The Latest Breaking News from Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan

Nickel-rich Indonesia pitches EV battery plant plan to Elon Musk

Indonesia’s top investment official says the government has proposed building an electric vehicle battery plant to Tesla CEO Elon Musk

The Independent UK · May 20, 2024

Elon Musk launches Starlink satellite internet service in Indonesia

Tech billionaire arrives in Indonesia’s resort island of Bali by private jet on Sunday

The Independent UK · May 19, 2024

Elon Musk arrives in Indonesia's Bali to launch Starlink satellite internet service

Elon Musk has arrived in Indonesia’s resort island of Bali to launch Starlink satellite internet service in the world’s largest archipelago nation

The Independent UK · May 19, 2024

Vladimir Putin to skip G20 summit in Bali, says Indonesian government official OLD

Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov walked out of G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Bali in July after facing jeers

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend G-20 summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the Group of 20 summit in Indonesia next week, avoiding a possible confrontation with the United States and its allies over his war in Ukraine

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2022

Foot-and-mouth disease may still be quietly spreading through Bali's cattle even though no cases have been recorded in months

Balinese officials have not recorded a single case of the highly infectious foot-and-mouth disease since August 1. But on a recent trip to several parts of the island, the ABC found cattle with clear signs of FMD.

ABC News · Sep 24, 2022

Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway: Looking at the roles of Luhut, Rini Soemarno and Ridwan Kamil in securing China-Indonesia relationship

China and Indonesia have not always had smooth economic relations. One of the reasons is because there has been a history of hostility towards communism – the ideology adopted by China – in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim majority nation. Communism in Indonesia has been banned since an alleged…

The Conversation · Aug 26, 2022

Indonesian leader denies delay of 2024 polls to extend term

Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo has denied that his administration is attempting to delay the 2024 presidential elections after senior politicians including his close ally supported the idea of extending his stay in office beyond the two-term legal mandate

The Independent UK · Apr 10, 2022

Indonesia battles a push to postpone elections - and undermine its fragile democracy

Indonesia’s next general elections are not until Valentine’s Day 2024. But in Indonesian politics, that is not far away. The country’s oligarchic political elites are already manoeuvring to maintain their grip on power, and some don’t want to face the polls in two years.

The Conversation · Apr 1, 2022