Jokowi swears in 17 new ambassadors
The ambassadors included former Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) chairman Rosan Roeslani, who is a close aide of Jokowi and a former member of the President’s…
Melaka polls: Perikatan component parties to contest under a single banner, says Muhyiddin
Perikatan Nasional chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said this decision was arrived upon at the group's special supreme council meeting which he chaired on Tuesday (Oct 26).
Tutoring firms turn to adult education amid academic burden cut
With an increasing number of people accepting the idea of lifelong learning, having courses to gain new skills or taking exams to obtain certificates have been especially popular…
Japan PM Kishida earns mixed results in by-elections ahead of general election
The ruling party lost the seat in Shizuoka, one of the two seats closely watched as a bellwether of public support for LDP.
Mosque council mulls ‘simultaneous’ call to prayer in Greater Jakarta
Concerns over the liberal use of mosque loudspeakers in packed urban centers have been a topic of profound sensitivity in the Muslim-majority country
Yomiuri survey: LDP may struggle to win single-party majority in general election
The largest opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan could secure more than the 110 seats it previously held in the lower house, the poll showed.
S. Korea prepares to launch 1st homegrown space rocket
The KSLV-II - also known as Nuri - is set to blast off from the Naro Space Center
China tests world’s most powerful solid-fuel rocket engine
Researchers are designing a super-heavy rocket - the Long March 9 - that will likely become one of the world's largest and mightiest launch vehicles.
Drug war details out: Probe shatters cops narratives in 52 cases
The majority of the over 150 police officers involved in the 52 cases have been suspended.
Muslim groups oppose renaming Jakarta street after Turkey’s Ataturk
The government's plan to rename the street, in Menteng, Central Jakarta, is to reciprocate a similar gesture by Turkey.