Author: Haikal Febrian

Jakarta – The Indonesian Minister of National Development Planning, Suharso Monoarfa, and British Minister of for Women and Equalities, Anneliese Dodds, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on sustainable development and the green economy. The agreement spans strategic issues concerning sustainable development and the green economy, including new and renewable energy, green industry development, and inclusive and gender-based development. “The agreement focuses on strategic issues, including climate change, conservation and natural resources, low carbon energy development, urban planning, and sustainable transportation,” said Minister of National Development Planning, Suharso Monoarfa, in his speech on Tuesday, September 17, 2024. According to Suharso, Indonesia and the UK…

JAKARTA: Thousands of Indonesians flocked to key locations in Jakarta on Thursday (Aug 22) to protest a parliamentary decision that could have far-reaching impact on November’s local elections and, observers have noted, the country’s democracy. Students, academics, labourers, pro-democracy activists and celebrities were among protestors who gathered in front of the parliament’s House of Representatives (DPR) building in Jakarta, where barbed wire and concrete fences were set up in front of the entrance. The crowd, carrying banners, managed to tear down the fence on one side of the DPR building without resistance from the authorities. Nearly 3,000 security personnel have been…

Indonesia takes concrete actions to promote the utilization of electric vehicles to ensure that developments in the transportation sector do not adversely affect people’s lives and health, the Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Ministry stated. “In a bid to suppress greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, Indonesia has been actively promoting the use of electric vehicles,” ESDM Ministry’s Secretary-General, Dadan Kusdiana, said in a statement received from his office here on Thursday. Speaking at IEA’s 9th Global Conference On Energy Efficiency (GCEE) in Nairobi, Kenya, on Wednesday (May 22), Kusdiana affirmed that Indonesia views transition to eco-friendly vehicles as its…

Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology, Nadiem Anwar Makarim, is committed to stopping the irrational increase in Single Tuition Fee (UKT) at universities. “The ministry would recommend stopping these irrational increases in UKT,” he emphasized in a working meeting with Commission X of the DPR RI on Tuesday. His statement was made in response to issues circulating in the community regarding UKT that had soared, thereby triggering student protests across various regions. Makarim reminded state universities to remain rational and reasonable while increasing UKT, even for students with a higher economic level. The minister spoke of having heard several…

The past two weeks have seen a succession of high-level interactions between China and the U.S., which analysts see as a positive sign of the two sides to further cooperation and manage differences. In particular, the phone talk between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden accentuated the will of the two sides to carry forward the San Francisco vision and avoid strategic misjudgment and the risk of sliding into confrontation, despite growing divergences. The issue of strategic perception is always fundamental to the China-U.S. relationship, just like the first button of a shirt that must be put…

BANGKOK – Thai police have threatened to take legal action against a Chinese social media idol for saying a Bangkok district famous for its nightlife is not safe, although they admitted they did not know yet how they would proceed against the woman. Immigration Bureau deputy commissioner Phanthana Nutchanart said police now know the whereabouts of the Chinese woman who posted a negative clip about Soi Nana on Sukhumvit Road. Mr Phanthana, however, admitted that the Chinese tourist had the right to post a clip criticising Thailand. Police had yet to consider the legal aspects of taking action against her.…

Dec 8 – Nvidia (NVDA.O) is in advanced talks with Malaysian power-to-property conglomerate YTL (YTLS.KL) on a data center deal, three sources familiar with the matter said. The potential tie-up would include collaborating on cloud infrastructure, and is likely to be anchored at YTL’s data center complex in the southern Malaysian state of Johor, bordering Singapore, one of the people said. The partnership would target businesses in Southeast Asia to provide them access to Nvidia’s AI chips via cloud computing, a second person briefed on the matter said. It was not immediately clear how much the deal would be worth. The sources declined to…

Jakarta – Currency is a unit of value used in a country. Currency has a central role in reflecting the identity and sovereignty of a country.The countries in the Southeast Asian region which are members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are no exception. To date, the number of ASEAN member countries consists of Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines and Timor Leste. Know the names of the currencies of the following ASEAN countries. ASEAN Country CurrenciesQuoted from the Kemdikbud Class VIII social studies emodule by Mukminan, et al., the following are…

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Morocco have convened the inaugural ASEAN-Morocco Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee (AM-JSCC) Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, marking the launch of the formal partnership where both sides identified several cooperative projects and programmes in areas of common interest and mutual benefit. Jakarta (VNA) – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Morocco have convened the inaugural ASEAN-Morocco Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee (AM-JSCC) Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, marking the launch of the formal partnership where both sides identified several cooperative projects and programmes in areas of common interest and mutual benefit.The meeting adopted the Terms…

(RTTNews) – The Malaysia stock market has tracked higher in back-to-back sessions, advancing more than 20 points or 1.4 percent along the way. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index now sits just above the 1,465-point plateau and it may find mild support again on Thursday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is cautiously optimistic thanks to the improving outlook for interest rates. The European and U.S. markets were slightly higher and the Asian bourses are expected to open in similar fashion. The KLCI finished sharply higher on Wednesday following gains from the financial shares, plantation stocks and telecoms. For the…