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China's trade surplus surged past US$1 trillion in the first 10 months as a global race to build AI infrastructure buoyed sales of high-tech products and helped offset weak domestic demand, even as imports to the world's second-largest economy grow at a faster pace that its exports
11 minutes agoPreliminary findings suggest the suspect may have a mental illness, but police are investigating whether the attack was premeditated and involved an ideological motive or links to any particular network. ...
29 minutes agoThe true moral failing lies with the orchestrators, the political elites who exploit this poverty, handing out costumes to the disenfranchised to ensure the "play" goes on flawlessly under the sacred banner of the Youth Pledge. ...
53 minutes agoPrabowo, a former general with a checkered past, shares a long and complex history with the former president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.
1 hour agoThe world must not succumb to euphoria following Donald Trump’s latest defeat. If anything, his lame-duck status deprives Americans and everyone else of an excuse for avoiding hard conversations about the truly radical changes that will be needed to avert future catastrophes.
1 hour agoTrump said he "was amazed" by allegations about Huang, among the president's closest allies in Silicon Valley. Trump said he had spoken to the CEO, who told him that he had no idea that the woman was a spy.
2 hours agoIndonesia has ramped up its biodiesel blend to B50 from B30 just in four years, but feedstock, engines, forests and infrastructure have not kept pace. Brazil and Malaysia remind us why sequencing matters.
2 hours agoDespite the country's oft-touted nuclear ambitions for energy security, progress has been slow among both domestic and foreign investors in terms of uptake as the years remaining until a 2032 online target tick away.
3 hours agoCalls are growing for the government to ensure the safety of firefighters battling the ravaging forest and peatland fires after deadly aerial water bombing accidents killed four crew in two separate locations in Kalimantan last week.
3 hours agoFrustrated by existing regulations, law student Bernita Matondang, 26, has filed a judicial review at the Constitutional Court challenging the Tax Harmonization Law that governs value-added tax.
3 hours agoEmbracing the spirit of the holidays, The St. Regis Jakarta unveils an enchanting collection of festive experiences, from indulgent feasts and handcrafted holiday creations to elegant afternoon tea rituals and vibrant New Year's celebrations.
18 hours agoSeen from the ground up, careful households, busy factories and confident investors explain Indonesia’s 5.47 percent growth, while the next gains will depend on jobs and exports.
3 hours agoFacing severe land constraints on its most densely populated islands, Indonesia is turning to its lakes and reservoirs to meet a new target of installing 100 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity over the next three years.
19 hours agoIndonesia and Singapore maintain a relationship best compared to that of siblings: deeply interdependent with shared strategic interests, yet periodically strained by sharp divergences in perspective.
4 hours agoSunday's flooding damaged temporary houses and infrastructure built after the devastation wreaked late last year by Cyclone Senyar.
4 hours agoIndonesia's recent decision to trim pipeline gas exports to Singapore is too marginal to ease supply gaps facing industrial plants in Java, with export capacity set to keep shrinking as demand outpaces production. Localized shortages are projected to widen sharply through 2028.
4 hours agoThree Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) politicians have jumped ship to distance themselves from Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, as the House of Representatives prepared for a new sitting session on Tuesday, potentially setting the course of the growing impeachment calls against him.
4 hours agoIndonesia’s robust 5.47 percent growth looks impressive on paper, but weakening consumer spending, rising unemployment and a strained state budget suggest the headline boom may be masking serious trouble ahead.
4 hours agoThe Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) will execute a forced delisting of 18 issuers in a sweeping enforcement action to improve market quality, but the move raises concerns about retail investors facing valuation and liquidity risks.
13 hours agoMargono Djojohadikusumo’s nomination originated from the public and was subsequently endorsed by the Central Java provincial administration before being submitted to the central government, Social Affairs Minister Saifullah Yusuf
14 hours agoIndonesian banks have been pummeled in a wave of cyberattacks in recent days, with more than 1 million attempts over the past 24 hours, prompting regulators to take action in a bid to prevent breaches.
14 hours agoThe two-phase project will connect Ngurah Rai International Airport with Legian and Canggu as the government seeks to ease congestion in one of Indonesia’s busiest tourism corridors.
19 hours agoThe true cost of subsidized Pertalite was now twice its retail price, Bahlil told an unrelated event on Sunday, highlighting the government's part in covering the gap to avoid burdening consumers as global crude prices surged.
19 hours agoThe demonstrations turned deadly on Nov. 13, when security forces used excessive force to disperse the crowds, killing 17 people and injuring hundreds. The incident later became known as the Semanggi I tragedy.
22 hours agoThe 2026 midterms weren’t just a brutal defeat for Donald Trump, they may have locked the Republican Party out of power until 2032.
22 hours agoPoverty in Asia and the Pacific concentrates among large rural households and in remote areas, among people with little or no education, among children, among informal workers and among women..
23 hours agoGreater international cooperation is essential to mobilize financial resources, technical expertise and institutional support to ensure that burned landscapes are restored effectively.
1 day agoNvidia said on Sunday its board was probing whether CEO Jensen Huang had been the target of a foreign intelligence effort, after a media report alleged he had a close relationship with a Chinese businesswoman who passed information to Beijing.
1 day agoAdopting aggressive state capitalism without a strong state monitoring capacity leaves the strategy vulnerable to capture by politically connected rent-seekers.
1 day agoThe civilian Eurocopter EC225LP Super Puma helicopter lost altitude while scooping water, in a similar manner as the Indonesian Army Aviation Center's (Puspenerbad) Mi-17V5 which crashed on Wednesday, killing three.
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