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Economy 1 week ago

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MoU signed for national car but questions remain on ‘ambitious’ project

Indonesia’s bid to mass-produce cars of a homegrown brand in 2027 is “highly ambitious&r...

Archipelago 1 week ago

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Navy to deploy more assets to distribute aid for Sumatra disasters

The Indonesian Navy deployed at least 13 warships, five helicopters and an airplane to distribute re...

Archipelago 1 week ago

Dutch drug convict in Indonesia transferred ahead of deportation

Drug smugglers Ali Tokman, 65, and Siegfried Mets, 74, have been languishing in jails for years afte...

Economy 1 week ago

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Sumatra disaster to have mild impact on Q4 GDP growth: Purbaya

The Finance Ministry expects the Sumatra disaster to only have a slight impact on gross domestic pro...

Companies 1 week ago

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Shell reaches long-awaited base fuel deal with Pertamina

Shell Indonesia has been allotted 100,000 barrels of fuel by Pertamina Patra Niaga, bringing the tot...

Entertainment 1 week ago

Avatar 3 aims to become end-of-year blockbuster

"Avatar: Fire and Ash", directed by James Cameron 16 years after he first enthralled fans ...

Europe 1 week ago

Kremlin welcomes end to 'direct threat' label in US strategy

Since Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and its 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, US strateg...

Asia & Pacific 1 week ago

Australia activates disaster relief for wildfire-hit New South Wales state

Australia on Sunday activated disaster relief for residents impacted by wildfires that have burnt pr...

Europe 1 week ago

No breakthrough at 'constructive' Ukraine-US talks

Three days of talks between Ukrainian and US officials produced no apparent breakthrough Saturday, w...

Middle East and Africa 1 week ago

Gaza talks at critical moment, Qatar's prime minister says

Negotiations on consolidating the US-backed truce in the war in Gaza are at a "critical" m...

Asia & Pacific 1 week ago

Hong Kong election turnout in focus amid anger over deadly fire

Hong Kong's citizens votes on Sunday in an election where the focus is on turnout, with resident...

Tech 1 week ago

X gets $140 million EU fine for breaching content rules but TikTok settles

Elon Musk's social media company X was fined 120 million euros (US$140 million) by EU tech regul...

Archipelago 1 week ago

Residents climb over logs in walk to aid centre as flood deaths rise over 900

Aceh resident Munawar Liza Zainal said he felt "betrayed" by the government, which has so ...

Europe 1 week ago

UN agency says Chornobyl nuclear plant's protective shield damaged

The UN reported on Feb. 14 that Ukrainian authorities said a drone with a high explosive warhea...

Americas 1 week ago

At the 2026 World Cup draw, the winner is... Donald Trump

The former TV reality show host dominated the scene at Washington’s Kennedy Center on Friday, ...

Society 1 week ago

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Without strong policies, AI may widen inequalities in Asia-Pacific, UNDP warns

Indonesia is among the countries with transitional capacity, which have internet access for most peo...

Asia & Pacific 1 week ago

Sri Lanka unveils cyclone aid plan as rains persist

The government has confirmed 607 deaths, with another 214 people missing and feared dead, in what Pr...

Tech 1 week ago

Meta partners with news outlets to expand AI content

The expansion aims to make its AI assistant "more responsive, accurate, and balanced" by i...

Society 1 week ago

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Chinese businessman named suspect in Cikande radioactive case

The police have named Lin Jingzhang, director of PT Peter Metal Technology (PMT), a suspect in the c...

Middle East and Africa 1 week ago

Mediators 'concerned' about Israel opening one-way Gaza exit

Israel said it would open the Rafah crossing from Gaza to Egypt exclusively to allow residents to ex...

Archipelago 1 week ago

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Over 700 animals at Bandung Zoo at risk of starvation amid legal dispute

Zoo spokesperson Sulhan Syafi'i said the remaining funds for animal feed will only last until De...

Archipelago 1 week ago

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Rare sight: four Rafflesia species bloom simultaneously in Bengkulu

Four species of the rare parasitic flower Rafflesia are blooming simultaneously in Bengkulu, a highl...

Society 1 week ago

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Where reading finds a home: Grassroots efforts lead Indonesia’s literacy revival

Now increasingly visible in Jakarta and other cities, independent libraries and reading communities ...

Academia 1 week ago

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Analysis: Patrick Walujo exits as GoTo CEO, speeding up long-awaited Grab–GoTo merger

Patrick Walujo has stepped down as CEO of GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk (GoTo), a move that appears to op...

Economy 1 week ago

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Why cacao-rich Indonesia is not (yet) a global chocolate producer

Building on its decades-old role as a major cacao producer, Indonesia wants to push into the global ...

Archipelago 1 week ago

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Police identify 290 North Sumatra disaster victims

Local and national police are continuing to search for at least 122 people still missing in the afte...

Archipelago 1 week ago

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Disease spreads among Sumatra flood victims

As fevers, typhoid and skin infections surge among survivors of last week’s deadly floods, aut...

Editorial 1 week ago

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Turning the page

It is high time we throw out the misleading narrative that Indonesians lack reading interest; rather...

Books 1 week ago

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‘The Palestine Laboratory’: How Israel turns occupation into export

Antony Loewenstein’s award-winning investigation, now in Indonesian, reveals how Isr...

Regulations 1 week ago

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Govt backtracks on early retirement of Cirebon-1 coal plant

Experts are now pressing the government to spell out which plants might replace Cirebon-1 in the ret...

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