Indonesian Merpati Nusantara flight missing over Papua
Indonesian authorities have suspended a land and air search for a Merpati Nusantara flight that…
Jakarta hotels rocked by terrorist blasts: 9 dead (video)
Nine people have been killed and more than 40 others injured in almost simultaneous early…
US demands royalties on influenza A(H1N1) Mexican swine flu vaccine as thousands more fall ill (video)
An intergovernmental meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) has failed to reach an agreement…
Further delay possible for Bali bombers
The execution of the islamist fundamentalists responsible for the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more…
Gili Trawangan: a paradise lost *updated
Located only 35 kilometres to the east of Bali, the island of Lombok has long…
Death of maid in Malaysia highlights endemic foreign worker abuse (video)
The torture-murder of a 24-year-old Indonesian maid in her employers house in Malaysia last week…
Foreigners caned most in Malaysia (video)
When video of a drug trafficker being caned (rotaned) in Malaysia was leaked onto the…
Indonesian corruption – immigration officials skimming millions
Government officers at the Mataram immigration office are systematically skimming hundreds of millions of rupiah…
Lombok vet takes conservation lead
Animal conservation is not something usually associated with Asian countries, however, the forward looking views…
Trawangan dive school coral regrowth project encouraging
Every year divers from around the world head to Indonesia to explore the pristine waters…
Traditions and cultures merge as Indonesia’s wedding month begins in Lombok (video)
Visitors to Indonesia in the month following the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan might…
Knights on horseback and sea worms feature in Sumba Pasola festival
One of the southern most islands of the Indonesian archipelago is Sumba, or Sandalwood island.…