The incumbent West Java governor has set his sights on the vice presidency in 2024, eyeing Golkar as his election launchpad.

US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held "very productive" talks last week on semiconductor-related export controls on China, White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell said on Tuesday.

The town of Darra Adamkhel is part of the deeply conservative tribal belt where decades of militancy and drug-running in the surrounding mountains earned it a reputation as a "wild west" waypoint between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Asian markets mostly rose Wednesday following a mixed lead from Wall Street as traders fought to maintain the strong start to the year.

Philippine Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa and her online media company Rappler were on Wednesday acquitted of all four charges of tax evasion filed against her, a court said.

Dr. Ranti Hannah spends her days guiding this generation of mothers along a path they might have otherwise never thought possible.

Rice prices continue to increase in the beginning of the year despite controversial late importation of rice and market intervention by the State Logistics Agency (Bulog). Learning from the persistent price increase of rice, the National Food Agency (NFA) has tasked Bulog to conduct year-long market intervention to keep prices of this politically sensitive commodity in check.

Despite the overall shift in consumer trend to online services during the pandemic, the region's food delivery platforms grew a mere 5 percent in GMV last year, plunging from 30 percent in 2021.

The prosecution has demanded the court hand down a life sentence to Ferdy Sambo for the premeditated murder of Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat.

Within his almost 10-year tenure, Jokowi has managed to build his political empire, which now includes his former political enemies from the military.

Is the President's human rights promise like a typical new year's resolution that will be broken, or can we trust that it is part of the legacy he intends to leave behind to create a better future for the nation's children?

Jokowi has several times signaled his preference for Ganjar as his successor.

There is an impression that the government tends to focus on the foreign investment boom but sweeps the potential risks under the rug. 

The Indonesian economy in 2022 recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic and accelerated significantly amid a global economic slowdown and increasing uncertainty.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has asked the banking sector to support the country’s downstream industries, which the government hopes will boost the country’s export value, as well as supporting economic growth.

About 200 children have died of acute kidney injury in Indonesia since last year and authorities have said two ingredients, ethylene glycol and diethyelene glycol, found in some syrup-based paracetamol medications are linked to the illness.

The domestic banking industry is still reluctant to jump on the ESG financing bandwagon, citing challenges across the board in adopting the global principles, despite the OJK publishing a sustainability plan as far back as seven years ago.

"China welcomes Secretary of State Blinken's visit to China. Both China and the United States are in communication now over the specific arrangements," Wang Wenbin said, responding to a question on a US media report that Blinken is visiting China on Feb. 5.

More than 200 health workers have yet to receive the promised financial incentives for their work on the frontlines of Indonesia's pandemic response throughout 2022, independent data initiative LaporCOVID-19 has found.

China's economy grew last year at its slowest pace in four decades as it was hammered by Covid lockdowns and a property crisis but the forecast-beating reading raised hopes for a strong recovery as it reopens.

Yellen's meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, to take place in Zurich, will be their first in-person encounter following three virtual meetings, the official said.

"There's no such plan," Pratikno told reporters on Monday at the Presidential Palace. 

The lumpy legs of the Dong Tao chicken -- named after the commune where it is bred in northern Vietnam -- are considered a delicacy, and are particularly popular among the wealthy during the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, known as Tet.

Production at a nickel smelter owned by China's Jiangsu Delong Nickel Industry resumed on Tuesday, police said, after operations were suspended due to a protest and rioting at the weekend in which two workers were killed.

The move comes as European luxury houses look to tap into the global popularity of K-pop stars, particularly with younger shoppers.

By changing it into an emergency regulation, Indonesia government evades the possibility of the law being fully annulled.

China's population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data showed Tuesday, as the world's most populous nation faces a looming demographic crisis.