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Prabowo Subianto

International

Fear grips Indonesian palm oil industry as military seizes plantations 

Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto speaks during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on September 23, 2025. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
ASEAN Business

As Prabowo marks one year in office, economy sputters, diplomacy gains

Trump and Prabowo have, appeared to be unaware that a live microphone was recording their conversation.
ASEAN Business

Indonesian president asks Trump for meeting with son Eric in ‘hot mic’ moment

Students rest while receiving treatments for food poisoning after eating government-sponsored free school meals, at Cililin regional hospital in Bandung.
International

Indonesian president defends free meals programme after 6,000 suffer food poisoning

Indonesian parliament members sit as President Joko Widodo delivers a speech ahead of Independence Day, at the parliament building in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 16, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
International

Indonesia parliament passes Prabowo's US$231 billion budget for 2026

The Prabowo administration’s new policies could have major implications for the country’s palm oil and mining industries, say the writers.
Opinion & Features

Beyond the protests, investors must navigate Prabowo’s land policy shifts

Indonesia’s newly appointed Finance Minister Dr Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa said the weakness in the economy is caused by a “drought” in the financial system, given slow government spending and sluggish money supply growth, despite recent interest rate cuts by the central bank.
ASEAN Business

Indonesia to inject 200 trillion rupiah into economy to spur growth

Indonesia’s newly appointed Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa attends his swearing-in ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on September 8, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
ASEAN Business
NEWS ANALYSIS

Little-known Purbaya now faces Indonesia’s biggest fiscal test

Indonesia Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati during press conference in Jakarta, Monday (Jul 28)
ASEAN Business

Indonesia shocks markets with removal of prominent finance minister Sri Mulyani

Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto speaks about a recent wave of nationwide protests during a press conference alongside political party leaders at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on August 31, 2025. Prabowo on August 31 spoke out against protests over economic conditions and inequality, saying some actions in rallies that have spread across the country in recent days amounted to treason and terrorism. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP)
International

Indonesians want opposition check on Prabowo power, survey says

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