While continually attracting foreign investment from the US, Europe, Japan, South Korea and Australia; China is intensifying its diplomatic, trade and cultural engagement with Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia.

ASEAN Cooperation director general at the Foreign Ministry, Djauhari Oratmangun (second left), Center for Strategic and International Studies executive director Rizal Sukma (second right), and The Statesman editor and managing…

Governments, pay attention. The online social media, which innocuously started out as a medium of personal tell-all, is poised to be a powerful catalyst of change as more tech-savvy people…

Pitted between major powers competing for a bigger clout in Asia, Indonesia and other ASEAN countries are poised for skillful maneuvering to ensure no one power becomes too dominant in…

The government’s effort to regulate land ownership dated back to 1945, soon after Indonesia gained independence from its Dutch rulers.

When negotiations over land acquisition for public infrastructure turns ugly, the use of threats as a regular last resort is inevitable.

Chinese and Indonesian leaders are expected to sign an MoU on strengthening bilateral trade this week, one year after the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) came into effect.

This is the second of two reports on land acquisition fiascoes hampering the development of key public infrastructure projects that are badly needed to help the Indonesian economy expand. With…

Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa addressed on Tuesday editors from the Asia News Network (ANN) on current ASEAN issues in a session in conjunction with a seminar titled the Strategic…

Indonesian Trade Minister Mari E. Pangestu (second left), Prasetya Mulya Foundation chair Djisman Simandjuntak (second right) and The Star Malaysia group chief editor Wong Chun Wai (right) discuss free trade…