Category: Indonesia
Palm oil in focus as Swiss vote on trade pact with Indonesia
Swiss voters will decide on a free trade agreement (FTA) with Indonesia on Sunday, with lower tariffs on palm oil imports the main issue in what the polls predict will be a [...] » More
Indonesia: Lawmakers’ families get vaccinated together with a host of issues as country’s Covid-19 total is now almost 1.35 million
The inoculation of corruption suspects and families of lawmakers has prompted allegations of favouritism amid shortages in supplies of the Covid-19 vaccine. After inoculating [...] » More
Indonesia: Inflation remains subdued as recession bites
Price pressures remain muted with inflation below target for a ninth straight month February inflation at 1.4% Sagging growth momentum kept price pressures in check in [...] » More
Indonesia condemns violence in Burma after at least 7 die in protests
Indonesia said on Sunday it was “deeply concerned” with the growing violence in Myanmar and urged restraint by security forces, after at least seven people were [...] » More
Covid-19 aside-now into the dry season, Indonesia gears up for forest and bush fires control
As several parts of Indonesia have entered the dry season, the country is now gearing up for efforts to contain forest and bush fires as hotspots in some areas especially in [...] » More
Indonesia’s aviation demand key to recovery in Southeast Asia, says Boeing outlook
Indonesia will be key to recovering aviation demand in Southeast Asia over the next two decades, according to American aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co, one of the [...] » More
‘A lost generation’: COVID-19 takes emotional toll on Indonesia’s young
It was the sudden loud cry of 10-year-old Indonesian Aisyah that caught her neighbours’ attention in South Tangerang, Banten province, one day in January. They quickly [...] » More
Indonesia reports 5,560 new COVID-19 cases
Indonesia’s health ministry on Sunday reported 5,560 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 185 more deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the Southeast Asian [...] » More
Indonesia finds weapons on impounded Iranian tanker
Indonesian authorities said on Friday that firearms and ammunition have been found on an Iranian supertanker, one of the two vessels seized in the country’s waters over [...] » More
Indonesia permits private COVID-19 vaccination scheme
Indonesia has authorised one of the world’s first private vaccination schemes to run alongside its national programme so that companies can buy state-procured vaccines [...] » More
Indonesia says ‘ready to fight’ EU at WTO over nickel export curbs
Indonesia is “ready to fight” the European Union’s challenge of the Southeast Asian country’s ban on nickel ore exports at the World Trade [...] » More
Indonesia, US discuss clean energy cooperation, climate change
Indonesian Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan held a videoconference with US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, [...] » More
GIC to buy 9pct of Indonesia’s Bank Jago to tap digital banking business
Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC will purchase a stake in Bank Jago, a publicly listed Indonesian lender that is set to become the first fully digital bank in South-east [...] » More
Indonesia logs trade balance surplus of 1.96 billion USD in January
Indonesia’s trade balance in January experienced a fairly high surplus of 1.96 billion US dollars, minister of Trade Muhammad Lutfi said in a statement on Friday. [...] » More
Burma junta’s top diplomat in talks with Thailand, Indonesia
The Myanmar junta’s foreign minister visited Thailand on Wednesday as regional powers tried to broker an end to three weeks of deadly unrest triggered by a military [...] » More
