President Donald Trump and an entourage that included Nvidia's Jensen Huang and Elon Musk were greeted with a lavish welcome in Beijing on Wednesday as he prepared to ask China's Xi Jinping to "open up" to US business at the start of their two-day summit.

The Indonesian currency hit a new historic low two weeks ago and is trading near 17,557 per US dollar as global uncertainty mounts.

The benchmark index dropped 1.98 percent to 6,723.32 when the market closed on Wednesday. It has declined by more than 20 percent since the beginning of the year.  

Consumer inflation in the United States hit a three-year high in April, government data showed Tuesday, with the economic fallout of the Iran war rippling through the world's largest economy.

Indonesia started banning social media for children under 16 in March, when the communications ministry named eight platforms that must comply with new rules.

The European Union is working on new rules to protect children from the addictive designs of social media such as TikTok, Meta and X, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday.

The state asset fund is evaluating the development of its investment in GoTo and has yet to determine the size of any additional stake. 

President Prabowo Subianto had mandated the government to extend the repayment period from 30 to 40 years to ease homebuyers’ installment burden.

If completed, the integration would combine the global and domestic strengths of both entities and potentially create one of the country’s largest financial institutions, with combined assets exceeding Rp 480 trillion (US$27.5 billion).

Indonesians effectively pay more to fly from Jakarta to Surabaya than from Denpasar to Sydney, a signal that something in the structure of the domestic market is not working as it should.

Oil prices climbed on Tuesday as US-Iran talks stalled, while markets were mixed as traders appeared to shrug off uncertainty over the 10-week-old war.

Japan and the US reaffirmed their close cooperation in dealing with exchange rate moves, including on currency intervention, Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama told reporters after a meeting in Tokyo with her US counterpart, Scott Bessent, on Tuesday.

The closure of steelmaker PT Krakatau Osaka Steel (KOS) has sparked fears that Indonesia’s steel industry crisis is deepening, undermining the government’s self-sufficiency push in the strategic sector.

The government believes that climbing commodity prices have created windfall profits for mining companies, requiring an adjustment to the state's revenue share.

Visitors from the Middle East, Europe and the US typically spend more and stay longer in Indonesia compared with tourists from other regions, Tourism Minister said.

Indonesia has held two tax amnesties, in 2016 and 2022, the first of which was initiated on the fallout from the Panama Papers leak that revealed data on individuals holding assets offshore, many in tax haven countries.

In Barma Baru village, Meyado district, Teluk Bintuni regency, West Papua, change is evident. TK Negeri Barma Baru, a kindergarten that for years had to endure a cramped, plywood-partitioned space, now stands in a more suitable building with much more adequate facilities.

The dollar climbed in Asia on Monday on signs that talks between the United States and Iran were deadlocked, leaving the vital Strait of Hormuz all but shut and sending oil prices higher.

In an exclusive interview with The Jakarta Post, Deputy Creative Economy Minister Irene Umar highlights a new focus on pushing underdeveloped roles, such as community management and QC testing, to grow the local gaming industry for global appeal.

President Prabowo Subianto has called on ASEAN member states to accelerate the development of renewable energy and make progress on the long-proposed Trans-Borneo Power Grid, warning that energy security is an “urgent” necessity amid instability in the Middle East.

The already constrained global copper market is likely to worsen on the miner's decision to postpone resuming full operations at the Grasberg mine by a year, primarily because its key underground mine is yet to recover from last September's fatal landslide, according to its president director.

China's export growth gathered pace in April as factories raced to meet a wave of orders from AI-related industries and other buyers seeking to stockpile components amid fears the Iran war could push global input costs even higher.

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison has consistently shown consistent momentum and numbers, recording steady year-on-year growth over the past three consecutive quarters.

The share of the elderly population continues to climb and exceed10 percent for the first time in 2025.

US employment rose more than expected in April, alleviating some concerns about the health of the world's largest economy even as one measure of consumer confidence came in at its lowest-ever level.

Though the finance minister did not specify which countries would be exempted from the latest forex earnings rule, set to enter into force on June 1, this may apply to the US under the terms of the ART.

The Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) has partly attributed the production halt and planned shutdown of steelmaker PT Krakatau Osaka Steel (KOS) to muted demand from the Nusantara capital city (IKN) project in East Kalimantan.