Each year thousands of the mostly Muslim Rohingya, heavily persecuted in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, risk their lives on long, expensive sea journeys -- often in poor-quality vessels -- in an attempt to reach Malaysia or Indonesia.

Thousands of the mostly Muslim Rohingya, heavily persecuted in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, risk their lives each year on long, expensive sea journeys -- often in poor-quality vessels -- in an attempt to reach Malaysia or Indonesia.

Bogor Cathedral is holding an exhibition of 155 nativity scenes at the former site of Stella Maris Seminary, from Dec. 23 to Jan. 8.

The Medan Corruption Court in North Sumatra acquitted businessman Mujianto from charges of corruption and money laundering, to which state prosecutors said they would file an appeal.

The government will disburse an additional budget of Rp 15 trillion (US$963 million) to develop five priority-tourism destinations in the next two years.

Seven suspects have been detained by the police in connection with the Dec. 7 suicide bombing attack on a district police station in Bandung, West Java.

Surabaya city administration and the Transportation Ministry launched on Tuesday 17 electric buses to ply one of the city’s bus routes.

The Galang Island special infection hospital task force in Riau Islands officially ceased its operation on Wednesday, but dozens of health workers complain that they have yet to be paid their meal allowances.

The Chinese ambassador to Indonesia has given an assurance that the recent deadly accident at the construction project of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway (KCJB) is not a reflection of the safety of the future train service.

The Central Java administration has launched the Anti-corruption Villages program in 29 regencies and municipalities in a bid to boost corruption eradication in the province.

Already beset by a ballooning budget and missed deadlines, the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway project (KCJB) suffers another roadblock as a work train involved with the project careened off the railway, killed two foreign technical workers and injured several others on Sunday evening.

The United States Embassy in Jakarta has opened a competition for organizations to submit applications for funding through the 2023 US Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) to carry out individual projects in preserving Indonesia's cultural heritage.

The company managing the Widi Reserve, officials claimed, had not obtained the proper licenses to proceed with the Sotheby's auction, including a utilization permit that would address environmental concerns.

A plan to repurpose a school in Depok, West Java, faced fierce opposition from the parents, with West Java's governor stepping in following weeks of protests against forced early eviction.

The House of Representatives last week passed the controversial bill that also prohibits cohabitation between unmarried couples.

Komnas HAM is urging the AGO to file a cassation appeal with the country's top court against the full acquittal handed down by a regional human rights court, to the sole defendant ever brought to trial in connection with the 2014 Bloody Paniai mass shooting of protesters by security forces in Papua.

With 6,000 invited guests, including VIPs and foreign dignitaries, the nuptials of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s second son, Kaesang Pangarep, to Erina Gudono held over the weekend in Surakarta, Central Java, and neighboring Yogyakarta have all the hallmarks of wedding of the year.

The miners were at a coal mine in Sawah Lunto when the blast buried an estimated 14 people.

Nearly a decade ago, the real estate mogul and future US president signed a deal to license his name to a six-star holiday destination intended to displace the Nirwana Golf Resort, one of the world's best.

The Central Java Police will deploy 2,188 personnel to maintain security at the wedding reception of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s second son Kaesang Pangarep and his bride Erina Gudono in Surakarta on Sunday.

With post-earthquake reconstruction in full swing, experts called on authorities to make Cianjur an example of how to nurture disaster-resistant communities.

The police are questioning 18 witnesses in relation to the suicide bombing at the Astana Anyar police precinct in Bandung, West Java on Wednesday that killed a police officer and injured 11 people.

A human rights court has cleared an Indonesian ex-soldier of any wrongdoing in relation to the fatal shooting of four teenagers in Papua's Paniai regency in 2014, crushing hopes of any military accountability.

Dozens of healthcare workers at the COVID-19 hospital in Galang Island, Riau Islands, staged a protest over unpaid meal allowance at the hospital compound on Wednesday.

The quake struck at 07:50 am local time (0050 GMT) around 15 kilometres from the town of Cianjur, the USGS said.

The National Police have arrested two Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel allegedly in possession of 40,000 ecstasy pills and 75 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine smuggled from abroad in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra.

Brig. Gen. Ahmad Ramadhan, head of the public information bureau for the National Police, said authorities were coordinating with the counter-terrorism unit to investigate the incident, which killed the suspected attacker and one police officer.

The source of the explosion was not immediately clear.

The quake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres and is not expected to trigger a tsunami, it added.

More than 2,400 villagers have now fled their homes and taken shelter in 11 evacuation centres after the highest mountain in Java erupted early morning Sunday.