Russia aims to strengthen cooperation with Indonesia, ASEAN
Other than commerce ties, Russia-Indonesia bilateral cooperation is also developing dynamically in the field of politics and security, military and military-technical cooperation,…
The Jakarta Post
Indonesia President Prabowo talks regional, global issues with Thai ex-PM Thaksin
Thai ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's visit to Jakarta is part of Indonesia's effort to intensify international cooperation with global leaders and other prominent figures…
Myanmar FM to meet ASEAN ministers in Bangkok on Sunday
Myanmar has been largely frozen out of the 11-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) since a military coup five years ago, but junta chief Min Aung Hlaing was…
Anti-LGBTQ regulation fuels fears of criminalisation in Indonesia
A presidential regulation classifying 'LGBTQ culture' as a non-military threat has drawn sharp criticism from civil society groups – warning how it could provide further…
Indonesia foreign minister to attend Iranian leader Khamenei’s funeral after domestic pressure
Widespread criticism, including from former Indonesian diplomats, argued that Indonesia’s limited presence at the funeral reflected a shift in its long-held free and active…
Japan, China coast guards face off near disputed islands
The incident occurred near uninhabited islands claimed as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China, which sit between Taiwan and Okinawa and have caused diplomatic tensions…
Police probe coal miners over alleged graft tied to nationwide blackouts in Indonesia
Indonesia's National Police’s Criminal Investigation Department revealed that investigators had uncovered alleged irregularities in coal procurement involving two companies…
Drought tightens grip across Indonesia
Thousands of households across several regencies have already gone weeks without rain, prompting the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) to urge regional administrations to…
Indonesian factories struggling amid muted demand, surging costs
Indonesia's manufacturing sector suffered its sharpest contraction in a year, with the PMI plunging to 46.9 in June as new orders dried up and factory-gate prices rose at the…
Indonesia posts first trade deficit in six years
In a press conference on Wednesday, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) official Ateng Hartono said the US$1.61 billion deficit in May was “mainly due to” the large deficit in oil and…