Japan's upcoming foreign worker system is drawing attention to the shortage of Japanese language teachers needed to support workers entering the country.
PT PLN needs 40 million more tonnes of coal for 2026. The same week, a new index shows Indonesia's village-level solar is declining. The two data points belong in the same conversation.
Indonesia elevated its partnership with South Korea to Comprehensive Strategic level and agreed to a new Energy Resources Security Dialogue. LNG and coal are the resource anchor for Seoul.
Environmental groups flag that sustained biodiesel demand growth may incentivize palm plantation expansion with deforestation and EU market access risks.
FESSIA operates across industry, government, academia, and think tanks, positioning itself as the policy bridge the Southeast Asian storage sector currently lacks.
Russia signed two energy deals with Vietnam in Moscow on March 23: the Ninh Thuan 1 nuclear framework and a preliminary LNG supply contract through Novatek.
The Laos fuel crisis is a case study in cascading dependency: Hormuz closes, Thailand restricts exports, Laos runs dry. Cambodia and Myanmar face the same structural exposure.
175 MoUs have been signed under the AZEC framework between Indonesia and Japan. The challenge, as both governments acknowledge, is translating signed agreements into commissioned generation capacity.