Experts say more needs to be done to properly fix nickel industry governance in the country, including stricter supervision and recalibration of its downstreaming push.

Once fully implemented, the trade agreement is expected to increase Indonesia’s exports to the EU by as much as 50 percent over three years.

The government aims to finalize the revised regulation next month to tackle the country’s mounting waste crisis by the end of President Prabowo Subianto’s term in 2029.

Bandung Mayor Muhammad Farhan has argued that many travelers from Bandung prefer to fly from Jakarta’s Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport rather than go to Kertajati International Airport in Majalengka, after Husein Sastranegara Airport’s closure in 2023.  

The government plans to push up the poverty line in a move that would bring Indonesia’s measure closer to that of the World Bank, even though that could be politically risky, as it would categorize more people as poor.

The seawall development in Jakarta is part of the 500-kilometer Giant Sea Wall megaproject along Java's northern coast, which is estimated to cost up to $80 billion and take 20 years to complete.

The extension would connect 12 stations in key areas, including Ciputat, Pondok Cabe, Pamulang and Serpong, along a 22.6-kilometer elevated track.

A former Prabowo aide has accused the Finance Minister of overreach by hampering the administration's efforts to establish a new agency to improve state revenue, as promised on the campaign trail last year.

President Prabowo Subianto has stressed the need for increased investment in national defense to safeguard the country’s sovereignty and independence.  

The deal may keep the Geneva agreement from unravelling over dueling export controls, but does little to resolve deep differences over Trump's unilateral tariffs and longstanding US complaints about China's state-led, export-driven economic model.

Waning interest in public-private partnerships could pose a risk to President Prabowo Subianto’s infrastructure agenda, which still largely depends on private investment.

The cluster of islands and shoals in Southwest Papua Province sits in the Coral Triangle and is thought to be one of the world's most pristine reefs, with its clear blue waters making it a popular diving spot.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday the world could not let the deepest oceans "become the wild west", at the start in France of a global summit on the seas.

Though a property association has hailed a draft proposal to downsize subsidized houses as a price stabilization move, the housing task force questions whether this is necessary to provide 3 million affordable homes each year under the President's ambitious program.

Indonesia and the 27-member European bloc have been negotiating since 2016 to strike a deal that is expected to increase trade and investment.

The added cost for consumers, analysts and industry players argue, could help prevent treatment bills from spiraling out of control.  

Following a peaceful protest by Greenpeace at a minerals expo on Thursday, the energy ministry announced it had temporarily suspended Gag Nikel's mining operations in Raja Ampat to conduct field verification.

Home Minister Tito Karnavian urged regional governments to choose struggling hotels and restaurants, so government activities could help revive those businesses.

Private companies and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are expected to shoulder part of the government’s Rp 24.4 trillion (US$1.5 billion) consumer stimulus package aimed at spurring household spending.

Indonesia’s renewable energy mix stood at 14.1 percent in early 2025, significantly below the 23 percent target for this year outlined in the previous RUPTL.

German automakers became the latest to warn that China's export restrictions threaten to shut down production and rattle their local economies, following a similar complaint from an Indian EV maker last week.

The study follows an earlier pre-feasibility assessment conducted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

While Lisbon acknowledged that the hotel industry has seen declining activities due to the government budget efficiency measures, he said that the industry was expected to recover with the government’s economic incentives that would soon be implemented.  

People and institutions responsible for implementing the stimulus measures were left without knowledge of the plan. Such a lack of coordination could dampen the effectiveness of the policy, which is intended to boost the economy.

Fahri pointed to several hurdles, including land issues and lack of demand, hampering rollout of the funding commitments made by foreign entities that the government had secured over the past months, as quoted from Bisnis.com.

Workers' rights around the world are "in free fall", with widespread attempts to hamstring collective bargaining and attacks on trade union representatives, the world's largest trade union organization said Monday.

Experts suggest the new power procurement plan leans toward repeating past mistakes and undermining energy transition commitments.