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

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

The high-profile case began in 2005 when Indonesia caught nine young Australians trying to smuggle 8.3kg (18lb) of heroin out ...

Some on voting day even told the BBC they wanted a strongman in office ... But he returned to Indonesia a few years later, building up his wealth in palm oil and mining before making the jump ...

will produce a regime with unjust policies," Reuters news agency cited him as saying. The head of Mr Ganjar's legal team had also told BBC Indonesia they would challenge the result in court.

Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency said no serious injuries have been reported. Erma Yulihastin, a climatologist at BRIN, told BBC Indonesia that she believes the 65km/h (40mph) threshold had ...

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 ...

an elections analyst at University of Indonesia, parliament's move to annul the court's decision is unconstitutional. "This is a robbery of the constitution," she told BBC Indonesian.

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 ...

Indonesia, the third-largest democracy in the world, is voting on 14 February in just its sixth election since it emerged from a military dictatorship in the 1990s. It's a three-way race for the ...

The apparent victory of Prabowo Subianto in Indonesia's presidential election is a dramatic moment in the country's history. Even though polls put him as the front-runner for many weeks before ...

After two failed attempts, Prabowo Subianto has finally clawed his way into Indonesia's ultimate seat ... Some on voting day even told the BBC they wanted a strongman in office - someone to ...