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JAKARTA – Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo’s abrupt resignation marks a watershed moment for Southeast Asia’s largest economy. Coming midway through his second five-year term, Warjiyo’s departure — tendered for…

Modern terrorist attacks no longer end when the shooting stops. Increasingly, a second battle begins immediately afterward: the struggle over who receives credit. In an era of encrypted communications, instant…

The Philippines came into the 2026 ASEAN chairmanship with the strongest possible hand on the South China Sea. It held the pen on the communique. It had built new domestic…

China’s expanding zero-tariff access for 63 lower-income countries — 53 of them African — is far more than a developmental courtesy or a technical adjustment of customs schedules. It is…

When Hong Wang and Yu Deng received Fields Medals at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia on July 23, they became the first citizens of the People’s Republic of…

Much of the Western debate about artificial intelligence centers on the machine itself. Will AI become conscious? Will it surpass human intelligence? Could it acquire goals of its own and…

US President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a new package of tariffs targeting 60 countries that account for over 99% of US imports, a move that—if upheld in court—would cost Americans an estimated US$100 billion per…

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has dismissed the country’s commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, after a turbulent week in which he also removed his defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov. The dismissal of the…

A war is entering Pakistani homes right now. Not through headlines, but through the electricity bill, the bus fare, the price of vegetables at the local market. Wars in the…

Today, Indonesia stands as one of the most formidable digital economic powerhouses in Southeast Asia. Bank Indonesia recorded digital payment transaction volumes reaching 5.22 billion in May 2026, marking 28.14%…