9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (433+ words) JAKARTA - On July 15, Indonesia and the United States reached a compromise: the threatened 32% tariff on Indonesian exports will now be capped at 19% in...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago  (1092+ words) Earlier this month, Indonesia and Japan signed a defense cooperation agreement that could eventually allow Jakarta to acquire lethal weaponry from Tokyo. The move was the latest in a series of strategic engagements signaling that Indonesia is beginning to lean…...

5+ hour, 14+ min ago  (1484+ words) In April, the General Services Administration announced plans to automate 1 million work hours annually after cutting nearly 40% of its staff since October 2024, with similar reductions being seen across the government workforce. While the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)…...

12+ hour, 3+ min ago  (857+ words) Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. The 2% threshold, long treated as sensitive, has effectively been reached ahead of schedule. At the April 2026 LDP convention, she'signaled'that constitutional revision is'imminent, with a proposal targeted for 2027. This is…...

16+ hour, 12+ min ago  (464+ words) The global energy crisis caused by President Donald Trump's war with Iran is set to worsen in the coming months, as'The Wall Street Journal'reported on Friday that the world is "burning through its'oil'safety net." Even though oil prices surged at…...

17+ hour, 36+ min ago  (982+ words) The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday accused US President'Donald Trump'of "orchestrating a $1, 700, 000, 000 fraud on the American taxpayer to line the pockets of his MAGA political allies" amid new reporting on the terms Trump is seeking in…...

20+ hour, 37+ min ago  (144+ words) Asia Times Salesman Trump leaves China with very little in his bag William Pesek reports that Donald Trump's high-profile Beijing summit yielded symbolism and corporate spectacle rather than major concessions from Xi Jinping, reinforcing perceptions that China retains the strategic…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (860+ words) Diplomacy involves the art of telling lies with a straight face or even a reassuring smile. On day one of Donald Trump's China visit, political correctness and diplomatic finesse were in ample display from the US leader, while Chinese sources…...

22+ hour, 57+ min ago  (893+ words) Few things enrage Donald Trump more than being upstaged, particularly when he is on the biggest stage of both his stints as US president " in Beijing....

22+ hour ago  (806+ words) The proposal to gradually pass nearly 45 trillion dong (about US$1. 8 billion) in accumulated losses from Vietnam Electricity (EVN) into future electricity prices reveals a deeper contradiction at the center of Hanoi's economic strategy. For years, while Hanoi has persistently lobbied…...