Minister of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Maman Abdurrahman, has emphasized that e-commerce platforms will not be appointed to collect taxes from micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) operating on their platforms.
Business tycoon Hashim Djojohadikusumo recently launched two environmentally friendly factories under Arsari Group, marking a significant step in sustainable industrial development in Sumatra.
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The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has named businessman Muhammad Riza Chalid (MRC), the beneficial owner of PT Orbit Terminal Merak (OTM), as a suspect in the ongoing investigation into a major corruption scandal involving the mismanagement of crude oil and refinery products at state-owned energy PT Pertamina from 2018 to 2023.
Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Airlangga Hartarto, said that the United States has expressed strong interests in Indonesia’s critical minerals sector in view of the country’s vast reserves of the currently most sought-after industrial commodity.
Representatives of local communities from Flores, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), have voiced rejection of a technical team report commissioned by the NTT Governor in support of geothermal projects in several areas of the province, which they claimed as disconnected from realities and posing threats to the livelihood of indigenous communities.
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Indonesia’s sovereign wealth fund BPI Danantara is suggested to focus on long-term, real sector investments to maximize its contribution to national economic growth as the fund's strength lies not only in the volume of capital raised, but also in how strategically that capital is deployed.
Indonesia and the United States have agreed to intensify negotiations over reciprocal tariffs in the coming three weeks, following a high-level meeting between Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, along with U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer.
In an effort to accelerate investment realization and boost economic growth, the Ministry of Investment and Downstreaming/Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has established an Investment Desk in Batam’s Free Trade and Port Zone (KPBPB).
State-owned investment management agency Daya Anagata Nusantara (BPI Danantara), through its subsidiary PT Danantara Asset Management, has extended a US$405 million (Rp6.65 trillion) shareholder loan to national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, aimed at accelerating the airline's long-term transformation and performance recovery strategy.
A merger between venture capital firm Northstar Group and U.S.-based investment giant Ares Management Corp. has rekindled scrutiny over previous high-profile investment maneuvers in Indonesia.
Indonesia inaugurated on Thursday, June 19, 2025 its largest and first integrated solar cell and module manufacturing facility, PT Trina Mas Agra Indonesia (TMAI), located in the Kendal Industrial Park, Central Java.
Following the recent designation of Kebumen in Central Java as a UNESCO Global Geopark, Medco Group’s subsidiary PT Semen Gombong has formally canceled its plans to develop a cement factory in the regency.
Indonesia faces a massive funding gap in its bid to develop infrastructure by 2029, requiring a total of US$625.37 billion (Rp10,154 trillion) to meet national development goals, said Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati.
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Business tycoon Hashim Djojohadikusumo recently launched two environmentally friendly factories under Arsari Group, marking a significant step in sustainable industrial development in Sumatra.
Businessman Hermanto Tanoko has revealed plans for a new corporate breakthrough, announcing that one of his companies in the chemical sector is preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX).
Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Indonesia’s sovereign investment agency BPI Danantara, Pandu Sjahrir, has revealed the agency’s plan to consolidate 889 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) into a streamlined structure under a single command aimed at reducing the current number of SOEs to around 200, simultaneously allowing for tighter coordination and stronger national synergy.
The initial public offering (IPO) of PT Chandra Daya Investasi (CDIA) has drawn overwhelming investor interest, with subscriptions oversubscribed more than 400 times, securing over Rp30 trillion (US$1.8 billion) in incoming funds − far exceeding the company's initial target of Rp2.37 trillion.
Indonesia and the United States signed commercial agreements of US$34 billion in agriculture and energy sectors during a series of high-level business meetings in Washington, D.C., signaling growing momentum in advancing bilateral Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
PT Pancaran Samudera Transport (PSAT), a coal shipping and marine logistics company, is set to debut on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) on July 8, 2025, through an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of 222.35 million new shares, equivalent to 15 percent of the company’s enlarged issued and paid-up capital post-IPO.
Mining company Harita Nickel’s operations in South Halmahera is determined to drive inclusive economic growth, providing over 22,000 jobs − 45 percent of which go to local residents in North Maluku − and transform previously unvalued nickel ores into high-value materials essential for electric vehicle (EV) batteries.
State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir has replaced Novi Helmy Prasetya as president director of state logistics agency Perum Bulog, only four months after his appointment.
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Sofyan A. Djalil was born in 1953 in Aceh. Djalil is the Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Planning of Indonesia. He was a very persistent person at a young age to reach his goals, that persistence made him successful in studying at the University of Indonesia (UI). At UI, he studied Business Law and graduated in 1984. He then met his future wife, Dr. Ir. Ratna Megawangi, M.Sc. and has 3 children.
Siti Nurbaya Bakar was born in 1956 in Jakarta to Mochamad Bakar and Sri Banon. She is the current Minister of Environment and Forestry. Her father is a retired Betawi Police officer and his mother is from Lambung. Siti is married to Rusli Rachman and has two children: Meitra Mivida NR and Ananda Tohpati.
Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno was born in 1969 in Riau, Indonesia. Uno is the current Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy. During his childhood, he met with Erick Thohir and was in the same elementary school as a schoolmate. Sandiaga Uno was an undergraduate of Wichita State University in the United States, he graduated with a cum laude. He continued his university education in the United States at George Washington University in 1990 after receiving a paid scholarship from William Soerjadjaja and graduated with an MBA in 1992 and a GPA 4.00.
Wahyu Sakti Trenggono was born in Semarang in 1962, He is the current Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. Trenggono is a person who focuses on business development. He attended a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering at the Bandung Institute of Technology in 1986, after which he continued his Masters in Management at the Bandung Institute of Technology.
Mohammad Ridwan Kamil called Kang Emil or Ridwan was born in Bandung in 1971. Kamil is the Governor of West Java since 2018. He is the son of a husband and wife Dr. Atje Misbach, S. H. and Dra. Tjutju Sukaesih. Ridwan is the second of five children. Ridwan has a family, he is married to Atalia Praratya Kamil and has children Camillia Laetitia Azzahra and Emmiril Khan Mumtadz.
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A 39-year-old junior diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Arya Daru Pangayunan, was found dead under suspicious circumstances in his rented room in Menteng, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday morning, July 8, 2025, sparking shock and grief among Indonesia’s diplomatic community.
The National Search and Rescue Agency of Indonesia (Basarnas) has confirmed that Juliana DSPM, a Brazilian national reported missing while hiking Mount Rinjani in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara was found dead at a depth of 600 meters on Tuesday evening, June 24, 2025 after intensive operations by a joint SAR team.
Indonesia’s Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) has issued a public warning regarding the potential merger between tech giants Grab and GoTo, emphasizing the importance of compliance with national competition laws.
The Indonesian Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) has intercepted a wooden vessel suspected of smuggling tin ore without proper documentation in the northern waters of the Karimata Strait, near Lingga Island, Riau Islands Province, on Friday, April 25, 2025.
The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) has claimed responsibility for the execution of 11 illegal gold miners in Yahukimo, Papua, while alleging the casualties as soldiers disguising themselves as gold miners in a mission to infiltrate their operational areas.
The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Task Force for the Protection of Indonesian Citizens Abroad, in collaboration with the Indonesian Embassies in Bangkok and Yangon, evacuated 169 more Indonesian citizens from Myawaddy, Myanmar on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.
The Indonesian Coast Guard (Bakamla) intercepted an attempted smuggling of 60,000 baby lobsters in the waters near D Island, Thousands Island regency, Jakarta, on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has named seven individuals − four are top officials within PT Pertamina Group and the other three are business partners − as suspects in a corruption case related to mismanagement of crude oil and refinery products at the State energy company, its subholdings and contractors during the 2018-2023 period.
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Social media has been abuzz following the circulation of an official letter from Indonesia’s Ministry of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) requesting Indonesian embassies in several European cities to provide assistance for the wife of Minister Maman Abdurrahman during her personal trip.
A House of Representatives (DPR) hearing on July 2, 2025, saw a heated verbal clash between PDI-P lawmaker Mercy Chriesty Barends and Culture Minister Fadli Zon over the minister’s controversial comments denying mass rapes during the 1998 riots.
The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), Bahlil Lahadalia, appointed two senior officials in a ceremony held at the Chairul Saleh Building, ESDM Ministry headquarters in Jakarta on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
President Prabowo Subianto has ruled that the four contested islands in northern Sumatra will fall under the administrative jurisdiction Aceh Province in a decisive move to resolve a prolonged territorial dispute.
The Ministry of Home Affairs is considering invoking Law No. 24/1956 and the 2005 Helsinki Peace Agreement as legal and political references in the ongoing territorial dispute between Aceh and North Sumatra over four contested islands.
Experts have emphasized that the economic framework developed by Prof. Soemitro Djojohadikoesoemo − known as “Sumitronomic” − is still relevant amid today’s global geopolitical and economic challenges.
President Prabowo Subianto has agreed to become an Honorary Councilor of the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI), said PSSI Chairman Erick Thohir.
The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has announced its new national leadership for the 2025–2030 term, following the First Syura Council Deliberation held in Jakarta on June 3-4, 2025.
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Indonesia must abandon its outdated and fragmented approach to international trade negotiations if it hopes to secure significant tariff reductions from the United States, according to Achmad Nur Hidayat, an economist and public policy expert at the National Development Veteran University Jakarta.
Indonesia and the United States have agreed to intensify negotiations over reciprocal tariffs in the coming three weeks, following a high-level meeting between Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, along with U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono asked the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to adopt a firmer and more assertive stance in defending international law and revitalizing multilateralism during the 51st OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in Istanbul on Saturday, June 21, 2025.
President Prabowo Subianto emphasized the importance of strategic collaboration and reaffirmed Indonesia’s commitment to an independent and active foreign policy during his address at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2025 on Friday, June 20, 2025.
Indonesia and Russia sealed a number of agreements in a ceremony held at the Konstantinovsky Palace, St. Petersburg, on Thursday, June 19, 2025, opening a new chapter in bilateral partnership, spanning across education, transport, digital development, and strategic investment.
President Prabowo Subianto arrived in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday evening, June 18, 2025, for a visit at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, which is part of the efforts to bolster strategic partnership between Indonesia and Russia and his participation in the 2025 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
Indonesia and Russia have reaffirmed their commitment to deepen bilateral ties across political, economic, and strategic fronts, as Foreign Minister Sugiono met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Monday, June 16, 2025 ahead of President Prabowo Subianto’s upcoming state visit to Russia.
Indonesia expresses deep concern over the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel, urging all parties to exercise restraint to avoid further deterioration of regional stability.
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The European Union and Indonesia have reached an agreement on the long-awaited Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), marking a historic milestone in bilateral relations and paving the way for the deal’s finalization by September 2025.
Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Airlangga Hartarto, said that the United States has expressed strong interests in Indonesia’s critical minerals sector in view of the country’s vast reserves of the currently most sought-after industrial commodity.
Foreign Minister Sugiono asked East Asia Summit (EAS) countries to take a stronger stance in upholding humanity and international principles amid rising geopolitical tensions and global economic uncertainty.
The House of Representatives (DPR) has responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a 32 percent import tariff on Indonesian products by urging the government to pursue strategic investment diplomacy, particularly by offering to establish manufacturing operations within the United States.
President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, emphasized the importance of accelerating concrete cooperation between Indonesia and Brazil, particularly in the fields of agriculture, clean energy, and defense.
Foreign Ministers from ASEAN member states reconvened on July 9, 2025 at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM Retreat) in Kuala Lumpur to discuss pressing regional issues, with a strong emphasis on unity, the protracted Myanmar crisis, and emerging security threats in Southeast Asia.
Foreign Minister Sugiono reaffirmed ASEAN’s commitment to maintaining Southeast Asia as a nuclear weapon-free zone amid growing global nuclear risks in his address to the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ) Commission Meeting, during the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meetings and Post-Ministerial Conferences (AMM/PMC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The government has taken swift diplomatic action following the latest trade policy shift by the United States under President Donald J. Trump, which imposes steep import tariffs on Indonesian goods.
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PT Astra Graphia Information Technology (AGIT), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and global data center provider Equinix Inc. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to introduce a private cloud solution integrated with Artificial Intelligence (AI), aimed at supporting enterprise digital transformation across Indonesia.
India-based IT management solutions provider, ManageEngine, has unveiled plans to build local data centers across major Asian markets, including Indonesia, as part of a long-term commitment to support data residency and sovereignty regulations increasingly adopted in the region.
Minister of Communication and Digital Application, Meutya V. Hafid, has hinted at Asia’s growing influence in the development of artificial intelligence (AI), suggesting that even modest investments in AI can yield significant global impacts.
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has distanced itself from Raihan, a man who testified in a high-profile trial on the alleged protection of illegal online gambling sites by the then Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo, now Komdigi) in 2023.
French Minister of Foreign Trade Laurent Saint-Martin met with Indonesian Minister of Communication and Digital Application Meutya Hafid on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, , discussing progress update of the National Data Center (PDN-1).
The Ministry of Communication and Digital Application (Komdigi) is reviewing cooperation in building a joint Artificial Intelligence (AI) center in ASEAN along with China, considered to be the largest in terms of cooperation in developing digital infrastructure.
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The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has named businessman Muhammad Riza Chalid (MRC), the beneficial owner of PT Orbit Terminal Merak (OTM), as a suspect in the ongoing investigation into a major corruption scandal involving the mismanagement of crude oil and refinery products at state-owned energy PT Pertamina from 2018 to 2023.
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has named nine individuals as new suspects in a sweeping corruption investigation into the mismanagement of crude oil and refined fuel trading at State energy company PT Pertamina, its subsidiaries, and several oil contractors between 2018 and 2023.
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has named nine new suspects in the widening corruption investigation into the mismanagement of crude oil and refined product trading at State energy giant PT Pertamina and affiliated contractors between 2018 and 2023.
Former prosecutor at the West Jakarta District Attorney Office, Azam Akhmad Akhsya, has been sentenced to seven years in prison after being found guilty of embezzling Rp11.7 billion (US$700,000) in evidence money from a fraudulent investment case involving the Fahrenheit trading robot platform. He was also fined Rp250 million, with a subsidiary sentence of three months in jail if the fine is not paid.
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In a bid to address the challenges of farmer regeneration and cocoa production sustainability, North Kolaka regency hosted the Cacao Care program from July 7–8, 2025.
Representatives of local communities from Flores, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), have voiced rejection of a technical team report commissioned by the NTT Governor in support of geothermal projects in several areas of the province, which they claimed as disconnected from realities and posing threats to the livelihood of indigenous communities.
Indonesia is repositioning clean energy not only as a climate solution, but also a central pillar of its national development strategy, said Dadan Kusdiana, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM).
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PT Blue Bird Tbk (BIRD) has spent IDR300 million towards the purchasing of 800 units of vehicles and planning to acquire between 4,000 and 5,000 units until the end of 2022. From that figure, between 75 and 100 of them are electric vehicles for the G20 Summit in Bali in November.
Apple Inc. begins negotiations regarding the company's investment plan in Indonesia as Apple’s Head of Global Affairs, Nick Amma, met with a Senior Ministry of Industry official in Jakarta on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.
The Chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Firli Bahuri, and the Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI), Admiral Yudo Margono, have agreed to conduct a joint investigation to resolve the alleged bribery case involving Vice Air Marshal Henri Alfiandi.
State-owned Chinese oil and gas company Sinopec is scheduled to visit Indonesia this month to explore the application of new technologies aimed at enhancing oil and gas production in the country, primarily on the application of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technology to boost output in five key fields operated by Pertamina.
