May 29, 2026 | Market, Politics
President Prabowo Subianto is visiting France for the fourth time since taking office, and for the third time this year alone. The unusual frequency of these visits has drawn public attention, particularly because such high-level diplomacy is expected to produce...
May 29, 2026 | Law, Market
The recent controversy surrounding the online sale advertisement of Pulau Katang in the Riau Islands illustrates how rapidly that shift is happening. A Threads account openly offered the 73-hectare island for Rp65 billion, promoting it as suitable for a “private...
May 29, 2026 | Commodities
Nickel edged up 1.06% Thursday (May 28) in the London Metal Exchange (LME) as investors were nervous with developments in PT Weda Bay Nickel (WBN) and the Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park (IWIP), one of the largest nickel processing centres in the country. Eramet,...
May 29, 2026 | Commodities
Brent crude oil futures declined further to US$93.4 per barrel this morning as the US and Iran have reportedly reached a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on 60-day truce for peace talks, whilst pending Trump’s approval. VP Vance added optimism in the market with his...
May 28, 2026 | Market, Politics
In celebration of Eid al-Adha 2026, President Prabowo Subianto distributed 1,098 sacrificial cows worth Rp 100 billion, funded through the state budget. In other words, the cattle were purchased with public money, not from the president’s personal wealth. But the way...
May 28, 2026 | Law, Market
The government, through the Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DJKI), is studying the creation of a collective management organization to collect royalties from AI companies that use copyrighted materials to train their models. The proposal would function...
