Indonesia

Generous government scholarships have generated positive impressions of China – and even an impulse to defend its policies in the face of Western criticism.

The Just Energy Transition Partnership aims to accelerate the country's transition to renewable energy over the coming decade.

The state-owned construction firm has crumbled under a heavy load of bond obligations, but the risk of economic contagion is low.

Senior Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan made the announcement after a meeting with Tesla chief Elon Musk in San Francisco on August 2.

The Domestic Worker Protection Bill was first proposed in 2004, but has been stuck in legislative limbo ever since.

Lawmakers first proposed a bill to protect domestic workers in 2004 to address issues of discrimination, abuse, and humiliation. Since then, it has been updated but always eventually set aside.

Ferdy Sambo, the former head of the police's internal affairs division, this week evaded the death sentence for the high-profile murder of his aide-de-camp last year.

The soft launch of the railway, Southeast Asia's first high-speed line, has been pushed back from August 18 until early September.

It’s not clear if Abu Turaife can garner support from IS adherents in the region and galvanize local militants or whether pro-IS groups in the Philippines are on the decline. 

For countries like China, India, and Indonesia, CBDCs offer tempting solutions to several issues – including the dominance of the U.S. dollar.

Indonesia could unwittingly be drawn into great-power military conflict due to its strategic location, especially if a China-U.S. clash happens in Indonesian waters.

Much public attention has focused on the plight of Indonesian workers employed in Chinese-owned enterprises. But a new report shows that Chinese nationals face many of the same challenges.