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  • Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Indonesia’s finance minister, speaks at the Indonesia Sustainability Forum in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. The forum concludes on September 6. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Prabowo removes finance chief, risking turmoil for Indonesia

    By Grace Sihombing, Chandra Asmara, and others
  • Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto gestures after attending the launch of a new system for directly transferring allowances to regional public school teachers’ bank accounts at the Primary and Secondary Education Ministry in Jakarta on March 13, 2025. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Prabowo faces investor revolt over Indonesia’s economic path

    By Philip J. Heijmans, Chandra Asmara, and others
  • Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., speaks during the company event on AI technologies in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion to build out cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Indonesia, betting on Southeast Asia’s biggest economy to spur growth. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Satya Nadella says Microsoft will pump $1.7bn into Indonesia for AI and cloud projects as Big Tech floods into Southeast Asia

    By Gao Yuan, Saritha Rai, and others