Bangkok – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has reached a decision to refrain from admitting East Timor to the regional grouping within the year, it was learned Saturday from ASEAN diploma

Manila – How "inclusive" and "pro-people" is ASEAN, as it marks its 50th anniversary this year?

David Hutt – For months, Gatot Nurmantyo, the Indonesian military chief, has been courted self-aggrandizing controversy wherever he may find it, all designed, it seems, to make himself more politic

Lydia Burton – A grim future may be in store for Australian live cattle exports with Indonesian feedlots in "diabolical" financial strife and at risk of closing.

Jakarta – Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi on Saturday (28/10) announced that the Indonesian government does not recognize Catalonia's declaration of independence.

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua says it hopes New Zealand's new prime minister will take up the issue of Papuan self-determination.

Dili – East Timor's Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri said Thursday his country is "doing our best" to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, but Asean members Myanmar and Singapore are still

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – The US has now claimed an "administrative error" was the reason why Indonesia's military chief was told he could not board a flight in an incident that caused a diplomati

Scott Malone, Boston – New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu is publicly calling on US President Donald Trump, a fellow Republican, to halt an effort to deport 69 Indonesian Christians who fled viole

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – The Indonesian military chief Gatot Nurmantyo "chose not to travel" to the United States, according to the US Department of Homeland Affairs even after he was cleared to

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – The United States is refusing to divulge why it denied Indonesian military chief Gatot Nurmantyo entry to the US as its own embassy in Jakarta scramble

Indra Budiari, Clark, Philippines – United States Defense Secretary James Mattis has apologized and has guaranteed there will be no repetition of the incident in which Indonesian Military (TNI) chi

Jakarta – Banners erected in South Jakarta protesting the United States' decision to bar Indonesian Armed Forcers (TNI) Commander Gen.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesia is demanding an explanation after its military chief Gatot Nurmantyo was refused entry into the United States moments before the plane departed from Jakarta on

Indonesia's foreign policy under President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has become more visible regionally and globally, contrary to popular assumptions from the early days of his administration that saw h

Jon Afrizal, Jakarta – The export value of textiles and their related products reached US$7.12 billion in the first half of 2017, a 2.71 percent increase from the corresponding period last year.

Beijing – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday extended congratulations to Mari Alkatiri on his election as Timor-Leste's prime minister, China's Xinhua news agency reported.

Singapore – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has written to Timor-Leste's Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri To congratulate him on his appointment, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a media release

Pacific Media Watch – On the eve of New Zealand's 2017 general election, Pacific Media Watch reports on whether West Papua features in the human rights and foreign affairs policies and stances of t

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – The latest press conference on free trade deal negotiations between Australia and Indonesia felt a lot like Groundhog Day.

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – For Indonesian lawyer Lisa Hiariej, taking on the Australian government has been a bit like waiting for Godot.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesia has complained to the World Trade Organisation over a protectionist tariff imposed by Australia on paper imports, in a move that could overshadow the last month

Jun Suzuki, Dili – China is increasing its influence in East Timor as the small Southeast Asian nation's relations with its traditional aid providers weaken.

Ben Henry – Under previous presidencies, Christian Indonesian immigrants living illegally in the US were required to check in with immigration officials every few months, but they were not deported

Jakarta – The chief of the National Narcotics Agency, or BNN, Comr. Gen.

Bec Strating – Amid the celebrations of ASEAN's 50th birthday last week, the question of whether Timor-Leste will soon be granted full membership lingers.

Jakarta – Indonesia posted its first trade deficit since late 2015 in July, as imports surged more than exports did, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) said on Tuesday (15/08).

New Zealand's Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee has dismissed a call for the government to make a stand and address the ongoing human rights situation in West Papua.

Curtis Chin, Ainaro, Timor Leste (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network) =- Bright blue election boxes and indelibly inked index fingers.

Dili, East Timor – The prime minister of East Timor, Rui Maria de Araujo, said the country is "ready to become a member," with regard to the state's aim to join the Association of Southeast Asian N

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – Exports in June declined by 18.82 percent month on month (MoM) to US$11.64 billion and imports were down by 27.26 percent to $10.01 billion, as the Idul Fitri holiday seaso

Jakarta – The Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Finance Ministry and Indonesia's law enforcers have set up a task force that will help them crack down on illegal imports going through

Jakarta – US President Donald J. Trump signaled more trade between the United States and Indonesia might be coming during the G-20 summit in Hamburg last week.

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A young Indonesian man who served time in a Western Australian adult prison for people smuggling despite being a child at the time has had his conviction overturned.

The coalition government is under fire for ignoring East Timor and failing to send any ministers to Dili since it came to power in 2013.

Kavi Chongkittavorn, Bangkok (Reporting ASEAN) – By the time ASEAN turns 50 years old next year, Timor Leste could already be its eleventh member state.

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – Indonesia's trade surplus in May was up by 23.6 percent to $470 million from $380 million in the same month last year, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) announced on Thur

Federal Labor is hopeful Australia can reset ties with East Timor after years of turbulence over a maritime boundary dispute.

Havana – The Minister of the State, Coordinator of Social Affairs and Education Minister of Timor-Leste, Antonio da Conceicao, arrives today to Cuba to fulfil an official visit until Thursday.

Jakarta – Indonesian biodiesel producers are eyeing China as a new promising market amid negative sentiment in the European Union and the United states.

Johnny Blades – Even before the Indonesian ambassador took up the position, an interview with him was inevitable.

Indonesia's new ambassador to New Zealand says the indigenous population of Papua region is not pushing for independence.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – The Australian government says it will not be represented before a Jakarta court hearing a $103 million class action on behalf of 115 youths incarcerated in Australia for

Havana – The map of Timor Leste has the shape of a crocodile, while the map of Cuba has the shape of a Cayman.

Jakarta – Indonesia's exports and imports grew more slowly than expected in April, while the country's trade balance was smaller than a month before, the Central Statistics Agency said on Monday (1

Jakarta – Indonesian and Australian officials met in Canberra on Thursday (04/05) at the joint Inaugural Cyber Policy Dialogue to increase cooperation in strengthening digital economy growth and en

Jakarta – Executive director of the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF) Enny Sri Hartati, has warned the government over the sharp increase in non-oil and gas imports from Ch

Jakarta – Indonesia's January and February exports of textiles and textile products grew by 3 percent year-on-year to US$2 billion, said Industry Minister Airlangga Hartanto.

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