Indonesia stocks approached a record high on Thursday after inflation data stoked expectations the central bank will keep its interest rate at a record-low next week, while Thai stocks

Katrina Nicholas – Indonesia will allow foreigners to buy property in the country and own bigger stakes in health-care companies as it completes a review of investment rules, the countr

Dili – The tiny, impoverished nation of East Timor is on the cusp of an economic explosion that will eclipse even China in terms of growth, a top UN economist said on Tuesday.

Jakarta – The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) admitted Thursday that it was difficult to lure investors from the US and European countries to invest in Indonesia.

Irvan Tisnabudi – Indonesia is likely to see higher prices for alcoholic beverages and more black market trading as a result of the government's decision to effectively replace the luxu

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – The United States has once again put Indonesia into its Priority Watch List of countries with rampant copyright infringement, despite claims by the governmen

Officials, analysts and economists who have held fast and predicted that Indonesia's economy is destined for great things in 2010 were rewarded with a slew of good news on Wednesday, in

East Timor's president Jose Ramos-Horta says his country is serious about making sure its interests are not ignored in the development of the Greater Sunrise Gas field.

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Total subsidies will be raised by 26.3 percent to Rp 199.34 trillion (US$21.73 billion) in the revised 2010 state budget to protect households, the main driv

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Indonesia's exports in January slowed 13 percent from December, despite booking a year-on-year increase of 59 percent due to a low base in January last year,

Aloysius Unditu and Novrida Manurung – Indonesia's inflation accelerated to the fastest pace in nine months amid rising commodity and food prices, putting pressure on the central bank t

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry fears implementation of a new environmental law may lead to problems that could seriously hit production and investment

Jakarta – A proposal by Indonesia to limit foreign investors' participation in certain share issues could scare off overseas investment, some analysts and fund managers said.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has launched the National Savings Movement, introducing savings accounts without administration fees to encourage more Indone

Jakarta – Indonesia will issue a government decree aimed at clarifying what oil and gas contractors can claim under a scheme to reimburse their operational costs, including exploration

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The government remains optimistic economic growth will accelerate to 5.5 percent this year but warns of downside risks caused by domestic and external factor

Sunanda Creagh, Jakarta – The East Timor government said on Thursday that it still has not awarded a contract to any company to develop a pipeline or LNG facility from its lucrative Gre

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Indonesia's exports were down nearly 15 percent last year as the global economic crisis cast a shadow over the country's major export earners, dampening dema

Irvan Tisnabudi & Ardian Wibisono – Indonesian exports hit an all-time monthly high of $13.3 billion in December as commodity prices rose in line with the global economic recovery,

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Inflation in January accelerated to a seven-month high with rising commodity and food prices, without provoking worry that the central bank should raise its

Nani Alfrida, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy has returned back on track following a period of lower growth last year due to the global economic crisis.

Malaysia's national oil company Petronas said Tuesday it has been invited by East Timor's government to help develop a disputed oil and gas field worth billions of dollars.

Iwan Suci Jatmiko, Contributor, Jakarta – It was with good reason that the Indonesian Ulema Council and the government established PT Bank Muamalat Indonesia on Nov. 1, 1991.

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Ousting Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati Cabinet after the Bank Century bailout, as some speculation suggests may happen, could hit the economy, as int

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Ben Butler – East Timor could leave the Sunrise gas and oil field in the Timor Sea undeveloped if Australian company Woodside refuses to build a pipeline to Timor's south coast.

Janeman Latul – The government will scrap import duties on equipment needed to build power plants to encourage independent companies to build plants in the second phase of its "fast-tra

Indonesia has asked to re-write a new regional trade pact with China, citing fears of job losses due to a flood of cheap Chinese imports across various sectors, officials said Wednesday

Anthony Deutsch, Jakarta – East Timor's government said Wednesday it will block proposals by an Australian-led consortium to develop a disputed oil and gas field worth billions of dolla

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – The business community sees a fairly bright economic picture this year, revising upwards its growth projection for a number of key industrial sectors, in par

Rebecca Le May – A stalemate between East Timor's Government and a Woodside Petroleum-led joint venture to develop the $6.6 billion Sunrise LNG and oil project is likely to drag on.

Jakarta – Indonesia's consumer confidence weakened slightly in December partly due to higher food prices in Southeast Asia's biggest economy, a central bank survey showed.

Jakarta – The country's 2009 inflation rate touched 2.78 percent, the lowest full year level (December-to-December) in a decade, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) announced Monday.

Alfian, Jakarta – Pressured by falling oil production and failure to attract enough investors to develop new oil and gas blocks, the government says it will abandon the recently adopted

Indonesia's inflation held near a nine-year low in December, providing the central bank room to delay raising interest rates.

Jakarta – Unfair procurement tenders topped the list of cases reported to the anti-monopoly watchdog throughout 2009.

Muhamad Al Azhari, Irvan Tisnabudi & Dion Bisara – Despite the turbulence in financial markets decimating global commerce and nearly toppling trade-driven economies in February, the

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – While the financial health of Indonesia's overall banking sector remains fairly sturdy despite massive shocks from the global banking crisis, one key indicat

Reva Sasistiya – Indonesia, Southeast Asia's biggest oil producer, has failed to meet its investment target for the oil and gas sector because contractors cut spending as the economic s

Aditya Suharmoko and Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Ministerial regulations on full implementation of the free trade agreement between ASEAN and China (ACFTA) have been finalized, becoming

Ardian Wibisono – While the global financial crisis was swallowing lenders whole and engulfing economies worldwide this year, Indonesia's banking sector did a good job of navigating the

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Foreign businesses have demanded transparency in the House of Representative's inquiry into the Bank Century bailout and fear it may create political uncerta

Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign direct investment is set to rebound 15 percent in 2010 on a global economic recovery after dropping 28 percent this year to just below $10 billion, the sta

Camelia Pasandaran – Four ministries and the Investment Coordinating Board on Wednesday signed a joint regulation aimed at slashing the time needed to license a new business from 60 day

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy may expand closer to 6 percent next year if the government can address problems related to sea transportation and ports, prominent econom

Jakarta – Forget about competing with China – Indonesia lags behind Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia in terms of trade and investment relations with EU member countries, an EU study revea

Irvan Tisnabudi & Camelia Pasandaran – While Indonesian textile producers have been lamenting the industry's lack of preparedness for a region-wide free-trade agreement with China t

Dion Bisara & Janeman Latul – As the Corruption Eradication Commission formally announced its own probe into the controversial Rp 6.7 trillion ($710 million) state bailout of PT Ban

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Indonesia's job market improved in August as the jobless rate fell to 7.87 percent from 8.39 percent a year earlier, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) anno

Roffie Kurniawan – Indonesia's exports rebounded strongly in October, growing on an annual basis for the first time in 12 months, the Central Statistics Agency said on Tuesday.