After living in Malaysia for 12 years without proper papers, Ramlah, an Indonesian woman, plans to return home through a voluntary repatriation program for foreign migrants that expires on Dec. 31, or ...

A hydropower project in the Indonesian part of Borneo is forging ahead despite recent setbacks, including the withdrawal of key international partners PowerChina and Sumitomo, according to the local ...

Indonesia is going ahead with a project to convert millions of acres in Papua into a gigantic sugarcane plantation so it can become self-sufficient in sugar and its related liquid fuel, bioethanol.

Tribal violence and claims of ‘cannibalism’ in Papua New Guinea have marked the start of 2025 for the Pacific nation as it prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary of independence. Nine people were ...

A proposal by the governor of Jakarta to build an artificial island to help dispose of the city’s 8,000 tons of daily trash is being criticized by environmentalists who say waste needs to be reduced, ...

Four Philippine police officers have been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping three Chinese tourists and a Malaysian, officials said Wednesday. Security camera footage released by the interior ...

Muhammad Arif Rofiudin spent 27 years meticulously maintaining machines that wove traditional sarongs at a garment factory in Pekalongan, a Central Java city that is one of Indonesia’s textile hubs.

The threatened deportations from Thailand of a Vietnamese ethnic minority activist and 48 Uyghurs detained after trying to flee China have cast a harsh spotlight on Bangkok. But a flood of war ...

A video of a drag queen dressed as Jesus Christ and singing a punk rendition of The Lord’s Prayer has gone viral online and caused a public uproar in the staunchly Catholic Philippines. It even ...

The Papua New Guinea government’s push for news organizations to become its cheer-leading squad is under further scrutiny this week as parliament hears testimony from journalists and top officials.

An ethnic minority militia force based on Myanmar's border with Thailand is suspected of enabling extensive internet fraud, human trafficking, forced labor and other crimes, and is being enriched by a ...

In Yasothon province in northeastern Thailand, Anon Ngiwlai has tilled the soil for decades, while relying on government-backed loans to purchase land, cattle, fertilizer and farm vehicles. Just last ...