JAKARTA ~ The country’s new air transport chief is to step up the monitoring of airlines and could shut some... Read More →

Vacationers Largely Unfazed by String of Disasters SEMINYAK ~ Foreign tourist arrivals to Bali were up more than 35 percent... Read More →

YOGYAKARTA, Central Java ~ Investigators were combings through the burned-out skeleton of a Garuda Indonesia airliner on Thursday to find... Read More →

SINGAPORE ~ Singapore’s planning for a long-term population of 6.5 million, up nearly 50 percent from the current level, has... Read More →

SOLOK, West Sumatra ~ Relief operations swung into gear on Wednesday, a day after a powerful quake rocked western Sumatra... Read More →

SEMINYAK/DENPASAR ~ People were sacrificed as part of elaborate cremation ceremonies in Bali as recently as the turn of the... Read More →

JAKARTA ~ The central government may impose a 10-year age limit on domestic passenger planes from their first flight in... Read More →

NEW YORK ~ The burial site of Jesus has been found and suggests he had a wife and son, according... Read More →

JAKARTA ~ American mining giant Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc. paid the central government US$1.6 billion last year from its... Read More →

JAKARTA ~ At least 15 people, including three children, were killed on Thursday when a ferry carrying more than 200... Read More →