Author: Haris Indriani

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Coordinating Economic Affairs Minister Airlangga Hartarto has met with Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security of Singapore, Teo Chee Hean, in Jakarta to discuss strengthening digital economic cooperation between the two countries. Indonesia and Singapore agreed to strengthen cooperation in the digital economy, especially for the development of human resources, through the Tech Talents Program. Hartarto said that development of the quality of human resources is a supporting factor in increasing a country’s competitive capabilities. “The Tech Talents program that is being discussed by the two countries can be developed for mutual benefit for young…

New York, Brussels, Paris (15/2 – 67) Led by authoritarian head of state since the 1990s, a regime change for the people in Tajikistan might take a while. In any case, changes and growth often take too long. Especially when we are talking about the change of a commanding ruling power in the country. History recorded that power shifts happened due to factors not necessarily through any kind of violent revolution. One key factor that influences such power shifts is the role of the army in the country. Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon seems unshakeable in his presidential seat, at least…

The opposition Pheu Thai Party alerted police on Thursday (Feb 2) after a small handmade bomb was thrown at a campaign billboard erected outside its office in Bangkok’s Don Mueang district. Suthanapoj Kijthanapitak, who is tipped to be Pheu Thai’s election candidate for the Don Mueang constituency, said that a pillion rider on a motorcycle threw a “ping-pong bomb” at the signboard outside his campaign office in the morning. “Luckily, nobody was hurt,” he said, adding that the billboard was just erected on Wednesday. The large signboard appeared to be undamaged by the explosion. The politician said that he was…

Rüya Bayegan using prime minister Barzani’s right hand – Rania Majeed – to elbow her way back to KRG? Ankara, Erbil (4/1 – 45). Rüya Bayegan, the CEO of BGN International and its Turkey-based subsidiary Bayegan Group, was once considered an instrumental member of the petrochemical industry in Turkey. However, as of at least October 2022, Bayegan and her husband, Ercüment Bayegan, have been under investigation by Turkish authorities on allegations of fraud, document forgeries and tax evasion as a result of their role in the disastrous Yurtgas scandal. The recent contract between BGN International with the Indonesian state owned oil and gas company Pertamina raises…

Pakistan has seen economic fallout stemming from the Russia-Ukraine war and the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as devastating floods that submerged a third of the country this year. As Pakistan seeks to diversify its economy, Singapore is the prime location for the country to engage with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), its Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said. “Singapore is a very advanced economy. You engage with all the big players internationally,” Mr Bhutto Zardari told CNA on Friday (Dec 9) while on an official visit to Singapore to reaffirm bilateral ties. “There are so many…

As strong financial centres, Singapore and the United Kingdom can support other countries’ decarbonisation efforts, says British High Commissioner to Singapore Kara Owen. Britain intends to play a greater role in Southeast Asia moving forward, especially in helping the region with its green energy transition, according to a senior government official. British High Commissioner to Singapore Kara Owen also noted on Tuesday (Dec 13) that the relationship between the United Kingdom and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been underpinned by trade and economic elements such as partnerships in developing capital markets and financial services. “Southeast Asia is a great example…