The government has secured investment commitments from China for 16 projects valued at a total of Rp 36.4 trillion (US$2.2 billion) under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) linked to the “Two Countries, Two Parks” initiative.

The discovery is the latest twist in the tale of human evolution and could even cast some doubt on the status of Lucy's species, Australopithecus afarensis, as the direct ancestor of Homo sapiens.

Chinese sportswear firms Anta Sports Products and Li Ning are among those exploring a potential takeover of struggling German sportswear brand Puma, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.

Blamed for being entitled, praised for being bold, Gen Z is just trying to survive in the grim economy they inherited.

The cyclone blew across the Indonesian archipelago's western-most area, inundating the nearby Malacca Strait and causing floods and landslides that have killed at least 61 people, authorities said. They fear the toll could go up with rain continuing and 100 residents still missing.  

Whether the US-brokered peace deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war comes through, Europe is unlikely to shift back from LNG, mostly from the US, to its preinvasion overreliance on Russian pipeline gas.

The toll from floods and landslides rose to 19 in North Sumatra, which has been battered by heavy rain for days, with dozens still missing.

Indonesia, along with neighbouring Malaysia and Thailand have been hit by severe rains that have caused dozens of deaths across the region in recent days.

Membership of ASEAN brings Timor-Leste political visibility and economic opportunity, but also new exposure to disputes in a grouping where several members are wrestling with democratic backsliding.

The net-zero goal still seems to be on a distant horizon after COP30, where a line between forest advocates and fossil fuel lobbyists was visible.

The attack marks the latest chapter in the long-running land conflict in Tesso Nilo, Riau, stemming from unclear boundaries between conservation areas and community land, as well as disputes over residents’ legal status.

A centennial tribute illuminates the refined sensibility and global gaze of a painter who moved gracefully between cultures, techniques and eras.

Let us not be naive: the ceasefire is just a beginning. The events in Palestine cannot be seen in a vacuum, independent from their past and current context.

Authorities continue to face significant challenges reaching affected communities in Sibolga and North and South Tapanuli, as landslides have blocked key access roads at multiple locations, severely delaying relief and evacuation efforts.

The limestone karst formations of Citatah in West Java that first appeared millions of years ago are once again under attack from expanding mining operations that are destroying the fragile ecosystem and disrupting rural livelihoods.

The bubbly world number one picked up a cool US$4 million as “shopping” money, rewrote the history books courtesy of her trademark quiet poise, unwavering spirit and workmanlike approach, and provided enough reasons for the LPGA hierarchy to realize there is a pot of gold waiting at the end of the rainbow which reaches the Far East.

The Rafflesia flower case shows Western researchers always become protagonists by default, while local collaborators become scenery, regardless of their actual contributions.

Indonesia has called for stronger collaboration among the Developing 8 (D8) nations in the media and strategic communications in the digital ecosystem, as the developing world faces increasingly complex global challenges just months before Jakarta assumes the bloc’s leadership.

The IMIP has grown into an almost semiautonomous zone, showing how the state must stay on top of such unchecked developments to fulfill its mandates in ensuring the well-being of both the nation and its people, which necessarily involves securing the environment.

Indonesia and Australia are moving toward clinching a new, stronger defense treaty that could potentially affect the Indo-Pacific security landscape, particularly in the South China Sea, where tension has been building in recent years due to overlapping territorial claims between China and several Southeast Asian countries. 

Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka made his global debut at the G20 Summit in South Africa earlier this week, stepping in for President Prabowo Subianto in a move seen as both a test of his diplomatic capabilities and a sign of Prabowo’s growing trust in his young deputy.

The convictions of former top officials of state-owned ferry operator PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry and their subsequent pardons have prompted a public debate over whether bad business decisions that incur state losses should be subject to corruption investigations and trials.

Identified as 47-year-old Seni, the migrant worker was tortured and never received salary during her employment. 

Businesses and analysts stressed that any legal action against private companies and their executives must be carried out properly and transparently to prevent perceptions of selective or politically driven prosecution.

A power struggle within Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the country’s most influential Islamic organization, has continued as chairman Yahya Cholil Staquf rejected a letter from the group’s council of senior clerics declaring his removal from office and he pressed on with his official duties.

Prabowo skipped the G20 summit, even though the gathering of the world’s 20 largest economies would have marked the culmination of his global diplomacy this year.

Burhanuddin Masyud, an expert in Ecology and Wildlife Management at Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), recently reported that around 1,585 hectares of Sumatran elephant habitat in the Seblat landscape, Bengkulu, one of the species’ remaining key habitats, was lost between January 2024 and October 2025.