President Prabowo’s US envoy: The Jakarta Post
President Prabowo has a unique attachment to Trump because it was during Trump’s first presidency that Washington repealed the ban imposed on the former Indonesian army general…
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Woman in Indonesia taken to fire station with chair after piercing gets stuck
In the video, firefighters can be seen teasing the woman by pretending to consider using heavy tools like a chainsaw and a large axe for the rescue. She was eventually freed with…
Food poisoning mars second week of Indonesia’s free meals rollout
National Nutrition Agency Head Dadan Hindayana said President Prabowo Subianto had concurred that such an incident could happen at anytime and had expressed appreciation for the…
Malaysia tempers expectations as it leads ASEAN
Malaysia is hosting its first meeting as chair of the regional bloc which is dealing with Beijing’s aggression in the South China Sea and a faltering Asean peace process for…
Nanning Initiatives to boost China, ASEAN city-level relations
The initiative was co-launched by representatives from cities across the eight participating countries: China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Indonesia’s poverty rate at historic low despite uptick in inequality
The Statistics Indonesia report notes that 24.06 million people were living below the poverty line in September, down from 25.22 million in March when the rate was at 9.03 percent.
Apple has begun work on AirTag factory in Indonesia’s Batam, minister says
The government has been pushing for direct investment from Apple to revoke a sales ban that prevents the company from selling its latest iPhone model in the country, but the…
Facing palm oil nonsense: The Jakarta Post
There are still many sustainable ways in store to enhance palm oil output, especially through long-neglected replanting efforts rather than opening new plantations by clearing…
Getting rich without getting fat: The challenge of developing countries
As developing countries, Indonesia and Mexico face double problems since hunger and obesity exist like two sides of a coin.
Indonesia intensifies probe into ‘mysterious’ fence off Tangerang coast
Authorities are ramping up an investigation into a 30 km bamboo fence installed off the Tangerang coast, while a similar structure has cropped up off the northern coast of Bekasi,…