Jakarta Becomes the World’s Largest City
JAKARTA – Jakarta has reached a demographic milestone — and a moment of reckoning. According to World Urbanization Prospects 2025 from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Indonesia’s capital has overtaken Tokyo as the world’s most populous … Continue reading Jakarta Becomes the World’s Largest City
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ByteDance to Integrate AI Into Smartphones
BEIJING — ByteDance, the Chinese technology group best known for TikTok and Douyin, is pressing ahead with a new strategy to embed its artificial-intelligence services directly into smartphones, forging partnerships with manufacturers including Vivo, Lenovo and Transsion, according to people familiar … Continue reading ByteDance to Integrate AI Into Smartphones
ASEAN’s Next Act: A Young Region Positions Itself
NEW YORK – By the end of this decade, ASEAN is projected to become the world’s fourth-largest economy, a shift driven by a youthful population, fast-urbanizing cities and accelerating digital adoption. Economists at the World Bank and the International Monetary … Continue reading ASEAN’s Next Act: A Young Region Positions Itself
Indonesia Pushes for U.S. Tariff Agreement
JAKARTA – President Prabowo Subianto’s administration is pressing to complete tariff negotiations with the United States by the end of 2025, portraying the talks as both an economic priority and a test of Indonesia’s trade diplomacy at a moment of … Continue reading Indonesia Pushes for U.S. Tariff Agreement