An Indonesian bride in traditional attire. Photo from Pexels A woman using the alias Cahaya shared with the Los Angeles Times ...

Indonesian officials are vowing to end the controversial custom of bride kidnapping on the remote island of Sumba, after videos of women being abducted sparked a national debate about the practice.

Poor young women in Indonesian villages are becoming temporary wives for male tourists in exchange for a bride price leading to online condemnation of the practice. Puncak, in the country’s ...

The government is now planning changes to the law. Indonesia is a majority Muslim country and has among the highest number of child brides in the world. The current minimum marriage age is 16 for ...

In Indonesian law, the legal minimum age for marriage is 19 — but many religious unions escape government scrutiny and ...