Jakarta (dpa) – News this month that an 8-year-old boy was addicted to cigarettes has raised concerns about the smoking epidemic among Indonesian youths.
The country, home to 237 million people, ranks third in the world for the number of smokers (...)
DENPASAR, INDONESIA (dpa) – Indonesian police on Sunday killed five suspected militants on the resort island of Bali, a police spokesman said.
Three of the suspects were killed in a resort bungalow in the Sanur area while the other two were (...)
Jakarta (dpa) – A helicopter supplying a US-owned Freeport mining operation in Indonesia's Papua province crashed, killing three people, state media reported Sunday.
The helicopter went missing Saturday and rescuers found the wreckage the (...)
Jakarta (dpa) – Janet Jackson, Kylie Minogue and Justin Bieber are among big names that held concerts in Indonesia last year.
Katy Perry, Rod Stewart and Roxette recently performed in Jakarta, while Lady Gaga and Elton John are on the roster to (...)
Jakarta (dpa) – An Indonesian paper company has been logging protected trees in forests that are home the endangered Sumatran tiger, Greenpeace said Thursday.
Greenpeace said a year-long investigation showed that ramin, an internationally (...)
Jakarta (dpa) – Indonesia's Supreme Court on Monday reinstated a 15-year jail sentence for radical cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir for terrorism, a court spokesman said.
The Jakarta High Court in October commuted Ba'asyir's sentence to nine years, (...)
Denpasar, Indonesia (dpa) – Indonesia on Friday replaced the chief warden at a prison on the resort island of Bali after two nights of rioting by prisoners.
The Justice Ministry removed the governor of Kerobokan prison Bowo Nariwono from his post (...)
Jakarta (dpa) – An Indonesian Islamist group designated as a terrorist organization by the US State Department on Friday dismissed the move.
The US State Department said Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT) was allegedly responsible for multiple (...)
Denpasar, Indonesia (dpa) – Authorities on Indonesia's resort island of Bali were Thursday preparing to transfer foreign inmates, women and children from the main prison there after two nights of rioting.
The prison houses 60 foreigners, 120 (...)
Jakarta (dpa) – Abuses and poor policing have triggered growing violence against the police in Indonesia, the International Crisis Group said Friday.
There have been 40 attacks on police stations across Indonesia since August 2010, the (...)
Banda Aceh, Indonesia (dpa) – Authorities in Indonesia's staunchly Muslim province of Aceh warned youths Wednesday against celebrating Valentine's Day, saying it could lead them into promiscuity.
“We advise the public not to celebrate Valentine's (...)
Jakarta (dpa) – An Indonesian court sentenced 10 Islamist militants to between eight and five years in prison Wednesday, for their roles in last year's suicide bombing at a police mosque.
The April 2011 attack inside a police compound in the West (...)
Jakarta (dpa) – Indonesia and Australia on Monday agreed to take more steps to curb people smuggling and the influx of undocumented migrants.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa and his Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd met in Jakarta to (...)
Jakarta (dpa) – Two Indonesian workers were shot dead Monday near a US-run gold and copper mine in the restive province of Papua, the military said.
The victims were employees of a firm contracted by the Indonesian unit of Phoenix-based (...)