By 1700, global trade was deeply entrenched in colonial expansion, financial innovation, and the increasing demand for luxury and staple goods.

Last week in Maumere, in Indonesia’s Flores island, the Catholic Church came under fire for reclaiming Indigenous people's ...

Beyond its role as a key economic driver for Indonesia, palm oil (Elaeis guineensis) holds untapped potential that often goes ...

I would like to refer briefly also to two other domestic issues of significant importance, namely the land and housing reform, and the nationalization of the plantations. Land reform was ultimately a ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Rescuers have retrieved two more bodies as they resumed their search for people missing after floods and ...

The Netherlands expects President Donald Trump to keep pressing to restrict ASML Holding NV’s exports of chip-making machines to China, according to Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof. “The ...

EFishery Pte, one of Indonesia’s most prominent start-ups, may have inflated its revenue and profit over several years, according to an internal investigation triggered by a whistle-blower’s ...

Indonesia is close to a deal with Apple for an investment plan that could lift a ban on iPhone 16 sales in the country, investment minister Rosan Roeslani told Bloomberg News on Tuesday (Jan 21).

The proposal has raised concerns that more forest areas would be cleared to pave ways for oil palm plantations -- Indonesia's top export commodity and one of the key deforestation drivers in the ...

Heavy seasonal rain from about October to March frequently causes flooding and landslides in Indonesia, an archipelago of 17,000 islands where millions of people live in mountainous areas or near ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this photo released by Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), rescuers carry the body ...