KADIN sets out business role in Indonesia's 8% growth push
Indonesia’s chamber of commerce is putting private investment, exports and business coordination at the centre of the country’s effort to lift long-term growth.
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Temus stake gives Thinking Machines a wider route to production-grade AI
The deal connects Manila-built data-science capability with a Singapore regional technology group, while founder Stephanie Sy joins Temus leadership and retains control of the Thinking Machines brand.
FICG links Johor manufacturing and Singapore operations in ASEAN expansion plan
FIC Global’s agreements with AME Elite and JTC frame the Johor–Singapore corridor as a connected base for manufacturing, supply chains and a planned regional innovation hub.
Government targets fishermen's exchange rate at 120: Minister
Coordinating Minister for Food Zulkifli Hasan said the government is trying to lift fishermen’s welfare from an NTN of 103 to 120 through Red and White Fishermen’s Village development in West Nusa Tenggara, integrated facilities, and cooperative-linked marketing.
Danantara moves to restructure financially stressed SOE property units
Indonesia’s state investment entity says it will restructure financially stressed state-owned property companies, address debts and impairments, then pool unsold inventory for joint marketing with lower-cost mortgage support from state banks.
BNPB expands Central Kalimantan wildfire-response operations ahead of El Nino peak
Indonesia’s disaster agency is adding aircraft-backed weather modification and field coordination as Central Kalimantan becomes a priority test of climate-resilience operations.
Govt to review MK ruling separating free meals from education budget
The government says it will study a Constitutional Court ruling that requires the free nutritious meals program to be moved out of the national education budget, with full separation mandated by the 2028 fiscal year.
Indonesia links youth-space planning to its 2045 human-capital roadmap
A deputy minister urged regional governments to connect youth spaces, adolescent support programmes and demographic planning to Indonesia’s long-term human-capital agenda.
Smallholders manage 41 percent of national palm oil, BPDP says
At a media briefing in Pangkalan Bun, BPDP official Zaid Burhan Ibrahim said community-managed plantations account for 41 percent of the national palm oil industry, produce more than 16 million tons annually, and support a value chain employing about 16.5 million people.
UK Export Finance ready to deploy GBP 4 billion to assist Indonesian project
At a UK-Indonesia railway forum in Jakarta, His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Asia Pacific Martin Kent said UK Export Finance is ready to deploy up to £4 billion in financing for Indonesian development projects, with rail positioned as a major area of cooperation.
Indonesia’s FLPP mass signing shows the scale of subsidised housing-finance rails
Indonesia said 62,710 low-income households received FLPP subsidised mortgages across 130 locations, with 43 distributing banks supporting the housing-finance programme.
China certification recognition opens export route for Indonesian eel producers
Mutual recognition of Indonesia’s fisheries certification gives South Kalimantan processors access to China, showing how standards alignment can unlock cross-border growth.