Indonesia

The death toll following the eruption of the highest volcano on Indonesia’s most densely populated island of Java has risen to 13, with seven people still missing, officials say as rain continues to pound the region and hamper search efforts

Indonesia’s GoTo Group has secured $1.3 billion from investors in the first close of an ongoing funding round ahead of a planned initial public offering.

International expansion from both JD.com and rival Alibaba could challenge the e-commerce dominance of Amazon in certain parts of the world.

More than 100 world leaders, including U.S. President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping, have committed to end deforestation by 2030.

Heather Mack, the Chicago woman who garnered international headlines for helping to kill her mother and stuffing her body into a suitcase, was released from an Indonesian prison Friday after serving seven years, but some relatives continue to assert the sentence wasn’t harsh enough.

Residential superyachts sell onboard apartments to owners who want top-of-the-line amenities without the hassle of boat maintenance and staffing.

The U.S. — by some distance — was found to be responsible for the largest share of CO2 emissions from 1850 through to the present day.

The pandemic ended some jobs and turned others remote, allowing people to make life-changing moves to places like Greece, Napa Valley and Costa Rica.

From Phuket to Singapore, some of Southeast Asia’s most popular islands are slowly opening the doors to international travelers again.

Indonesia’s military says security forces have killed the country’s most wanted militant with ties to the Islamic State group.

A massive fire raged through an overcrowded prison near Indonesia’s capital, killing at least 41 inmates, two of them foreigners serving drug sentences, and injuring 80 others

Carbon dioxide emissions from the global electric power sector surged past pre-pandemic levels to record highs in the first half of 2021, new research found.

Indonesia’s most active volcano has erupted with its biggest lava flow in months on the densely populated island of Java.

In a race to get more people vaccinated, businesses and local governments are coming up with creative ways to encourage those who are still hesitant.

A rumbling volcano on Indonesia’s Sumatra island has shot billowing columns of ash and hot clouds down its slopes.

Indonesia reported 350,273 new infections between July 12 and July 18, a 44% increase from the week before, the World Health Organization said.

Indonesia’s finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati discusses the country’s shifting budgetary focus to “protect the people” without sacrificing the economy.

The spread of the more transmissible delta variant has pushed daily Covid-19 cases to record highs in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in recent weeks.

Travelers regularly search for activities in New York, Paris and Rome — but the world’s most popular online travel search is in none of those places.

Covid infections are increasing much more quickly than before, said Indonesia’s health minister, Budi Gunadi Sadikin.