Asian markets sank Wednesday following hefty losses on Wall Street as still-strong economic data fanned expectations that US interest rates will go higher and stay there longer than expected.

The United States has said China is "considering providing lethal support" for Russia's war in Ukraine. Beijing quickly rebuffed the claim this week but experts say it may have some merit and, if China did give support, could be a "game changer" in the year-old conflict.

The Aek Nauli Elephant Conservation Camp (ANECC) in North Sumatra has recorded the first death of an elephant under its care, Dwiki, from complications due to a dental infection.

Leading Australian expert on Indonesia Max Lane recounts late Indonesian literary giant Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s role in inspiring the downfall of former president Soeharto’s New Order regime through his Buru Quartet tetralogy

The international sports industry's go-to marketing and networking event, Sportel Rendez-vous, is returning to Asia for the first time since 2020 on Feb. 23-24, hosted by Indonesia’s renowned island province.

Although the governor of Jakarta has issued a regulation obligating vehicles to undergo emissions tests, its full implementation still requires a comprehensive plan from various policymakers. This is part one of a two-part story.

After two years of delay, China’s state-owned SDIC, through its subsidiary SDIC Power, has led a group of big companies to revive the ailing hydropower plant project in North Sumatra.

Deputy State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Kartika Wirjoatmodjo announced an agreement had been reached between Indonesia and China regarding the amount of Jakarta-Bandung High Spseed Rail (HSR) project cost overrun, but the figure seems to be classified.

Opposition to a controversial plan by the House of Representatives to revise a law that will allow lawmakers to evaluate and remove sitting Constitutional Court justices is growing.

Senior politicians respect Mahfud not because of his government position, but his clean and open mind. 

Working for the PSSI will give the outgoing minister another five years of influence.

How policymakers can drive rapid, equitable and sustained progress toward universal eye health coverage remains a challenge.

S&P Global Ratings says last week’s deferred debt repayment by state-owned construction company PT. Waskita Karya “could test investor appetite for corporate bonds” from Indonesia.

The Bali administration has set a target of collecting Rp 31.5 billion (US$2.07 million) in tourist donations this year. The voluntary donation is to be used for the preservation of the island's culture and environment preservation.

The State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Ministry has said the total revenue of the companies under its supervision increased by 14 percent year-on-year (yoy) in 2022 to Rp 2.61 quadrillion (US$172 billion).

Flanked by four Russian tricolour flags either side, Putin told Russia's political and military elite that Russia would "carefully and consistently resolve the tasks facing us" in Ukraine.

Renewable energy is a pressing issue that is challenging the world today. The pandemic has taught the world a valuable lesson: to be more serious about responding to climate change. It is undeniable that humans need energy to carry out their daily activities.

The President says that if not by today, he will choose his nominees for BI Governor Perry Warjiyo's successor by Wednesday.

At 4:00 am (0900 GMT) Sunday -- unbeknown to the world's media, the Washington political establishment or American voters -- the 80-year-old Democrat boarded an Air Force Boeing 757, known as a C-32.

Ankle-deep in muck, Brazilian domestic worker Patricia da Silva picks her way through the debris and mud of what used to be her home.

The Australian government was careful not to name China when introducing laws to prevent foreign interference in 2018, but the move nonetheless sparked tension with Australia's largest trading partner that later developed into a diplomatic freeze.

Indonesia may start implementing an incentive scheme for the purchase of electric vehicles (EVs) in March, a minister has said, in a bid to slash fuel oil imports and boost EV adoption at home.

Celine Song's Past Lives, already a breakout hit at last month's US film festival Sundance, is having its global launch at the Berlinale cinema showcase in the German capital.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said on Tuesday that Youth and Sports Minister Zainudin Amali had “informally” tendered his resignation a day after the Cabinet member had expressed his wish to focus on his new responsibilities as deputy chairman of the Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI).

China’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Tuesday descended on Jakarta at the invitation of his Indonesian counterpart Retno L.P. Marsudi, the Foreign Ministry said.

Years after Facebook removed a slogan that declared the site was "free and always will be", parent company Meta announced a paid-for subscription service that has already been widely criticised.

Britain's King Charles III on Monday went to view Ukrainian soldiers receiving training in trench warfare in southwest England.