Indonesian school shaves heads of 14 girls for wearing Islamic head scarves incorrectly, faces backlash

A school on Indonesia’s main island has stirred controversy by partially shaving the heads of 14…

Japanese man fined over $14.5k for taking smoke breaks during work hours

A Japanese civil servant was penalised for smoking more than 4,500 times at work over the…

Indonesia to penalise sex outside marriage as part of criminal code revision

Indonesian officials have confirmed that a new criminal code that would penalise having sex outside of…