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 – 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.

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

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Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – A day after Jakarta's Christian governor was ousted in an election riven with religious tension, US Vice-President Mike Pence pronounced that "Indonesia's tradition of mo

Jakarta – US Vice President Mike Pence met with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Thursday (20/04) to discuss overcoming obstacles that limit bilateral trade and investment between the two nations.

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies == The Vice-President of Indonesia has signalled he prevented his US counterpart from discussing the contract row that has crippled operations at Grasberg – the w

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The topics of fair trade, investment and stronger security cooperation dominated a one-hour discussion between President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and United States Vice Presiden

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – Indonesia booked a trade surplus of US$3.93 billion during this year's first three months, the highest first-quarter figure since 2012.

Jakarta – Amid the simmering sectarian tension in the Jakarta election that has radicalized conservative Muslims, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has found himself in an uncomfortable position.

Washington has billed Vice President Mike Pence's visit to Indonesia next week as a booster for the Strategic Partnership between the world's second- and third-largest democracies, but a raft of bi

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Everything President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo did to serve visiting King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in early March was unprecedented.

Jakarta – Washington has billed Vice President Mike Pence's visit to Indonesia next week as a booster for the strategic partnership between the world's second- and third-largest democracies, but a

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – Indonesia has long promoted its preference for peaceful diplomacy to end Syrian civil war Jakarta likely to seek maintenance of ties during Pence's visit, expert says

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The European Union will support Timor-Leste (East Timor) with a budget of 57 million euros over the next five years, under a cooperation agreement signed at the end of last week in Dili by the head

Anton Hermansyah, Stefani Ribka, and Tama Salim, Jakarta – A week after seeing a petition against Indonesia's biodiesel, the country has seen another blow in its trade with the United States after

David Roman, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy is losing out on commodity gains after lawmakers wrapped protectionist policies around the nation's resources.

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – The Indonesia Textile Association (API) projects that garment exports will stagnate this year after declining by 3.2 percent to US$11.9 billion last year.

The East Timor Action Network, or ETAN, has paid tribute to the late Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin's work on West Papua.

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has cautiously welcomed news that Australia's Foreign Minister is to visit Indonesian-ruled Papua region this year.

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – An advocacy group claiming to represent 13,000 fishermen and seaweed farmers from East Nusa Tenggara has lambasted an Australia proposal to provide financ

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia's coordinating political, legal and security affairs minister Wiranto said that rising radicalism and terrorism are problems that Indonesia and Singapore

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – The sensitive topics of Papua and the impact of the worst oil spill in the history of Australia's offshore petroleum fields have been raised in talks with Foreign Ministe

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has claimed Indonesian President Joko Widodo never suggested joint patrols in the South China Sea and she had been told he was instead refer

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull heads off to Indonesia to attend the Indian Ocean Rim Association leadership summit in Jakarta (5-7 March).

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – One of Indonesia's top trade officials has questioned whether "artificial" trade barriers are preventing Australia importing more palm oil, pulp and paper and wood produc

Jeffrey Hutton – When Saudi King Salman emerged earlier this week from a Boeing 747 that is bigger than Air Force One onto a specially made escalator and descended onto the tarmac of the government

Gabrielle Chan – Australia's trade minister, Steve Ciobo, has defended tough visa entry requirements for Indonesian students ahead of a high level visit to the country to complete an Australia-Indo

Haeril Halim and Tama Salim, Jakarta – In a display of religious tolerance, 28 leaders of Indonesia's major religions – Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Protestantism and Catholicism – took

Haeril Halim, Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Margareth S.

New Zealand and Timor Leste have signed a five-year cooperation agreement aimed in part at helping reduce the Southeast Asian nation's reliance on oil.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia for a second time on Thursday.

Jakarta – A rally planned to be held in front of the Saudi Embassy on Jl. HR Rasuna Said in South Jakarta on Thursday was broken up after the police cornered the protesters on nearby Jl.

Jakarta – Istiqlal Grand Mosque in Central Jakarta has prepared a special toilet for Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

Niniek Karmini, Bogor, Indonesia – The first Saudi monarch to visit Indonesia in nearly half a century arrived Wednesday to an elaborate official welcome and crowds of thousands.

Jakarta – The government is ready to facilitate the meetings of Islamic organizations with Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, scheduled to arrive for a state visit in Indonesia on We

East Timor Prime Minister Dr Rui Araujo is visiting this week to mark what Prime Minister Bill English said was the "evolving relationship" between the two countries.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will visit Indonesia next week, in a surprise move that underscores the success of Indonesian President Joko Widodo's weekend trip to Aust

James Robertson – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has used his first state visit to Australia to plump for greater connections between businesses in Australia and its northern neighbour.

The Indonesian president Joko Widodo has arrived in Sydney on his first visit to Australia as his nation's leader.

Ina Parlina, Sydney – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo kicked off his two-day trip to Sydney on Saturday noon by meeting with CEOs of Australian multinational companies, during which he assured them

Amanda Hodge, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has opened the door to joint Indonesian-Australian patrols of the South China Sea, telling The Australian in an exclusive interview ahead of

Jewel Topsfield and David Wroe – Indonesian President Joko Widodo's ambitious program to develop "10 new Balis" across the archipelago will be among the issues discussed with Malcolm Turnbull this

The rise of political parties with challenging views on Islam such as Australia's One Nation are a "concern", the Indonesian foreign ministry says.