The budget has a total outlay of Rs17.573 trillion (US$62 billion) and an ambitious 4.2 percent growth target.

President Xi noted that China and South Korea are close neighbours that cannot be moved away from each other in a telephone ...

JAKARTA – An ongoing clinical trial for a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate in Indonesia has been met with rising public criticism, especially on social media, which experts attribute to unclear ...

Headaches and Cigarettes: Conviction of North Korean spies reveals playbook of codes, signals The North Korean spy agency sent its instructions to the South Korean network online using steganography, ...

JAKARTA – The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has expressed concern over its minimal role in overseeing the government’s free meal initiative, which, despite running for only four months, has ...

NEW DELHI – The Narendra Modi government on Sunday said that ‘Operation Sindoor’ has marked a “turning point in India’s defence doctrine.” “Operation Sindoor, launched on May 07, 2025, marked a ...

Free hospital care policy will increase public access to healthcare services, promoting early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, improving treatment effectiveness, optimising the use of ...

JAKARTA – Economic growth in Prabowo Subianto’s first-full quarter as president has touched the slowest pace since the coronavirus pandemic as the Ramadan boost failed to significantly jack up ...

The party highlighted that violence has notably increased in Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat, and four districts of Songkhla, especially over the past fortnight. Published on the party’s official Facebook ...

NEW YORK, United States — Boeing’s CEO confirmed Wednesday that China had stopped accepting new aircraft due to the US-China trade war, as the company’s shares surged following a smaller than expected ...

NEW DELHI – A global trade war would appear to be an opportune time to promote economic unity in South Asia. Instead, Bangladesh and India are mired in a mini trade war, with the former having much ...

JAKARTA – The textile industry is set to be among the hardest hit by the recent United States tariff hikes, with 40 percent of Indonesian textiles and apparel exports bound for the American market.