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6 June 2013

Jakarta – The Timor Leste Democratic Republic (RDTL) government plans to cooperate with the Indonesian government by exporting goats and cows to help to fulfill the latter's need of mea

Singapore – Timor-Leste said it is committed to building its human resources in order to contribute fully to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Jakarta – Indonesia recorded its second-largest trade deficit ever of US$1.62 billion in April, data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS)revealed on Monday.

Gabriel Kereh – When the Australian government released its 2013 defense white paper earlier this month, a key point that emerged was the prominent role played by Indonesia in Canberra'

Karen Barlow – Foreign Minister Bob Carr insists Australia and East Timor remain on good terms despite reports the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) broke into and bugged Ea

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesia, Southeast Asia's biggest economy, may be set to take advantage of the myriad benefits of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) single market due in 201

Ezra Sihite – Military chief of staff Agus Suhartono has sought to downplay Papuan separatist Benny Wenda's activities overseas, saying he is not worried because the firebrand activist

Michael Bachelard – West Papua marked its 50-year anniversary under Indonesian rule last week and three events amply reminded us why it is a festering sore within the country and a seri

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Indonesia on Monday summoned the British ambassador in Jakarta to protest after a group supporting the independence of the restive Papua region set up its headquarters in England, the e

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – British Ambassador to Indonesia Mark Canning said on Saturday that the UK government did not support the activities of the separatist Free Papua Movement (OPM), w

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The second annual "2+2" dialogue between the defense and foreign ministers of Australia and Indonesia on Wednesday reaffirmed the good, comprehensive and str

Laura Dawson – Australia is looking to deepen its ties with Indonesia in order to better ensure its own security, according to the Australian 2013 Defense White Paper released on Friday

ASEAN is currently studying Timor Leste's bid to become a member of the association, secretary-general Le Luong Minh said on Monday.

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After a private fact-finding visit to East Timor, Democratic Labor Party (DLP) Senator John Madigan says Australia must counter the rising influence of China in the country.

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Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa said on Wednesday that Indonesia's decision to abstain for the UN General Assembly's approval of the global arms tr

Jakarta – A member of Commission I which oversees foreign affairs at the House of Representatives, Muhammad Nadjib, said that Indonesia might decline to ratify the Arms Trade Treaty (AT

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Entering the fifth year of its implementation, the Indonesia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (IJ-EPA) has yet to bring significant improvements to trade r

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesia is gearing up for further trade liberalization as reflected by ambitious efforts to negotiate a number of trade deals with partners, but a lack of co

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – As the only tinplate producer in Indonesia, Pelat Timah Nusantara (Latinusa) has supplied packaging material to an array of manufacturers, such as producers of

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs said this year a technical team from Ministry of Foreign Affairs will measure the Timor Sea.

Banjir Ambarita – Three more soldiers have been killed, after an unidentified group exchanged gunfire with soldiers in Papua's Puncak Jaya district on Thursday, bringing the total numbe

Michael Bachelard – AIDS was slow to arrive in the remote central highlands of the Indonesian province of Papua.

House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie has said that he supports a recommendation for the Indonesian Ulema Council to issue a haram edict, forbidden in Islam, to ban meat, fruit

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesia suffered its first ever annual trade deficit in 2012 as shipments to most of the country's major trading partners fell during the year amid the slowd

The National Parliament of Timor-Leste rejects the demand that FALINTIL-FDTL Major General Lere Anan Timur apologize to an ordinary Indonesian citizen such as Hercules.

A notorious East Timorese-born gang leader who's believed to have strong links to Indonesia's military, business and criminal communities has returned to Dili, sparking heated row betwe

Agus Rahmat, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) criticized Timor-Leste's stated threat to arrest Rosalia Marshal (aka "Hercules") by East Timorese soldiers.

Unfair trade practices in Indonesia are highly prevalent and burdensome to the relevant national stakeholders, according to the Center for Indonesian Law and Policy Studies (PSHK).

Australia's Foreign Minister Bob Carr is in East Timor on a two day visit, meeting senior leaders including President Taur Matan Ruak and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao.

Liam Cochrane – The Australian Foreign Minister, Senator Bob Carr, is advocating that East Timor should make moves to join the Commonwealth of Nations, the former British Commonwealth.

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Despite significant growth, exports to new markets are still unable to offset demand for Indonesia's goods and commodities from the country's existing major tr

Linda Yulisman and Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Indonesia's biggest trade deficit, recorded in October, is likely to cause jitters in the currency market, with economists warning of

Fuska Sani, Yogyakarta – Indonesia should rethink its involvement in a free trade pact among Southeast Asian Nations, a Yogyakarta academic has warned.

Jakarta – Indonesian diplomats and scholars recalled the arduous struggle of former foreign minister late Ali Alatas during the 1991 Santa Cruz massacre in East Timor (now Timor Leste),

Margareth Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) has decided to follow up a proposal for an international anti-blasphemy provision by garnering support from legislature

Former prime minister Paul Keating says Australia needs to dramatically improve its relationship with Indonesia and stop being subservient to the United States.

Kuala Lumpur – Three policemen have been accused of gang-raping an Indonesian woman at a police station in a northern Malaysian town.

The leaders of Australia, Indonesia and East Timor have held their first official trilateral meeting, discussing the strength of relations between the three countries and the potential

George Roberts – Prime Minister Julia Gillard is claiming a first in regional diplomacy, after securing a joint meeting with the leaders of Indonesia and East Timor.

Jakarta – Taking a contrary view to his deputy, Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan has said he is pessimistic about Indonesia's exports being able to meet the government's target of US$203 bi

Foreign Minister Bob Carr says Australia has been "explicit" in its support for Indonesia's sovereignty over Papua.

London – Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signed a string of agreements on trade, defense and education on Thursday, the British

Arientha Primanita & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono left for Britain on Tuesday for a state visit, packing two issues that could embarrass him at home

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – During his three-day visit to the United Kingdom, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is set to be bestowed with a prestigious honor by Queen Elizabeth II, in

Arientha Primanita – Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will grant a medal of knighthood to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during his forthcoming visit to Britain, which is set

David Beniuk – East Timor's former president Jose Ramos-Horta has dismissed what he says are Australian suggestions that his country is growing closer to China.