Flash floods kill at least 58 in Indonesia's Papua province
A search for more possible victims was underway in the town of Sentani, which was hit by flash floods late on Saturday.
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Malaysia drops murder charge against Indonesian woman in Kim Jong Nam case
After the court decision to release her, 26-year-old Siti Aisyah hugged her co-accused Doan Thi Huong, a 30-year-old Vietnamese woman, and cried.
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Bruno Mars pokes fun at Indonesia song restrictions in cheeky tweet
The West Java broadcasting commission ruled that some 17 foreign songs could only be played on air between 10 pm and 3 am, citing morality concerns.
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Indonesia says scores missing after illegal gold mine collapses
Rescuers said they could hear the voices of some of those trapped in makeshift mining shafts in a muddy hillside in the Bolaang Mongondow area of North Sulawesi province and believed many were still alive.
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Lion Air plane skids off runway at Indonesian airport
The aircraft was operating a Jakarta-Pontianak service, with 182 passengers and seven crew members onboard, Lion Air spokesman Danang Mandala Prihantoro said in a statement.
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Indonesia police apologise for using snake in Papua interrogation
A video circulated online shows a man being questioned about stolen mobile phones seated with his hands tethered behind his back yelling in distress as a snake is pushed towards his face by an officer.
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Indonesian entertainers protest law on 'pornography', blasphemy in music
More than 100 protestors, many carrying placards or playing guitars and drums, took to the streets of Bogor, near Jakarta, on Sunday to demonstrate against the proposed law.
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Indonesia flood, landslide death toll hits 70
Lashed by heavy rain, rivers swelled and burst their banks, inundating dozens of communities across 12 districts as well as parts of the provincial capital Makassar.
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Indonesia floods, landslides death toll climbs to 59
Lashed by the heavy rain, rivers swelled and burst their banks, inundating dozens of communities in 11 districts of southern Sulawesi. Parts of the provincial capital Makassar have also been affected.
