We have all heard of those stories where every second person you meet on a dating app is usually married and usually just looking for friends and a fling. In fact, according to a story published in ...

JAKARTA—Cipta Lindu, a mild-mannered Jakarta web designer, thought he was, at age 34, getting too old to find a wife, so it was something like altruism, or perhaps a bit of fantasy, that prompted him ...

Online dating companies are pivoting to Asia as swipe-right fatigue takes hold in North America and Europe. While the apps have been struggling in western markets, executives said they were growing in ...

JAKARTA -- Indonesia is turning into an important battleground for dating apps, thanks to its large population of young internet users and the potential for growth. Local startups such as Wavoo and ...

In Indonesia, where polygamy is legal, a new kind of dating app is making waves. The Tinder-style swiping app Ayo Poligami, which loosely translates to “Let’s go polygamy,” aims to entice single ...

The movement called Indonesia Tanpa Pacaran (Indonesia without dating) flourishes. For conservatives, premarital betrothal is a sinful product of Western decadence. For experts, it is a reaction to ...

JAKARTA: In hopes of finding her soulmate, Helinsa Kaban turned to a dating app three years ago and soon found a match. Their conversation shifted to WhatsApp, but Helinsa “immediately felt something ...

JAKARTA (AFP) - Google has pulled one of the world's largest gay dating apps from the Indonesian version of its online store in response to government demands, Jakarta said Wednesday (Jan 31), amid a ...

Frustrated after a string of break-ups, Dwita Astari Pujiartati quit the casual romance circuit and turned to a growing trend among Indonesian singles – marriage without dating. The 27-year-old ...

Indonesian women attending a religious lecture on marriage without dating at a mosque in Bekasi on Feb 1. (AFP pic) JAKARTA: Frustrated after a string of break-ups, Dwita Astari Pujiartati quit the ...

Saying no to dating is part of a growing ultraconservative social movement in Indonesia being spread through Instagram and WhatsApp. Show more Saying no to dating is part of a growing ...

An Acehnese Sharia police officer mans a checkpoint as a Muslim woman walks past by in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Oct. 19, 2013. Credit: AP Photo/Heri Juanda Fajran Zain still remembers the ...