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Regulations

Indonesia passes bill to set up international financial center

Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa said the financial center, known as PFII, is expected to draw foreign investment and help accelerate the country's growth.

10 minutes ago
Economy premium

Indonesia's investment crossroads: Time to upgrade the playbook

The comfortable lead Indonesia has enjoyed against its regional peers in attracting foreign investment is beginning to narrow as the competitive map shifts to quality. ...

1 hour ago
Europe

GE Aerospace unveils breakthrough in hybrid-electric flight

Group makes first high-altitude flight using hybrid-electric propulsion using Saab 340 aircraft ...

1 hour ago

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Academia

The missing link in the blue carbon agenda: The workforce

Blue carbon involves more than just counting carbon. It requires governance, finance, policy and practice. Ultimately, success hinges on people and their skills.

1 hour ago
Archipelago premium

Bali school collapse renews concerns of government education spending

The collapse is the latest in a string of incidents involving deteriorating school buildings across Indonesia over the past year, some of which resulted in injuries and deaths, intensifying scrutiny of the government's commitment to repairing aging education infrastructure and ensuring safe learning environments.

2 hours ago
Academia premium

Indonesia must leverage Russia, India for its spacefront blueprint

As two BRICS giants vie to build Indonesia’s first spaceport, Jakarta stands at a crossroads: it must swiftly finalize its regulatory framework and secure vital technology transfers to transform its equatorial advantage into sovereign spacefaring power.

2 hours ago
Markets

Beaten-down Indonesian stocks feel the love as AI rally cools

The reprieve ​comes at a fragile moment for Southeast Asia's biggest economy as the still-looming threat of a downgrade from index provider MSCI has made Jakarta stocks, ‌Asia's worst-performing major stock market this year, down 28 percent.

3 hours ago
Academia premium

Asian bishops assembly: Building bridges of dialogue for humanity, justice

As the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences convenes in Jakarta, the Asian Catholic Church faces a historic opportunity to turn the ideals of interfaith harmony and digital-age human dignity into a concrete regional roadmap for social justice.

3 hours ago
Academia premium

Development economics for an age of upheaval

As the boundaries that once separated sectors become blurred, prosperity increasingly depends on how economies build the ecosystems that sustain technological progress and nurture new productive capacity.

4 hours ago
Parenting premium

When divorce leaves child support only on paper

Many Indonesian single parents say court-ordered payments are often ignored, leaving them to shoulder the financial burden of raising their children.

5 hours ago
Academia premium

Still a mystery: Where is Aung San Suu Kyi?

The issue has evolved from a purely humanitarian concern into one of information credibility and international diplomacy.

5 hours ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Singapore rallies behind multilateralism to brace against transboundary haze

Hoping to avert a recurrence of transboundary haze ahead of the peak of the El Niño climate phenomenon, Singapore is rallying behind multilateral initiatives with its fire-prone neighbors, including Indonesia, which has already seen a surge in forest fires across several provinces this year.

5 hours ago
Americas premium

Indonesia's ‘balanced’ response signals quiet pushback on US far-left terrorism push

Indonesia's response to the United States' push to globally combat "far-left terrorism" amounted to a form of quiet resistance, analysts say, as Jakarta uses carefully chosen diplomatic language to signal it will not simply adopt Washington's framing, even as it seeks to maintain bilateral ties under President Prabowo Subianto's leadership.

6 hours ago
Academia premium

Why the President should stop acting as foreign minister

While President Prabowo’s high-profile global engagement boosts Indonesia’s visibility, relying on personal charisma over institutional diplomacy risks undermining the long-term credibility of the nation's foreign policy.

6 hours ago
Opinion premium

Analysis: KDMP, the great cooperative gamble

Fourteen months after President Prabowo Subianto unveiled the Red and White Cooperatives (KDMP) program as a vehicle for rural economic empowerment, the initiative increasingly resembles not a grassroots cooperative movement but a large-scale fiscal and governance experiment whose long-term sustainability remains uncertain.

6 hours ago
Society premium

Outrage as trans women targeted in mob violence

A string of mob attacks targeting transgender women in Bogor, West Java, has sparked outrage among civil society groups, which blame a presidential regulation classifying LGBTQ culture as a national threat for justifying harassment and violence against the queer community.

6 hours ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Indonesia urges resilient ASEAN as ministers meet

Indonesia will use this week's ASEAN foreign ministers' meetings in Manila to push for a more resilient, forward-looking and strategically independent regional bloc, arguing that Southeast Asia must strengthen its internal cohesion as geopolitical rivalries and global conflicts increasingly spill into the region.

7 hours ago
Editorial premium

Don’t cry for Messi, Argentina

Defined by controversial refereeing, political tensions and record-breaking scoring, the just-concluded 2026 World Cup proved to be as compelling off the pitch as it was on it.

7 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Deadly clash between two East Nusa Tenggara villages leaves three dead

The latest clash was not the first violent incident between the two villages linked to the long-running land dispute. A similar confrontation erupted in March, while another conflict broke out in May, leaving dozens of houses burned and seven residents shot and requiring hospitalization.

8 hours ago
Regulations premium

More questions raised about Agrinas procurement for co-ops

A procurement of fans for tens of thousands of cooperatives under the government’s Red and White Cooperatives (KDMP) program would amount to roughly Rp 2.56 trillion, significantly more than the Rp 1.8 trillion figure that sparked uproar last week.

15 hours ago
Europe

Romania signs €1-billion deal for radars, helicopters

Romania has been seeking to modernize its military, especially its air defenses, in the face of dozens of airspace breaches and drone crashes since the start of the war in neighboring Ukraine.

17 hours ago
Europe

Wars shift focus from jets to weapons at giant Farnborough Airshow

Defense companies make up increasing share of show's attendees; commercial jet order interest expected to be fairly muted

19 hours ago
Politics premium

Press Council criticizes celebrity lawyer for jibes at journalists

The Press Council has issued a statement criticizing celebrity lawyer Hotman Paris Hutapea for his insulting comments toward journalists, saying his response undermined the role of the press in seeking information protected under the law.

20 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Wang Yi, Rubio to attend this week's ASEAN meetings

Wang will also have bilateral talks with Philippine counterpart Maria Theresa Lazaro, foreign ministry spokesperson Dominic Xavier Imperial told a briefing.

21 hours ago
Economy premium

Govt to expedite sugarcane rejuvenation within two years

Beyond producing sugar for domestic consumption, the government wants to turn sugarcane waste into ethanol to fuel its biofuel ambitions.  

22 hours ago
Europe

Danube water levels reach lowest in 30 years

Waterways across Europe have been affected by prolonged heatwaves and drought this year and the average peak temperature across Western Europe on Monday was forecast to be 26.2 degrees Celsius, 2.7 degrees above the normal high for July 20, the Reuters Climate Monitor shows.

22 hours ago
Economy premium

Layoffs rise to 32,389 in first half amid manufacturing slowdown

Presidential special advisor for labor and workers' welfare Said Iqbal said he believes the actual number of workers affected by layoffs is higher than the official figures reported by the Manpower Ministry.

23 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Singapore minister resigns over 'interactions with a woman'

"Most of their interactions took place through online messages. They also met on the sidelines of public events," wrote Wong. 

23 hours ago
Regulations

Indonesian lawmakers give go-ahead to financial centers plan

Indonesia has for a long time sought to develop ​its financial sector and hopes to provide wealth management services to rival ​neighboring Singapore, where many rich Indonesian families choose to invest.

1 day ago
Politics

Indonesia's planned copyright law puts Google, AI platforms on notice

If passed, Indonesia could become the first country in Southeast Asia to incorporate AI in its copyright law, as governments globally grapple with the impact of the technology on copyright rules, including the use of work created by humans to train AI models.

1 day ago

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