Guti Nale Festival, an annual event celebrating the tradition of catching nale or nyale sea worms, was held on Feb. 17-18, 2025, in Pasir Putih Village, Nagawutung District, Lembata Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province.

The 2025 Indonesia International Motor Show (IIMS) exhibition showcases various brands of electric vehicles (EVs) amid the national automotive industry trend towards electrification. IIMS 2025 Project Manager Rudi MF said interest in EV continues to be in an upward trend. Based on last year's data, battery EVs contributed 30 percent of total transactions at the preceiding 2024 Indonesia International Motor Show (IIMS).

Statistics Indonesia (BPS) Yogyakarta Special Region recorded the province's export value surging by 14.24 percent month-to-month (mtm) and 26.3 percent year-on-year (yoy) to US$59.35 million in December 2024. The data was conveyed by BPS Yogyakarta Head Herum Fajarwati during BPS Yogyakarta's Official Statistics News release at its office's Truntum Room on Feb. 3, 2025.

Statistics Indonesia (BPS) noted that West Papua became the province achieved the highest economic growth rate among the country's provinces in 2024. BPS Head Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti said that West Papua's economy soared by 20.8 percent year-on-year (yoy) last year, higher than the Indonesian national economic growth rate of 5.03 percent yoy.

Statistics Indonesia (BPS) Southeast Sulawesi Province reported that the Southeast Sulawesi economy experienced 5.4 percent cumulative annuual growth (c-to-c) in 2024, up from 5.35 percent c-to-c in 2023. BPS Southeast Sulawesi Acting Head Surianti Toar explained that, in terms of production, the industrial manufacturing business field recorded the highest cumulative annual growth at 12.98 percent.

The Solo Jenang Festival to commemorate Surakarta City's 280th anniversary took place in a festive manner at the Ngarsopuro Corridor and Pamedan Pura Mangkunegaran in Surakarta City, Central Java Province on Feb. 17, 2025.

Southwest Papua People's Assembly (MRPBD) and customary land owner Ehut Kalaibin expressed his joy towards the inauguration for the drilling of the North East Markisa (NEM)-001 oil and natural gas (natgas) well in Klafma Village, Aimas District, Sorong Regency, Southwest Papua Province on Feb. 12, 2025.

The North Kalimantan Province Investment and One-Stop Integrated Services Office (DPMPTSP) recorded realized investment to North Kalimantan exceeding Rp35 trillion in 2024. Hence, the office is optimistic that North Kalimantan will get a higher investment target from the central government in 2025.