The 2025 Kora-Kora Festival was officially held with a series of activities taking place at the Nukila Park area of Ternate City, North Maluku Province on June 19, 2025. The festival, which was held until June 21, 2025 began with a boat decoration competition as the opening event.

The smiles of children spread while waiting for the fishing boat they were on to dock at Jailolo Harbor in West Halmahera Regency, North Maluku Province at 09.46 Central Indonesia Time on May 28, 2025.

Eramet Indonesia Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jerome Baudelet, in response to reports that the subsidiary of French mining company Eramet SA plans to collaborate with the Daya Anagata Nusantara Investment Management Agency (Danantara) in the Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park (IWIP) nickel downstream project, stated that the approach aims to bridge relations between Indonesia and Europe in the electric vehicle (EV) battery supply chain.

North Maluku Governor Sherly Laos inaugurated the reopening of the Port of Sofifi Port on Mar. 26, 2025. The event was attended by North Maluku Deputy Governor Sarbin Sehe, the North Maluku Provincial Government Regional Secretary, representatives of the North Maluku Province and Tidore Islands City Regional Leadership Coordination Forums (Forkopimda), the leadership of the North Maluku Provincial Government organizations, and invited guests.

The Tidore Islands City Government plans to continue developing the local coconut oil manufacturing managed by the Sohi Coconut small and medium enterprise (SME) in Akelamo Village, Central Oba District, Tidore Islands City, North Maluku Province. The SME's commodity is expected to be more widely known in North Maluku as an alternative to local oil palm-based cooking oil.

The Trade and Investment Mission between the East Java Provincial Government and the North Maluku Provincial Government held at the Sahid Bela Hotel in Ternate City, North Maluku Province on Mar. 12, 2025 recorded transactions reaching Rp568 billion in one day.

Statistics Indonesia (BPS) North Maluku Province revealed that the North Maluku economy grew by 13.73 percent on a cumulative annual basis (c-to-c) in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2024.