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Indonesian fishermen, lured by higher paychecks and steady work, are leaving poorer fishing villages for Malaysia, and are sailing right into the jaws of Abu Sayyaf.

VICE heads to Bandung to meet Atung and his crew of gravediggers to learn what men who deal with death every day can tell us about life.

During Japanese occupation, thousands of Southeast Asian women were forced to serve as sex workers. But on one tiny island in Indonesia, local women resisted by heavily tattooing themselves. Broadly traveled to meet the last tattooed women of Timor.

In a country where a vast majority of Muslims oppose polygamy, a passionate group of men and women who practice it are trying to make the arrangement more mainstream.

We got an inside look at the rite of passage, complete with colorful costumes, live music, and dancing horses.

VICE investigated the Swissindo World Trust International Orbit, a cult that's convinced its followers it can wipe away debts—even though critics, prosecutors, and bankers say it's all just a Ponzi scheme.

This is what crime and punishment look like in Indonesia

Walking through fire, head-butting cinder blocks, and biting snakes: You don't want no smoke from the Indonesian military.

Action and Ice-T dig into tacos, chicken and waffles and Indonesian pancakes.

VICE met up with the leading directors, producers, and screenwriters behind Indonesia's 80s exploitation films—marked by violence, sex, and a dedication to showing viewers a good time.

VICE News traveled to rural Indonesia and speaks with the family of one of the two accused attackers

Crowd chants as two gay men in Indonesia are publicly caned for having sex