•A reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus) wriggles over a tree trunk at Hagenbeck Zoo in December 2021/Axel Heimken/Picture Alliance via Getty Images A woman was found dead inside the belly of a snake after it swallowed her whole in central Indonesia…
Landslides kill 4 in Indonesia’s West Papua
At least four people have been killed after rain-triggered landslides hit the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua on Sunday. The country’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), said in a statement on Tuesday. One has been rescued in the disaster…
Heather Mack, convicted in Bali of killing mum and stuffing body in suitcase, pleads guilty in US
A US woman accused of helping to kill her mother and stuff her body in a suitcase during a luxury Bali vacation nine years ago has changed her plea to guilty in a Chicago federal court. Heather Mack, 27, was…
Indonesian president warns Myanmar crisis ‘‘cannot be tolerated’’
South-east Asian leaders on Thursday urged Myanmar’s military to end violence and start a dialogue with opponents to resolve the crisis that has gripped the country. The leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) expressed their “deep concern”…
Russian tourists deported for violating Bali holy temple dress code
Bali’s immigration Department would deport two Russian nationals following their arrest earlier this week for dressing inappropriately in one of the resort island’s most sacred temples. This was according to an official report on Thursday. Three Russians, two women aged…
Brutal jail where drug smuggling Brit gran awaits firing squad after chilling final wish
The hell jail which has held a British gran for nearly a decade as she awaits a date with a firing squad is one of the toughest in Indonesia and the site of several deadly riots. Lindsay Sandiford has been…
Indonesian court acquits 2 police officials charged with negligence in connection to fatal stadium disaster
An Indonesian court on Thursday acquitted two police officials charged with negligence leading to the deaths of 135 people in October when police fired tear gas inside a stadium, setting off a panicked run for the exits. A third official…
Landslide kills at least 11 in Indonesia’s remote Natuna region; dozens missing
At least 11 people have died and dozens still missing in the Indonesian region of Natuna on Monday after a landslide buried houses amid heavy rainfall, the country’s disaster mitigation agency said. Mr Abdul Muhari, a disaster official, told news…
Tourists not affected by Indonesia’s new sex law, says official
Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej, the Deputy Law and Human Rights Minister, on Monday said that Indonesia’s newly revised criminal code that prohibits sex outside marriage would not apply to visitors. The minister said that visitors holidaying in Indonesia would not…
Indonesia passes criminal code banning sex outside marriage
Indonesia’s parliament has approved a new criminal code that bans anyone in the country from having extramarital sex and restricts political freedoms. Sex outside marriage will carry a jail term of up to a year under the new laws, which…