National Police chief Gen. Suyudi Ario Seto has yet again reshuffled hundreds of senior and mid-ranking officers barely two weeks into his leadership, in a sweeping overhaul that observers say could be an attempt to consolidate his authority within the institution.

Southeast Asia has mastered moving capital across borders. Now it must stop letting corporate responsibility stall at customs while millions breathe transboundary haze.

Indonesia’s increasingly centralized economic model promises greater protection against external shocks. Yet concentrating both authority and financial risk in the state may be eroding the many shock absorbers on which the country’s resilience has long depended.

PT Nations Petroleum, an oil and gas company linked to businessman Hashim Djojohadikusumo, President Prabowo Subianto’s younger brother and special climate and energy envoy, has committed US$103.3 million to three years of work on the Natuna D-Alpha block, prompting questions over why the relatively new player is willing to take on such an ambitious bet.

Public confidence that Indonesia is moving in the right direction has plunged during President Prabowo Subianto’s first two years in office, a new survey showed, amid growing dissatisfaction with the government’s performance and mounting concerns over political and economic conditions.

Nobel laureate James Robinson says President Prabowo Subianto’s goal of 8 percent gross domestic product growth is a tough ask but not impossible, if the right institutions are in the right place and head in the right direction.

Indonesia’s refusal to declare the prolonged forest fires a national disaster has drawn mounting criticism as haze affects millions at home and abroad, prompting Malaysia’s carriers to cancel flights and Singapore to revive a health subsidy scheme for the first time in more than a decade.

Scapegoating train drivers and ferry captains will not save lives, only radical, systemic reform can protect the millions who rely on Indonesia’s most affordable transit.

Indonesia’s electricity demand is projected to increase significantly in the coming years. Total electricity consumption is expected to rise from 539 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2025 to 1,813 TWh by 2060. Households are projected to account for around 28 percent of electricity demand, while electric vehicles will contribute around 11 percent of total demand. Rising electricity demand will be one of the drivers of Indonesia’s economic growth, in line with the government’s target of 8 percent economic growth. At the same time, electrification will also play an important role in Indonesia’s efforts to achieve its net-zero emissions target and advance decarbonization.

Teachers have urged the House of Representatives to revise the national education law to strengthen teacher governance, including by guaranteeing minimum salaries and better welfare regardless of employment status.

Saudi Arabia's GDP is expected to shrink by 3.3 percent, the International Monetary Fund said in its latest World Economic Outlook report, predicting a regional drop over Iran's blockading of the Strait of Hormuz.

The exercise involved 21 vessels from Indonesia, the Philippine and Japan testing their operational readiness, cooperation and joint response in facing a marine pollution incident.

The program featured 18 thematic sessions across five discussion streams, covering Digital and AI; Education, Research and Innovation; Human Capital and Education; and two Sustainability streams.

Japanese pensions, Indonesia's sovereign wealth fund looking to add exposure to hedge funds

Nidal Hasan's execution -- scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas, where he gunned down 13 people in 2009 -- is set to be the first by a US military firing squad since 1945.

Though still ranking third among Indonesia's export commodities by value, iron and steel products declined nearly 5 percent yoy in January-August 2026 due to both external and internal pressures.

Forest and land fires that have raged for months in Indonesia have in recent weeks caused thick haze in Singapore and in Malaysia, which closed schools in several states last week after air pollution hit unhealthy levels

In diligent, exhausted Japan, self-described elite "competitive sleepers" vied to lie down, relax and nap the fastest and deepest in a contest organized by a mattress company.

Indonesia has an estimated annual lobster larvae potential of 465.8 million, including stocks along the southern coast of Java, West Nusa Tenggara and Sumatra.

Crude oil prices rose on Monday as attacks on Saudi Arabia heightened supply concerns, offsetting the prospect of more Russian energy reaching global markets after the US eased sanctions on its diesel exports.

No late nights, no next-day hangovers. The capital’s afternoon parties are giving adults who still love to dance a way to relive their clubbing days without sacrificing their sleep.

Burning slowly, mostly under the surface and sometimes for months on end, peatland fires are responsible for much of the dry season haze that this year has tainted air as far afield as Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines.

Sweden and Indonesia’s partnership is increasingly focused on the future: supporting Indonesia’s industrial transformation while accelerating digitalization and the green transition in a rapidly changing global economy.

PLN has faced public scrutiny this year over a series of major power outages across the country.

Behind the promise of Southeast Asia’s AI revolution lies a destructive reality: an old-school scramble for power, land and minerals that is reviving fossil fuels and pushing fragile ecosystems to the brink.

Woodford and Hall are frequently name-checked by the world's top central banks which, after a 2022 inflation surge in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, are currently grappling with the energy shock triggered by the Iran war.

Seoul, Tokyo and Taipei led losses across Asian stock markets on Tuesday as technology firms plunged on fresh worries about the outlook for the AI investment boom, with traders preparing for a crucial earnings season and release of key US data.