social dynamics

President Prabowo recently held a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, Russia, which was an important part of Prabowo's official visit to Russia and his attendance at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2025. Prabowo...

The Deputy Director of Research and Consulting Department of PT Leads Property Services Indonesia has disclosed the level of land prices in different areas of Jakarta, with Sudirman Central Business District (SCBD) having the highest land price of 200-300 million rupiah/square meter (about 8.8...

About 90% of planned industrial land in Indonesia is not yet developed and utilized, and there is a huge potential for investment. The total area of industrial land in Sumatra is about 185,400 hectares, and only 13,000 hectares (about 7%) are utilized. The total area of industrial land in Java is about 35.0...

Indonesia's decision to stop imposing anti-dumping duties on Chinese imports of chemical fiber yarn stems from a recently leaked internal document from the Ministry of Trade, which recommended not renewing anti-dumping duties on related products. The decision was strongly criticized by domestic textile...

Dubai-based company Edgnex plans to invest $2.3 billion (about Rp 37 trillion) in a large data center on a 12-hectare site in the Cikarang Industrial Zone in West Java, with the first phase of the project expected to be completed in 2026 and the whole lasting until 2028. The communications and digital ...

State-owned public transport company Perum Damri is enhancing its environmentally friendly public transport services, as it has taken delivery of 70 Zhongtong electric buses from China, which are scheduled to be put into operation at the end of June, as part of Damri's efforts to operate 200 electric by the end of the 2025...

The Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs has announced that Indonesia and the European Union (EU) have finalized CEPA, a comprehensive economic partnership agreement that took nine years and 19 rounds of negotiations.After meeting with the EU Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, he confirmed that all remaining issues have been resolved...

The Minister of Trade recently revealed that Indonesia's balance of trade surplus in goods has shrunk significantly, reaching the lowest in 60 months. The decline in exports on the one hand is the main cause, firstly due to the impact of the US tariff policy and secondly due to the Ramadan holiday factor. At the ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting...

The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources said that there are currently about 780,000 households without electricity in Indonesia, spread over 10,068 remote villages. The government is planning to gradually expand access to electricity through PLN's "Village Electricity" program from 2025-2029...

Indonesia is set to export rice to Malaysia after domestic stocks were deemed safe, and President Prabowo has ordered the plan to move forward. Indonesia's plans to export rice to Malaysia are becoming increasingly firm, said Prabowo, deputy agriculture minister...