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US business activity was steady in January as an improvement in new orders was offset by a lackluster labor market and lingering concerns among firms over higher costs because of import tariffs, a survey showed on Friday.
3 hours agoAmericans stripped supermarket shelves Friday ahead of potentially "catastrophic" winter weather that threatened at least 160 million people across the country with transportation chaos, blackouts and life-threatening cold. ...
8 hours agoBNPB spokesperson Abdul Muhari, said more than 29,600 temporary houses have been requested for evacuees across the three affected provinces. However, as of Wednesday, only 1,056 temporary houses have been completed, while 7,414 are still under construction. ...
11 hours agoHonorary teachers who have served for years remain unpaid and overlooked as kitchen staff in President Prabowo’s free nutritious meal program secure full-time government contracts, sparking criticism over education funding priorities.
12 hours agoKPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo said investigators also searched the Pati Bapermades (village empowerment agency as part of the operation.
13 hours agoThe Jakarta administration has stepped up river cleanup and normalization efforts as flooding continued to disrupt large parts of the capital on Friday, following heavy overnight rainfall that caused rivers to overflow, inundating residential areas and major roads.
13 hours agoE-commerce sellers say restrictions on platform fees under a planned new regulation would help them manage pricing more efficiently.
14 hours agoThe Financial Services Authority (OJK) has urged banks classified in core capital bank group (KBMI) 1, or banks with up to Rp 6 trillion (US$355 million) in capital, to strengthen their capital position or consolidate with other banks, as part of its longer-term aim to eliminate the KBMI 1 classification altogether. The policy aims to enhance banks’ capacity, performance and service quality and enable them to scale up while maintaining operational security and efficiency.
14 hours agoAs the international order grows increasingly fragmented and commitment to established cooperation framework wanes, President Prabowo Subianto said Indonesia will not abandon its principles of choosing peace, friendship, and being a good citizen of the world.
15 hours agoAs the Presidential Regulation (Perpres) on drivers of online transportation services, commonly known as ojol, remains under deliberation, State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi has emphasized that the government is not proposing a specific commission rate. Instead, it is positioning itself as a mediator between platform companies and their partner drivers.
1 day agoTwo recent air and land transport incidents have again pointed out that, regardless of the vast improvements over the past decade, safety requires continuous, consistent maintenance nationwide.
16 hours agoAIESEC in Indonesia’s largest annual national conference Indonesia Youth Leadership Conference (IYLC) returned for 2025, fostering strong engagement and empowering the new generation to strengthen their commitment to AIESEC and its vision.
1 day agoStocks were subdued and precious metals hit fresh highs Friday after a turbulent week that saw US President Donald Trump back down from threats to seize Greenland and to issue tariffs against European allies.
1 day agoIf approved by state electricity monopoly PLN, the total quota for 2026 would rise to around 1,400 MW.
1 day agoIn his keynote speech at WEF 2026, the President painted the country as a "land of opportunity" while vowing to crack down on noncompliant businesses that continued to prop up the detrimental practice of "greednomics".
1 day agoThe ATR 42-500 turboprop owned by aviation group Indonesia Air Transport (IAT) lost contact with air traffic control on Saturday at about 1:30 p.m. local time (0530 GMT) around the Maros region in South Sulawesi.
1 day agoThere were seven crew members and three passengers on board the plane, which was chartered by the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry to conduct air surveillance on its fisheries. The passengers were ministry staff members.
1 day agoHalf of Danantara's investments this year will go to public markets, largely in Indonesia, while it also evaluates opportunities in China, India, Japan, South Korea and Europe.
1 day agoEU leaders heaved a sigh of relief over Donald Trump’s U-turn on Greenland as they met for an emergency summit in Brussels late on Thursday.
1 day agoYouth education that aims to build digital financial capability must be an integral part of national strategic policies on economic resilience.
1 day agoA butterfly flaps its wings, and a storm forms half a world away: Called the butterfly effect, this theory highlights that sometimes the smallest change can trigger the biggest events.
1 day agoPresident Donald Trump warned Thursday of major reprisals if European countries dumped key holdings of US Treasury bonds to pressure Washington, as temperatures fluctuated over the future of Greenland.
1 day agoKUR must shift toward productivity-based targeting rather than merely maximizing borrower numbers.
1 day agoThe crash came less than two months after four people were killed when a car was struck by a train at an unguarded railway crossing in Pasuruan regency, East Java, on Nov. 30.
1 day agoA beloved coming-of-age novel by Dewi Lestari finds new expression as a stage musical, bringing Kugy and Keenan’s dreams to life for a new generation.
1 day agoThe arms game among Western countries is turning increasingly toward cheaper alternatives from manufacturers in Asia, where indigenization is trending amid ongoing geopolitical tensions.
1 day agoDespite regulations banning the export of tin ore unless it is refined to 99.99 percent, there have been still many attempts to smuggle raw tin abroad.
1 day agoWhile Purbaya's strategy of optimistic communication is rooted in macroeconomic theory, it would do well to remember that self-fulfilling prophecies can go either way.
1 day agoFollowing the publication of a study on the world’s oldest-dated rock art in Southeast Sulawesi, Culture Minister Fadli Zon said the government would balance the preservation and utilization of the caves where the ancient artwork was found.
1 day agoSurveys by credible pollsters indicate that the push to change the election system does not reflect the aspirations of the people, but rather those of political elites who lack popular roots.
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