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Art & Culture premium

A look inside Olafur Eliasson’s ‘Curious Journey’ at Jakarta’s MACAN

A sweeping three-decade survey at Museum MACAN traces the Icelandic-Danish artist’s evolving engagement with perception, color and climate, inviting visitors to step into luminous, shifting worlds.

3 hours ago
Economy premium

OJK pushes for consolidation in market with ‘too many banks’

A consolidation push in the banking industry looks set to make small lenders targets of mergers and acquisitions as the Financial Services Authority (OJK) wants to eliminate the lowest core capital category, which currently dominates the industry. ...

3 hours ago
Food premium

South Korean pastries and desserts find a sweet spot in Indonesia

In an enthusiastic and curious market for Korean culture, South Korean chefs are finding fertile ground for K-style pastries and desserts by keeping pace with trends and infusing them with a distinctly Korean sensibility. ...

4 hours ago

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Regulations premium

Govt plans to develop silica industry across 10 industrial estates

The government plans to establish 10 industrial estates that will function as the main building blocks for developing the downstream silica industry over the next 20 years.

7 hours ago
Companies

MR. D.I.Y Indonesia marks 1,200th store opening as the fastest expanding retailer

PT Daya Intiguna Yasa Tbk, better known as MR. D.I.Y Indonesia, has achieved another historic milestone in inaugurating its 1,200th store with a new outlet in Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara, underscoring the company’s strong commitment to national expansion beyond Java to various regions with increasing economic growth potential.

7 hours ago
Companies premium

Danantara buys Mecca hotel, land assets amid Haj Village push

Under the agreement, both Danantara and Thakher Development will acquire the Novotel Makkah Thakher City, a 1,461-room hotel, along with 14 land plots spanning roughly 4.4 hectares earmarked for future development.

8 hours ago
Europe

Hope fades for Indonesian fishermen shipwrecked off Portugal

The vessel carrying five people sank on Sunday morning "in a rocky area of Insua Island" in the northern municipality of Caminha, Portugal's National Maritime Authority said in a statement.

9 hours ago
Americas

Chilean hard right victory stirs memories of dictatorship

She ran behind the military vehicles screaming, but never saw her love Felipe Rivera again. 

9 hours ago
Jakarta premium

Hundreds of stalls gutted in Kramat Jati market blaze

A fire tore through Jakarta’s largest wholesale market, Kramat Jati, in East Jakarta, on Monday morning, destroying hundreds of stalls and prompting Governor Pramono Anung to order a thorough investigation amid renewed scrutiny of the capital’s fire-safety standards.

9 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Thailand cuts Laos fuel route as Cambodia border conflict deepens

Over half a million people have been displaced by the fighting, which has killed at least 38 on both sides over the past eight days, according to national authorities, who mounted a round of evacuations in July when the neighbors clashed for five days.

9 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Albanese faces Israel pressure after Bondi Beach attack

Albanese called for unity on Monday and said his government was prepared to take whatever action is necessary, after Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Albanese "did nothing" to curb antisemitism, rising since 2023.

10 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Hong Kong court finds tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty in landmark security trial

The landmark case has drawn international scrutiny of Hong Kong's judicial independence amid a years-long crackdown on rights and freedoms in the global financial hub after 2019 pro-democracy protests that Beijing saw as a challenge to its rule.

11 hours ago
Entertainment

LA police probe 2 deaths at director Rob Reiner's home as apparent homicide

The LAPD gave no details about the identities of the two deceased individuals. But a Los Angeles Fire Department official told Reuters earlier that a 78-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman were found dead at a home in west Los Angeles at an address that public records linked to Reiner.

11 hours ago
Americas

Person of interest detained in fatal mass shooting at Brown University

Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez said at a midday news conference that the person detained in connection with Saturday's gun violence was in his 20s but declined to share further details. Perez said earlier on Sunday that authorities were not seeking other suspects at this time.

13 hours ago
Regulations premium

Unlocking the full value of green power in Indonesia

Through a structured policy approach to monetizing its nearly limitless renewable potential, Indonesia has the resources necessary to become ASEAN's green energy powerhouse.

14 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Father and son gunmen kill 15 at Jewish festival on Australia's Bondi Beach

The duo fired into crowds packing the beach for the start of Hanukkah on Sunday evening, sending people fleeing in panic across the tourist hotspot.

14 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Witnesses tell of courage, panic in wake of Bondi Beach shootings

A father-and-son duo opened fire as crowds thronged Australia's famous surf beach for a yearly Jewish celebration on a balmy summer evening, killing 15 people and wounding dozens more.

16 hours ago
Politics premium

Minister’s UN human rights ambition rings hollow for activists

Chairing the United Nations Human Rights Council would help Indonesia to initiate new international conventions linking human rights with issues such as corruption, the environment and electoral rights, said Human Rights Minister Natalius Pigai.

17 hours ago
Jakarta premium

Six cops named suspects in fatal assault on debt collectors in Kalibata

Six police officers have been named suspects for assaulting two debt collectors to death in Kalibata area in South Jakarta last week, a fatal incident that reportedly triggered retaliatory mob violence on a nearby small market, inflicting financial losses on vendors.

17 hours ago
Opinion premium

Analysis: Army undergoes massive expansion despite absence of real external threats

The Army is creating 750 new battalions of combat troops in the next four years to ensure presence in every district nationwide, but in the absence of a credible explanation of where the new external threats are coming from, the plan raises speculations about the real motive.

18 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Police arrest recruiter of illegal migrant workers sent to Malaysia

The recruiter promised the workers they would get 110 ringgit (US$26.85) per day for renovating two houses but the wages have never been paid.

18 hours ago
Sports premium

Indonesia climbs to second in SEA Games medal standings

Indonesia has climbed into second place in the medal standings at the 2025 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Thailand, as the national contingent continues to deliver podium finishes across various sports.

18 hours ago
Regulations premium

Canceled Cirebon-1 shutdown raises questions for JETP

The collapse of the deal to retire the Cirebon-1 coal-fired power plant early has left Indonesia’s landmark Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) searching for a new direction, with experts highlighting slow disbursement and a mismatch in funding priorities.

18 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Thailand confirms first civilian killed in week of Cambodia fighting

The conflict, rooted in a colonial-era demarcation dispute along their 800-kilometer border, has displaced around 800,000 people, officials said.

18 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Sumatra flood deaths exceed 1,000 as regions extend emergency status

The death toll in the Sumatra floods and landslides has reached over 1,000 people over the weekend, as regional governments in the northwestern part of the island extend their emergency status and evacuees demand the central government to do more to help.

18 hours ago
Editorial premium

Where is Prabowo the peacemaker?

Not only does Indonesia have the experience and the diplomatic skills to serve as peace mediators, we also understand the region and the people much better.

19 hours ago
Companies

In a slowing economy, SMEs must modernize

Rising costs, fragile supply chains and cooling demand are forcing businesses in Asia Pacific to rethink their future strategies.

1 day ago
Tech

China's smaller manufacturers look to catch the automation wave

In a light-filled workshop in eastern China, a robotic arm moved a partially assembled autonomous vehicle as workers calibrated its cameras, typical of the incremental automation being adopted even across smaller factories in the world's manufacturing powerhouse.

1 day ago
Americas

Trump accused of physical decline, economic denial

The Republican, back in power for nearly a year, continues to compare himself to his predecessor.

1 day ago
Asia & Pacific

India tightens pollution curbs as Delhi's air quality worsens

The Commission for Air Quality Management invoked stage four, the highest level, of the Graded Response Action Plan for Delhi and surrounding areas on Saturday evening, according to an advisory by India's environment ministry.

1 day ago

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Tue, December 16, 2025

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