Indonesia’s Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati was chairing a meeting with top ministry officials when she received a call from President Prabowo Subianto’s office informing her she would be replaced within an hour, two sources said, underscoring the abruptness of the longtime finance czar’s sacking.
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In May, Indonesia’s state-owned electricity monopoly, PLN, vowed to increase its complement of natural gas power plants as part of a gambit, it said, to make its power supply cleaner and more reliable.
The plan has drawn sharp criticism from experts and activists who question its methods, costs and potential impact on vulnerable communities.
Indonesia has approved the authorization of 17 new Brazilian meatpacking plants to export beef, bringing the total number of units authorized to ship to the country to 38.
Contaminated metal at an industrial site in Indonesia may be the source of radioactive material that led to massive recalls of imported frozen shrimp, international nuclear safety officials say.
KRI Brawijaya, the Indonesian Navy’s (TNI AL) first Multipurpose Combat Ship/Pattugliatore Polivalente d’Altura (PPA) has arrived in Indonesia following a six-week voyage from Italy.
During Indonesia’s recent mass protests, the looted homes of politicians in Jakarta revealed unexpected victims: cats reportedly left behind or stolen as their owners fled for safety.
In the interior of North Kalimantan Province, there still exists a forest tribe that truly lives within the jungle. This tribe is dubbed the last hunters and gatherers of Kalimantan (Indonesian part of Borneo).
Indonesia’s 2014 raw mineral export ban, supported by Chinese investment, transformed it into the world’s top nickel producer and spurred local job growth. Now aiming to build a whole domestic EV industry, the country faces challenges such as low demand, labour unrest, and environmental concerns, casting doubt on its long-term success.
Four residents of Pari Island have filed a lawsuit in Switzerland demanding compensation from the world’s largest cement firm Holcim for the damage wrought to their home by climate change.
A year after it was inaugurated, Indonesia’s would-be new capital Nusantara attracts tourists and construction workers, but most of its architecturally arresting presidential palace and freshly built avenues sit silent.
Indonesian Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Bima Arya Sugiarto emphasized the importance of strengthening the capacity of local government officials in governance and public policymaking to accelerate regional progress.
The 17+8 People’s Demands movement is a summary of various demands from the people that has become a popular discourse on social media. Influencers such as Andovi Da Lopez, Salsa Erwin, and Jerome Polin are the names who have gathered these various demands.
Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto, clad in a tailored gray suit, sat shoulder to shoulder with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, grinning, chatting, clapping in unison as missiles and drones rolled past.
Following deadly riots in Indonesia and the death of gig workers, South-east Asians are showing solidarity by sending food and necessities via delivery apps.
She noted that waste from the program’s 32,000 kitchen sites, known as Nutrition Fulfillment Service Units (SPPG), could be processed using maggot worms. The resulting byproducts—organic fertilizer and animal feed—offer added economic value.
