Bill Birtles

Horseracing will end in Singapore when The Turf Club holds its last meet before handing its land back to the government to build apartments to help with housing affordability issues in the city-state, which has one of the most expensive property markets in the world.

Armed pro-independence rebels in Indonesia's Papua region have released New Zealand man Philip Mehrtens after holding him hostage for more than 19 months.

A new wave of construction is sweeping Bali, carving up rice fields and prime beachfront land for "Instagrammable" villas, resorts and massive tourism projects.

A spokesperson for a separatist group holding a New Zealand pilot hostage in Indonesia's Papua region say they plan to release him in August or September.

Fresh claims of boat turnbacks emerge after a group of men seeking to come to Australia by boat is intercepted and sent to Indonesia.

A Timor Leste court sentences Australian man Robert Trott to 11 years in jail after he was convicted of abusing a girl under the age of 12.

Indonesia has one of the fastest-growing film markets in the world, and audiences can’t get enough of one genre in particular.

Police in Kupang name seven suspected people smugglers after intercepting a boat carrying Chinese and Indonesian people they believe were headed to Australia.

Harvey Moeis’s life was idyllic to the point where he was dubbed “the perfect husband” by online users in Indonesia. But that all came crashing down in early April when Indonesian police arrested him and placed him under arrest over a corruption scandal.

Australians in Bali for holidays have been left confused by a new $15 tourism tax and efforts by police to enforce payment.