The strong offshore quake hit about 217 kilometres south-southwest of the city of Bengkulu at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres at 7:52 pm local time (1252 GMT).

Indonesia's Spermonde Archipelago is home to one of the world's most threatened coral reef, but, scientists used new technology to regrow nearly 50% of the reef in just three years.

Lawyers for the trustee overseeing the bankruptcy of the Girardi Keese firm allege the company transferred the money to Jayne's EJ Global LLC, according to a letter they sent to her lawyer.

Chelsea striker Sam Kerr scored five goals as Australia beat Indonesia 18-0 in the Women's Asia Cup. The 28-year-old has now netted 54 goals for her country, overtaking Tim Cahill in the record books.

Tokyo [Japan], February 22 (ANI): Japan and ASEAN are joining hands to enhance economic stability and security related issues. Dr Rizal Sukma, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta said, "We, of course, really r...

Jakarta (Indonesia) [India], February 22 (ANI/PR Newswire):Southeast Asia is witnessing rapid growth in the retail, eCommerce, express logistics and on-demand delivery space. According to reports, eCommerce sales will nearly double to $254bn by the e...

An online troll who was ordered to pay a Bali wedding planner $100,000 after posting defamatory messages about her business on Facebook has been hit with yet another penalty in court.

© Provided by Xinhua JAKARTA, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Need some fresh air? Enjoy seaside paragliding and sunset with us in Indonesia's Yogyakarta.

BANGKOK -- Thailand on Monday raised its COVID-19 alert level to the second-highest tier following a rising number of new infections linked to the spread of the Omicron variant. The Ministry of Public Health raised the COVID-19 alert level from 3 to ...

JAKARTA, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Monday confirmed 34,418 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 5,231,923, the country's health ministry said. According to the ministry, the death toll from COVID-19 in the country rose by 176...

Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 21 (ANI): Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party is a confused party as it questions both, the presence and the absence of Netaji (SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yad...

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 21 (ANI): Actor and environmentalist Juhi Chawla took to social media to pen a loving birthday wish for her daughter, Jahnavi Mehta, who turned 21 on Monday. The actor posted a beautiful picture of her and her d...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Timor-Leste beat host Cambodia 1-0 on Sunday to win Group A in the final group fixture of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U23 Championship 2022. With the Philippines edging Brunei 2-1 in an inconsequent tie of the ...

Myanmar's military government has criticized calls for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' special envoy to the conflict-torn country to meet bodies that oppose last year's coup, which the junta has declared as "terrorist" groups.With little ...

JAKARTA, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Sunday confirmed 48,484 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total tally to 5,197,505, the Health Ministry said. According to the ministry, the death toll from COVID-19 has risen by 163 to 146,365, while the total...

Shravasti (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 20 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda on Sunday said that nations like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq and Indonesia do not have Triple Talaq but our secular natio...

Shravasti (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 20 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda on Sunday said that nations like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq and Indonesia do not have Triple Talaq but our secular natio...

The yuan ranks as the world's fourth most popular currency in cross-border paymentsChina's national currency, the yuan, retained its position as the fourth most actively used currency for global transactions in January, according to data from the Soc...

Beijing [China], February 20 (ANI): China is trying to stoke political instability in the Maldives, an archipelago country that is already hugely indebted to China, with an aim to gain dominance in the Indian Ocean region. China's Foreign Minister Wa...

washington - A major initiative to strengthen and cement America's ties with Asia and counterbalance China's expanding influence lacks robust trade incentives that are viewed as politically perilous in the United States, where protectionist sentiment...

Munich [Germany], February 20 (ANI): Reaffirming strong diplomatic relations with ASEAN nations, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Saturday dismissed a recent poll that suggested that trust of the southeast Asian bloc had decreased in I...

HONG KONG -- A delegation of mainland epidemiologists on Saturday continued visiting anti-COVID-19 institutions and facilities in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), and learned about the environmental investigation carried out by th...

JAKARTA, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia confirmed 59,384 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising its tally of infections to 5,149,021, the country's health ministry said. According to the ministry, the death toll from COVID-19 in the country rose by 1...

Bangkok - An annual joint military exercise between the United States and Thailand will kick off on Sunday on a reduced scale compared to pre-pandemic times, with traditional war games absent from a two-week program of largely humanitarian training d...

New Delhi [India], February 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the government will draft policies to ensure that no hindrance comes in the path of the emerging new drone market in the country. The Prime minister flagged off 10...

JAKARTA, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Finance leaders from the Group of 20 (G20) agreed on realizing a well calibrated, well planned, well communicated normalization in the monetary policy to minimize the impacts of the Fed's raising interest rates. The conse...

HONG KONG -- The election for the chief executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), originally scheduled for March 27, will be postponed to May 8 due to the COVID-19 epidemic, HKSAR Chief Executive Carrie Lam said here on Fr...

JAKARTA, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Group of 20 (G20) meeting's host country Indonesia has urged finance leaders from the world's 20 top economies to push the issue of green bonds as part of a sustainable finance instrument to fight climate change. Bank...

JAKARTA, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Friday confirmed 59,635 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 5,089,637, the country's Health Ministry said. According to the ministry, the death toll from COVID-19 in the country rose by 216...

JAKARTA, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The groups were confirmed for FIBA Asia Cup 2022 at the draw which was held here on Friday. The 16 participating teams were drawn into four groups of four teams each in the FIBA Asia Cup which will take place in Jakarta, ...

ABU DHABI, 9th February, 2022 (WAM) -- Mohammed Saif Al-Suwaidi, Director General of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, received Husin Bagis,...