This pact seeks to make it easier for businesses and consumers to transact across Southeast Asia, covering areas such as e-commerce, digital payments, cross-border data flows and cyber security.

China has been cracking down on monopolistic behavior, ​most recently fining Trip.com 5.2 billion yuan (US$776.41 million) over what ​the regulator said was its online hotel-booking monopoly.

During a standard testing evaluation, Gemini found public information online and guessed credentials to access three websites it thought were within the scope of its test.

According to Bloomberg, Haji Isam previously offered around US$3 billion in cash to acquire a 62 percent stake in Bayan Resources, that would represent a discount of approximately 80 percent relative to the current market price.

Speaking at a media briefing, Fernandes said AirAsia was adept at managing cash and expected to raise more than $1 billion, mostly to refinance existing debt, by December or January.

Business association Apindo has pointed to delayed tax refunds potentially impacting cash flow and liquidity to affect companies' wider operations.

The spending limits have come under the spotlight since President Prabowo Subianto ​took office in October 2024 after making costly campaign promises and setting an 8% economic growth target.

The law requires products or restaurants without the certification in October to declare they do not comply with Islamic law, a step that could hit sales. In the absence of compliance, such products could be pulled from the market.

PLN detailed that the aggregate generation capacity of the hydroelectric plants fell from approximately 850 megawatts (MW) to 250 MW.

Newly-appointed Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara expressed appreciation for the proposal and said that DPD proposals would be a key topic in upcoming discussions with lawmakers on the 2027 state budget draft.

Discussions between the government and Malaysia Airlines and Batik Air have increased in recent weeks, the people said, amid growing concerns over financial pressures faced by AirAsia.

The US dollar hit a seven-week high against its major peers, underpinned by a jump in short-term Treasury yields as markets ramped up wagers that the Fed may have to lift rates again, with a move by December fully priced in.

The Fed's Federal Open Market Committee voted unanimously to raise rates by 25 basis points to between 3.75 and 4.00 percent.

The government’s plan to assume direct ownership of the Indonesian stake in the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway project is up in the air following the sudden removal of Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa as finance minister.  

The LRT City projects, launched in 2016, have been hit by weak property sales, squeezing the cash flow of state-owned construction firm Adhi Karya, which manages the project.

The disclosure comes amid circulating rumors that tycoon Haji Isam will acquire a 62 percent majority stake in Bayan.

AirAsia owes state-linked airport operator Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) at least 500 million ringgit (US$123.6 million) for services including landing and parking fees.

History has been made. Representing Indonesia on the world stage, Sinarmas World Academy (SWA) has broken into the top five International Baccalaureate (IB) schools in the world, according to the newly released 2026 results from  IB-Schools.com*. 

Stocks made tentative gains at the start of the Asian trading session on Wednesday as a rise in global bond yields and oil prices paused ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy decision due later in the day.

Citing data from the Shanghai Metals Market (SMM), Indonesia's coal exports totaled 36.10 million tonnes in August, down 23.34 percent year-on-year and 6.54 percent month-on-month, the lowest August level in five years.

The new finance minister is expected to favor predictable policy and tighter governance even as Prabowo pushes for growth.  

The head of the state-owned agribusiness has expressed frustration at the delay in installing managers at individual Red and White Cooperative units, describing it as “a form of structural sabotage”.

Known for his candor, Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa's tenure was marked by the fastest economic growth in three years, but also the widest budget deficit in over twenty years outside of the pandemic, and credit rating outlook downgrades by ratings agencies Fitch and Moody's.

The manufacturing sector’s contribution to GDP remains substantial, 19.1 percent in 2025, but its growth has lagged behind national growth, causing its share of GDP to decline over the past 15 years.

The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) plans to issue the list of short-selling securities on Sept. 28, which is slated to take effect in October.  

Indonesia's next digital leap, rather than helping democratize access, must lead toward democratizing capability: using AI to generate value.

Statistics Indonesia (BPS) acknowledged a 23 percent error rate in its mathematical model for estimating household expenditure in the Single National Socioeconomic Data (DTSEN).