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Japan plans to accept a U.S. relief team but no aid from other regions or countries for now, the daily Nikkei reported on Friday, four days after an earthquake killed 92 people and forced the evacuation of thousands in the country's west.

After a campaign rally this week, Indonesian presidential contender Anies Baswedan dabbed sweat off his forehead as his convoy inched through a throng of supporters. Suddenly, he jumped out of his van to sign one last autograph for an excited teenage girl.

Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi stated that Indonesia continues to study the possibility of joining the trade alliance BRICS and is weighing the

A study conducted by the Poltracking Indonesia survey institute in October 2022 found that some 31 percent of Indonesian voters were "rational" and indicated the number would rise for the upcoming election.

Indonesia’s cinema admissions grew by 14.5% year-on-year to reach 114.5 million in 2023, compared to 100 million the previous year, according to local box office analyst Bicara Box Office. That figure puts the market around 24% below the pre-pandemic figure of 152 million admissions in 2019.

A deadly explosion at a Chinese-owned facility in Indonesia has highlighted the hidden costs of Jakarta’s ambitious bet on battery metal processing to accelerate industrial development, a signature policy of outgoing leader Joko Widodo.

I NDORE, India—The sudden lockdown in 2020 sent workers streaming from cities back to villages in rural India, an exodus that many thought would be an easy-to-reverse blip on India’s journey to ...

India's services sector ended 2023 on a firm footing, with activity expanding at its fastest pace in three months in December on buoyant demand and an optimistic year-ahead outlook, a private survey ...

India plans to halve the amount of equity investment to $1.8 billion for 2023/24 to help fund three state oil refiners' green energy projects, four government and industry sources said, as the federal ...