Top Indonesian financial regulators quit after US$80 billion market meltdown
GOVERNMENT PROMISES MAJOR MARKET REFORMS Indonesia’s chief economic minister Airlangga Hartarto said authorities were committed to stock market…
US FDA Approves First Daily Oral GLP‑1 Treatment for Weight Management, Showing Comparable Results to Injectable Therapy
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Novo Nordisk’s new once-daily pill for weight management, designed…
Okinawa loses longevity crown, Malaysian athlete threatened: 7 Asia highlights – South China Morning Post
Okinawa loses longevity crown, Malaysian athlete threatened: 7 Asia highlights South China Morning PostCha Eun-woo Tax Evasion Case Risks…
The Wallace Line Forms an Invisible Barrier That Keeps Tigers and Koalas from Ever Meeting. We Finally Know What Happened
The Wallace Line. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. In the 19th century, Alfred Russel Wallace (famous for coming up with…
How a K-pop post sparked South Korea’s viral ‘dujjonku’ cookie obsession
In the predawn cold of a northern Seoul neighbourhood, hundreds of people line the street in padded coats,…
Why the world has started stockpiling food again – The Irish Times
In the early 18th century, Finland was familiar with the fear of hunger. A famine fuelled by an…
Indonesia cracks down on industrial tax cheats as fiscal deficit widens
Economy Finance minister points at Chinese-backed steel and construction material companies Indonesian Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa vows to…
Orphaned Orangutan Returns to Wild Home After 4-Years Rehab in ‘Jungle School’
Charlotte makes a home among the trees after being released back into the wild – credit, the Orangutan…
Enigmatic Hominins May Have Overlapped with Homo sapiens on Sulawesi
At Leang Bulu Bettue, a rock-shelter in the Maros-Pangkep karst region on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, paleoanthropologists…
Indonesia eyes 6% growth in 2026 despite a jobs ‘time bomb’
For Indonesia, much of the past year was more a marathon than a sprint, with Southeast Asia’s largest…
Plastics Crisis Intrudes on Paradise
A man searches for salvageable items at TPA Suwung, Bali’s main landfill, in southern Denpasar — close to…
Malaysians rejoice as ringgit’s surge boosts travel budgets: ‘it’s good news’
The ringgit’s surge to a five-year high against the US dollar is prompting Malaysians, especially travellers, to exchange…