Today's Top 3 News: U-23 Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers: Indonesia Drawn into Group J with South Korea

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo English compiled the top 3 news on Friday, May 30, 2025. Here are the highlights: U-23 Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers: Indonesia Drawn into Group J with South Korea; What Prabowo Shared with Macron About Borobudur Temple; and Highlights from Prabowo's Gala Dinner for President Macron.

The following is the list of the top 3 news on Tempo English today: 

1. U-23 Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers: Indonesia Drawn into Group J with South Korea

The draw for the U-23 Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers was held at the AFC House, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday, May 29, 2025. As a result, the Indonesian U-23 national team is placed in Group J with South Korea, Laos, and Macau.

Forty-four teams are divided into 11 groups for this qualifying round, competing for a spot in the final round in Saudi Arabia in January 2026. A series of matches scheduled for September 1-9 will be held in Indonesia, which will host Group J.

From all the groups, only the group winners and the four best second-placed teams will advance to the final round, joining hosts Saudi Arabia. Group J is predicted to be highly competitive. South Korea, the champion of the 2020 edition, is seen as the favorite in this group.

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2. What Prabowo Shared with Macron About Borobudur Temple

The Indonesian Cabinet Secretariat revealed that President Prabowo Subianto recounted the history of the Borobudur Temple to French President Emmanuel Macron. Prabowo accompanied Macron on a visit to the Borobudur Temple in Magelang Regency, Central Java Province, on Thursday, May 29, 2025.

The Cabinet Secretariat shared the moment in a post on its Instagram account. During the visit to the historical site, Prabowo personally drove a golf cart carrying them from the courtyard to the main stairs of the temple.

"Their intimacy was evident in their casual conversation and Prabowo's explanations about the history and uniqueness of Borobudur," as stated in the caption of the @sekretariat.kabinet account, cited on Friday, May 30, 2025.

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3. Highlights from Prabowo's Gala Dinner for President Macron

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto hosted a gala dinner to welcome French President Emmanuel Macron at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Wednesday, May 28, 2025.

As observed by Tempo on location, the gala dinner began at 09:15 PM. Several members of the Red and White Cabinet attended, such as Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani, and Coordinating Minister for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration, and Correctional Affairs Yusril Ihza Mahendra.

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