INDONESIA'S NEW REGULATION ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF FOREIGN MANPOWER: OFFERING SOME CLARITY WHILE RAISING QUESTIONS

Issue 20, October 2025 | Amid rising demand for gold, Indonesia has introduced a new licensing regime for bullion banks, changing the way gold-related financial services are regulated and offered.

The Indonesian Business Competition Supervision Commission (Komisi Pengawas Persaingan Usaha – “KPPU”) recently introduced a new regulation on merger filings, KPPU Regulation No. 3 of 2019 on Assessments of Mergers or Consolidations of Business Entities or Acquisitions of Shares in Companies.

For those companies who have completed their tax reporting responsibilities for 2016 accounting year, it is time to turn the board’s attention to the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”).

Recently, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (“MEMR”) issued 2 (two) decrees on the price of coal,