Rosan P Roeslani, co-founder of Recapital Group, was elected new chairman of Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN Indonesia) eight years ago. It was a landslide victory over rival Rachmat Gobel, former minister of trade and politician from NasDem Party....
Unlike most leaders of Islamic boarding schools, Panji Gumilang, controversial leader of Al-Zaytun, prefers to wear western-style fashion, complete with tie. Panji is man of the hour due to series of investigations of blasphemy at the national police and his hundreds...
April 5, 2014, national media published articles basically praising the ‘success’ of Dato Tahir (owner of Mayapada Group) in getting eight other businessmen to join the so-called Indonesia Health Fund (IHF). Tahir reportedly got US$40 million donation from them,...
The purchase of the used Mirage fighter jets from Qatar Air Force worth 733 million euros sparked debates in the country. Some politicians, including those from PDIP, questioned the urgency of such purchase, while lawmaker from Golkar raised concern about legality of...
Indonesia Investment Authority (INA), the country’s sovereign wealth fund, has just signed an agreement with ESR Group and Mitsubishi Corporation’s MC Urban Development Indonesia for the development of multi billion dollar logistic parks in Cikarang, West Java...
PT Berau Coal Energy Tbk (BRAU), member of Sinarmas Group, has finally released its financial statement for the period ended December 31, 2022. After the stock was delisted from the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in November 2017, not much we knew about BRAU,...
PT Amman Mineral International Tbk (AMMN), parent of gold-copper miner PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara (AMNT), will start trading on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) with market capitalization of up to Rp129.5 trillion or US$8.9 billion, making it one of the largest...
Bambang Sukmonohadi, father in law of Puan Maharani (speaker of the House of Representatives/DPR, daughter of PDIP chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri), has just passed away at 79 years old. The late Bambang is father of Hepi Hapsoro (Sukmonohadi), owner of some...
Gardenia, BonJour, Cowhead, and Farmland brands under QAF Limited (Singapore) published a half-page congratulations on the wedding of Dharma Satya Dawis and Aprillia Astena Mina at the Jakarta Post this morning. The wedding is interesting because of big names behind....
Sukanto Tanoto, one of Indonesia’s richest men, has reportedly acquired Tanglin Mall in the famous Orchard Road, Singapore, for US$645 million through property arm Pacific Eagle Real Estate. Five years earlier, Pacific Eagle spent US$230 million in the acquisition of...
