Daniel Ahmad, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's absence from the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has been confirmed by Foreign Affairs Ministry's multilateral cooperatio

Kornelius Purba, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo signed a presidential regulation on a flight information region (FIR) agreement Indonesia signed with Singapore in late January

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Friday expressed his condolences over the recent death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Matthew Knott – East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta has defended China's role as a growing strategic and economic power in the Asia-Pacific, arguing it has "hardly ever" invaded ot

John Lyons and Sarah Ferguson – Timor-Leste's President Jose Ramos-Horta has revealed China is "very interested" in partnering with his government on a contentious gas project.

Nick Perry, Wellington, New Zealand – Give our country $100 billion – or stop lecturing us about making money from fossil fuels.

Jakarta – With less than two weeks until the United Nations General Assembly convenes for high-level dialogue in New York, the government continues to avoid a straight answer as to whet

Rod McGuirk, Canberra – East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta arrived in Australia on Tuesday for a state visit as negotiations over lucrative gas resources reach a critical stage for

Jakarta – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr met with his Indonesian counterpart Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Monday for a state visit focused on bolstering defence, trade and other ti

Jakarta – Indonesia's House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a law cementing the country's membership in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), making it the latest

With President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr scheduled to visit the neighboring countries of Singapore and Indonesia in September, Indonesia ambassador to the Philippines Agus Widjojo

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Tuesday admitted that he struggled to get Russian leader Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Jakarta – Indonesia booked a higher current account surplus in the second quarter this year thanks to strong commodities exports performance, providing the country with much-needed supp

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency or BPS announced on Monday that international trade booked a surplus of $4.23 billion in July, marking the 27th consecutive m

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia's windfall export earnings thanks to high commodity prices may start dwindling, its statistics bureau warned on Monday, despite the country booking a large

Singapore – Timor-Leste's president Jose Ramos-Horta recently declared his hope that his country would become the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) eleventh member in 2023

Jakarta – The Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry has summoned the Ukrainian Ambassador in Jakarta to express "displeasure" after the latter allegedly criticized Jakarta for lack of con

Xirui Li, NTU – Cross-border data flows have been a priority on the G20 agenda since 2019. This year is no exception.

Chris Barrett, Singapore – Australia and Indonesia can build much-needed trust by deepening trade and investment ties that have for too long been underdeveloped, according to one of the

Luke Hunt, Phnom Penh – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Aug 3 that he was confident Timor-Leste would become the 11th member of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Luke Hunt – Expectations that Timor-Leste would be shepherded into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this year by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen have been formally da

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – Commercial Director of state-owned steel maker Krakatau Steel, Melati Sarnita, responded to issues about illegal steel imports brought up by Trade Minister

Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore – Indonesia warns that the sharing of nuclear technology to power submarines could heighten the risk of new types of weapons of mass destruct

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – China has unveiled a commitment to increase its crude palm oil import from Indonesia by 1 million metric tons, or about a fifth of its annual imports, in a move t

Agencies, Tokyo, Japan – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday he and President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo had agreed during talks to cooperate in a variety of fields, inclu

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Palm oil prices will weaken further in the short term due to softer demand and "distress selling" by top producer Indonesia, commodities consultancy LMC Interna

Primus Dorimulu, Jakarta – Garibaldi "Boy" Thohir, the president director of Indonesia's second-largest listed coal miner Adaro Energy, has become the chairman of the China Committee at

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Timor Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta on Thursday talked about how arduous it is to get a seat in ASEAN and even said that entering heaven would be easier

Jakarta – Timor Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta said on Tuesday during a visit to Indonesia that he hoped to boost trade ties between the countries and seal a decades-long bid by his n

Jakarta – Indonesia has scrapped its export levy for all palm oil products until Aug.

Gayatri Suroyo and Bernadette Christina, Jakarta – Indonesia booked a larger-than-expected trade surplus of $5.09 billion in June, as palm oil exports surged after the lifting of an exp

Jakarta (VNA) – Timor-Leste has reiterated its readiness to become a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) while working with the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (

Bali – Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said all her counterparts from G20 countries were present in person during the two-day meeting in Bali, although Russia's Sergei Lavrov

Ian Storey – Indonesia President Joko Widodo's visit to Ukraine and Russia was quite remarkable.

Clara Ferreira Marques, Singapore – Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited Kyiv and Moscow last week, offering to be a diplomatic bridge between the two.

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia proposed raising palm oil export quotas on Friday (July 1) and is considering increasing mandatory levels of biodiesel in fuel mixes to prop up prices for

Moscow – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo ended a trip to Ukraine and Russia saying he hoped for progress reintegrating global food and fertilizer supply lines disrupted by the conflict,

Kyiv, Ukraine – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo offered on Wednesday to deliver a message from Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky to Russian leader Vladimir Putin to try to boost peac

Singapore – Singapore will soon be able to receive chicken from Indonesia.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Wednesday had a tete-a-tete with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Mariinsky Pal

Sebastian Strangio – The Indonesian government has confirmed earlier reports that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will pay visits to Ukraine and Russia next week to push for a resolution

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, the current chair of the G20 is due to visit Moscow later this month to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indonesia's state new

Chen Lin and Bernadette Christina, Singapore/Jakarta – Indonesian authorities hope to reach an agreement with Singapore to start exporting chickens within weeks, officials said, as the

Hipolitus Wangge, ANU – Prime Minister James Marape visited Jakarta at the invitation of Indonesian President Joko Widodo in March 2022 – a few months ahead of PNG's national elections.

Parker Novak – China and Australia's duelling Pacific tours make final stops. East Timor deals cap Chinese foreign minister's 10-day Pacific blitz.

Radityo Dharmaputra – Almost 120 days have passed since Russia invaded Ukraine, and the war continues to have ripple effects across the world.

Jemma Purdey – When President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo invited new Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to join him on a leisurely bicycle ride through the grounds of the Bogor Presid

Jakarta – Indonesia's trade surplus widened to $2.90 billion last month from $2.70 billion in the same month a year ago, despite the country's palm oil export embargo, keeping the balan

Jakarta – Indonesia's trade surplus likely shrank significantly in May because of a drop in exports after the government banned shipments of palm oil products, while imports were seen r

Joao da Cruz Cardoso – On May 20, Timor-Leste commemorated the 20th anniversary of its independence and celebrated the inauguration of its newly elected president Jose Ramos-Horta, who