Wednesday, December 10, 2025

US trade deal with Indonesia at risk of collapse, US official says

US trade deal with Indonesia at risk of collapse, US official says

The two countries in July said Indonesia agreed to eliminate tariffs on more than 99 percent of US goods and scrap all non-tariff barriers facing American firms, while the US will drop threatened tariffs on Indonesian products to 19 percent from 32 percent.


Monday, December 8, 2025

MoU signed for national car but questions remain on 'ambitious' project

MoU signed for national car but questions remain on 'ambitious' project

Indonesia's bid to mass-produce cars of a homegrown brand in 2027 is "highly ambitious", experts say, noting that an electric vehicle model would require sustained fiscal outlays and far stronger technical competencies than the country currently possesses.


Friday, December 5, 2025

Conglomerate stocks drive IDX to fresh historic high

Conglomerate stocks drive IDX to fresh historic high

Bank Mandiri chief economist Andry Asmoro wrote in a market analysis on Thursday that the trend was driven by "improving expectations" for an interest rate cut by the Fed in December.




Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Graves over homes: Jakarta's cemetery crisis pushes out poor residents

Graves over homes: Jakarta's cemetery crisis pushes out poor residents

To deal with the shortage of burial plots for the dead, Jakarta is planning to revitalize and expand several public cemeteries across the city at the expense of poor residents who have lived among the graves on city-owned land for decades.

<Graves over homes: Jakarta’s cemetery crisis pushes out poor residents - Jakarta - The Jakarta Post>



Monday, December 1, 2025

Pressure mounts on govt to declare national emergency in Sumatra

Pressure mounts on govt to declare national emergency in Sumatra

Pressure is mounting on the central government to declare a national state of emergency after floods and landslides devastate northern and western Sumatra, cutting key transportation networks and leaving local administrations struggling to provide relief.