The blending of TPNPB members with local civilians has been cited as the primary obstacle for the whole operation.

After films such as Oscar-winning "Parasite" and TV series including Golden Globe-bedecked "Squid Game" helped popularise K-content overseas, industry figures have said South Korea's high-quality reality shows may be next in line for domination.

Asian equities weakened on Tuesday and were set for their worst monthly performance since September as investors adjusted to expectations that US interest rates will stay higher for longer.

In a speech to a provincial education agency meeting, Viktor, a politician from the NasDem Party, said that the proposal, if implemented, could also improve discipline and the work ethic.

Rail commuters face a reduction in service as Commuter Line service operator PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI) plans to retire 10 trains due to old age this year, while the importation of used Japanese trains has been met with resistance from the Industry Ministry.

Senior US officials have said as recently as Sunday that they were "confident" China was considering providing lethal equipment to Moscow, with a diplomatic pressure campaign underway to discourage it from doing so.

"Meetings have already been set and probably we may have the Japanese and the Australians join in," Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez told Reuters. 

Two banks owned by homegrown conglomerates will be merged this year, according to the Financial Services Authority.

The Pokemon Company has revealed it will release "Pokemon Sleep" across most of the world in summer 2023, four years after it first announced plans for the game.

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder said that Antarctica's sea ice fell to 1.79 million square kilometers (691,000 million square miles) on February 21.

The decision comes just days after the centre-left Labor government launched a consultation on reforming superannuation - retirement funds - saying it wanted the country's pension system to become sustainable and equitable.

In an open letter issued on Monday, Prawit Wongsuwan, a former army chief and veteran political dealmaker in Thailand's royalist establishment, said democracy should be allowed to take its course and authoritarian governments installed by elites would always lose out to elected, liberal forces.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has issued a warning for potential heavy rains across the archipelago for the next seven days.

Japan's Fair Trade Commission said on Tuesday it filed criminal complaints against Dentsu and five other advertising firms as well as seven individuals over alleged bid-rigging on contracts for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Foreign ministers from around the world meet in New Delhi this week in the shadow of Russia's war in Ukraine and spiralling US-China tensions, with host India hoping that issues like climate change and Third World debt are not overlooked.

In the country most populated by Muslims, Ramadan holds a special place in its people’s hearts. It is the day of the year people look forward to more than any other annually, and this year is no different.

The Philippines is in talks to possibly include Australia and Japan in planned joint South China Sea patrols with the United States, a senior diplomat said on Monday, in another sign of concern over Beijing's activities in the strategic waters.

In a world soaked with pseudo-healing and self-help you would think everyone would seek out someone like Rebeka Pinaima. But they don’t. Because the reality is, people do not want to put in the work.

The optional self-registration will be followed from March 1 by a month-long collection of details by more than 120,000 enumerators using tablets and mobiles, which organizers say will make the process more accurate, transparent and credible.

Britain and the European Union proclaimed Monday a "new chapter" in relations after years of Brexit tensions as they agreed on a sweeping overhaul of trade rules in Northern Ireland.

The development approach to the Papua issue will only succeed if it is part of a counterinsurgency strategy that prioritizes a population-centric approach, rather than the conventional approach of finding and destroying enemy forces.

Coloniality survives colonialism and is now all around in our modern/colonial institutions (the state, universities, museums), in our minds, in our ways of being, and in our perception of the world around us.

The close synergy between the government’s fiscal policy and Bank Indonesia’s monetary policy contributed to Indonesia's resilience and outstanding robust economic performance during the peak of the pandemic. 

The majority of Indonesian farmers own small-unproductive plots that lack access to reliable irrigation and advisory services, trapping them in a situation of low productivity and income.

China hopes to engage with the top officials of Indonesia and plan for the next decade of bilateral relations, so as to reduce the negative impacts of political changes on bilateral ties.

The business-to-business platforms cannot directly bring down building material prices, but they could help property developers manage costs, according to an expert.

The South Jakarta District Court has sentenced two former police officers to three and two years in prison, respectively, for their role in helping disgraced two-star police general Ferdy Sambo attempt to cover up the murder of his aide-de-camp Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat in July of last year.