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Indonesia warns it will walk away from Trump’s Board of Peace if Palestine goals fail

US President Donald Trump (L) shakes hands with Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto at the "Board of Peace" meeting during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2026. US President Donald Trump will show off his new "Board of Peace" at Davos on January 22, 2026 burnishing his claim to be a peacemaker a day after backing off his own threats against Greenland. Originally meant to oversee the rebuilding of Gaza after the war between Hamas and Israel, the board's charter does not limit its role to the Strip, and has sparked concerns that Trump wants it to rival the United Nations. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Prabowo cites Tharman’s Indonesia honeymoon experience to call for national unity and service

Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto urged leaders to serve the public.

Indonesia is wooing its former citizens with a new stand-in for dual citizenship – but with limited success

The Global Citizenship of Indonesia scheme is designed to formalise ties with the country’s millions-strong diaspora without reopening a sensitive policy debate.

Singapore among slowest-growing food delivery markets in Asean despite regional surge

A food delivery rider riding across the road along Tengah Drive, with Parc Flora (left) and Parc Woods (right) estate in the background, on Dec 26, 2025. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO

In a fractured world, Prabowo pitches Indonesia as a calm investment bet at WEF

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto speaking during a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan 22.

ASEAN faces a tougher world but its diversity and resilience offer an edge: WEF panel

(From left) ST editor Jaime Ho moderating a panel discussion by Thailand’s DPM Ekniti Nitithanprapas, Asian Development Bank president Masato Kanda, Zurich Insurance Group Asia-Pacific CEO Tulsi Naidu, World Intellectual Property Organization director-general Daren Tang, and Indonesia’s Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Viada Hafid.

Prabowo visit thrusts Nusantara back into spotlight, but how far does it go?

Mr Prabowo Subianto’s first presidential visit to Indonesia’s planned new capital Nusantara on Jan 12 was intended to signal continuity and commitment to the project.

Indonesia’s bet on non-jail punishments raises questions over fairness and misuse

Activists protest against the new criminal code outside the parliament building in Jakarta on Dec 5, 2022. The government began enforcing the revised penal code on Jan 2, 2026, three years after then-president Joko Widodo signed it into law. PHOTO: AFP

How to fix paradise after Bali’s tourism boom and unsavoury turn towards vice

If Bali is to remain worthy of its old glory and continue to attract visitors, the island will need to make deliberate choices, says the writer.

10 questions on what 2026 holds for Asia

America’s waning appetite for global leadership is spawning levels of uncertainty and unreliability that many countries are unaccustomed to navigating.

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