Singapore based ride hailing service Grab will ad more than 1000 electric vehicles to its Indonesian fleet, mostly procured from Chinese automaker BYD, accelerating its shift to greener transportation in a key market.
Helen Brown
Outgoing Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday said he spent a restless first night at the presidential palace in Nusantara, the nation’s new capital still under construction.
Indonesia has the second-highest burden of tuberculosis (TB) globally and is experiencing one of the fastest-growing HIV epidemics worldwide.
Chinese companies are in talks with potential investors to reduce their stakes in Indonesian nickel smelters amid efforts to make their products eligible for U.S. electric vehicle tax credits, an Indonesian official said on Friday.
The U.S. has approached Indonesia about joining a multinational partnership to boost the Southeast Asian nation’s environmental standards as the two countries discuss a critical minerals deal, a senior U.S. official said on Monday.
In Indonesia, the historical acceptance of sexual and gender diversity, including trans and same-sex practices, is currently under threat.
Professor Emeritus MacIntyre brings a lifetime of Indonesia knowledge and experience to the AIC and joins in the tenth year of its work in strengthening an important bilateral relationship.
Critical minerals producers are lauded by the government for creating jobs and generating revenue, and they market themselves as socially responsible. But they are neglecting the safety of their workers under a cover of weak regulations and government protection.
Indonesia has transformed global nickel supply during the past decade, attracting billions of dollars in Chinese investment. But the battery-metal boom that’s created fortunes and tens of thousands of jobs is also raising increasingly uncomfortable questions around the price of this success.
In a jungled corner of Indonesia’s Papua, the Awyu tribe await a Supreme Court verdict that will determine whether thousands of hectares of rainforest will be cleared for a vast palm oil concession to be planted atop the graves of their ancestors.
The world’s largest single-day elections, held in February 2024, granted Prabowo Subianto his long-held dream of becoming Indonesian president.
Chairman of the Indonesian Food and Beverage Entrepreneurs Association (GAPMMI), Adhi S. Lukman, has expressed concern over the significant impact of rupiah’s depreciation on the food and beverage industry, which relies heavily on imported raw materials such as milk, sugar, soybeans, and wheat.
When policies supporting LGBT staff clash with local realities, some companies back down, while others find a way to bridge the divide.
A Japan-based hospital group plans to bring in more health care workers through a recruitment blitz in Indonesia, Nikkei has learned.
Insurance and shipping companies have emerged as significant contributors to maritime security, alongside regional states’ strengthened maritime law enforcement capacities.
As diplomatic showdowns go, this summit had few parallels. In a grand pavilion in the magnificent grounds of the royal palace of Singasari in eastern Java, an envoy from Kublai Khan, the most powerful man in the world, sat down to pass on a blunt message to King Kertanegera, probably the most powerful ruler in Southeast Asia. The year was 1290.
