Indonesia Makes 2032 Olympics Bid Official
JAKARTA — Indonesia has officially joined bidding to host the 2032 Olympics following its success staging the Asian Games last year, the deputy chairman...
Vietnam Memorial to North Korea Pilots Marks Bygone Alliance
BAC GIANG, Vietnam — In a rice field in northern Vietnam, 14 headstones are an enduring symbol of the wartime friendship of Vietnam and...
Unicorns Are Real: Indonesian Candidate Baffled by Tech
JAKARTA — Indonesia's presidential candidates debated some of the most pressing issues facing the world's third-largest democracy: dilapidated infrastructure, struggling farmers, forest fires —...
Myanmar Court Sentences 2 to Death for Killing Suu Kyi Aide
YANGON — A court in Myanmar on Friday sentenced two men to death for the killing of a prominent Muslim lawyer who was a...
Indonesia Land-Burning Fines Unpaid Years After Fires
JAKARTA — Indonesian plantation companies fined for burning huge areas of land since 2009 have failed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in...
Instagram Removes Gay Muslim Comics After Indonesia Warning
JAKARTA — Instagram has removed an account that published comic strips depicting the struggles of gay Muslims in Indonesia following a frenzy of moral...
Indonesian Executioner for IS Killed in Syria
JAKARTA — An Indonesian militant shown killing a foreigner in a 2016 Islamic State group video was killed last month in a battle with...
Indonesia Police Admit Using Snake to Terrorize Papuan Man (Video)
JAKARTA — Indonesian police have acknowledged officers terrorized a Papuan man with a live snake after a video of the incident circulated online showing...
Dutch, Russia in Talks About Responsibility in MH17 Downing
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Netherlands is in diplomatic discussions with Russia about the European country's assertion that Moscow bears legal responsibility for its...
Romanians, Nigerians Arrested in Cambodian Drug Bust
PHNOM PENH — Cambodian police say they have arrested two Romanians and three Nigerians after seizing nearly 5 kilograms (11 pounds) of methamphetamine from...
