Drought tightens grip across Indonesia
Thousands of households across several regencies have already gone weeks without rain, prompting the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) to urge regional administrations to…
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Indonesian factories struggling amid muted demand, surging costs
Indonesia's manufacturing sector suffered its sharpest contraction in a year, with the PMI plunging to 46.9 in June as new orders dried up and factory-gate prices rose at the…
Indonesia posts first trade deficit in six years
In a press conference on Wednesday, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) official Ateng Hartono said the US$1.61 billion deficit in May was “mainly due to” the large deficit in oil and…
Indonesia’s shrinking skilled workforce rings competitiveness alarm in latest report
In its latest report titled “Indonesia Economic Prospects” published in June, the World Bank highlighted that the country’s decreasing medium- and high-skilled employment…
Pride in Indonesia is longer than a coming-out story
Three queer Indonesians, three different relationships with the closet and one thing they all share: a conversation that never ends.
Motorists in Indonesia switch fuels, queue longer amid fuel price hike
Motorists’ massive shift from nonsubsidised to subsidised fuels is inevitable after the recent significant price hike.
Weak transparency threatens Indonesia’s economic ambitions: Watchdogs
Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) researcher said President Prabowo Subianto’s administration had become “increasingly opaque” with government processes appearing “designed…
China imposes new export controls, deepening Japan row
The new additions, including major companies, "have participated in enhancing Japan's military capabilities", the Chinese commerce ministry said in a statement.
Tourism, climate puts Indonesia’s ‘walking shark’ under pressure
The shallow coastal waters of the Raja Ampat archipelago in Southwest Papua are home to the population of the shark (Hemiscyllium freycineti), one of 10 known “walking shark”…
High transboundary haze risk puts Indonesian policy to test
A Singapore-based think-tank assessing transboundary haze from forest fires issued a rare “code red” warning on Wednesday, flagging a risk for severe regional haze between…