AFP More than 200 Rohingya refugees were relocated from the beaches of a remote Indonesian island Wednesday after weeks adrift on a wooden boat, as authorities rejected locals’ efforts to push the mem
This photo taken on on February 14, 2024 shows Indonesia’s presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto gesturing after staining his fingers with ink at a polling station after he voted in Indonesia’s pres
AFP Southeast Asian leaders condemned on Thursday Myanmar’s efforts to implement a plan to end the country’s civil war as “substantially inadequate”, according to a draft summit statement seen by AFP.
International relationsModi and Widodo to discuss bolstering maritime defense cooperation India and Indonesia seek to counter China's growing regional dominance The INS Kolkata leads other naval ships
Local residents protest against the arrival of Rohingya refugees near a temporary camp in Sabang, an island in Indonesia’s Aceh Province, on December 18 (Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP) AFP On a remote isla
AFP An Indonesian “influencer” has been sentenced to seven years in prison for meeting with rebels in junta-ruled Myanmar, a foreign ministry official in Jakarta said Wednesday. Myanmar has been consu
JAKARTA -- At the beginning of this month, Jakarta prosecutors paraded three suspects in an alleged $25 million corruption and money laundering scandal involving investment funds at the agriculture st
Mizzima On 31 January, CIVICUS, a global civil society alliance, called on ASEAN to stop enabling the Myanmar junta’s ongoing brutal oppression of its citizens. Four years into the coup, the Associati
An aerial view shows high-rise apartment complexes (background) adjacent to a low-rise neighbourhood in downtown Jakarta on June 28, 2024. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP) Sun Lee Indonesia’s plan to impos
The National Unity Government (NUG) - In Kawlin Township of Sagaing Region, Township People’s Administration, on behalf of donors, provided basic food items to the displaced people from the local vill
JAKARTA -- Singaporean ride-hailing company Grab will test new transportation-related technologies in a smart city under development by Indonesian group Sinar Mas outside the capital city. Business de
AFP Indonesia launched Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway on Monday, a delayed, multibillion-dollar project backed by China that President Joko Widodo hailed as “a symbol of our modernisation”.
AFP Former general Prabowo Subianto was sworn in Sunday as president of Indonesia, seeking a more prominent position on the global stage for the world’s fourth most populous nation. The 73-year-old fi
US-China tensionsChina deepens ties with ASEAN as Biden skips Jakarta summits Partnerships forged despite map furor; Li test rides Indonesia high-speed rail Chinese Premier Li Qiang, right, takes a te
BANGKOK/MUMBAI -- Consumer spending on entertainment content was robust across Southeast Asia in 2025, reflecting a continuing increase in middle-income earners across the region of 700 million. Busin
AFP A magnitude-6.4 offshore earthquake hit near Indonesia’s Java island on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, with the tremor felt in the capital Jakarta and forcing residents of anoth
JAKARTA -- Indonesian conglomerate Lippo Group will take advantage of its vast customer base of 60 million to strengthen mobile payment services, a promising market where its future may lie. This Jaka
JAKARTA -- Eddi Danusaputro has an unusual task for someone working inside a government-owned bank: looking for young entrepreneurs who might disrupt its business. Asia300Bank Mandiri bets on startups
JAKARTA -- The president of Bank Mandiri said on Tuesday that he expected the economy to grow at a faster pace next year after Indonesia's largest state-owned bank reported a 25% year-on-year growth i
TOKYO -- Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ aims to buy roughly 40% of Indonesia's Bank Danamon with an eye toward a future majority stake, extending its Southeast Asian dealmaking push into the region's mo