Japan has been negotiating with the United States to make it possible for Japanese law enforcement officers to carry out their own investigations of serious incidents involving U.S. military aircraft.

Malaysia's hard-line attitude with Singapore over a territorial dispute reflects the often fractious relationship that Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad had with his peer, the late Lee Kuan Yew, founding father of the city-state.Recent tough stance toward Singapore reflects rocky relations of the past

A Thai party close to ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced Saturday it would backtrack on its nomination of the elder sister of the country's king as a prime ministerial candidate following the monarch's opposition to the selection

Government officials and former residents of the northern territories held various events around the nation calling for the islands’ return on Thursday, which was Northern Territories Day.

Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso on Monday retracted his remark the previous day that could be taken as blaming swelling social security costs and other issues associated with Japan's aging population and declining birthrates on those who do not have children.

The financial services sector has yet to become a main engine for economic growth, but it has the potential to do so, according to joint research from the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) and Parahyangan University. While Indonesia has seen its credit productivity increase, stakeholders lack a comprehensive understanding of the sector, hence the sluggish loan disbursement in recent years, the study says.

Speaking to investors at a seminar in Jakarta recently, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati felt compelled to mention each of the business sectors eligible to apply for a tax holiday. “I need to read this one [list of sectors eligible to apply for a tax holiday] because I heard [businesspeople say] we are not explaining […] this tax holiday effectively,” said Sri Mulyani. “I talked to some of the business [players], and they said they never heard of it.”

Facebook has shut down hundreds of accounts and pages linked to an Indonesian group accused of spreading hate speech and fake news, the company said Friday. The world's biggest social network said cyber group Saracen engaged in "coordinated abuse of the platform" by operating a network of hoax accounts that mislead online readers about who was behind them.

Donald Trump's frustration over his campaign to fence off the US-Mexican border spilled into linguistic territory Thursday when the president declared himself fed up with people dancing around what to call his dreamed-of barrier. "Lets just call them WALLS from now on and stop playing political games! A WALL is a WALL!" Trump tweeted.

The rupiah may have overcome its toughest period last year, but a problem still persisted in the current account deficit, which could haunt the exchange rate if it were not managed this year, an analyst has said. The country’s current account deficit has swelled to US$8.85 billion or 3.37 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the third quarter of 2018, its highest in four years.

The National Economic and Industry Committee (KEIN) has called for the immediate use of 50 percent blended biodiesel, which would help reduce gas and oil imports and increase the use of local palm oil. KEIN vice chairman Arif Budimanta said the wide use of B50 would help the country save foreign exchange earnings to narrow both the trade and current account deficits and was in line with the General Planning for National Energy (RUEN).

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani urged people to look into the complete performance of Indonesia’s State Budget (APBN) and not think that the government solely funds the country through tax collection and debts. Don’t think as if you completely understand the State Budget (APBN), as if the government only collects tax or debts that burden the population. It’s not as simple as that. It is much more complex than that,” said Sri Mulyani as a speaker in the DBS Asian Insights Conference held at Hotel Mulia today, Jan. 31.