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Tech

Elon Musk's Grok faces global scrutiny for sexualized AI deepfakes

X says it takes action against illegal content on the platform, including child sexual abuse material, by removing it, permanently suspending accounts, and working with local governments and law enforcement as necessary.

1 month ago
Economy premium

Canada to ratify trade deal with Indonesia before summer

The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) was signed in September last year during President Prabowo Subianto’s visit to Ottawa, marking a key milestone in Indonesia-Canada trade ties. ...

1 month ago
Markets

Asian stocks inch higher, fragile yen spurs intervention worries

Asian stocks rose on Wednesday, buoyed by Japanese shares, as investors braced for a snap election in Japan that could lead to more fiscal stimulus, while worries about central bank independence and benign US inflation data whipsawed currencies. ...

1 month ago

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Tech premium

OJK threatens ‘corrective measures’ as P2P defaults rise

The default rate of peer-to-peer lending in the fintech industry has worsened, with the ratio of 90 days past due (TWP90) loans to total loans standing at 4.33 percent in November, up from 2.52 percent in November 2024, according to Financial Authority Services (OJK) data.  

1 month ago
Economy premium

Gates Foundation appoints Sri Mulyani to governing board

The former Indonesian’ finance minister’s appointment will bring valuable perspective thanks to her distinguished experience in economic and development policy, the foundation said.

1 month ago
Economy premium

Indonesia ‘not worried’ about US threat over trade with Iran

Total bilateral trade with Iran stood at merely $206.9 million in 2023, according to the Trade Ministry.

1 month ago
Regulations premium

Reduced import quota threatens beef supply, jobs, industry warns

Industry associations are concerned about a drastic cut to this year's beef import quota for private companies, warning of potential layoffs, stymied domestic competition and negative impacts on the market and consumers.

1 month ago
Economy premium

Maintaining labor productivity in the manufacturing sector

During the 2015-2024 period, wages grew by 16.1 percent in compound annual growth rate (CAGR), significantly outpacing productivity per worker, which increased by only 2.4 percent.

1 month ago
Economy premium

Prabowo launches $7.4b revamped Balikpapan refinery

The long-awaited Balikpapan refinery upgrade, beset by multiple delays since the project broke ground in 2018, came onstream on Monday in a ceremony led by the President, with the energy ministry hailing the integrated facility's potential to significantly reduce fuel imports.

1 month ago
Markets

Asia stocks climb as Nikkei jumps to record, earnings loom

A surge in Japanese shares led Asia higher on Tuesday amid investor bullishness over all things AI, while the cloud of uncertainty over Federal Reserve independence favored gold even as it weighed on the dollar.

1 month ago
Economy premium

Indonesia retail sales pick up but consumer confidence flatlines

The retail sales index was projected to climb to 231.7 points in December while the consumer confidence index dropped slightly to 123.5 points.

1 month ago
Companies premium

AirAsia to launch Denpasar-Da Nang route in March

The low-cost carrier's local branch is set to operate the new route connecting Bali and Vietnam four times weekly from mid-March as part of its strategy to expand regional connectivity.

1 month ago
Economy premium

Jakarta’s apartment supply sees steep decline in 2025

A report from property consultancy Colliers Indonesia shows that only around 2200 units were added to the apartment supply in the capital last year, marking a significant drop from some 4,000 new units that had entered the market in 2024.  

1 month ago
Economy premium

Indonesia car sales slide 7.2% in 2025 as weak demand persists

Two-wheeler sales, meanwhile, reached 6.4 million units last year, marking a 1.3 percent rise from the year before.

1 month ago
Markets

Asian equities edge up, dollar slides as US Fed Reserve subpoenaed

Asian equities posted gains Monday while the dollar dipped as investors digested news that the US Justice Department subpoenaed the Federal Reserve, raising fears over US central bank independence.

1 month ago
Markets premium

Credit growth revival may rekindle banking stocks’ appeal

Persistent headwinds, including weak household purchasing power and a softer rupiah, meanwhile, may constrain loan growth and dampen investor sentiment, slowing the recovery in banking stocks.  

1 month ago
Regulations premium

OJK backtracks, makes health insurance co-payments optional

Initially introduced to address rising medical costs over time, the co-payment scheme allowed insurers and policyholders to jointly bear medical expenses.

1 month ago
Economy

Thousands of Irish farmers protest against EU-Mercosur trade deal

Thousands of Irish farmers, many of whom traveled across the country on tractors, protested on Saturday against the European Union's Mercosur trade deal after a majority of EU states gave a provisional go-ahead for its largest ever free-trade accord.

1 month ago
Economy premium

Bank loan growth inches up, but not in consumer, MSME segments

Credit growth rose 7.74 percent year-on-year (yoy) to Rp 8.3 quadrillion (US$493 billion) in November, accelerating from growth of 7.36 percent yoy in October, according to the Financial Services Authority (OJK).  

1 month ago
Tech

Musk's Grok under fire over sexualized images despite new limits

Grok has faced global backlash after it emerged the feature allowed users to sexualize images of women and children using simple text prompts such as "put her in a bikini" or "remove her clothes."

1 month ago
Regulations

Trump calls for one-year cap on credit card interest rates at 10%

US President Donald Trump said on Friday he was calling for a one-year cap on credit card interest rates at 10 percent starting on January 20 but he did not provide details on how his plan will come to fruition or how he planned to make companies comply.

1 month ago
Markets premium

Indonesian beauty brands ride industry boom, eye global market

The beauty industry has emerged as one of the fastest-growing consumer segments in Indonesia, standing out amid sluggish household spending that has kept overall retail growth modest.

1 month ago
Economy premium

Free meal program’s fiscal, monetary impact “limited”: INDEF

The Jakarta-based think tank found the program would lift GDP by just 0.15-0.17 percent at its peak in the early 2040s before the impact gradually wanes.

1 month ago
Economy premium

RI meets crude lifting target for first time in years, claims Bahlil

The Indonesian oil industry has met its crude lifting target set in the 2025 state budget, marking the first time the country managed to do so in almost a decade, while gas output failed to meet the goal.

1 month ago
Economy

Crunch time for EU's long-stalled Mercosur trade deal

The EU is expected Friday to give a long-delayed go ahead to a huge trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur championed by business groups but loathed by many European farmers.

1 month ago
Markets

Asian stocks rally ahead of US jobs, Supreme Court ruling

Asian markets rose Friday after a two-day stutter as traders look ahead to the release of crucial US jobs data and a possible Supreme Court ruling on Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs.

1 month ago
Regulations premium

Bulog’s expanding role puts private rice millers to the test

The government has unveiled plans for Bulog to build 100 post-harvest facilities, backed by Rp 5 trillion in state capital injections, aiming to ease chronic storage bottlenecks that have long limited the absorption of farmers’ harvests.

1 month ago
Economy premium

Budget scrapes through 2025 with deficit just below legal cap

Last year’s fiscal deficit, or the amount by which state spending exceeded state revenue, was larger than planned at 2.92 percent of GDP, the finance minister revealed on Thursday.

1 month ago
Regulations premium

RI to cut coal production by nearly a quarter to lift prices

Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said this year’s coal production quota would be set at around 600 million tonnes, pending a final review by the ministry’s director general.

1 month ago
Economy premium

Indonesia sets sights on rice exports this year

The government also expressed confidence that Indonesia will end imports of white crystal sugar (GKP) this year, backed by a large-scale sugarcane plantation project in East Java.

1 month ago

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Sat, February 14, 2026

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