1,400 Migrants Rescued Off Indonesia & Malyasia. by Melissah Yang. May 11, 2015. ... The rescues come a day after 600 migrants were rescued off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province.

Two other people were also sentenced to 34 and 8 strokes each for gambling. Indonesia’s secular central government granted Aceh the right to implement Islamic Shariah law in 2006 as part of a ...

The Lunar New Year is being celebrated around the world on Sunday to mark the start of the year of the snake. Also known as the Spring Festival, it is the most important holiday of the year in ...

Indonesia has become one of the world's major emerging economies, but faces demands for independence in some areas. Read more country profiles , external - Profiles by BBC Monitoring , external ...

Indonesia’s ocean resources are worth over $256 bn annually, more than a 1/4 of the national economy. To ensure a healthy and equitable future, the oceans are in need of sustainable management and ...