By Hans Nicholas Jong JAKARTA — Indonesia is seeking to redraw the boundaries of a UNESCO World Heritage rainforest to pave ...

South East Asian energy and natural resources company MedcoEnergi has agreed to acquire operating interests in two production ...

Indonesia's newly-launched state farm company plans to invest 8 trillion rupiah ($479 million) until the end of next year to ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong and shallow earthquake shook Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Saturday, killing a resident, injuring 11 and damaging more than a a dozen houses and buildings, police ...

PALEMBANG, Indonesia (AP) — More than 300 forest and peatland fires on Indonesia's Sumatra island caused hazy skies across the region on Monday, prompting government officials to ask people to work ...

BNN's Suyudi said that North Sumatra and Aceh have long served as primary entry points for transnational drug trafficking ...

SIBOLANGIT, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers recovered two more bodies from a tourist bus hit by a landslide triggered by torrential rains on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, bringing the death toll to nine, ...

Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in Sumatra, Indonesia, have resulted in at least 26 confirmed deaths and 11 people missing. Monsoon rains and rising rivers have submerged ...

František Příbrský is a zoologist who has devoted his life to protecting animals in the wild. In Sumatra he founded an NGO to protect slow lorises against poachers, ...