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 ...
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 ...
Artist impression of a Scorpene Evolved submarine at periscope depth outside the main naval base of the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL). Naval Group image. The two Scorpène submarines will be built and ...
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 ...
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 ...
A ranking of the top songs based on streaming and sales activity from within the country- as tracked by Luminate. The ranking is based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both ...
In 1965, at the height of the Cold War, a communist victory in Indonesia seemed plausible. At the time, the Indonesian Communist Party was the third-largest in the world with three million members. In ...
India expects coal mines owned by private companies to produce 350-400 million tonnes of coal by 2030, a senior coal ministry official told an industry conference on Tuesday, potentially reducing the country's dependence on imports.
Foreigners sold Asian equities for a fourth straight month in February, as they booked profits and sharply cut exposure to South Korea amid concerns over stretched technology sector valuations and rising geopolitical risks.
Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast on Thursday said it delivered nearly 35,000 cars in 2023, below its target of at least 40,000 units, blaming slow EV adoption in some regions, tough competition and uncertain economy.
The Philippines and China traded accusations on Saturday over an encounter in disputed waters of the South China Sea, in an escalating row over a key waterway.
Malaysia's palm oil inventories at end-August likely swelled above 2 million tonnes for the first time in more than two years, lifted by a jump in production, a Reuters survey showed on Monday.
France and Germany have called on the European Union to adopt stricter checks on overseas suppliers of biofuel as the EU investigates allegations of fraud in imports from Asia.
Ahold Delhaize has agreed to buy Romanian grocery retailer Profi from private equity firm MidEuropa for 1.3 billion euros ($1.37 billion) in a deal that will more than double the company's operations in Romania.
Japan's defence ministry is considering exports of surface-to-ship missiles to the Philippines, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday, as Tokyo adopts a more assertive regional security role amid concern about China.
Nearly 700 foreigners have fled Myanmar and crossed into Thailand, the Thai army said on Thursday, following a military operation against the Chinese-backed KK Park, a notorious cybercrime compound.
Germany's foreign minister on Sunday criticised what he called the "aggressive behaviour" of China in the Taiwan Strait ahead of a trip to Japan and Indonesia, and stressed the need to strengthen internationally binding rules.
Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday denied allegations that medical supplies like personal protective equipment and face masks were overpriced, lashing out at lawmakers probing government officials over emergency purchases last year.
The party of East Timor independence hero Xanana Gusmão has won most votes in a parliamentary election, preliminary results in state media showed on Tuesday, boosting his chances of his return as premier and a new phase of opposition rule.
Singapore's foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan has called the situation in Myanmar "an unfolding tragedy" that will take time to overcome, and said it was essential for Southeast Asian countries to have a position on how to respond.
China said on Sunday it has plans to set up COVID-19 vaccination stations to vaccinate Chinese citizens abroad and is also ready to work with the International Olympic Committee to help provide vaccines to Olympic athletes for upcoming events.
Japan's biggest oil and gas explorer, Inpex Corp , lifted its full-year profit forecast by 14% to a record 400 billion yen ($2.7 billion) thanks to higher-than-expected oil and gas prices and the yen's plunge against the U.S. dollar.
Private equity firm Northstar Group is considering the sale of Singapore's Innovalues in a deal that could value the precision machine parts maker at over S$500 million ($377.47 million), two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
Southeast Asian technology firm Sea Ltd on Tuesday reported a 30% surge in first-quarter revenue, helped by steady growth across its diverse set of businesses, sending its U.S.-listed shares up 5% in early trading.
Indonesia's central bank will prepare technical regulations that reflect its wider mandate to support economic growth following the passage of a sweeping new financial system law, its spokesperson said on Friday.
National carrier PT Garuda Indonesia will start terminating contracts with 700 workers next month, forced to cut costs by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, its chief executive said on Tuesday.
The European Union's drug regulator said on Wednesday it could decide on Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine approval "within weeks" if the data it has received from the drugmaker was sufficient to prove the shot's effectiveness.