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Activists hold pictures depicting Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka during a protest against their policies in Jakarta on Oct. 28.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 10, 2026
Fate of Indonesia’s vice president hangs in the balance as lawmakers mull probe
The consideration comes amid a widening political rift between the vice president’s influential father and President Prabowo Subianto.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and others attend the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's second term in Washington on Jan. 20, 2025.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2026
The rise of the global oligarchic world order
The question is thus no longer whether oligarchs will rule the world, but rather what kind of world they are building.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto delivers his remarks while leading a plenary cabinet meeting at the Presidential Palace complex in Jakarta on Oct. 21.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 6, 2026
Prabowo wiretap spills top Indonesia rivalry into public
The mobilization of thousands of military personnel this week has intensified speculation about a widening rift between Prabowo Subianto and Joko Widodo.
Indonesian senior legal affairs minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra (center) addresses a press conference regarding those arrested over the alleged wiretapping of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, in Jakarta on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 4, 2026
Indonesia arrests chief of staff and top policemen for alleged wiretapping of president
The suspects are accused of illegally tapping phones of the president, journalists, politicians, business people and more from 2025 to this year.
Martin Hartono in Singapore in 2022
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 8, 2026
Indonesia’s richest family moves over $1 billion offshore amid turmoil
The movements of funds abroad mark a sharp pivot for a media-shy family worth about $30 billion that has traditionally parked its wealth at home.
Col. Fredy Ferdian Isnartanto, the chief judge, speaks as Indonesian military personnel stand after they were found guilty on charges of serious premeditated assault in an acid attack on an activist known for campaigning against the growing role of the military, during their verdicts at the military court in Jakarta on June 10.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 8, 2026
Indonesian activists criticize reduced sentences of soldiers convicted of acid attack on activist
The soldiers had thrown acid on a person who campaigned against the growing role of the military.
Motorists drive with headlights on a haze-shrouded road in the city of Palangka Raya, central Kalimantan on Aug. 20.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 25, 2026
Prabowo surveys Indonesian fires causing world’s worst air
The Indonesian president said authorities will revoke the permits of companies found to be responsible for forest fires that have left a Malaysian city with the world’s worst air.
Sigit Buludawa, 34, owner of a kitchen serving the National Nutrition Agency's free meal program, in the fishing village of Torosiaje, Gorontalo province, Indonesia, on July 27. Sigit is one of at least 400 investors who borrowed money to build over 1,500 kitchens in remote areas ?on reimbursement terms ?that have now been delayed or changed as the government seeks to reduce costs for the program.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 13, 2026
Indonesia’s flagship free meals initiative leaves kitchen investors deep in debt
Mounting debts are the latest blow for an initiative that has struggled with governance, supply chain problems, mass food-poisoning and financial cutbacks.
Nanik S. Deyang, center, at her inauguration ceremony in Jakarta in June
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 23, 2026
Indonesia free-meals boss quits, says job left her ‘traumatized’
The second leadership change at President Prabowo Subianto’s troubled signature social initiative in less than two months after her predecessor was removed in a corruption probe.
Then-Indonesia presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto addresses his supporters during a campaign rally in Jakarta in February 2024. The now-president repeatedly pledged to eradicate corruption in the lead-up to his election.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 22, 2026
Indonesia is losing the fight against corruption
Prabowo has repeatedly pledged to eradicate corruption, but delivering will require more than headline-grabbing statements.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, Bill Gates, Andi Syamsuddin Arsyad and other Indonesian business leaders at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta in May 2025
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2026
Prabowo’s favored tycoon wants to become Indonesia’s richest man
Entrepreneur Andi Syamsuddin Arsyad’s presence increasingly noticed, as President Prabowo Subianto upends the long-understood political pecking order.
Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto has pushed for an increased role of the government, including expanding the economic power of its sovereign wealth fund Danantara.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 29, 2026
Prabowo risks prompt global banks to pull cash out of Indonesia
Some banks decided to curb exposure to Indonesia as they became increasingly concerned over the country’s policy direction that has dented foreign investors’ confidence.
Gojek and Grab drivers during the morning rush hour in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Nov. 24, 2025.
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2026
Tech founder’s downfall in Indonesia shows rising business risks
Nadiem Makarim now faces the prospect of 18 years in jail if found guilty of corruption during his stint as education minister.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto (right) delivers a speech on the macroeconomic framework to lawmakers as Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka looks on at the Parliament building in Jakarta on Wednesday.
BUSINESS
May 21, 2026
Prabowo’s biggest crackdown on tycoons shocked his own officials
A surprise move by President Prabowo Subianto to centralize Indonesia’s commodity exports has rattled markets and intensified investor concerns over state intervention.
A visitor walks past a mural featuring the name of Andrie Yunus, the deputy coordinator of the KontraS rights group who suffered serious injuries when two men on a scooter threw acid at him, at the Mural Exhibition "From Citizens for Andrie" in Jakarta on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 29, 2026
Acid attack in Indonesia evokes brutality of Suharto era
The brutal ambush of an outspoken military critic led to four arrests, but activists say that more were involved.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi exchange bows during a news conference following their summit in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 31, 2026
At Japan-Indonesia summit, energy security takes center stage amid war in Middle East
The two Asian nations’ leaders on Tuesday pledged to coordinate closely on this issue, as oil and gas prices soar due to the ongoing war.
The Presidential Palace in the planned new capital city of Nusantara, in East Kalimantan province, Indonesia, on Aug. 17, 2024
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 13, 2026
Prabowo affirms commitment to new Indonesian capital in first visit as president
Analysts say the president may not have fiscal space to fund key programs as well as Nusantara, which his predecessor envisioned as a futuristic capital surrounded by forest.
A worker applies fertilizer to young oil palm trees at the nursery in Kalimantan, Indonesia, on in 2023.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 5, 2026
Indonesia tightens grip on resources with Switzerland-sized land grab
The upheaval could have global consequences, as Indonesia is the world’s top coal and palm-oil exporter, the biggest nickel producer and a leading source of copper and tin.
A playground and walkways among housing for civil servants and their families in Nusantara, Indonesia, in November.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 2, 2026
The lure of a rising Asian metropolis? No traffic.
Nusantara, Indonesia’s new city built in the jungle, has an uncertain future, but both new residents and tourists love it.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto gives a plaque to Siti Hardijanti Rukmana, daughter of the former Indonesian president Suharto, as he receives the title of national hero during National Heroes' Day at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 10, 2025
Indonesia grants national hero status to late strongman President Suharto
Indonesia awarded the title of national hero on Monday to late President Suharto, who was forced out of office in 1998 by violent protests that ended a three-decade rule marred by accusations of mass human rights violations, corruption and nepotism.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
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‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
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The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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