Indonesia

Indonesia’s Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) on Thursday halted the sale of five brands of fever, cough and flu syrups after nearly 100 children died due to acute kidney injuries this year. It ordered the manufacturers to withdraw…

Indonesian President Joko Widodo and FIFA President Gianni Infantino confirmed Tuesday that next year's U-20 football World Cup will be played in Indonesia as planned, despite a recent stadium tragedy that left 132 people dead. Widodo said…

Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong's visit to the Indonesian islands of Batam and Bintan on Thursday and Friday included stops at industrial estates where Singapore firms have operations. In his trip to strengthen relations…

The Group of 20 major economies committed to avoiding economic "spillovers" from interest rate hikes as central banks tackle inflation, while sharing concern over increased volatility in currencies, Indonesian and Japanese officials said…

Emerging and developing nations face a "hurricane" of risks from rising energy costs and food insecurity, and any resilience some countries may have won't last long, the chair of the Group of 20 (G20) finance ministers forum said. "The…

Indonesian police said Thursday they are investigating six people, including a soccer club operator and three policemen, on suspicion of negligence that caused the deaths of 131 people and injuries to nearly 500 others in last week's crowd…

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Sunday (Oct 2) ordered a probe into safety procedures underpinning the country's football matches, after a deadly stampede in East Java killed at least 125 people and injured 323 others. The police used…

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo's popularity took a hit after his decision to increase fuel prices stoked public unrest over surging living costs, according to the latest opinion poll. His approval rating fell by 10 percentage points to…

Employees affected by e-commerce platform Shopee's latest round of job cuts will be given "appropriate compensation packages" in line with market norms, the firm said in a joint statement with the Creative Media and Publishing Union (CMPU)…

Indonesia's newly formed data protection task force is chasing down a hacker behind a series of data leaks related to 1.3 billion registered mobile phone numbers and 105 million voters, and a log of the President's correspondence, among…