Jakarta – Indonesia's international trade balance recorded a surplus of $2.39 billion in June 2024, marking the 50th consecutive month of positive trade balance, according to government

Novie Fauziah, Jakarta – Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), denounced five Muslim scholars on Monday who recently visited Israel and met with President Isaac

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia's imports from China have declined as Jakarta mulls imposing a 200 percent tariff on Chinese goods.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesian car exports reached approximately $2.78 billion in the first half of 2024 with fellow ASEAN member Philippines buying most of the vehicles, acco

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) signed a series of deals aimed at facilitating the cross-border movement of people and goods on Monday.

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – The Executive Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU), Indonesia's second-largest Islamic organization, has expressed deep disappointment and concern over a recent me

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has joined a lengthy roster of world leaders to condemn an attack on former United States president Donald Trump that left the Repu

Felix K. Chang (FPRI) – In February 2024, Indonesia elected Prabowo Subianto as its next president.

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – Indonesia's government has no immediate plans to revise the latest import regulations, according to Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Harta

Han Revanda Putra, Jakarta – Chairperson of the Indonesian Textile Association (API) Jemmy Kartiwa Sastraatmadja urged the government to limit imports of textiles and textile products f

Aditya Hadi, Jakarta – Indonesia has set its sights on ratifying a preferential trade agreement (PTA) with Iran, with many expecting it to open doors for local products to markets in Ce

Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta said in a visit to Luanda that Timor-Leste becoming the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2025 will open new oppor

Timor-Leste and Mozambique signed a series of cooperation agreements last Friday in Maputo as part of Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta's working visit to the African country.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo congratulated former Dutch intelligence chief Dick Schoof for his inauguration as Dutch Prime Minister on Monday, saying he hoped that the two c

Luanda – Angola and East Timor signed three agreements on Monday to strengthen bilateral cooperation, in a ceremony attended by the presidents of the two countries, Joao Lourenco and Jo

Monique Handa Shafira, Jakarta – Chief Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan stated that the government's proposal to impose a 200 percent import tariff is not specifically target

Antara, Jakarta – The Trade Ministry announced it will study the potential implementation of two types of import duties to protect the textile and ceramic industries.

Monique Handa Shafira, Jakarta – The Indonesian Retailers and Shopping Mall Lessees Association (Hippindo) has voiced concerns over the government's plan to impose a 200 percent import

Jakarta – Not a day goes by without stories about the "flood" of products from China and calls for protective trade barriers in response.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The visiting UN Committee that is in charge of promoting Palestinian rights said Thursday that it had high expectations for Indonesia's next administration

Bella Evanglista, Jakarta – Indonesia is considering a 200 percent import duty on goods from China, including clothing, steel, and textiles, as a response to domestic industries struggl

Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – Indonesia on Monday "strongly condemned" Israel's recent plans to legalise five Jewish settlement outposts in the West Bank, reasserting that the two-state sol

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – President-elect Prabowo Subianto has come up with a few ideas about what Indonesia can do to help Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which has been under sie

Wahyu Sahala Tua, Jakarta – Thousands of BYD electric vehicles have finally arrived in Indonesia, marking its entry into the market dominated by Japanese, Korean, and European car manuf

Max Walden – The world's largest single-day elections, held in February 2024, granted Prabowo Subianto his long-held dream of becoming Indonesian president.

Tri Listiyarini, Jakarta – Indonesia's tuna exports reached $374 million between January and May 2024, marking a 4.3 percent increase compared to $359 million in the same period in 2023

Han Revanda Putra, Jakarta – The Trade Ministry will implement a high tax tariff on imported ceramics.

Chandra Adi Nurwidya, Yogyakarta – The Foreign Affairs Ministry revealed on Thursday that 165 Indonesian nationals are currently facing death sentences on various criminal charges.

Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – Indonesia calls for an effective, inclusive and balanced process to push for peace following its decision to not back a joint communique seeking to resolve the

Jakarta – Indonesia reported on Wednesday that it had recorded a trade surplus for 49 months in a row since May 2020, as the country booked a $2.93 billion surplus last month.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's trade deficit with China in May 2024 nearly tripled to $1.3 billion, marking a significant increase from the $500 million deficit recorded in

Tri Listiyarini, Jakarta – The Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry (KKP) is proactively addressing the anti-dumping case affecting Indonesian frozen shrimp export to the United States

Antara, AP, Jakarta – The Indonesian government explained its decision to abstain from signing a document calling for the territorial integrity of Ukraine to be the basis of any agreeme

Caleb Fotheringham – West Papua pro-independence supporters are calling Indonesia's condemnation of Israel hypocritical considering its occupation in Papua for 61-years.

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Kemlu.Go.Id, Jakarta – The Director General of Information and Public Diplomacy (DG IDP), together with the Vice President of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) Turk

Jakarta – On behalf of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto attended the "Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza" conference in Jordan near

Han Revanda Putra, Jakarta – The Indonesian Trade Ministry is expanding cooperation with Chile under the Indonesia-Chile Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IC-CEPA) in the in

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – An American diplomat said Tuesday that the lack of the trade preference scheme Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) had little impact on Indonesia's eco

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The US has been in talks with President-Elect Prabowo Subianto and his team as inauguration nears, according to an American diplomat.

Jakarta – In a bid to enhance economic cooperation with various countries and boost exports to maintain the national trade surplus, Chief Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto embarked o

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President-elect Prabowo Subianto finally met with Jordanian King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein in person on Monday local time as he flew to Amman for talks on

Zach Hope, Amilia Rosa and Nick McKenzie – An Indonesian people smuggler who helped transport 39 men on a boat to mainland Australia in February has revealed how he was caught by Austra

Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta – Indonesia's ambassadors to India and Russia say authorities there hope to see Southeast Asia's largest economy join BRICS to give the group of major emerging

Jakarta – Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi has condemned Israel's parliamentary bill seeking to label the United Nations refugee agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) as a terrorist group.

Vinnilya, Jakarta – The ongoing trade war between the world's economic giants, China and the United States, is anticipated to escalate further as the November 5, 2024 election approache

Judith Tan, Singapore – The Indonesian farm on Pulau Bulan that supplies two-thirds of Singapore's freshly slaughtered pork has still not received the green light to resume export of li

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo recently congratulated Narendra Modi for his re-election as India's prime minister, saying that Indonesia looks forward to d

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi said Monday that Israel and its allies had been trying to get Muslim countries to normalize ties.

Singapore – Indonesia's president-elect, Prabowo Subianto, said on Saturday that his country was willing to send peacekeeping troops to enforce a ceasefire in Gaza if required.