Indonesia

January 24, 2025 7:28 PM

EAM Jaishankar meets Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in New Delhi on Friday, prior to Subianto’s participation as the Chief Guest for India's 76th Republic Day celebrations. Jaishankar shared details of the meeting on X, highlighting discussions on bilateral relations. He noted the importance of Subianto's presence for advancing ties between the two countries. President Subianto arrived in New Delhi on Friday night for his first state visit to India, scheduled fr...

January 23, 2025 10:43 PM

Indonesian President Prabowo to visit India for bilateral talks and Republic Day events

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is scheduled to visit India for four days starting Thursday. During his visit, President Prabowo will hold discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and attend the Republic Day Parade as the Chief Guest. The visit aims to review bilateral ties and address regional and global issues of mutual interest. Sources indicate that multiple Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) are expected to be signed, covering areas such as food security, energy security, and h...

January 21, 2025 8:09 PM

Landslide kills 16 in Indonesia’s central Java, official says

A landslide in Indonesia's Central Java city of Pekalongan killed 16 people and injured 10, an official at the country's disaster mitigation agency said on Tuesday. The landslide was triggered by heavy rains in the area since Monday, agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari said. Authorities are now searching for three missing people, he added. Kompas TV footage showed that houses were heavily damaged and buried by the landslide, with cars also seen buried by the mud. The landslide damaged roads, leav...

January 16, 2025 4:35 PM

Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto to attend India’s 76th Republic Day celebrations as Chief Guest

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto will be the chief guest at India's 76th Republic Day celebrations on January 26, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Thursday. This will be Prabowo's first visit to India since taking office as President of Indonesia in October 2024. India and Indonesia have a long history of ties that have developed into a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in recent years. Indonesia also plays a key role in India’s Act East Policy and its vision for th...

January 7, 2025 9:03 AM

Indonesia officially joins BRICS as full member, endorsed by leaders of block

Brazil has announced that Indonesia has become a full member of the BRICS group. Brazil, which holds the presidency of the BRICS in 2025, said that Indonesia's candidature was endorsed by leaders of the bloc at the Johannesburg summit in 2023. In a statement, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry welcomed Indonesia for its entry into BRICS. It said that Indonesia and other BRICS members support the reform of the global governance institutions. "The Brazilian government welcomes Indonesia for its entr...

December 19, 2024 4:56 PM

Indian Navy Chief fosters camaraderie between India-Indonesia during reception onboard INS Mysore

Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi, Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) of the Indian Navy, hosted a deck reception aboard the indigenous guided missile destroyer, INS Mysore, in Jakarta on Wednesday, marking a significant event during his four-day official visit to Indonesia. The reception aimed to foster cultural exchange and strengthen the bond between India and Indonesia. The event, which was attended by high-ranking officials including Admiral Muhammad Ali, Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy, senior mil...

November 13, 2024 11:24 AM

Flights cancelled to and from Indonesia’s Bali due to volcanic ash

Several international airlines cancelled flights to and from Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Wednesday, after further eruptions of a volcano that has spewed ash clouds as high as 10 km (32,808 ft) and forced thousands to evacuate. Jetstar and Qantas said they had stopped flights to Bali on Wednesday for safety reasons because of volcanic ash, while plane tracking website Flightradar24 showed flights to the island by AirAsia and Virgin were also cancelled. Bali is Indonesia's top tourist h...

October 15, 2024 7:10 PM

How Indonesia’s outgoing Jokowi steered son Gibran to vice presidency

When Indonesian President Joko Widodo was first inaugurated in 2014, his eldest son didn't want to be there. Gibran 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. On Oct. 20, the once-reluctant princeling will be at another inauguration ceremony - this time as the vice president o...

September 10, 2024 11:44 AM

From Jakarta to Cairo: The Rise of Purpose-Built Capital Cities in the Global South

Egypt has a brand new capital city. So does Indonesia. Liberia and Thailand want one, too. Pollution. Traffic chaos. Broken roads. Flooded streets. Population explosion. Crumbling infrastructure. It’s a jungle out there. And, only the fittest can survive. Here, I’m not talking about your health but the city you live in. What if the city you live in is decaying or dying? How fit is your city? More importantly, is your country’s capital city future-ready? Add sea-level rise and global war...

September 4, 2024 1:36 PM

Pope Francis, in Muslim-majority Indonesia, warns against religious extremism

Pope Francis on Wednesday urged political leaders in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, to guard against religious extremism, which he said distorted people's religious beliefs through "deception and violence". In his first speech during an ambitious 12-day journey across Southeast Asia, where Christians are a small minority of the regional population, the pontiff said the Catholic Church would increase its efforts toward inter-religious dialogue in hopes of helping t...