The senior economy minister says Jakarta has submitted a request to Washington that Indonesian palm oil be exempted from Trump's latest tariff regime, even as the country remains subject to a separate US probe into alleged excess manufacturing capacity.

Blazes have ripped through vast swathes of woodland in both countries, incinerating properties and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people -- residents and tourists alike.

Marcos made the suggestion in a wide-ranging State of the Nation speech that placed spiralling energy costs and inflation, driven by the war in the Middle East, centre-stage.

If not corrected, the seats could injure passengers and crew members during an emergency landing or block the aisle and slow an evacuation, the agency said.

The journey of an AQUA bottle begins long before it reaches consumers, with protected mountain ecosystems, advanced science, and a nationwide distribution network working together behind the scenes.

Local soybean farmers have produced just 8 percent of national demand over the past five years, according to a senior food official, who also said the government was cooking up a variety of strategies, including a targeted subsidy, to boost output to accelerate its self-sufficiency agenda.

Bank Indonesia has been under pressure to support Prabowo's big-growth agenda, even as the rupiah slid to an historic low in June amid concern over Indonesia's fiscal management and central bank independence.

The AI trade may have room to run, but as it grows more crowded, investors are looking for true diversifiers, and several options are hiding in plain sight.

Beijing’s space technology is actively helping Tehran control the course of the war, while the Pentagon is rapidly losing its expensive, slow-to-replenish anti-missile arsenal.

SK hynix and Samsung lost around 13 percent, dragging the Kospi index down 10.2 percent, having earlier been paused for a 20-minute circuit-breaker.

Climate change and disaster management can no longer be treated separately.

North Sumatra was hit by widespread fuel shortages last week, forcing motorists to endure lines stretching up to 13 kilometers outside filling stations. Some drivers even had to wait overnight as stations ran out of fuel supplies.

The IDX Composite index is building momentum, but without regulatory predictability and solid earnings, the current upswing risks running out of steam.

Indonesia's second straight AFF Women's Cup crown confirms its growing dominance in Southeast Asia's second tier, but the bigger challenge lies in closing the gap with the region's elite and building a sustainable future for women's soccer.

Most of Australia's domestic oil refineries were built during the 1950s and 1960s, but high operating costs and the emergence of large refineries across Asia forced many to shut down over the past three decades.

While physical hardware once built successful economic zones, the future of global trade belongs to regions that power their growth with invisible financial infrastructure.

Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) chairman Kaesang Pangarep is set to face a major challenge in the 2029 election after deciding to run for a House of Representatives seat from a Central Java’s electoral district, which is dominated by Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politicians.

President Prabowo Subianto’s approval rating has fallen to barely 50 percent, marking a sharp drop from the strong public support he enjoyed during his first year in office as Indonesians grow increasingly pessimistic about the economic, political and law enforcement conditions, a new survey found.

The rushed push to turn Bali into an international financial hub risks turning the island into a speculative tax haven unless policymakers fix critical legal loopholes and money-laundering blind spots.

Indonesia's investment figures are improving, with investment realization exceeding Rp 1,000 trillion (US$57 billion) and portfolio inflows rebounding strongly in the first half of 2026. But the recovery has yet to dispel investor concerns. Policy uncertainty, governance issues and continued pressure on the rupiah suggest that confidence in Indonesia's long-term investment climate remains fragile.

The event triggered widespread backlash after several local residents said they were denied access to the club and prevented from joining the run after identifying themselves as Indonesian citizens, while applicants who identified themselves as foreign nationals were reportedly accepted without issue.

Indonesia recorded 32,389 layoffs in the first half of this year, with nearly one-fifth of the job losses occurring in West Java.

By ruling against executive discretion in mining permits, the Constitutional Court has drawn a long-overdue line between public wealth and political favoritism.

The Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru facilitated the repatriation of 274 Indonesians from Melaka International Ferry Terminal in Malacca and Port Dickson Port in Negeri Sembilan to Dumai, Riau, and Tanjung Balai Asahan, North Sumatra.  

Indonesia's automotive market is not in decline but is undergoing a reset. While higher interest rates and affordability pressures have softened new-car sales, the market's long-term fundamentals remain intact. Electrification, urbanization and manufacturing investment are reshaping the industry and creating the foundation for its next phase of growth, according to Lukmanul Arsyad, an Industrials & Services Leader and Partner at PwC Indonesia.

There are 39 regencies and cities in Indonesia, which cannot pay their contract employees using their own regional budgets after the central government cut funding. 

Jakarta Police have named seven suspects over a deadly clash in Pegangsaan, Menteng, Central Jakarta, that left one man dead and another in critical condition, with investigators separating the case into vandalism and fatal assault investigations.