Indonesia's justice minister has announced he hopes to sign parole documents for Schapelle Corby within three days.

A New Zealand police training project about to start in the troubled Indonesian territory of West Papua this year has been described by Papuans as "the same as sending money to kill us".

Indonesia's first lady has apologised to her hundreds of thousands of Instagram followers after a series of angry outbursts on the smartphone photo-sharing service.

Tony Abbott has vowed turning asylum seekers' boats back to Indonesia, despite brutality claims and warnings of naval conflict.

Flooding has forced thousands to evacuate Indonesia's capital city once again, as monsoon rains wreaked havoc on Jakarta.

The family of a mother and daughter who died in Bali are adamant they had no seafood allergies and say the pair's 'bizarre' deaths deserve an answer.

A giant python has suffocated and killed a security guard at a luxury beachfront hotel on the holiday island of Bali, Indonesia.

When one is caught red-handed, a prompt and unequivocal apology is usually the best response. How Tony Abbott must now regret not saying sorry to Indonesia earlier.

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Indonesia has withdrawn its ambassador from Canberra following revelations that Australian intelligence bugged the phones of President SBY, his wife and a number of senior ministers in August 2009.

Mt Sinabung in north Sumatra has been spewing ash and lava 4km into the sky this week, forcing up to 4,300 people to evacuate.

Schapelle Corby's half-brother will plead guilty to cocaine possession charges, his lawyer says.

Chris Pritchard finds the world's best examples of Hindu and Buddhist art in Indonesia.

Indonesia's capital is getting rid of the monkey business. Security forces are conducting raids to rescue macaques used in masked monkey performances on Jakarta's streets.

The name of the beer here in Bali is a tad corny, Bali Hai, the haunting tune from the musical South Pacific.

Each week, Flight Centre's team of experts answers your travel questions.

Racism is no part of the issue, writes Hussein Rawlings. Nor should we fear the accusation of "protectionism". Are Indonesia, China, or Thailand challenged on their land ownership laws?

A New Zealand-born archaeologist involved in the discovery of a new species of people, known as "hobbits'', has died.

The Togian Islands off the northern Indonesian island of Sulawesi offer some of the best diving spots on earth.

There's no mistaking it, Ubud has taken over from Seminyak - with its comparatively garish nightclubs and resorts - as Bali's premiere destination.

Ann Huston and her sons hire a boat and head to Indonesia's Komodo National Park in search of giant lizards.

It has been controversial right from the time of the first pilot project five years ago, but our Government seems set to continue giving aid to the police in Indonesian-controlled West Papua.

Australia has offered Indonesia an "official guarantee" that convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby will not breach parole if she is released from jail.

Ann Huston took her sons on a voyage to Borneo’s Tanjung Puting National Park to meet their orange relatives.