The pempek restaurants in the Plaju neighborood were full to the gills in early March. Palembang chefs pulverized mudfish caught from the Musi River into subtle variations of the historic city’s ...

The Chola Empire demonstrated this centuries ago, using naval power to establish a presence in Java, Sumatra, and Indo-China—a legacy still visible in the Hindu and Buddhist temples across Southeast ...

Mosques stand as powerful symbols of faith, culture, and architectural brilliance in Islam. From intricate domes and towering minarets to detailed calligraphy and vibrant mosaics, these sacred spaces ...

3. The state also annually holds Baliyatra, literally ‘voyage to Bali’ – a seven-day festival to commemorate the 2,000-year-old maritime and cultural links between Kalinga and Bali and other South and ...

With an air of royal confidence, these solitary beasts roam forests and grasslands, owning the space like they’re patrolling their empire. Tigers are the largest ... through Indochina to Sumatra and ...

It comes just weeks after a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck about 620km off the coast of Sumatra, in western Indonesia. The quake was recorded at a depth of 10km at 11.30am local time on February 7.

By the 1890s, the U.S. wanted to emulate and compete with its mother country, Britain, which had a global empire. For the U.S. to have such an empire, it would require coal stations in distant ...

A new flintlock fantasy horror trilogy from Richard Swan begins in Grave Empire. Set in the Empire of the Wolf, 200 years after the events of a previous trilogy, you don’t need to have read what ...