When the government effectively forced TikTok to shut down its Shop feature, the company quickly struck an unusual deal with a local company to bring it back. Agata Pinastika Kenastuti’s children’s ...
Indonesia is proud of its religious diversity and its reputation for tolerance, but minorities, including Catholics, still face discrimination. By Sui-Lee Wee and Emma Bubola Sui-Lee Wee traveled to ...
Hundreds of people have been killed and millions displaced as extreme weather has ravaged Southeast Asia this month. Indonesia’s heavy rain was linked to two tropical cyclones. By Jin Yu Young and ...
Indonesian authorities said other climbers had safely evacuated Mount Dukono, which had been off-limits because of volcanic activity. By John Yoon and Muktita Suhartono At least three hikers were ...
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India, March 27 -- A moderate earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale struck near Jayapura in Indonesia in the early hours of March 27, 2026. The tremors were recorded offshore, and authorities ...
Malaysian palm oil giant Kuala Lumpur Kepong (KLK) Bhd (KLKK.KL) plans to acquire IJM Corporation Bhd's (IJMS.KL) stake in IJM Plantations Bhd (IJMP.KL) for 1.53 billion ringgit ($372 million) in cash, the companies said on Wednesday.
Weather disruption and labour shortages mean global palm oil production is unlikely to stay on trend to hit growth projections of more than 6 million tonnes this year, a leading sector analyst told a virtual conference on Wednesday.
Indonesian tin industry groups on Monday asked authorities to consider implementing a planned tin ingot export ban gradually to allow the industry to develop domestic processing plants.
A fire at a nickel smelter in Indonesia left one worker dead and injured six others, police said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of deadly incidents that have prompted concern over safety at the $2.7 billion facility.
Indonesia's state energy firm Pertamina (PERTM.UL) aims to test the injection of carbon for storage underground by the end of 2022, as authorities prepare a regulation to encourage the development of carbon capture infrastructure, officials said on Thursday.
India has offered to sell 18 light-combat aircraft (LCA) "Tejas" to Malaysia, the defence ministry said on Friday, adding that Argentina, Australia, Egypt, the United States, Indonesia, and the Philippines were also interested in the single-engine jet.
A search and rescue mission was underway for 25 Indonesians missing after a boat capsized off Malaysia on Wednesday killing 11 people, among them suspected undocumented migrants, maritime authorities said.
One million donated doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc's (PFE.N) and BioNTech (22UAy.DE) will arrive in Malaysia on Monday, White House officials said, with plans for more shipments to Southeast Asia soon.
China's coal imports in the first two months of 2022 dropped 14% from a year earlier after Indonesia, its biggest overseas supplier of the fuel, banned exports for a period in January, delaying shipments of dozens of cargoes.
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki will meet with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday from 0445 GMT, the Ministry of Finance said on Monday.
Brazil's government will launch an investigation into suspected export "dumping" of some hot-rolled steel products from China, India and Indonesia, its official gazette said on Monday.
“Please mine more nickel, okay?” Elon Musk urged, with a nervous chuckle, responding to a question about constraints to making electric batteries. “Tesla will give you a giant contract for a long period of time,” the carmaker’s CEO said during a call with investors. That was July 2020. Since then, use of the metal required to power electric vehicles has soared, rising 37% last year to 290,000 tonnes, according to research firm Adamas Intelligence. Yet this year miners including BHP , Anglo American , Glencore , and Wyloo, owned by magnate Andrew Forrest, have been mothballing, writing down, or trying to sell their operations.
Ifa Hanifah Misbach was 19 when her father died - and her family told her he would not go to heaven because she refused to wear the hijab, a Muslim head covering.
Southeast Asia is emerging as a global initial public offering (IPO) hotspot, with the region's elevated economic growth and stable interest rate outlook making it a standout as bigger financial centres struggle to attract major new share sales.
Police and demonstrators clashed in Jakarta on Thursday on a third consecutive day of widespread protests and labour strikes against a polarising jobs law that took effect in Indonesia this week.
China's Premier Li Qiang met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Indonesia, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday.
Iran is being increasingly aggressive towards France by detaining its citizens, France's president said on Wednesday, adding that Tehran was also destabilising the region with aggressive actions.
Emerging Asia's stocks and currencies rose on Monday as worries over the fallout from the new coronavirus variant Omicron receded, while investors kept tabs on more than a dozen global central bank meetings due this week.
Having bucked a global dash to tighten monetary policy for a year, Asian central banks find themselves scrambling to catch up in order to tackle rising inflation and defend weakening currencies.
Indonesian markets, after a period of relative calm, are showing signs of concern about the prospect of a drawn out national election and the possibility of the country's highly regarded finance minister, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, departing.