Now playing Next Business Indonesia: selling products on social media banned From now on, people can still see ads when scrolling on their phones, but not directly purchase the products they see on their screen. 28/09/2023
Now playing Next no comment WATCH: Firefighters battle several peatland fires on Indonesia's Sumat Firefighters were battling several peatland fires in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Wednesday. 13/09/2023
Now playing Next Scenes Meet the young environmentalist sending children to school in Indonesia In partnership with Media City, Qatar. Poverty remains a stumbling block that prevents many Indonesian children from going to school. One 11-year-old is determined to change that. He does so while protecting the environment too. 21/08/2023
Now playing Next no comment WATCH: Divers hoist underwater flag for Indonesia's Independence Day Divers in Indonesia held an underwater flag-raising ceremony on Thursday as one of the events in celebration of the country’s 78th Independence Day. 17/08/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Watch: Indonesia breaks world record for largest angklung performance As a pre-ceremony event for the 78th Anniversary of Indonesia's independence, 15110 angklung players gathered to break an incredible world record. 08/08/2023
Now playing Next Travel News Naked tourists prompt mountain-climbing ban in Bali The popular Indonesian island is cracking down on badly behaved tourists. 17/07/2023
Now playing Next Experiences This island paradise is now home to an equine spa retreat ‘Horses, in our experience, simply speed things up, a little bit like how an art therapist uses their paint.’ 15/07/2023
Now playing Next Nature Meet the reformed poachers saving Indonesia’s coral reefs Illegal fishing methods became popular in the Spermonde Islands as the demand for fish and exotic corals spiked. 09/06/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Offering ritual sacrifices on an active volcano in Indonesia Worshippers from Tengger tribe climb the active Mount Bromo volcano in East Java, to toss livestock, food, candy and even cash into the abyss in a centuries-old religious ceremony. 06/06/2023
Now playing Next Indonesia Hindus in Indonesia throw ritual offerings to gods into active volcano For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, villages in a region of Indonesia have been allowed to resume throwing ritual offerings to the gods into an active volcano. 06/06/2023
Now playing Next no comment Watch: Hindu worshippers throw offerings into active volcano Participants scaled Mount Bromo in Indonesia, carrying goats, chickens and vegetables in the annual Yadnya Kasada Festival. 05/06/2023
Now playing Next Destinations Could ecotourism give mangrove forests a boost in Indonesia? Mangroves have been ‘levelled down’ for tourism in the past. Can conscious travel to the archipelago of over 17,000 islands help? 02/06/2023
Now playing Next no comment Thai Monks welcomed in Indonesia for Vesak celebrations Thousands of people from across the archipelago are expected to attend at the historic site in Magelang, Central Java, where the annual Vesak celebration has also become a tourist attraction. 01/06/2023
Now playing Next no comment Balloons take to the skies in a colourful festival in Java Dozens of homemade balloons fly during the days-long Ansor Kertek Balloon Culture Festival, which is back in full swing this year after a Covid hiatus in 2020 and 2021. 28/04/2023
Now playing Next no comment Third massive whale dies after beaching itself in Bali A 17-metre-long sperm whale has died after washing up on a beach in Bali, making it the third whale to beach itself on the Indonesian island in just a little over a week. 09/04/2023
Now playing Next Living Electric vehicles need nickel but what is the human cost of mining it? Forests have been cleared and oceans have turned red in the pursuit of nickel. 15/03/2023
Now playing Next Travel News Why is Bali banning tourists from renting motorbikes? Balinese authorities are 'tidying up’ by cracking down on tourists hiring motorbikes. 15/03/2023
Now playing Next Nature Indonesia’s new capital city could be a ‘massive ecological disaster’ "The future generations will only hear the stories about the species here because they won't exist anymore." 10/03/2023
Now playing Next no comment Rohingya refugees arriving in Aceh More than 100 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslim refugees were among the latest group to reach ashore in Indonesia on Sunday after a long and dangerous journey aboard a wooden boat. 08/01/2023
Now playing Next no comment Watch: Boat with dozens of Rohingya men lands in Indonesia Early on Sunday a wooden boat carrying nearly 60 Rohingya refugees landed in the Indonesian province of Aceh, according to local police. 26/12/2022
Now playing Next Travel News Pre-marital sex ban sends shockwaves among Bali digital nomads The new laws - which take effect in three years - will apply to locals and tourists alike, with a punishment of up to one year in prison. 09/12/2022
Now playing Next Travel News How will Indonesia’s ban on sex outside marriage impact tourists? New ‘morality’ laws apply to Indonesians and foreigners alike. 07/12/2022
Now playing Next Indonesia Protests in Indonesia as lawmakers agree to ban sex outside marriage Lawmakers passed a controversial revision of Indonesia's penal code, which also bans the cohabitation of unmarried couples Rights groups slammed the move as a crackdown on civil and political freedoms. 06/12/2022
Now playing Next Indonesia Indonesia bans sex before marriage for locals and foreign visitors The new code bans both premarital and extramarital sexual relations, with a punishment of up to one year in prison. 06/12/2022
Now playing Next no comment Locals recover belongings after a volcano eruption in Indonesia The improved weather conditions on Monday allowed rescuers to resume evacuation efforts and a search for possible victims after the highest volcano on Indonesia’s most densely populated island erupted. 05/12/2022
Now playing Next Indonesia Eruption of Java's volcano forces thousands to evacuate in Indonesia An eruption on Indonesia’s Mt. Semeru released searing gas clouds and rivers of lava forced around 2,000 people to evacuate. 04/12/2022