Jokowi took the time to visit the booth for the Esemka brand after delivering his opening remarks to kick off the country's largest auto show, accompanied by Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto and Eddy Wirajaya, president director of PT Solo Manufaktur Kreasi, the company behind the Esemka brand.

The 52-year-old is one of the most influential figures in Indonesian politics.

Miftah Cut Ade, a senior member of the area's traditional fishing community, told Reuters the group had arrived from Bangladesh, many in a state of exhaustion. Local residents had offered them food, he said.

The Rockefeller Foundation says countries of the so-called Global South, home to 85 percent of the world’s population, must claim a greater role in shaping the future of the planet.

In "Creed III", Adonis is enjoying his successful career when an old friend and once promising boxer, Damian, played by Jonathan Majors, comes back into his life after serving a prison sentence.

Two days after originally planned, the two sides have finally come to an agreement on a fee of Rp 49.8 million for this year's haj program, at no extra cost to delayed 2020 pilgrims but Rp 9.4 million more for 2022 pilgrims.

The House of Representatives is set to pass the controversial government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) on jobs creation in a plenary meeting in March after securing an endorsement from the House Legislation Body (Baleg) despite criticism of the deliberation being rushed.

Asia's stocks rose on Thursday, with investors choosing to cheer strong US retail sales data as good news for earnings rather than worry about it being likely to support interest rate rises.

Some 700 tourists had visited by midday Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Culture, whose officials were present at the site. 

The latest expert report, presented to a court on Wednesday, will be reviewed by judges in closed hearings ahead of a legally binding ruling on the poet's death in 1973 shortly before the Pinochet dictatorship came to power. 

Anies is still plagued by the public's past perception of his using identity politics to win the Jakarta governorship in 2017, and while he has been making some effort to try and recast his image, analysts say his ties to the Ummah Party hasn't done him any favors.

The Medan District Court has commenced the trial of Jonni, alleged to be the boss of an illegal online gambling ring whose name was indirectly connected, though unverified, to murder convict Ferdy Sambo in social media rumors.

The spotlight is back on the Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) as the oft-criticized sport governing body is set to elect a new chairman in an extraordinary congress on Tuesday.

Macron has not hidden his hope that Beijing, which remains an important ally of Moscow and has not condemned the invasion of Ukraine launched nearly a year ago, will pressure Russia to return to the negotiating table.

The junior officer may have a path back into the National Police, depending on the results of an internal ethics hearing.

Moscow considers the destruction of Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines last September "an act of international terrorism" and will not allow it to be swept under the rug, the embassy said in a statement. 

The cargo train derailment sparked a massive fire and triggered the release of toxic fumes, including from vinyl chloride, a colorless gas deemed carcinogenic by the US National Cancer Institute.

"We're discussing and we're making it perfect and if we do a marathon job, this could be over in less than a month," Usman said in a statement on Wednesday.

And, after a three-year pandemic lull, the volume of movies seeking distributors or financing is setting records, with 827 films from 121 countries chasing 1,168 buyers, according to the festival.

The US tech giant has also suggested setting up an independent body to discuss the proposed bill to avoid the direct involvement of either tech or media companies.

The issues of Myanmar, the war in Ukraine and the South China Sea are the key challenges to ASEAN centrality while Indonesia is at its helm.

Healthy food is frequently frowned looked down upon due to misconceptions that it tastes bland but an increasing number of catering services are emerging with innovative meals that balance flavor with nutritional quality.

The 18-year-old pop singer-songwriter's freshman studio album, 'Penyendiri', addresses the beauty and turmoil of being a lone wolf on the precipice of adulthood.  

Getting more manufacturing facilities to use electricity generated by the state electricity firm PLN could be the easiest way to tackle the country’s electricity supply glut, energy experts say.

Unless this decades-long approach changes, conflict will continue to plague Papua and other hostage takings will recur and the cycle of violence will persist.

The basic update that the system will do is NIN data matching between Taxation Directorate General internal data and the population data from the Department of Population and Civil Registration at the Home Ministry.

On a monthly basis, the trade surplus is lower than the previous month, due to a downward trend in exports for the past five months.