Military cooperation between Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, and France grew in recent years, starting in 2019 when Subianto became defense minister. He and Macron met last November ...

Indonesia is launching Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway, a key project under China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative that will cut travel time between the capital and another ...

But much of Southeast Asia, a region of nearly 700 million people, remains up for grabs. The superpower that succeeds in persuading key Southeast Asian countries—such as Indonesia, Malaysia, the ...

The joint venture said the trains will be the fastest in Southeast Asia, with speeds of up to 350 kph (217 mph). Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, the coordinating minister for maritime and investment, said ...