The joint exercise, which started last week, came as newly inaugurated Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto pledged closer ties with Russia on defence, in a bid to forge links with any country as part of Jakarta’s long-held non-aligned foreign policy. Russian and Indonesian ships practised freeing a vessel captured by terrorists and fought unmanned boats during […]
Read MoreIn a visit to China by Prabowo just a few weeks after taking office, the two sides also jointly published a statement on “Promoting Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and Building a China-Indonesia Community with a Shared Future”. Chinese President Xi Jinping signed multiple cooperation deals with his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto on Saturday, Chinese state TV […]
Read MoreMount Lewotobi Laki-laki, located on Flores Island, erupted on Sunday at 11.57 pm, belching a fiery-red column of lava, volcanic ash and blazing rocks, Hadi Wijaya, a spokesperson for The Center of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation. At least 10 people died after Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in eastern Indonesia erupted near midnight on Sunday, spewing […]
Read MorePrabowo has promised that the country could reach food self-sufficiency in the next four years. An advisor to Prabowo has said the food estates programme may add 20 million tons of paddy rice or 10 million tons of harvested rice. President Prabowo Subianto visited the Papua region of Indonesia on Sunday to oversee the development […]
Read MoreIndonesia blocked the sales of iPhone 16 domestically a week ago also for not meeting local content rules. Indonesia said it has banned sales of smartphones made by Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google due to rules requiring the use of locally manufactured components, days after blocking sales of tech giant Apple’s (AAPL.O) iPhone 16 for the same […]
Read MoreThe Indonesian government has officially banned the iPhone 16 and all new Apple products. The government has taken this stance against Apple for not fulfilling its investment promises in the country, according to a report by the Economic Times. According to Indonesian law, 40 percent of a business entity’s total purchasing budget in that country […]
Read MorePrabowo took office on Sunday as the eighth Indonesian president, taking the mantle from Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. In a fiery speech to lawmakers, he promised to eradicate corruption and aim to reach self-sufficiency in food and energy. Indonesia’s newly minted leader, President Prabowo Subianto, officially swore in his cabinet on Monday, a team which analysts […]
Read MoreA plane belonging to Indonesian local airline SAM Air crashed in Gorontalo province on Sulawesi island on Sunday, killing all four people on board. The PK SMH type plane crashed after losing contact with air navigation officials in Makassar, Xinhua reported, citing local media. According to local media, the head of the Gorontalo Search and […]
Read MorePrabowo Subianto was sworn in as the 8th president of Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim country. Foreign dignitaries were present at the inauguration ceremony organized in Jakarta on Sunday (October 20). At the time, he pledged to be the successor of President Joko Widodo, who has led the country for the past 10 years, […]
Read MoreGibran Rakabuming Raka, then 27, had spent much of his life outside the limelight and “didn’t agree with his father’s decision to enter politics,” said Andi Widjajanto, a former top adviser to Widodo. Gibran only showed up after his paternal grandmother twisted his arm. When Indonesian President Joko Widodo was first inaugurated in 2014, his […]
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