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 ...
Indonesia's outgoing president hopes the nation's new capital city will be his greatest legacy, but some say the plan has critical flaws. Indonesia's future capital Nusantara is under development but ...
ACHIEVING RECIPROCAL TRADE: Today, the Trump Administration finalized a landmark trade agreement with Indonesia that will provide Americans with unprecedented market access and unlock major ...
The Indonesian government’s suppression of widespread protests after a 2019 attack on Papuan university students highlighted longstanding racial discrimination against Indigenous Papuans. Indonesian ...
A conservative religious movement, spread through social media, has taken hold among Indonesian youth. The government wants to curb its influence. By Sui-Lee Wee Sui-Lee Wee traveled to Padang and ...
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The defense ministers of Indonesia and Japan signed a cooperation agreement on Monday, Jakarta said, underlining the need to safeguard regional peace and stability in the face of ...
The Baltic Exchange's dry bulk sea freight index fell to a one-week low on Thursday, as the larger capesize vessel index posted losses for a fifth straight session due to lower volumes.
China's top lawmaker and the third-ranked leader of its ruling Communist Party, Zhao Leji, spoke to journalists covering parliament on Wednesday, state media reported, a day after he unexpectedly missed a key session he had been due to open.
Social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok need to take action to stop young users wasting hours mindlessly scrolling never-ending videos, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday.
Japan's biggest power generator JERA said on Friday it had sold its 14% stake in Indonesia's PT Paiton Energy, which operates coal power plants, to a unit of energy company PT Medco Daya Abadi Lestari for an undisclosed sum.
China sanctioned former Philippine senator Francis Tolentino on Tuesday and barred him entry, citing "egregious conduct" on matters such as the disputed South China Sea a day after the end of his six-year term.
Foreign mutual funds which have exposure to Sri Lankan equities have posted steep losses in their net asset values this year, prompting their fund managers to look for ways to trim their holdings and switch to alternative markets.
Norway's sovereign wealth fund has excluded French mining group Eramet from its portfolio on ethical grounds, a spokesperson for the fund's operator, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), said on Friday.
The Indian rupee fell marginally on Wednesday, despite the rise in regional peers and lower crude oil prices, as dollar demand from foreign banks and importers weighed on the currency.
Malaysia's communications regulator said on Tuesday it will take legal action against social media platform X due to concerns over user safety in relation to artificial intelligence feature Grok.
U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff blitz has shocked financial markets, but the LME base metals complex got an early preview of the likely mayhem.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Tuesday the Biden administration's signature Asian engagement project called the IPEF is designed to create no conflict with other trade agreements in the region, where China is expanding its clout.
Foreigners added a net $29 billion into emerging market debt and equity portfolios in December enticed by a view that the U.S. Federal Reserve will soon ease monetary policy, taking the 2023 estimated net inflow near $179 billion, the Institute of International Finance said on Thursday.
Thailand's exports of cassava products between January and April jumped 28% from the same period last year as importers sought grain alternatives, a senior official said on Monday, amid a food crisis brought on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Germany's military cannot completely fill its existing gaps by 2030, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius was quoted as saying, as Berlin seeks to revamp its armed forces after Russia's invasion of Ukraine following decades of neglect.
India's Godrej Consumer Product reported a fourth-quarter profit that missed analysts' estimates on Tuesday, as a jump in costs overshadowed the gains from sustained demand for its home care products.
Analysts continue to lift Asian companies' forward-12 month earnings on optimism over economic recovery, although last month's upgrades were the smallest in nine months, hit by worries over a surge in coronavirus infections in some areas.
The Group of 20 (G20) countries are striving to build a policy consensus on crypto assets to inform better global regulation, India's federal economic affairs secretary Ajay Seth said on Wednesday.
Higher coffee prices worldwide prompted wider discounts for Asia's main robusta markets, while weak demand and low inventories at the end of the harvest season in Vietnam and Indonesia also weighed.
East Timorese voters headed to the polls on Sunday in a parliamentary election that analysts said would likely see two resistance-era figures battle to be prime minister.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday his government will pay the 931 million pesos ($19.25 million) it owes the Red Cross after the humanitarian agency stopped conducting COVID-19 tests.