The contract covers the procurement of 10,000 electric motorcycles, with deliveries set to begin in March 2026.

US President Donald Trump and nine major pharmaceutical companies on Friday announced deals that will slash the prices of their medicines for the government's Medicaid program and for cash payers, in his latest bid to align US costs with those in other wealthy nations.

In the shadow of Indonesia’s crackdown on imported secondhand clothing, a quieter, more exclusive form of thrifting continues to operate at the margins of legality.

Indonesia’s technical team, tasked with the legal drafting process, has arrived in the US capital about a week ago to pave the way for Coordinating Economy Minister Airlangga Hartarto.

The US president has imposed painful import tariffs on countries around the world in an attempt to boost his country's manufacturers and reduce its colossal trade deficit.

State revenue reached just 82.1 percent of the full-year outlook in November, down 5.67 percent from the same period last year, while the budget deficit stood at 2.35 percent of GDP, noticeably higher than October's 2.02 percent, though the finance minister said this was "within manageable limits".

The world-first policy would ban imports into the EU of cocoa, palm oil and other commodities linked to forest destruction, requiring foreign exporters of these commodities to provide due diligence statements proving their products did not contribute to forest destruction.

The pipeline will link gas sources in Java and Sumatra to key industrial zones across Aceh, North Sumatra and Riau, and is scheduled for completion by the end of 2027.

US consumer inflation slowed unexpectedly in November, delayed government data showed Thursday, although levels remained higher than earlier in the year before President Donald Trump's tariffs flowed through the economy.

Under the new formula, provincial minimum wages would rise by between 5.3 percent and 7.3 percent, an increase employers deem too steep.

They join tech boss Michael Dell and his wife Susan in contributing to the so-called "Trump accounts," part of the "One Big Beautiful Bill" that the Republican president pushed through Congress in July.

The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) has temporarily suspended trading in the shares of pulp producer PT Toba Pulp Lestari (INRU) following a government-ordered halt to its operations. 

Some of the projects set to commence include a US$24 billion aluminium smelter, refinery facilities for bio-aviation fuel in Central Java and a bioethanol facility in East Java.

In a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, Chinese scientists have built what Washington has spent years trying to prevent: a prototype of a machine capable of producing the cutting-edge semiconductor chips that power artificial intelligence, smartphones and weapons central to Western military dominance.

With the world’s attention turning increasingly toward South Asia, the National University of Singapore (NUS) has launched a new master’s programme that studies a region at the centre of global conversation.

Asian shares fell on Thursday as the tech sector took a beating on renewed angst about AI spending, while investors braced for a wave of central bank meetings set to underscore policy divergence worldwide.

A continued push for transit-oriented development (TOD) is reshaping Jakarta’s property landscape, helping retail outlets along MRT corridors and producing new growth hot spots.

Bank Indonesia has kept the BI Rate unchanged in its final policy meeting of 2025 after having cut the benchmark interest rate five times throughout the year.

The IKN Authority announced that Nusantara International Airport is in the process of changing its status from a special-purpose airport to a public airport, a necessary step to serve commercial flights.

The government has set a two-year deadline to clear the massive Bantargebang landfill in Bekasi, West Java, leveraging the accelerated waste-to-energy program.

Provincial leaders must then determine the size of next year’s minimum wage increase no later than Dec. 24

Two nickel associations have formally objected to a potential fine of nearly $400,000 per hectare per year under a new ministerial decree targeting mining activities in forest areas, saying it could lead to industry-wide inequality.

President Donald Trump's administration warned on Tuesday the United States could impose fees or restrictions on European service providers in response to what it called “discriminatory” actions against US firms.

Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa has acknowledged high pressure on the state budget and said the government’s 2025 deficit target may be missed but vowed that the figure would remain below the legal cap at 3 percent of GDP.

A comparative look at the government's VAT incentive policy for 2021 and 2025 shows that its effectiveness is highly dependent on contemporaneous economic conditions, thereby indicating the need for an integrated policy approach that also considers installment affordability, not just property prices.

Four independent smallholder (ISH) groups under the SMILE (Smallholder Inclusion for better Livelihood & Empowerment) program have been certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). This program is a joint initiative that was launched by Asian Agri, Apical, and Kao Corporation in 2020.

Until now, Chinese consumers have largely relied on supplies from neighboring countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines.