Besides the primary market (or when companies go public through an initial public offering) and mutual funds, the secondary market - where investors trade amongst themselves - is an important trading ...

The Waste Problem. Those who have been living in Indonesia might have noticed that the country does not have proper waste ...

A plastic factory typically starts with plastic resin pellets (often called nurdles) that are heated until they become a ...

Indonesia's Statistical Office (Badan Pusat Statistik, BPS) announced on Tuesday (5 May 2026) that the country's gross domestic product (GDP) had reached a growth rate of 5.61 percent year-on-year ...

A strong onboarding path gives the customer a clear first layer before asking for deeper involvement. In online entertainment ...

On Monday (04 May 2026), Indonesia Investments released the April 2026 edition of its monthly report. In this report we discuss key economic, political and social developments that occurred in ...

The Hero Group has six well-known brands in its portfolio: Hero Supermarket (premium quality supermarket), Guardian Health and Beauty (pharmacy), Starmart (convenience store), Giant Ekstra ...

A company is subject to the tax obligations set by the Indonesian government if the company's domicile is in Indonesia. Similarly, a foreign company that has a (permanent) establishment in Indonesia - ...

The Indonesian financial markets have shown a remarkable recovery from the Asian Financial Crisis in the 1990s. Prudent fiscal management and strengthening economic fundamentals were behind ...

In the period before western European powers were able to control Southeast Asian soil and waters, there existed no Indonesia. The archipelago we now know as Indonesia consisted of islands and estates ...

Bumi Resources is primarily engaged in the exploration and exploitation of coal deposits on the islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan. BUMI operates mines through four companies: Arutmin Indonesia, Kaltim ...

Soekarno (1901-1970), born in the East Javanese city of Surabaya during the Dutch colonial rule, was a leading nationalist who devoted his life to the Independence struggle of Indonesia. Although ...